Electoral results for the district of Lachlan

Lachlan, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had four incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1894 to 1920, from 1927 to 1950 and from 1981 to 2007.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		John Ryan	None
1860		John Ryan	None
1864		James Martin	None
1869		James Watson	None
1872
1875
1877
1879 by

Election	Member		Party
1894		James Carroll	Ind. Protectionist
1895			Protectionist
1896 by
1898
1901			Progressive
1904		Andrew Kelly	Labor
1907
1910
1913		Thomas Brown	Labor
1917		Ernest Buttenshaw	Nationalist

Election	Member		Party
1927		Ernest Buttenshaw	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938		Griffith Evans	Country
1941		Griffith Evans	Country
1943 by		John Chanter	Labor
1944		John Chanter	Labor
1947		Robert Medcalf	Country

Election	Member		Party
1981		Ian Armstrong	National
1984
1988
1991
1995
1999
2003

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	26,961	66.0	+10.9
	Labor	Stephen Pollard	10,374	25.4	-2.1
	One Nation	Russell Constable	1,791	4.4	-8.6
	Greens	Jenny McKinnon	1,696	4.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			40,822	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			814	2.0	-0.1
Turnout			41,636	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	27,830	71.2	+4.9
	Labor	Stephen Pollard	11,253	28.8	-4.9
	National hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	22,798	55.1	+10.5
	Labor	Tony Lord	11,385	27.5	-4.0
	One Nation	Wilf Reid	5,383	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Peter Mulligan	1,124	2.7	+0.6
	Greens	Mike Durrant	689	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			41,379	98.0	+3.6
Informal votes			854	2.0	-3.6
Turnout			42,233	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	24,940	66.3	-1.0
	Labor	Tony Lord	12,680	33.7	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	-1.0

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	23,560	69.4	+12.8
	Labor	Tim Carney	8,578	25.3	-3.0
	Democrats	Dave Cox	1,787	5.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			33,925	94.8	+2.2
Informal votes			1,843	5.2	-2.2
Turnout			35,768	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	24,303	72.4	+6.2
	Labor	Tim Carney	9,248	27.6	-6.2
	National hold		Swing	+6.2

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	18,289	56.7	-14.2
	Labor	Peter Gordon	9,126	28.3	+0.5
	Country Residents	Peter Mallon	2,332	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Colin Wilson	1,355	4.2	+4.2
	Democrats	Neil Bartlett	1,176	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			32,278	92.7	-5.1
Informal votes			2,544	7.3	+5.1
Turnout			34,822	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	20,197	66.2	-5.8
	Labor	Peter Gordon	10,314	33.8	+5.8
	National hold		Swing	-5.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	21,451	73.6	+10.0
	Labor	Leslie Saunders	7,687	26.4	-7.6
Total formal votes			29,138	97.9	-0.9
Informal votes			624	2.1	+0.9
Turnout			29,762	94.7
	National hold		Swing	+8.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	19,108	65.9	+7.2
	Labor	Tim West	9,885	34.1	-7.2
Total formal votes			28,993	98.8	+1.1
Informal votes			346	1.2	-1.1
Turnout			29,339	93.4	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	+7.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ian Armstrong	16,538	58.7	+3.8
	Labor	Timothy West	11,642	41.3	-3.8
Total formal votes			28,180	97.7
Informal votes			672	2.3
Turnout			28,852	92.4
	National Country notional hold		Swing	+3.8

District recreated

1950 - 1981

District abolished

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Chanter	4,995	45.8	-27.2
	Country	Robert Medcalf	3,981	36.5	+36.5
	Liberal	Daniel Clifton	1,755	16.1	+16.1
	Independent	Madge Roberts	187	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			10,918	98.4	+4.9
Informal votes			173	1.6	-4.9
Turnout			11,091	92.2	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Medcalf	5,609	51.4	+51.4
	Labor	John Chanter	5,309	48.6	-24.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Chanter	7,525	73.0	+26.9
	Independent Labor	Joseph Sligar	2,780	27.0	+27.0
Total formal votes			10,305	93.5	-5.2
Informal votes			719	6.5	+5.2
Turnout			11,024	89.2	-2.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

John Chanter had won the seat for Labor at the 1943 Lachlan by-election,^[13] and retained it at this election.

1943 by-election

1943 Lachlan by-election
Saturday 25 September ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Chanter	5,408	56.93
	Country	Lindsay McIvor	2,107	22.18
	Country	John Sommers	1,984	20.89
Total formal votes			9,499	99.29
Informal votes			68	0.71
Turnout			9,567	74.86
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Griffith Evans (Country) died.^[14]

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Griffith Evans	6,703	53.9
	Labor	George Grintell	5,737	46.1
Total formal votes			12,440	98.7
Informal votes			158	1.3
Turnout			12,598	92.1
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Grace	5,393	39.5	+4.1
	Country	Griffith Evans	4,090	30.0	-34.6
	Country	John Parker	1,661	12.2	+12.2
	Country	Charles Thomas	1,475	10.8	+10.8
	Independent	George Berry	1,032	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			13,651	97.8	-0.6
Informal votes			306	2.2	+0.6
Turnout			13,957	94.9	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Griffith Evans	7,644	56.0	-8.6
	Labor	John Grace	6,007	44.0	+8.6
	Country hold		Swing	-8.6

