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Electoral results for the district of Canterbury

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Canterbury, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales has had two incarnations, from 1859 to 1920 and 1927 to the present.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Canterbury

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First incarnation (1859-1920)

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Election Member Party Member Party
1859   Edward Flood None   Samuel Lyons None
1860 by John Lucas None
1860 Edward Raper None
1864-65 James Oatley None
1865 by James Pemell None
1868 by Richard Hill None
1869-70 Montagu Stephen None
1871 by John Lucas None
1872
1874-75
1877 Sir Henry Parkes None
1878 by
1880 William Pigott None William Henson None Member Party
1882 Henry Moses None   Septimus Stephen None
1884 by Mark Hammond None
1885 by William Henson None Member Party
1885   William Judd None
1887   William Davis Free Trade   Free Trade   Alexander Hutchison Free Trade   Joseph Carruthers Free Trade
1889 James Wilshire Free Trade John Wheeler Free Trade
1891   Cornelius Danahey Labor   Thomas Bavister Labor
1891 re-count James Eve Free Trade
1894   Varney Parkes Free Trade
1895 by
1895
1898
June 1900 by Sydney Smith Free Trade
July 1900 by   Thomas Taylor Independent
1901   Thomas Mackenzie Liberal Reform
1904
1907   Varney Parkes Independent Liberal / Liberal Reform
1910   Liberal Reform
1913   Henry Peters Labor
1914 by George Cann Labor
1917

Second incarnation (1927-present)

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Election Member Party
1927   Arthur Tonge Labor
1930
1932   Edward Hocking United Australia
1935   Arthur Tonge Labor
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962 Kevin Stewart Labor
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1986 by Kevin Moss Labor
1988
1991
1995
1999
2003 Linda Burney Labor
2007
2011
2015
2016 by Sophie Cotsis Labor
2019

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2023

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2023 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sophie Cotsis 28,892 59.8 +6.2
Liberal Nemr Boumansour 8,341 17.3 −12.5
Greens Bradley Schott 4,354 9.0 −2.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Hadchiti 3,941 8.2 +8.2
Sustainable Australia Joe Sinacori 1,379 2.9 +2.9
Animal Justice Kacey King 1,376 2.8 +2.6
Total formal votes 48,283 95.3 −0.1
Informal votes 2,386 4.7 +0.1
Turnout 50,669 86.5 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sophie Cotsis 32,829 75.8 +10.5
Liberal Nemr Boumansour 10,494 24.2 −10.5
Labor hold Swing +10.5

Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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2019 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sophie Cotsis 24,674 50.61 +0.37
Liberal Matt Harrison 15,376 31.54 +4.54
Greens Linda Eisler 6,146 12.61 +2.93
Christian Democrats Fatima Figueira 2,560 5.25 −4.94
Total formal votes 48,756 95.59 +0.38
Informal votes 2,247 4.41 −0.38
Turnout 51,003 89.22 −0.46
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sophie Cotsis 28,358 63.03 −2.66
Liberal Matt Harrison 16,634 36.97 +2.66
Labor hold Swing −2.66

2016 by-election

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2016 Canterbury by-election
Saturday 12 November [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sophie Cotsis 27,993 65.5 +15.2
Christian Democrats Branka Kouroushis 8,397 19.6 +9.4
Greens Kristian Bodell 6,393 14.9 +5.3
Total formal votes 42,783 95.4 +0.2
Informal votes 2,075 4.6 −0.2
Turnout 44,858 78.5 −15.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Sophie Cotsis 31,866 77.8 +12.1
Christian Democrats Branka Kouroushis 9,092 22.2 +22.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
Linda Burney (Labor) resigned.

