Electoral results for the district of Temora

Temora, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927 and abolished in 1981.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Election		Party
1927	Hugh Main	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938	Doug Dickson	Country
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1960 by	Jim Taylor	Country
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1975
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jim Taylor	12,872	67.6	-0.1
	Labor	Alroy Provan	6,154	32.4	+2.7
Total formal votes			19,026	98.4	-0.9
Informal votes			301	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			19,327	93.4	-1.2
	National Country hold		Swing	-1.5

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	12,860	67.7	+3.5
	Labor	Alroy Provan	5,629	29.7	+3.7
	Independent	Wesley Berryman	497	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			18,986	99.3	+0.3
Informal votes			126	0.7	-0.3
Turnout			19,112	94.6	+6.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Taylor	13,138	69.2	-1.3
	Labor	Alroy Provan	5,848	30.8	+1.3
	Country hold		Swing	-1.3

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	11,171	64.2	+12.7
	Labor	Alroy Provan	4,520	26.0	-11.4
	Democratic Labor	Terence Brady	959	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	Donald Douglas	760	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			17,410	99.0
Informal votes			170	1.0
Turnout			17,580	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Taylor	12,274	70.5	+13.5
	Labor	Alroy Provan	5,136	29.5	-13.5
	Country hold		Swing	+13.5

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	8,478	51.5	-14.5
	Labor	Lyle Hoad	6,165	37.4	+13.5
	Independent	Terence Brady	1,824	11.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			16,467	98.6
Informal votes			238	1.4
Turnout			16,705	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Taylor	9,390	57.0	-16.3
	Labor	Lyle Hoad	7,077	43.0	+16.3
	Country hold		Swing	-16.3

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	12,863	66.0	-4.8
	Labor	John O'Hara	4,664	23.9	-5.3
	Democratic Labor	Garry Carroll	1,453	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	Dorothy Frank	515	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			19,495	99.0
Informal votes			199	1.0
Turnout			19,694	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Taylor	14,282	73.3	+2.5
	Labor	John O'Hara	5,213	26.7	-2.5
	Country hold		Swing	+2.5

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Taylor	11,244	70.8	+6.9
	Labor	John Herridge	4,638	29.2	−6.9
Total formal votes			15,882	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			122	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			16,004	96.1	+0.8
	Country hold		Swing	+6.9

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jim Taylor	10,094	63.9
	Labor	Lyle Hoad	5,708	36.1
Total formal votes			15,802	99.3
Informal votes			105	0.7
Turnout			15,907	95.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1960 by-election

1960 Temora by-election
Saturday 8 October ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jim Taylor	8,210	58.9
	Labor	Lyle Hoad	5,737	41.1
Total formal votes			13,947	98.4
Informal votes			89	0.6
Turnout			14,036	88.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Doug Dickson (Country) died.^[13]

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	unopposed
	Country hold

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	10,039	64.4	+3.2
	Labor	Hector Skidmore	5,549	35.6	−3.2
Total formal votes			15,588	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			152	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			15,740	91.9	−2.2
	Country hold		Swing	+3.2

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Doug Dickson	9,524	61.2
	Labor	Hector Skidmore	6,028	38.8
Total formal votes			15,552	98.8
Informal votes			184	1.2
Turnout			15,736	94.1
	Country hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	unopposed
	Country hold

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	8,538	63.6	+11.5
	Labor	Percy Lucas	4,876	36.4	-8.9
Total formal votes			13,414	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			157	1.2	-0.9
Turnout			13,571	95.1	+4.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	6,658	52.1	-1.2
	Labor	Laurie Tully	5,788	45.3	-1.4
	Independent Labor	James King	339	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			12,785	97.9	-0.2
Informal votes			268	2.1	+0.2
Turnout			13,053	90.7	-2.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Doug Dickson	7,325	53.3
	Labor	Charles Poole	6,409	46.7
Total formal votes			13,734	98.1
Informal votes			260	1.9
Turnout			13,994	92.7
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	3,225	27.0	-32.3
	Country	Hugh Roberton	3,015	25.3	+25.3
	Independent	Lancelot Redgrave	2,568	21.5	+21.5
	Independent	Alfred Hollande	2,404	20.2	+20.2
	Independent	Harold Munro	717	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			11,929	95.9	-2.4
Informal votes			513	4.1	+2.4
Turnout			12,442	96.4	+0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Doug Dickson	6,618	55.5	-3.8
	Independent	Lancelot Redgrave	5,311	44.5	+44.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Main	7,290	59.3	-1.9
	Labor (NSW)	Edward O'Neill	5,004	40.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			12,294	98.3	-0.2
Informal votes			212	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			12,506	95.9	-1.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Main	7,202	61.2	+10.6
	Labor (NSW)	Essell Hoad	4,238	36.0	-10.6
	Independent Labor	James King	330	2.8	0.0
Total formal votes			11,770	98.5	+0.4
Informal votes			174	1.5	-0.4
Turnout			11,944	97.0	+1.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Hugh Main	5,826	50.6
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	5,360	46.6
	Independent	James King	328	2.8
Total formal votes			11,514	98.1
Informal votes			219	1.9
Turnout			11,733	96.0
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Hugh Main	7,692	65.6
	Labor	David Nilon	3,548	30.3
	Independent Labor	George Burgess	481	4.1
Total formal votes			11,721	98.5
Informal votes			181	1.5
Turnout			11,902	79.9
	Country win		(new seat)

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