Electoral district of Liverpool Plains

Liverpool Plains was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and including the Liverpool Plains (which includes Quirindi and Gunnedah) and the extensive pastoral district around the Gwydir River in the northwest of the state. It was created when the seat of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided into two. It was abolished in 1880, and partly replaced by Gunnedah. It was re-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 the abolished seats of Gunnedah, Quirindi, and Wellington. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation it was absorbed into Wammerawa, along with Castlereagh and Mudgee. Liverpool Plains was recreated for the 1927 election and finally abolished in 1962.[2][3][4]

Members for Liverpool Plains
First incarnation (1859–1880)
MemberPartyTerm
  Andrew Loder None 1859–1860
  Charles Kemp None 1860–1860
  Alexander Dick None 1860–1862
  Marshall Burdekin None 1863–1864
  John Lloyd None 1864–1869
  Charles Cowper None 1869–1870
  Lewis Levy None 1871–1872
  Hanley Bennett None 1872–1880
Second incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Perry Independent Liberal 1904–1907
  Liberal Reform 1907–1907
  Henry Horne Labor 1907–1911
  John Perry Liberal Reform 1911–1911
  William Ashford Labor 1911–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Third incarnation (1927–1962)
MemberPartyTerm
  Harry Carter Country 1927–1941
  Roger Nott Labor 1941–1961
  Frank O'Keefe Country 1961–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1961 by-election
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Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 8,694 51.7
Country Frank O'Keefe 7,933 47.2
Independent John Pender 195 1.2
Total formal votes 16,822 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 17,002 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 8,792 52.3
Country Frank O'Keefe 8,030 47.7
Labor hold Swing

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 9,109 54.7 −4.3
Country Geoffrey Thomas 4,868 29.2 +0.9
Liberal Henry Gregson 2,609 15.7 +2.9
Independent John Pender 72 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 16,658 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 139 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 16,797 94.0 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,406 56.5 −3.5
Country Geoffrey Thomas 7,252 43.5 +3.5
Labor hold Swing−3.5

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 9,560 59.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,583 28.3
Liberal James Reeves 2,071 12.8
Total formal votes 16,214 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 16,394 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,728 60.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 6,486 40.0
Labor hold Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 7,851 51.8
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,791 31.6
Liberal Keith Mitchell 2,522 16.6
Total formal votes 15,164 99.0
Informal votes 147 1.0
Turnout 15,311 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 54.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 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 § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 6,894 54.9 -3.8
Country Cleve Slacksmith 5,662 45.1 +3.8
Total formal votes 12,556 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 133 1.1 -0.4
Turnout 12,689 95.3 +5.4
Labor hold Swing-3.8

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 6,715 58.7 +8.1
Country James Scott 4,726 41.3 +24.2
Total formal votes 11,441 98.5 +0.4
Informal votes 170 1.5 -0.4
Turnout 11,611 89.9 -3.4
Labor hold SwingN/A

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 6,169 50.6
Country James Scott 2,080 17.1
Country Alister McMullin 1,978 16.2
Country Alfred Yeo 1,956 16.1
Total formal votes 12,183 98.1
Informal votes 239 1.9
Turnout 12,422 93.3
Labor gain from Country Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938
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1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Carter 7,590 61.1 -5.2
Labor (NSW) Percy Forsyth 4,835 38.9 +5.2
Total formal votes 12,425 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 181 1.4 -0.2
Turnout 12,606 95.8 -0.6
Country hold Swing-5.2

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Carter 7,932 66.3 +15.4
Labor (NSW) Elijah Smith 4,030 33.7 -15.4
Total formal votes 11,962 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 193 1.6 -0.3
Turnout 12,155 96.4 +0.5
Country hold Swing+15.4

