Electoral results for the district of Alma

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Electoral district of Alma, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2]


Members[edit]

Election Member Party
1894   Josiah Thomas Labour
1895
1898
1901   William Williams Independent Labour

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Alma.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Alma [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour William Williams 874 52.0
Labour Jabez Wright 783 46.6 -42.0
Independent William Colliss 25 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 1,682 100 +2.8
Informal votes 0 0 -2.8
Turnout 1,682 64.2 +18.8
Independent Labour gain from Labour  
The sitting member was Josiah Thomas (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Barrier which included Broken Hill.[4] William Williams nominated as an Independent Labor candidate after friction between local branches and the Barrier District Assembly.[5]

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Alma [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 1,002 88.6
National Federal William Harding 126 11.1
Independent Charles Counsell 3 0.3
Total formal votes 1,131 97.2
Informal votes 33 2.8
Turnout 1,164 45.4
Labour hold  

1895[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Alma [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josiah Thomas unopposed
Labour hold  

1894[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Alma [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 1,442 79.0
Protectionist Thomas Coombe 313 17.1
Independent Charles Pound 71 3.9
Total formal votes 1,826 98.8
Informal votes 22 1.2
Turnout 1,848 89.8
Labour win (new seat)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Josiah Thomas (1863–1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Alma and Sturt". Barrier Miner. 29 June 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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