Electoral results for the district of Alexandria

Election results for Alexandria, New South Wales, Australia

Alexandria, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930.[1][2]

First incarnation (1904-1920)

Election | Member | Party
1904 |  | John Dacey | Labor
1907
1910
1912 by | Simon Hickey
1913
1917
Second incarnation (1927-1930)
1927 |  | Bill Ratcliffe | Labor

## Election results[edit]

### Elections in the 1920s[edit]

#### 1927[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [3] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Bill Ratcliffe | 8,370  | 67.6  |
| Nationalist | Ernest Kidd  | 4,018  | 32.4  |
Total formal votes  | 12,388  | 98.8  |
Informal votes  | 150  | 1.2  |
Turnout | 12,538  | 82.7  |
| Labor win | (new seat)

Bill Ratcliffe was one of five sitting MPs for Botany.[3]

District recreated

#### 1920 - 1927[edit]

District abolished

### Elections in the 1910s[edit]

#### 1917[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,670  | 69.9  | -0.1
| Nationalist | Sydney Smith | 1,388  | 26.4  | +26.4
| Independent | James Dixon  | 189  | 3.6  | -16.6
Total formal votes  | 5,247  | 99.1  | +1.9
Informal votes  | 50  | 0.9  | -1.9
Turnout | 5,297  | 53.9  | -0.4
| Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with a slightly reduced majority. Sydney Smith was a former member for East Macquarie, Bathurst, Canterbury and federal member for Macquarie.[4]

#### 1913[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
|
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| Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,785  | 70.0  |
| Independent Liberal | James Dixon  | 1,092  | 20.2  |
| Independent | Joseph Warner  | 529  | 9.8  |
Total formal votes  | 5,406  | 97.2  |
Informal votes  | 158  | 2.8  |
Turnout | 5,564  | 54.3  |
| Labor hold |

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with an increased majority.[5]

#### 1912 by-election[edit]

This section is an excerpt from 1912 Alexandria state by-election § Results.[edit]

1912 Alexandria by-election

Saturday 18 May [6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,437  | 65.4  | -3.3
| Liberal Reform | William Ferguson | 1,695  | 32.2  | +1.3
| Socialist | Arthur Duffield  | 70  | 1.3  |
| Independent | James Dixon  | 56  | 1.1  |
Total formal votes  | 5,258  | 97.3  | +0.2
Informal votes  | 147  | 2.7  | -0.2
Turnout | 5,405  | 55.6 [a] | -9.5
| Labor hold | Swing |  |

The by-election was caused by the death of John Dacey.[8] Simon Hickey was Dacey's son-in-law. William Ferguson was a former member for Sturt who had been a member of Labor until switching to Liberal reform in 1904.[6]

### Elections in the 1900s[edit]

#### 1910[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

|
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|
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| Labor | John Dacey | 4,225  | 68.7  | +13.7
| Liberal Reform | George Smith  | 1,897  | 30.9  | -11.9
| Independent | James Horne  | 25  | 0.4  |
Total formal votes  | 6,147  | 97.1  | -0.6
Informal votes  | 186  | 2.9  | +0.6
Turnout | 6,333  | 65.2  | -6.6
| Labor hold | Swing | +13.7 |

Sitting Labor MP John Dacey was returned with an increased majority.[7]

#### 1907[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
|
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| Labor | John Dacey | 3,523  | 55.0  |
| Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 2,742  | 42.8  |
| Independent | Joseph Edward Warner  | 119  | 1.9  |
| Independent | Patrick Joseph Craddock  | 10  | 0.2  |
| Independent | Alexander Bryson  | 8  | 0.1  |
Total formal votes  | 6,290  | 97.7  |
Informal votes  | 147  | 2.3  |
Turnout | 6,437  | 71.7  |
| Labor hold |

Albert Bruntnell had been elected MP for Surry Hills at the 1906 by-election.[9]

#### 1904[edit]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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|
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| Labor | John Dacey | 2,859  | 49.8  |
| Progressive | George Anderson | 2,742  | 47.8  |
| Independent | Thomas Edwards  | 90  | 1.6  |
| Socialist Labor | John Wilcox  | 49  | 0.9  |
Total formal votes  | 5,740  | 99.4  |
Informal votes  | 36  | 0.6  |
Turnout | 5,776  | 64.2  |
| Labor win | (new seat)
Alexandria was a new seat, comprising parts of the seat of Botany and the abolished seats of Darlington, Newtown-Erskine and Waterloo. John Dacey was the member for Botany who had lost Labour pre-selection for that seat, while George Anderson was the member for the abolished seat of Waterloo. The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip while the member for Newtown-Erskine was Robert Hollis (Labour) who successfully contested Newtown.

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,721 at the 1910 election.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1927 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1912 Alexandria by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
7. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1910 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
8. ^ "Mr John Rowland Dacey (1854–1912)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
9. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1907 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
10. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

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