2015

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2015 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Burney 23,929 50.2 +1.4
Liberal Nomiky Panayiotakis 12,859 27.0 −9.9
Christian Democrats Tony Issa 4,854 10.2 +6.0
Greens Linda Eisler 4,608 9.7 +0.3
No Land Tax Tony Maiorana 1,386 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 47,636 95.2 +0.3
Informal votes 2,395 4.8 −0.3
Turnout 50,031 89.7 −3.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Burney 27,663 65.7 +8.3
Liberal Nomiky Panayiotakis 14,447 34.3 −8.3
Labor hold Swing +8.3

2011

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2011 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Burney 21,417 47.2 −9.9
Liberal Ken Nam 16,115 35.5 +17.2
Greens Marc Rerceretnam 6,186 13.6 +0.6
Christian Democrats Albert Fam 1,673 3.7 +0.5
Total formal votes 45,391 95.9 +0.1
Informal votes 1,932 4.1 −0.1
Turnout 47,323 91.9 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Burney 24,356 58.3 −18.8
Liberal Ken Nam 17,393 41.7 +18.8
Labor hold Swing −18.8

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Burney 24,634 57.1 +1.6
Liberal Philip Mansour 7,907 18.3 +2.1
Greens Christine Donayre 5,629 13.0 +1.6
Unity Jing Ren 2,809 6.5 +0.6
Christian Democrats Ehab Hennien 1,359 3.1 +3.0
Against Further Immigration Alan Cronin 822 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 43,160 95.8 +0.0
Informal votes 1,878 4.2 +0.0
Turnout 45,038 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Burney 29,046 77.1 −0.3
Liberal Philip Mansour 8,609 22.9 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −0.3

2003

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2003 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Linda Burney 21,699 56.0 −0.5
Liberal Jack Kouzi 6,225 16.1 −0.8
Greens Dominic Fitzsimmons 4,048 10.4 +6.2
Independent John Koutsouras 3,470 8.9 +3.9
Unity Ken Nam 2,322 6.0 +1.3
Save Our Suburbs Peter Siapos 1,014 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 38,778 95.7 +0.0
Informal votes 1,754 4.3 −0.0
Turnout 40,532 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Linda Burney 25,643 77.6 +2.4
Liberal Jack Kouzi 7,413 22.4 −2.4
Labor hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moss 22,302 56.5 +1.5
Liberal Natalie Baini 6,686 16.9 −17.3
Independent John Koutsouras 1,973 5.0 +5.0
Unity Guang-Hua Wan 1,870 4.7 +4.7
Greens William Smith 1,662 4.2 +3.4
Democrats Garry Dalrymple 1,137 2.9 −0.5
Christian Democrats Michael Robinson 1,122 2.8 +2.7
One Nation Khiloud Shakir 1,114 2.8 +2.8
Independent Joshua Nam 715 1.8 +1.8
Independent Phillip Tsavellas 691 1.8 +1.8
Against Further Immigration Gerard Vanderwel 184 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 39,456 95.7 +5.1
Informal votes 1,783 4.3 −5.1
Turnout 41,239 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moss 25,871 75.2 +13.5
Liberal Natalie Baini 8,542 24.8 −13.5
Labor hold Swing +13.5

1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moss 18,792 56.5 +3.9
Liberal Paul Terrett 11,527 34.6 −5.9
Independent Shane Nicholls 1,077 3.2 +3.2
Democrats Garry Dalrymple 1,014 3.0 −3.8
Transport Action Group John Warrington 864 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 33,274 89.8 +5.1
Informal votes 3,793 10.2 −5.1
Turnout 37,067 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moss 19,905 61.7 +4.9
Liberal Paul Terrett 12,364 38.3 −4.9
Labor hold Swing +4.9

1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moss 15,756 52.6 +3.1
Liberal Carlo Favorito 12,154 40.5 +5.1
Democrats Garry Dalrymple 2,066 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 29,976 84.7 −10.6
Informal votes 5,411 15.3 +10.6
Turnout 35,387 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moss 16,715 56.8 +1.0
Liberal Carlo Favorito 12,699 43.2 −1.0
Labor hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moss 13,692 47.7 −20.6
Independent EFF Victoria Paradakis 7,194 25.0 +25.0
Liberal Paul Ritchie 6,911 24.1 −7.5
Socialist Dorothy Costa 923 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 28,720 95.3 −0.6
Informal votes 1,417 4.7 +0.6
Turnout 30,137 92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moss 14,527 53.4 −14.9
Independent EFF Victoria Paradakis 12,678 46.6 +46.6
Labor hold Swing −14.9

