Electoral district of West Maitland

West Maitland was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1859 to 1904, including the town of Maitland.[1][2][3]

Members for West Maitland
Member Party Period
  Elias Weekes None 1859–1864
  Benjamin Lee None 1864–1874
  Lewis Levy None 1874–1874
  Henry Cohen None 1874–1880
  James Fulford None 1880–1882
  Henry Cohen None 1882–1885
  Richard Thompson None 1885–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1891
  John Gillies Free Trade 1891–1894
  Independent Free Trade 1894–1895
  Free Trade 1895–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § West Maitland[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: West Maitland [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent John Gillies 903 78.8 +14.0
Independent Richard Proctor 243 21.2
Total formal votes 1,146 99.7 +0.4
Informal votes 4 0.4 -0.4
Turnout 1,150 45.5 -25.1
Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform

Elections in the 1890s

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Free Trade John Gillies 1,141 64.8
National Federal Walter Edmunds 620 35.2
Total formal votes 1,761 99.3
Informal votes 13 0.7
Turnout 1,774 70.6
Free Trade hold  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Free Trade John Gillies 890 80.5
Ind. Protectionist Richard Proctor 215 19.5
Total formal votes 1,105 99.1
Informal votes 10 0.9
Turnout 1,115 47.3
Free Trade hold  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Ind. Free Trade John Gillies 1,247 63.9
Free Trade Robert Scobie (b 1831) 618 31.6
Independent Labor Richard Proctor 81 4.2
Ind. Protectionist Arthur Payne 7 0.4
Total formal votes 1,953 98.4
Informal votes 32 1.6
Turnout 1,985 83.2
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Wednesday 17 June 1891 [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Free Trade John Gillies (elected) 670 52.7
Free Trade Richard Thompson 459 36.1
Protectionist Hugh Lusk 143 11.2
Total formal votes 1,272 97.5
Informal votes 33 2.5
Turnout 1,305 80.2

Elections in the 1880s

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Saturday 9 February 1889 [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Free Trade Richard Thompson (elected) 754 69.2
Protectionist Thomas Hungerford 335 30.8
Total formal votes 1,089 98.1
Informal votes 21 1.9
Turnout 1,110 59.6
Free Trade hold  

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Friday 11 February 1887 [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Free Trade Richard Thompson (re-elected) unopposed

1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Friday 16 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Thompson (elected) 632 54.5
Walter Edmunds 527 45.5
Total formal votes 1,159 97.0
Informal votes 36 3.0
Turnout 1,195 72.6

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Thursday 7 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Cohen (elected) 564 59.8
Richard Thompson 380 40.3
Total formal votes 944 99.1
Informal votes 9 0.9
Turnout 953 78.5

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Thursday 25 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
James Fullford 612 58.6
Henry Cohen (defeated) 432 41.4
Total formal votes 1,044 98.1
Informal votes 20 1.9
Turnout 1,064 87.0

Elections in the 1870s

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Wednesday 31 October [14]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Cohen (re-elected) 397 55.6
James Pritchard 304 42.6
Thomas Hungerford 7 1.0
Thomas Jones 6 0.8
Total formal votes 714 98.2
Informal votes 13 1.8
Turnout 727 67.2

1874-75
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Monday 21 December 1874 [15]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Cohen (elected) 343 49.2
Joseph Eckford 196 28.1
Archibald Hamilton 152 21.8
William Farthing 5 0.7
William Brooks 1 0.1
Total formal votes 697 98.0
Informal votes 14 2.0
Turnout 711 67.9

1874 by-election
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1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 5 March [16]
Candidate Votes %
Benjamin Lee (re-elected) 504 58.3
Joseph Eckford 267 30.9
Archibald Hamilton 93 10.8
Total formal votes 864 98.2
Informal votes 16 1.8
Turnout 880 77.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869-70
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Monday 20 December 1869 [17]
Candidate Votes %
Benjamin Lee (re-elected) 488 58.6
Andrew Liddell 345 41.4
Total formal votes 833 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 833 75.2

1864-65
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 13 December 1864 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Benjamin Lee (elected) 444 50.9
Peter Green 328 37.6
Andrew Liddell 100 11.5
George Rochester 1 0.1
Total formal votes 873 97.9
Informal votes 19 2.1
Turnout 891 71.5

1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 18 December [19]
Candidate Votes %
Elias Weekes (re-elected) 473 90.1
William Cheater 52 9.9
Total formal votes 525 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 525 37.3

Elections in the 1850s

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 21 June [20]
Candidate Votes %
Elias Weekes (re-elected) unopposed

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