Electoral results for the district of Rozelle

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Rozelle, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1930.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1904   Sydney Law Liberal Reform
1907   James Mercer Labour
1910
1913 Labor / Nationalist
1917   John Quirk Labor
 
Election Member Party
1927   John Quirk Labor

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1920s[edit]

1927[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Quirk 7,126 53.4
Nationalist Albert Smith 4,925 36.9
Independent Labor Cecil Murphy (defeated) 1,181 8.9
Independent Arthur Doughty 106 0.8
Total formal votes 13,338 97.9
Informal votes 283 2.1
Turnout 13,621 86.1
Labor win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927[edit]

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1917[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Quirk 4,204 62.0 -4.1
Nationalist Alfred Reed 2,576 38.0 +4.1
Total formal votes 6,780 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 69 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 6,849 60.4 -3.8
Labor hold Swing -4.1
The sitting member was James Mercer (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription,[6] and did not contest the election.

1913[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Mercer 4,486 66.1
Liberal Reform Alan Chavasse 2,304 33.9
Total formal votes 6,790 98.6
Informal votes 99 1.4
Turnout 6,889 64.2
Labor hold  

1910[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Mercer 4,460 62.5
Liberal Reform Tom Hoskins 2,677 37.5
Total formal votes 7,137 98.7
Informal votes 98 1.4
Turnout 7,235 73.3
Labour hold  

1907[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Mercer 3,471 53.2 +4.1
Liberal Reform Sydney Law 3,056 46.8 -4.1
Total formal votes 6,527 97.9
Informal votes 143 2.1
Turnout 6,670 74.4
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing +4.1

1904[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sydney Law 2,542 50.9
Labour James Mercer 2,450 49.1
Total formal votes 4,992 98.9
Informal votes 55 1.1
Turnout 5,047 61.8
Liberal Reform win (new seat)
Rozelle was a new seat that consisted of parts of the abolished set of Balmain South and Annandale. The member for Balmain South was Sydney Law who initially won that seat as a Labour candidate, before resigning and winning the seat as an Independent Labour candidate at the 1902 Balmain South by-election and contesting this election as an endorsed Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Annandale was William Mahony (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.


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