1986 by-election

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1986 Canterbury by-election
Saturday 1 February [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moss 12,189 53.14
Liberal George Elias 8,267 36.04
Democrats Paul Terrett 1,822 7.94
National Action Jim Saleam 513 2.24
Rainbow Party Julien Droulers 145 0.43
Total formal votes 22,936 95.58
Informal votes 1,061 4.42
Turnout 23,997 74.56
Labor hold Swing  
Labor MP Kevin Stewart resigned to accept the post of Agent-General for NSW in London.[20]

1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 19,253 67.9 −10.7
Liberal Robert Sharp 9,087 32.1 +10.7
Total formal votes 28,340 95.9 +0.9
Informal votes 1,214 4.1 −0.9
Turnout 29,554 92.1 +1.7
Labor hold Swing −10.7

1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 21,681 78.6 +4.6
Liberal Colin Thew 5,917 21.4 −4.6
Total formal votes 27,598 95.0
Informal votes 1,454 5.0
Turnout 29,052 90.4
Labor hold Swing +4.6

Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 22,519 76.0 +11.7
Liberal Marjorie Pennington 7,104 24.0 −11.7
Total formal votes 29,623 95.8 −1.0
Informal votes 1,290 4.2 +1.0
Turnout 30,913 92.2 −0.4
Labor hold Swing +11.7

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 19,581 64.3 +5.5
Liberal Marjorie Pennington 10,889 35.7 −0.4
Total formal votes 30,470 96.8 +0.4
Informal votes 990 3.2 −0.4
Turnout 31,460 92.6 +1.6
Labor hold Swing +4.4

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 16,784 58.8 −3.7
Liberal Jack Backer 10,296 36.1 −1.4
Democratic Labor John George 1,448 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 28,528 96.4
Informal votes 1,071 3.6
Turnout 29,599 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Stewart 17,078 59.9 −2.6
Liberal Jack Backer 11,450 40.1 +2.6
Labor hold Swing −2.6

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 15,711 62.5 +7.3
Liberal Jack Backer 9,431 37.5 −2.6
Total formal votes 25,142 96.3
Informal votes 970 3.7
Turnout 26,112 93.3
Labor hold Swing +4.0

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 14,272 55.2 −1.9
Liberal Stanley Squire 10,371 40.1 −2.8
Communist Jack Mundey 1,226 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 25,869 96.7
Informal votes 891 3.3
Turnout 26,760 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Stewart 15,130 58.5 +1.4
Liberal Stanley Squire 10,739 41.5 −1.4
Labor hold Swing +1.4

1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 13,355 57.1 −3.0
Liberal Colin McPhee 10,045 42.9 +3.0
Total formal votes 23,400 97.9 −0.5
Informal votes 500 2.1 +0.5
Turnout 23,900 93.3 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −3.0

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Stewart 14,469 60.1 +1.5
Liberal Donald Arthur 9,589 39.9 −1.5
Total formal votes 24,058 98.4
Informal votes 399 1.6
Turnout 24,457 94.0
Labor hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 13,353 58.6
Liberal William Dowd 9,417 41.4
Total formal votes 22,770 98.6
Informal votes 321 1.4
Turnout 23,091 94.5
Labor hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 12,032 59.4 −7.1
Liberal Cecil Ford 8,241 40.6 +11.5
Total formal votes 20,273 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 275 1.3 −0.6
Turnout 20,548 94.0 0.0
Labor hold Swing −10.7

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,025 66.5
Liberal Donald Arthur 6,146 29.1
Communist Roy Boyd 912 4.3
Total formal votes 21,083 98.1
Informal votes 418 1.9
Turnout 21,501 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,758 70.0
Liberal Donald Arthur 6,325 30.0
Labor hold Swing

