Electoral district of Wammerawa

Wammerawa was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains and elected three members simultaneously. In 1927, it was split into Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Wammerawa[]

	Party	Term		Party	Term		Party	Term
Bill Dunn ^[4]	Labor	1920–1927	Joseph Clark ^[5]	Labor	1920–1922	William Ashford ^[6]	Nationalist	1920–1922
			Harold Thorby ^[7]	Progressive	1922–1927	William Ashford ^[6]	Independent	1922
			Harold Thorby ^[7]	Progressive	1922–1927	Joseph Clark ^[5]	Labor	1922–1927

Election results[]

1925 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,717
	Labor	Bill Dunn (elected 1)	8,680	32.3	+6.2
	Labor	Joseph Clark (elected 2)	5,078	18.9	+0.6
	Labor	John Ritchie	1,352	5.0	+5.0
	Progressive	Harold Thorby (elected 3)	4,664	17.4	+6.5
	Progressive	Alfred Yeo	788	2.9	+2.9
	Progressive	Samuel Armstrong	721	2.7	+2.7
	Nationalist	Harold Blackett	3,367	12.5	+12.5
	Nationalist	John Macdonald	1,566	5.8	+0.8
	Nationalist	Henry Buttsworth	650	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			26,866	97.0	+0.7
Informal votes			823	3.0	-0.7
Turnout			27,689	72.9	+1.6
Party total votes
	Labor		15,110	56.2	+8.7
	Progressive		6,173	23.0	-6.2
	Nationalist		5,583	20.8	+8.6

References[]

^ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
^ "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mr Joseph Alfred Clark (1872–1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "The Hon. William George Ashford (1874-1925)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Mr Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888–1973)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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[1] Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

[Green_Wammerawa-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[Dunn_NSW_parl-4] "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Clark_NSW_parl-5] "Mr Joseph Alfred Clark (1872–1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Ashford_NSW_parl-6] "The Hon. William George Ashford (1874-1925)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[Thorby_NSW_parl-7] "Mr Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888–1973)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1925_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1925_Wammerawa-8] Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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