Electoral district of Camperdown

Camperdown was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in the 1904 re-distirbution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of parts of Annandale and the abolished seats of Newtown-Camperdown, Darlington, Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. It was named after and including the inner Sydney suburb of Camperdown. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Balmain.[2][3][4]

Members for Camperdown

Member		Party	Term
	James Smith	Progressive	1904–1907
	Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor	1907–1920

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson	3,930	65.9	-1.4
	Nationalist	William Weller	1,980	33.2	+0.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Arthur Reardon	56	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			5,966	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			74	1.2	+0.9
Turnout			6,040	53.9	-12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson	5,032	67.3
	Liberal Reform	William McMahon	2,446	32.7
Total formal votes			7,478	97.9
Informal votes			161	2.1
Turnout			7,639	66.6
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Robert Stuart-Robertson	4,361	63.40
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Jessep	2,518	32.60
Total formal votes			6,879	98.01
Informal votes			140	1.99
Turnout			7,019	68.26
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Robert Stuart-Robertson	3,377	51.7
	Liberal Reform	William Clegg	2,860	43.8	+15.5
	Former Progressive	James Smith	294	4.5
Total formal votes			6,531	98.2
Informal votes			123	1.9
Turnout			6,654	73.1
	Labour gain from Progressive

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	James Smith	1,841	38.5
	Liberal Reform	William Clegg	1,352	28.3
	Independent Liberal	John Salmon	881	18.4
	Independent	Alfred Levy	352	7.4
	Independent	George Sparkes	203	4.3
	Independent Labour	Donald McCulloch	138	2.9
	Independent	John Kelly	13	0.27
Total formal votes			4,780	98.4
Informal votes			76	1.6
Turnout			4,856	55.7
	Progressive win		(new seat)

Camperdown was a new seat consisting of parts of Annandale and the abolished seats of Newtown-Camperdown, Darlington, Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. James Smith (Progressive) was the member for Newtown-Camperdown. There was a battle for the Liberal pre-selection between William Clegg and John Salmon, with Salmon withdrawing from the process and standing as an independent,[10] splitting the liberal vote.[9]

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
"Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1917 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1913 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1910 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
Green, Antony. "1904 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
"The Liberal and Reform candidates the work of selection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[2] "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Green_Camperdown-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Camperdown-5] Green, Antony. "1917 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Camperdown-6] Green, Antony. "1913 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Camperdown_1910-7] Green, Antony. "1910 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Camperdown_1907-8] Green, Antony. "1907 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Camperdown-9] Green, Antony. "1904 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[10] "The Liberal and Reform candidates the work of selection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.

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