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 11,448 58.8
Liberal Robert Bruce 8,022 41.2
Total formal votes 19,470 98.8
Informal votes 235 1.2
Turnout 19,705 94.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 13,606 55.5 −16.6
Liberal John Paget 10,931 44.5 +44.5
Total formal votes 24,537 98.9 +6.8
Informal votes 266 1.1 −6.8
Turnout 24,803 96.2 +2.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,932 72.1 −5.9
Lang Labor Claude Allen 5,769 27.9 +27.9
Total formal votes 20,701 92.9 −1.3
Informal votes 1,764 7.9 +1.3
Turnout 22,465 94.0 −0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 15,782 78.0
New Social Order William Brandon 2,804 13.9
State Labor William Hortin 1,639 8.1
Total formal votes 20,225 94.2
Informal votes 1,234 5.8
Turnout 21,459 94.8
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 10,690 54.3 +3.7
United Australia Edward Hocking 8,991 45.7 0.0
Total formal votes 19,681 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 266 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 19,947 97.1 −0.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Arthur Tonge 9,355 50.6 +4.0
United Australia Edward Hocking 8,462 45.7 +0.2
Federal Labor Albert Gardiner 689 3.7 −3.8
Total formal votes 18,506 98.4 +0.1
Informal votes 291 1.6 −0.1
Turnout 18,797 97.6 +1.4
Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Arthur Tonge 8,458 46.6 −21.8
United Australia Edward Hocking 8,256 45.5 +15.6
Federal Labor George Bramston 1,353 7.5 +7.5
Communist Robert Cram 80 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 18,147 98.3 −0.1
Informal votes 317 1.7 +0.1
Turnout 18,464 96.2 +2.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Edward Hocking 9,129 50.3
Labor (NSW) Arthur Tonge 9,018 49.7
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 11,827 68.4
Nationalist Arthur Gardiner 5,177 29.9
Independent Ioan Hill 288 1.7
Total formal votes 17,292 98.4
Informal votes 283 1.6
Turnout 17,575 94.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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This section is an excerpt from 1927 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1927 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 7,983 53.9
Nationalist Arthur Long 6,841 46.1
Total formal votes 14,824 99.0
Informal votes 146 1.0
Turnout 14,970 86.3
Labor win (new seat)

1920 - 1927

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District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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This section is an excerpt from 1917 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1917 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Cann 8,272 89.0 +37.0
Independent James Lee 1,020 11.0 +11.0
Total formal votes 9,292 98.9 +1.3
Informal votes 105 1.1 −1.3
Turnout 9,397 41.6 −30.2
Labor hold Swing +37.0

1914 by-election

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1914 Canterbury by-election
Saturday 10 October [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Cann 2,050 82.83
Independent James Huston 425 17.17
Total formal votes 2,475 100.00
Informal votes 0 0.00
Turnout 2,475 15.84 [a]
Labor hold Swing  
Henry Peters (Labor) was made bankrupt.[43]

1913

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This section is an excerpt from 1913 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1913 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry Peters 5,691 52.0
Liberal Reform John Draper 4,701 43.0
National Progressive Richard Messiter 439 4.0
Independent Liberal Ernest Dent 111 1.0
Total formal votes 10,942 71.8
Informal votes 268 2.4
Turnout 11,210 71.8
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  

1910

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This section is an excerpt from 1910 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1910 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Varney Parkes 5,824 55.7 +12.7
Labour Ernest Burgess 4,6221 44.3 +16.8
Independent John Gager 17 0.2
Total formal votes 10,463 97.8 +0.7
Informal votes 236 2.2 −0.7
Turnout 10,699 71.5 −2.2
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent Liberal  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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This section is an excerpt from 1907 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1907 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Varney Parkes 3,531 43.0
Liberal Reform Thomas Mackenzie 2,419 29.5 −27.4
Labour Edgar Cutler 2,257 27.5 +2.8
Total formal votes 8,207 97.1
Informal votes 246 2.9
Turnout 8,453 73.7
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

1904

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This section is an excerpt from 1904 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1904 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Mackenzie 2,687 56.9
Labour Edgar Cutler 1,166 24.7
Independent Thomas Taylor 813 17.2
Independent Robert Smith 56 1.2
Total formal votes 4,722 99.0
Informal votes 48 1.0
Turnout 4,770 56.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Canterbury lost part of the district to Camden and Granville. It absorbed parts of Marrickville, Petersham and St George. Thomas Mackenzie (Liberal Reform) was the member for Canterbury. Each of the members for Marrickville. Petersham and St George successfully contested their district.

