election results for Kahibah, New South Wales, Australia
Kahibah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930 and the third from 1950 to 1971.[1][2][3]
Joshua Arthur (Labor) was forced to resign after a Royal Commission found his dealings with Reginald Doyle were improper.[11] The by-election was a disastrous defeat for Labor in one of their safest seats.
1953[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[]
Kahibah was expanded to include part of Waratah and the abolished seat of Newcastle West. The member for Kahibah was Alfred Edden (Labour). The member for Newcastle West was Owen Gilbert (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Wickham while the member for Waratah was Matthew Charlton (Labour) who successfully contested Northumberland.
1901[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah[22]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Alfred Edden
843
65.0
IndependentFederalist
William Richardson
38
2.9
National Federal
Oswald Steel
356
27.5
Independent
William Williams
60
4.6
Total formal votes
1,297
99.2
Informal votes
11
0.8
Turnout
1,308
59.1
Labourhold
1895[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah[23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Alfred Edden
unopposed
Member changed to Labour from IndependentLabour
Alfred Edden left Labor in 1891 over the question of the solidarity pledge and was elected as an Independent Labour member in 1894 and rejoined Labour before this election.
1894[]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah[24]