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Carter 6,013 50.4
Labor Thomas Egan 5,920 49.6
Total formal votes 11,933 98.1
Informal votes 227 1.9
Turnout 12,160 95.9
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Harry Carter 6,813 54.7
Labor Michael Hagan 5,630 45.3
Total formal votes 12,443 98.6
Informal votes 174 1.4
Turnout 12,617 85.4
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 § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist William Ashford 3,593 52.9 +21.3
Labor Abraham Berry 3,194 47.1 -4.9
Total formal votes 6,787 99.0 +2.8
Informal votes 69 1.0 -2.8
Turnout 6,856 62.9 -6.7
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor
The sitting member William Ashford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[17]

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ashford 3,598 52.0
Liberal Reform George Higgins 2,183 31.6
Farmers and Settlers Augustus Perrett 1,137 16.4
Total formal votes 6,918 96.2
Informal votes 270 3.8
Turnout 7,188 69.6
Labor hold  

1911 by-election 2
This section is an excerpt from October 1911 Liverpool Plains state by-election § Results[edit]
1911 Liverpool Plains by-election 2 [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ashford 4,030 53.5
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1849) 3,524 46.7
Total formal votes 7,554 100
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 7,554 83.0 [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Reform gain from Labor Swing-40.2

1911 by-election 1
This section is an excerpt from August 1911 Liverpool Plains state by-election § Results[edit]
1911 Liverpool Plains by-election 1 [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1849) 2,912 50.0 +9.8
Labor William Ashford 2,909 50.0 -9.8
Total formal votes 5,821 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 91 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 5,912 65.0 [lower-alpha 2]
Liberal Reform gain from Labor Swing

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Henry Horne 3,265 56.90
Farmers and Settlers Robert Patten 2,473 43.10
Total formal votes 5,738 97.92
Informal votes 122 2.08
Turnout 5,860 64.40
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Henry Horne 2,519 51.5
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1849) 2,373 48.5
Total formal votes 4,892 96.9
Informal votes 155 3.1
Turnout 5,047 66.1
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal John Perry (b 1849) 1,650 45.8
Labour David Hall 1,629 45.2
Liberal Reform George Nowland 323 9.0
Total formal votes 3,602 98.9
Informal votes 39 1.1
Turnout 3,641 54.3
Independent Liberal win (new seat)
Liverpool Plains was a re-established seat, comprising parts of the abolished seats of Gunnedah, Quirindi, and Wellington. The member for Gunnedah was David Hall (Labour). The member for Quirindi was Robert Levien (Progressive) who successfully contested Tamworth. The member for Wellington was John Haynes (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

District recreated

1980 - 1904

District abolished

Elections in the 1870s

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 3 November [24]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) 703 42.5
Michael Burke 536 32.4
George Grehan 415 25.1
Total formal votes 1,654 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,654 36.4

1876 by-election
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1874-75
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Wednesday 6 January 1875 [25]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) 766 51.5
Daniel Macquarie 721 48.5
Total formal votes 1,487 97.8
Informal votes 33 2.2
Turnout 1,520 47.6

1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Monday 11 March [26]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (elected) 532 45.1
Francis Rusden 207 17.5
William Gordon 152 12.9
John Wilson 151 12.8
George Wallace 125 10.6
Alexander Bowman 13 1.1
Total formal votes 1,180 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,230 43.1

1871 by-election
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1870 by-election
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Elections in the 1860s

1869-70
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Thursday 23 December 1869 [27]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Cowper (elected) 468 91.4
Hanley Bennett 44 8.6
Total formal votes 512 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 512 21.6

1864-65
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 24 December 1864 [28]
Candidate Votes %
John Lloyd (elected) unopposed

1863 by-election
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1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 15 December [29]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Dick (elected) 436 79.1
Charles Kemp (defeated) 115 20.9
Total formal votes 551 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 551 39.4

1860 by-election
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Elections in the 1850s

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Liverpool Plains[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Tuesday 5 July [30]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Loder (elected) 380 71.6
Francis Rusden 151 28.4
Total formal votes 531 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 534 45.3

Notes
  1. based on an electoral roll of 9,100 at the 1910 election
  2. based on an electoral roll of 9,100 at the 1910 election

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