1901

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This section is an excerpt from 1901 New South Wales state election § Canterbury
1901 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Mackenzie 1,048 47.9 −17.9
Independent Thomas Taylor (defeated) 991 45.3
Independent Frederick Barker 56 2.6
Independent William Gilliver 53 2.4
Independent Hampton Slatyer 18 0.8
Independent Thomas Dalton 17 0.8
Independent Frederick Webster 3 0.14
Total formal votes 2,186 98.5 −0.5
Informal votes 34 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 2,220 62.0 +7.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Varney Parkes (Free Trade) had won the seat at the 1898 election, however he resigned and Thomas Taylor (Independent) won the seat at the July 1900 by-election.

1900 by-election 2

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1900 Canterbury colonial by-election
Saturday 28 July [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Thomas Taylor 861 51.4
Liberal Reform Sydney Smith[b] 814 48.6
Total formal votes 1,675 98.9
Informal votes 19 1.1
Turnout 1,694 50.7 [c]
Independent gain from Liberal Reform  
The election of Sydney Smith at the June 1900 by-election was declared void.[49]

1900 by-election 1

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1900 Canterbury colonial by-election
Saturday 9 June [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sydney Smith (elected) 527 49.6
Protectionist Thomas Taylor 522 49.1
Independent Joseph Cooper 14 1.3
Total formal votes 1,063 99.1
Informal votes 10 0.9
Turnout 1,073 32.1
Free Trade hold  
Varney Parkes resigned.[51]

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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This section is an excerpt from 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Varney Parkes 1,083 65.8
National Federal Thomas Bavin 532 32.3
Independent Federalist George Rundle 30 1.8
Total formal votes 1,645 99.0
Informal votes 16 1.0
Turnout 1,661 54.4
Free Trade hold  

1895

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This section is an excerpt from 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Varney Parkes 955 71.9
Independent Mark Hammond 373 28.1
Total formal votes 1,328 99.6
Informal votes 6 0.5
Turnout 1,334 50.7
Free Trade hold  

1895 by-election

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1895 Canterbury by-election
Tuesday 11 June [54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Varney Parkes unopposed
Free Trade hold  
Varney Parkes resigned due to bankruptcy.[54]

1894

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This section is an excerpt from 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Varney Parkes 1,059 50.2
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Taylor 644 30.5
Labour James McBean 267 12.7
Protectionist Thomas Wearne 140 6.6
Total formal votes 2,110 98.4
Informal votes 35 1.6
Turnout 2,145 80.8
Free Trade win (previously 4 members)

1891 re-count

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1891 Canterbury election re-count
Wednesday 2 September [56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (re-elected 1) N/A
Labour Thomas Bavister (elected 2) 4,453 12.19 +0.01
Labour Cornelius Danahey (elected 3) 4,363 11.99 +0.03
Ind. Free Trade James Eve (elected 4) 4,349 11.92 +0.02
Free Trade John Wheeler (defeated) 4,344 11.90 −0.02
Total formal votes 36,491 99.30 −0.02
Informal votes 258[d] 0.70 +0.02
Turnout 10,279 54.96 '"`UNIQ−−ref−000000F1−QINU`"' 
  Ind. Free Trade gain 1 from Free Trade
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election and declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that James Eve (Ind. Free Trade) had been elected.[56]

1891

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This section is an excerpt from 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Wednesday 17 June [57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (re-elected 1) 7,231 19.81
Labour Thomas Bavister (elected 2) 4,449 12.19
Labour Cornelius Danahey (elected 3) 4,375 11.99
Free Trade John Wheeler (re-elected 4) 4,349 11.92
Ind. Free Trade James Eve 4,344 11.90
Labour John Grant 3,857 10.57
Free Trade Griffith Russell-Jones 3,690 10.11
Free Trade William Henson 2,787 7.64
Protectionist William Webster 1,417 3.88
Total formal votes 36,499 99.32
Informal votes 250 0.68
Turnout 10,279 54.96
  Labour gain 2 from Free Trade
  Free Trade hold 2

