Electoral district of Castlereagh

Castlereagh, or The Castlereagh until 1910, was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally 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 the abolished seat of Coonamble and part of the abolished seat of Dubbo and was named after the Castlereagh River. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wammerawa, along with Mudgee and Liverpool Plains. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1991.[2][3][4]

Members for Castlereagh
First incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Hugh Macdonald Labor 1904–1906
  John Treflé Labor 1906–1915
  Guy Arkins Labor 1915–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Harold Thorby Country 1927–1930
  Joseph Clark Labor 1930–1932
  Alfred Yeo Country 1932–1941
  Jack Renshaw Labor 1941–1980
  Jim Curran Labor 1980–1981
  Roger Wotton National 1981–1991

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1988 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Roger Wotton 19,482 67.0 +11.1
Labor Michael Williams 7,425 25.6 -13.1
Democrats Peter Lyons 2,151 7.4 +5.7
Total formal votes 29,058 97.8 -1.1
Informal votes 662 2.2 +1.1
Turnout 29,720 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Wotton 20,515 71.9 +13.3
Labor Michael Williams 8,008 28.1 -13.3
National hold Swing+13.3

1984
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1984 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Roger Wotton 17,931 56.0 +2.6
Labor Jim Curran 13,158 41.1 -5.5
Democrats Anne Graham 900 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 31,989 99.0 +0.5
Informal votes 325 1.0 -0.5
Turnout 32,314 93.3 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Wotton 57.3 +3.9
Labor Jim Curran 42.7 -3.9
National hold Swing+3.9

1981
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1981 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Country Roger Wotton 16,636 53.4
Labor Jim Curran 14,529 46.6
Total formal votes 31,165 98.5
Informal votes 461 1.5
Turnout 31,626 92.2
National Country gain from Labor Swing-0.9

Elections in the 1970s

1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 11,173 56.2 +5.0
Country John Hickmott 7,688 38.7 +1.7
Liberal John Browne 1,020 5.1 -6.7
Total formal votes 19,881 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 294 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 20,175 92.3 -1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 11,320 56.9 +4.6
Country John Hickmott 8,561 43.1 -4.6
Labor hold Swing+4.6

1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,151 51.2 +0.9
Country Albert Green 7,346 37.0 +1.1
Liberal John Browne 2,349 11.8 -2.0
Total formal votes 19,846 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 172 0.9 -0.6
Turnout 20,018 93.7 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,386 52.3 +1.0
Country Albert Green 9,460 47.7 -1.0
Labor hold Swing+1.0

1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,446 50.3 -6.1
Country Albert Green 6,748 35.9 +14.4
Liberal Lionel Gray 2,586 13.8 -2.8
Total formal votes 18,780 98.5
Informal votes 280 1.5
Turnout 19,060 92.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,640 51.3 -7.4
Country Albert Green 9,140 48.7 +7.4
Labor hold Swing-7.4

1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Castlereagh[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,359 56.4 +3.2
Country Albert Green 3,575 21.5 -3.0
Liberal Bruce Fry 2,756 16.6 -5.7
Democratic Labor John Gough 904 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 16,594 98.5
Informal votes 245 1.5
Turnout 16,839 87.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,733 58.7 +3.9
Country Albert Green 6,861 41.3 -3.9
Labor hold Swing+3.9

Elections in the 1960s

1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,491 53.2 -0.8
Country Doug Moppett 4,359 24.5 +3.3
Liberal Allan Connell 3,979 22.3 +1.7
Total formal votes 17,829 98.4
Informal votes 283 1.6
Turnout 18,112 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,770 54.8 -2.4
Country Doug Moppett 8,059 45.2 +2.4
Labor hold Swing-2.4

1965
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,766 54.0 +1.0
Country Doug Moppett 3,823 21.2 +4.0
Liberal William Waterford 3,728 20.6 −7.3
Independent Angus Campbell 756 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 18,073 98.9 0.0
Informal votes 204 1.1 0.0
Turnout 18,277 94.3 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,335 57.2 +2.6
Country Doug Moppett 7,738 42.8 −2.6
Labor hold Swing+2.6

1962
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,353 53.0 +0.2
Liberal William Waterford 4,933 27.9 +27.9
Country Calverley Brown 3,031 17.2 −30.0
Democratic Labor Violet Amor 334 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 17,651 98.9
Informal votes 202 1.1
Turnout 17,853 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,632 54.6 +1.8
Liberal William Waterford 8,019 45.4 +45.4
Labor hold Swing+1.8

Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,344 52.8
Country Calverley Brown 8,346 47.2
Total formal votes 17,690 99.0
Informal votes 172 1.0
Turnout 17,862 91.9
Labor hold Swing

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,388 58.7 −4.1
Country Norman Brown 6,599 41.3 +4.1
Total formal votes 15,987 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 134 0.8 −0.5
Turnout 16,121 84.8 −6.0
Labor hold Swing−4.1

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,147 62.8
Country Keith Sullivan 6,023 37.2
Total formal votes 16,170 98.7
Informal votes 220 1.3
Turnout 16,390 90.8
Labor hold Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 7,479 53.0
Country Noel Knight 4,589 32.5
Liberal John Campbell 1,904 13.5
Country Edward Langbien 133 0.9
Total formal votes 14,105 99.3
Informal votes 93 0.7
Turnout 14,198 84.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 54.0
Country Noel Knight 46.0
Labor hold Swing
  • Two party preferred vote was estimated.

Elections in the 1940s

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 6,961 54.9 -6.4
Country Richard Powell 5,724 45.1 +6.4
Total formal votes 12,685 99.2 +1.3
Informal votes 102 0.8 -1.3
Turnout 12,787 93.8 +7.0
Labor hold Swing-6.4

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 7,254 61.3 +12.1
Country Alfred Yeo 4,574 38.7 -0.9
Total formal votes 11,828 97.9 -0.7
Informal votes 253 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 12,081 86.8 -4.4
Labor hold Swing+2.2

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 6,563 49.2
Country Harold Campbell 5,278 39.6
Independent Labor John Smithers 1,497 11.2
Total formal votes 13,338 98.6
Informal votes 185 1.4
Turnout 13,523 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Renshaw 7,899 59.2
Country Harold Campbell 5,439 40.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Yeo 6,821 51.4 -0.2
Labor Les Murphy 6,454 48.6 +0.2
Total formal votes 13,275 98.1 -0.3
Informal votes 260 1.9 +0.3
Turnout 13,535 94.1 -0.9
Country hold Swing-0.2

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Yeo 6,944 51.6 +1.0
Labor (NSW) Joseph Clark 6,517 48.4 +7.1
Total formal votes 13,461 98.4 -0.3
Informal votes 218 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 13,679 95.0 -1.2
Country hold SwingN/A

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Yeo 6,635 50.6 +8.6
Labor (NSW) Joseph Clark 5,420 41.3 -14.5
Federal Labor Wilfred Turnbull 1,061 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 13,116 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 172 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 13,288 96.2 +2.2
Country gain from Labor (NSW) SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Clark 6,901 55.8
Country Robert Stanley 5,194 42.0
Independent Country Frederick Sargant 264 2.1
Total formal votes 12,359 97.8
Informal votes 278 2.2
Turnout 12,637 94.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harold Thorby 6,984 52.4
Labor Joseph Clark 6,353 47.6
Total formal votes 13,337 99.1
Informal votes 123 0.9
Turnout 13,460 84.8
Country win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Guy Arkins 3,336 53.5 +53.5
Labor Joseph Clark 2,902 46.5 -5.9
Total formal votes 6,238 98.8 +1.8
Informal votes 78 1.2 -1.8
Turnout 6,316 61.8 -9.2
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor
The sitting member Guy Arkins was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[28]

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Castlereagh[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Treflé 3,815 52.4
Farmers and Settlers Harold Blackett [lower-alpha 1] 3,466 47.6
Total formal votes 7,281 97.0
Informal votes 228 3.0
Turnout 7,509 71.0
Labor hold  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § The Castlereagh[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Treflé 3,410 58.35
Liberal Reform William Donnelly 2,434 41.65
Total formal votes 5,844 97.97
Informal votes 121 2.03
Turnout 5,565 61.72
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § The Castlereagh[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour John Treflé 2,854 56.6
Independent Liberal Donald Fletcher 2,186 43.4
Total formal votes 5,040 96.5
Informal votes 181 3.5
Turnout 5,221 65.4
Labour hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § The Castlereagh[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Hugh Macdonald 1,867 50.2
Liberal Reform William A'Beckett 1,853 49.8
Total formal votes 3,720 98.6
Informal votes 53 1.4
Turnout 3,773 52.1
Labour win (new seat)
The Castlereagh was a new seat consisting of the abolished seat of Coonamble and part of the abolished seat of Dubbo. The member for Coonamble was Hugh Macdonald (Labour). The member for Dubbo was Simeon Phillips (Liberal Reform) who stayed with the majority of the seat and unsuccessfully contested The Macquarie.

Notes
  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

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