Electoral results for the district of Singleton

Singleton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election		Party
1894	Albert Gould	Free Trade
1894 by
1895
1898	Charles Dight	National Federal
1901	Charles Dight	Progressive
1904	James Fallick	Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917		Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Fallick	2,905	51.4	−1.4
	Labor	Richard Bramston	2,505	44.3	+4.2
	Independent	Valdemar Olling	131	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Leslie Hewitt	114	2.0	−5.2
Total formal votes			5,655	98.5	+2.1
Informal votes			88	1.5	−2.1
Turnout			5,743	56.8	−9.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.4

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	James Fallick	3,294	52.8
	Labor	Thomas Braye	2,500	40.1
	Country Party Association	Leslie Hewitt	447	7.2
Total formal votes			6,241	96.4
Informal votes			231	3.6
Turnout			6,472	66.5
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	James Fallick	2,805	55.4
	Labour	Sydney Pender	2,257	44.6
Total formal votes			5,062	98.3
Informal votes			88	1.7
Turnout			5,150	70.1
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	James Fallick	2,243	58.1
	Labour	William Johnson	1,619	41.9
Total formal votes			3,862	97.9
Informal votes			85	2.2
Turnout			3,947	64.6
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	James Fallick	2,106	50.9
	Progressive	Charles Dight	2,036	49.2
Total formal votes			4,142	99.4
Informal votes			24	0.6
Turnout			4,166	69.2
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Singleton absorbed part of the seat of Northumberland and parts of the abolished seats of Robertson and Rylstone. The member for Northumberland was John Norton (Independent) who successfully contested Surry Hills, the member for Robertson was William Fleming (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested The Upper Hunter and the member for Rylstone was John Fitzpatrick (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Northumberland. Charles Dight (Progressive) was the member for Singleton while James Fallick (Independent Liberal) was the member for Newtown-St Peters.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Charles Dight	972	57.1	+1.0
	Liberal Reform	Augustus Walker	585	34.4	−9.5
	Independent	Thomas Blick	144	8.5
Total formal votes			1,701	99.8	+0.3
Informal votes			4	0.2	−0.3
Turnout			1,705	68.2	+4.2
	Progressive hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	Charles Dight	878	56.1
	Free Trade	Albert Gould	687	43.9
Total formal votes			1,565	99.5
Informal votes			8	0.5
Turnout			1,573	64.0
	National Federal gain from Free Trade

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould	932	55.4
	Protectionist	Alfred Holden	751	44.6
Total formal votes			1,683	99.2
Informal votes			13	0.8
Turnout			1,696	72.3
	Free Trade hold

1894 by-election

1894 Singleton by-election
Tuesday 14 August ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould (re-elected)	1,008	69.0	+22.4
	Labour	Robert Connelly	452	31.0	+9.4
Total formal votes			1,460	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			25	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			1,485	63.0 ^[a]	−18.2
	Free Trade hold

Albert Gould (Free Trade) was appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry.^[12]

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould	882	46.6
	Protectionist	John Connelly	603	31.8
	Labour	William Burnett	409	21.6
Total formal votes			1,894	98.9
Informal votes			22	1.2
Turnout			1,916	81.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election.^[13]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1917 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1913 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1910 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1907 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1904 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[14] Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election.^[13]

[Green_Singleton-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Singleton-4] Green, Antony. "1917 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Singleton-5] Green, Antony. "1913 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Singleton_1910-6] Green, Antony. "1910 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1907_Singleton-7] Green, Antony. "1907 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Singleton-8] Green, Antony. "1904 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Singleton-9] Green, Antony. "1901 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Singleton-10] Green, Antony. "1898 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Singleton-11] Green, Antony. "1895 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[1894_Singleton_colonial_by-election_Green-12] Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Singleton-13] Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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