The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count in September 1891 which overturned the election of John Wheeler and declared that James Eve had been elected.[57][58]

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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This section is an excerpt from 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Saturday 2 February [59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (elected 1) 6,066 20.6
Free Trade John Wheeler (elected 2) 5,658 19.2
Free Trade James Wilshire (elected 3) 5,576 18.9
Free Trade Alexander Hutchison (elected 4) 5,504 18.7
Protectionist John Watkin 2,320 7.9
Protectionist Wilfred Blacket 2,207 7.5
Protectionist Alexander Ralston 2,120 7.2
Total formal votes 29,451 99.6
Informal votes 122 0.4
Turnout 8,435 51.1
  Free Trade hold 4  

1887

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This section is an excerpt from 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Saturday 12 February [60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (elected 1) 4,302 19.8
Free Trade Alexander Hutchison (elected 2) 3,013 13.9
Free Trade William Henson (re-elected 3) 2,385 11.0
Free Trade William Davis (elected 4) 2,264 10.4
Free Trade James Wilshire 2,179 10.0
Free Trade William Cameron 2,101 9.7
Free Trade John Wheeler 2,028 9.3
Protectionist John Watkin 1,507 6.9
Free Trade Richard McCoy 1,477 6.8
Free Trade George Wallace 504 2.3
Total formal votes 21,760 99.3
Informal votes 160 0.7
Turnout 6,776 53.6

1885

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This section is an excerpt from 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Friday 16 October [61]
Candidate Votes %
Mark Hammond (re-elected 1) 2,760 16.1
William Henson (re-elected 2) 2,479 14.5
Septimus Stephen (re-elected 3) 2,432 14.2
William Judd (elected 4) 2,311 13.5
Alban Riley 2,178 12.7
Alexander Hutchison 1,955 11.4
Richard McCoy 1,911 11.2
Thomas Robertson 1,104 6.4
Total formal votes 17,130 99.3
Informal votes 125 0.7
Turnout 6,042 57.4
  (1 new seat)

1885 by-election

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1885 Canterbury by-election
Wednesday 16 September [62]
Candidate Votes %
William Henson (elected) 1,733 68.1
Robert Hudson 888 33.9
Total formal votes 2,621 98.7
Informal votes 35 1.3
Turnout 2,656 25.3
Henry Moses was appointed to the Legislative Council.[62]

1884 by-election

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1884 Canterbury by-election
Saturday 19 April [63]
Candidate Votes %
Mark Hammond (elected) 1,311 79.7
George Stevens 334 20.3
Total formal votes 1,645 98.1
Informal votes 31 1.9
Turnout 1,676 20.8
William Pigott resigned.[63]

1882

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This section is an excerpt from 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Saturday 9 December [64]
Candidate Votes %
William Pigott (re-elected 1) 2,638 27.5
Septimus Stephen (elected 2) 1,933 20.1
Henry Moses (elected 3) 1,256 13.1
Mark Hammond 1,143 11.9
William Henson (defeated) 1,117 11.6
Joseph Mitchell 879 9.2
William Archer 633 6.6
Total formal votes 9,599 98.7
Informal votes 124 1.3
Turnout 3,921 58.2
  (1 new seat)

Joseph Mitchell had previously been defeated as a sitting member for Newtown.

1880

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This section is an excerpt from 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Monday 22 November [65]
Candidate Votes %
William Pigott (elected 1) 2,513 42.1
William Henson (elected 2) 1,380 23.1
Alfred Allen 672 11.3
Thomas Courtney 622 10.4
George Pile 493 8.3
Myles McRae 232 3.9
Total formal votes 56 100.0
Informal votes 5,968 0.0
Turnout 5,993 55.5

One sitting member John Lucas did not contest the election. The other sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested East Sydney.