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	9,094	64.6	-0.2
	Labor (NSW)	Valdimer Connellan	4,978	35.4	+11.2
Total formal votes			14,072	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			225	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			14,297	94.7	-1.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	8,508	64.8	+8.1
	Labor (NSW)	John Heiss	3,173	24.2	-17.5
	Federal Labor	David Nilon	1,117	8.5	+8.5
	Independent Country	Philip Bolte	337	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			13,135	98.2	+0.2
Informal votes			243	1.8	-0.2
Turnout			13,378	96.1	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	7,444	56.7
	Labor	David Tasker	5,743	41.7
	Communist	William Axelby	212	1.6
Total formal votes			13,129	98.0
Informal votes			265	2.0
Turnout			13,394	94.9
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	7,223	60.6
	Labor	Michael Roddy	4,699	39.4
Total formal votes			11,922	98.5
Informal votes			183	1.5
Turnout			12,105	74.6
	Country win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ernest Buttenshaw	3,639	52.0	+52.0
	Labor	Thomas Brown	3,362	48.0	-2.8
Total formal votes			7,001	98.5	+1.9
Informal votes			103	1.5	-1.9
Turnout			7,104	61.4	-7.1
	Nationalist gain from Labor

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Thomas Brown	4,009	50.8
	Farmers and Settlers	Arthur Manning ^[a]	3,588	45.4
	Country Party Association	Herbert Bowles	303	3.8
Total formal votes			7,900	96.6
Informal votes			275	3.4
Turnout			8,175	68.5
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Kelly	3,050	52.9
	Liberal Reform	William Ewers	2,717	47.1
Total formal votes			5,766	98.7
Informal votes			77	1.3
Turnout			5,843	66.0
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Kelly	2,726	53.1
	Liberal Reform	James Carroll	2,409	46.9
Total formal votes			5,135	97.1
Informal votes			153	2.9
Turnout			5,288	67.4
	Labour hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Andrew Kelly	1,525	36.8
	Liberal Reform	William Ferguson	1,394	33.6
	Independent Liberal	James Carroll	1,230	29.7
Total formal votes			4,149	99.2
Informal votes			34	0.8
Turnout			4,183	63.9
	Labour gain from Progressive

The Lachlan was one of two seats contested by 3 sitting members.^[b] The district lost parts to Cobar and The Murray and was expanded to absorb part of the abolished seats of Condoublin Grenfell. The member for the Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who stood as Independent Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Condoublin was Patrick Clara (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Ashburnum. The member for Grenfell was William Holman (Labour) who successfully contested Cootamundra. William Ferguson (Liberal Reform) was the Independent Labour member for Sturt while Andrew Kelly (Labour) was the member for the abolished seat of Sydney-Denison.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	James Carroll	unopposed
	Progressive hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	James Carroll	558	62.9
	Independent Federalist	Alexander Cameron	323	36.4
	Ind. Free Trade	C N Broome	6	0.7
Total formal votes			887	99.2
Informal votes			7	0.8
Turnout			894	46.2
	National Federal hold

1896 by-election

1896 Lachlan by-election
Friday 11 September ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	James Carroll	unopposed
	Protectionist hold

James Carroll (Protectionist) was made bankrupt.^[28]

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	James Carroll	469	75.0
	Ind. Free Trade	A Skene	146	23.4
	Ind. Free Trade	George Bolton	10	1.6
Total formal votes			625	98.4
Informal votes			10	1.6
Turnout			635	40.3
	Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. Protectionist	James Carroll	452	42.3
	Ind. Protectionist	Alexander Cameron	351	32.9
	Protectionist	John Miller	133	12.5
	Ind. Free Trade	Alexander Huie	119	11.1
	Ind. Free Trade	James Dunsmore	13	1.2
Total formal votes			1,068	97.8
Informal votes			24	2.2
Turnout			1,092	69.3
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

District recreated

1880 - 1894

District abolished

Elections in the 1870s

1879 by-election

1879 The Lachlan by-election
Friday 10 January ^[31]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Watson (re-elected)	1,055	54.7
George McLean	873	45.3
Total formal votes	1,928	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,928	37.0

James Watson was appointed Colonial Treasurer in the third Parkes ministry.^[31]

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Saturday 3 November ^[32]
Candidate		Votes	%
James Watson (re-elected)		unopposed

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Tuesday 12 January 1875 ^[33]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Watson (re-elected)	unopposed
Total formal votes	0	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	0	0.0

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Saturday 9 March ^[34]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Watson (re-elected)	1,177	73.4
T R Icely	427	26.6
Total formal votes	1,604	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,604	36.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Tuesday 28 December 1869 ^[35]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Watson (elected)	974	55.6
William Dalley	767	43.8
William Forster	12	0.7
Total formal votes	1,753	97.3
Informal votes	49	2.7
Turnout	1,802	46.7

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Wednesday 28 December 1864 ^[36]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Martin (elected)	692	73.4
Andrew Lynch	251	26.6
Total formal votes	943	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	943	26.3

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Monday 24 December ^[37]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Ryan (re-elected)	248	57.9
James Martin	180	42.1
Total formal votes	428	98.9
Informal votes	5	1.2
Turnout	433	39.4

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Friday 24 June ^[38]
Candidate		Votes	%
John Ryan (elected)		unopposed

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