Electoral district of Waratah (New South Wales)

Waratah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Newcastle area, including the suburb of Waratah. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Waratah, Newcastle East, Newcastle West, Kahibah and Wickham.^[2]^[3] The district was abolished in 1913 and recreated in 1930, replacing parts of Kahibah and Wallsend. It was abolished again in 1999.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Members for Waratah[edit]

First incarnation (1894—1913)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Griffith	Labour	1894–1903
	Matthew Charlton	Labour	1903–1904
	John Estell	Labour	1904–1913

Second incarnation (1930—1999)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Cameron	Labor	1930–1956
	Frank Purdue	Independent	1956–1962
	Edward Greaves	Labor	1962–1964
	Frank Purdue	Independent	1964–1965
	Sam Jones	Labor	1965–1984
	John Price	Labor	1984–1999

Election results[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price	20,975	65.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Wayne Shoobridge	7,222	22.6	-1.9
	Greens	Liz Rene	3,743	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			31,940	93.6	+5.4
Informal votes			2,166	6.4	-5.4
Turnout			34,106	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Price	22,801	74.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Wayne Shoobridge	7,972	25.9	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

References[edit]

^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Waratah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1995 Waratah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Maps_&_sketches-2] "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6678. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.

[Names_&_boundaries-3] "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7753. Retrieved 28 October 2020 – via Trove.

[5B_record-4] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[5] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[Green_Waratah-6] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Waratah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[Results_of_the_1995_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1995_Waratah-7] Green, Antony. "1995 Waratah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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