Elections in the 1870s

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1878 by-election

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1878 Canterbury by-election
Tuesday 31 December [66]
Candidate Votes %
Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) 1,048 90.9
Aaron Wheeler 105 9.1
Total formal votes 1,153 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,153 15.7
Sir Henry Parkes was appointed Colonial Secretary in the third Parkes ministry.[66]

1877

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This section is an excerpt from 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Monday 29 October [67]
Candidate Votes %
Sir Henry Parkes (elected 1) 1,841 28.4
John Lucas (re-elected 2) 1,645 25.4
Richard Hill (defeated) 1,443 22.3
George Pile 969 14.9
William Henson 588 9.1
Total formal votes 6,486 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 6,486 49.2

1874-75

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This section is an excerpt from 1874-75 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Monday 28 December 1874 [68]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Hill (re-elected 1) 1,791 35.9
John Lucas (re-elected 2) 1,689 33.9
William Pigott 1,429 28.7
Aaron Wheeler 77 1.5
Total formal votes 4,986 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 3,393 62.3

1872

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This section is an excerpt from 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Tuesday 20 February [69]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Hill (re-elected 1) 1,715 38.7
John Lucas (re-elected 2) 1,442 32.5
Richard Wynne 1,147 25.9
William Henson 98 2.2
John Davis 30 0.7
Total formal votes 4,432 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,806 54.7

1871 by-election

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1871 Canterbury by-election
Friday 6 January [70]
Candidate Votes %
John Lucas (elected) 1,388 62.2
William Henson 844 37.8
Total formal votes 2,232 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.00
Turnout 2,232 45.2
Montagu Stephen resigned.[70]

Elections in the 1860s

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1869-70

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This section is an excerpt from 1869-70 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Thursday 23 December 1869 [71]
Candidate Votes %
Montagu Stephen (elected 1) 1,252 26.3
Richard Hill (re-elected 2) 1,219 25.7
John Lucas (defeated) 979 20.6
William Hanson 947 19.9
Thomas Sullivan 339 7.1
W R Templeton 17 0.4
Total formal votes 4,753 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,481 54.7

1868 by-election

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1868 Canterbury by-election
Wednesday 16 September [72]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Hill (elected) unopposed  
James Pemell resigned.[72]

1865 by-election

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1865 Canterbury by-election
Friday 24 February [73]
Candidate Votes %
James Pemell (elected) 1,104 70.2
John Waller 469 29.8
Total formal votes 1,573 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,573 44.9
John Lucas resigned.[73]

1864-65

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This section is an excerpt from 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Wednesday 7 December 1864 [74]
Candidate Votes %
James Oatley (elected 1) 937 32.3
John Lucas (re-elected 2) 785 27.1
Edward Raper (defeated) 385 13.3
Samuel Lyons 374 12.9
William Roberts 324 11.2
William Forster 68 2.4
Tertius Rider 15 0.5
John Beer 10 0.4
Total formal votes 2,898 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,792 51.1

1860

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This section is an excerpt from 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Saturday 15 December [75]
Candidate Votes %
John Lucas (re-elected 1) 884 43.9
Edward Raper (elected 2) 629 31.2
William Roberts (defeated) 384 19.1
Richard Cowan 119 5.9
Total formal votes 2,016 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,244 40.0

William Roberts was the sitting member for Goulburn.

1860 by-election

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1860 Canterbury by-election
Saturday 4 February [76]
Candidate Votes %
John Lucas (elected) 713 70.7
William Sherwin 249 24.7
Maurice Reynolds 46 4.6
Total formal votes 1,008 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,008 33.3
Edward Flood resigned.[76]

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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This section is an excerpt from 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Canterbury
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Canterbury
Saturday 18 June [77]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Flood (re-elected 1) 619 25.3
Samuel Lyons (elected 2) 538 22.0
John Lucas 497 20.3
Samuel Terry 352 14.4
William Windeyer 329 13.5
Maurice Reynolds 112 4.6
Total formal votes 2,447 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,560 51.5

Notes

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  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 15,623 at the 1913 election.[44]
  2. ^ Party labels are difficult to define in 1900, with the Free Trade Party transforming into the Liberal Reform Party.[49]
  3. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 3,340 at June 1900.[50]
  4. ^ Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change.
  5. ^ Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.

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