Cessnock, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales has had two incarnations, the first from 1913 to 1920, the second from 1927 to the present.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 25,719 | 48.7 | −6.1 | |
| One Nation | Quintin King | 8,059 | 15.3 | +15.3 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Andrew Fenwick | 6,294 | 11.9 | +11.9 | |
| National | Ash Barnham(disendorsed) | 5,877 | 11.1 | −12.8 | |
| Greens | Llynda Nairn | 3,476 | 6.6 | −1.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Victoria Davies | 2,141 | 4.1 | −3.9 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Graham Jones | 1,215 | 2.3 | −2.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 52,781 | 95.9 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,231 | 4.1 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 55,012 | 88.6 | +0.5 | ||
| Notionaltwo-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 30,154 | 76.8 | +7.1 | |
| National | Ash Barnham(disendorsed) | 9,103 | 23.2 | −7.1 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 29,964 | 73.4 | +3.7 | |
| One Nation | Quintin King | 10,865 | 26.6 | +26.6 | |
| Laborhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 27,122 | 54.48 | −7.74 | |
| National | Josh Angus | 12,081 | 24.27 | +1.03 | |
| Greens | Janet Murray | 4,010 | 8.06 | −0.36 | |
| Animal Justice | Chris Parker | 3,949 | 7.93 | +7.93 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Steve Russell | 2,619 | 5.26 | +5.26 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,781 | 94.96 | −0.64 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,643 | 5.04 | +0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 52,424 | 89.97 | −1.39 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 30,229 | 69.34 | −2.67 | |
| National | Josh Angus | 13,364 | 30.66 | +2.67 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −2.67 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 28,519 | 62.2 | +28.1 | |
| National | Jessica Price-Purnell | 10,652 | 23.2 | −1.8 | |
| Greens | Lindy Williams | 3,857 | 8.4 | −0.2 | |
| No Land Tax | Domenic Lopreiato | 1,465 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Christian Democrats | Julie Johnson | 1,339 | 2.9 | −0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,832 | 95.6 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,111 | 4.4 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 47,943 | 91.4 | +1.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 30,057 | 72.0 | +18.1 | |
| National | Jessica Price-Purnell | 11,685 | 28.0 | −18.1 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +18.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 15,812 | 34.5 | −20.3 | |
| National | Alison Davey | 11,309 | 24.7 | −6.7 | |
| Independent | Dale Troy | 8,640 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
| Greens | James Ryan | 3,913 | 8.5 | −5.3 | |
| Independent | Allan Stapleford | 2,297 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Independent | Allan McCudden | 2,284 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Christian Democrats | Wayne Riley | 1,598 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,853 | 95.3 | −1.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,240 | 4.7 | +1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 48,093 | 94.2 | +0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Clayton Barr | 18,679 | 54.4 | −8.1 | |
| National | Alison Davey | 15,687 | 45.6 | +8.1 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −8.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 24,026 | 54.8 | −3.8 | |
| National | Trevor Hollingshed | 13,754 | 31.4 | +12.8 | |
| Greens | James Ryan | 6,053 | 13.8 | +6.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,833 | 96.9 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,379 | 3.1 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 45,212 | 94.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 25,347 | 62.4 | −6.7 | |
| National | Trevor Hollingshed | 15,264 | 37.6 | +6.7 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −6.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 22,843 | 55.7 | +1.2 | |
| National | Dale Troy | 11,533 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
| Greens | Kerry Suwald | 2,926 | 7.1 | +2.1 | |
| One Nation | John Bailey | 1,573 | 3.8 | −12.2 | |
| Independent | Patricia St Lawrence | 1,219 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
| Democrats | Graham Capararo | 881 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,975 | 97.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 958 | 2.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 41,933 | 93.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 24,282 | 65.5 | −7.1 | |
| National | Dale Troy | 12,766 | 34.5 | +34.5 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −7.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 21,966 | 54.6 | −4.3 | |
| One Nation | Graham Burston | 6,462 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
| Liberal | Mark Coure | 6,003 | 14.9 | −13.8 | |
| Independent | Ian Olsen | 3,784 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
| Greens | James Ryan | 2,025 | 5.0 | +3.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,240 | 98.1 | +2.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 760 | 1.9 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 41,000 | 94.8 | |||
| Notionaltwo-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 25,287 | 73.9 | +7.6 | |
| Liberal | Mark Coure | 8,908 | 26.1 | −7.6 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kerry Hickey | 25,813 | 72.6 | +6.3 | |
| One Nation | Graham Burston | 9,719 | 27.4 | +27.4 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 18,680 | 55.5 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal | Robert Symon | 10,581 | 31.4 | −9.9 | |
| Democrats | Simon Holliday | 3,620 | 10.8 | +6.4 | |
| Socialist Labour | Terry Cook | 775 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,656 | 95.7 | +4.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,516 | 4.3 | −4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 35,172 | 94.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 20,348 | 63.1 | +8.7 | |
| Liberal | Robert Symon | 11,888 | 36.9 | −8.7 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 15,838 | 50.7 | +5.5 | |
| Liberal | Bob Roberts | 12,910 | 41.4 | +8.7 | |
| Democrats | Denis Rothwell | 1,357 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | Jim White | 1,106 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,211 | 91.4 | −5.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,938 | 8.6 | +5.5 | ||
| Turnout | 34,149 | 95.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 16,612 | 54.4 | +4.8 | |
| Liberal | Bob Roberts | 13,915 | 45.6 | −4.8 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +4.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 13,987 | 45.1 | −13.8 | |
| Liberal | Bob Roberts | 10,143 | 32.7 | +18.3 | |
| National | Desmond Snelgrove | 6,852 | 22.1 | −4.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,982 | 96.9 | −1.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 989 | 3.1 | +1.2 | ||
| Turnout | 31,971 | 95.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Bob Roberts | 15,218 | 50.5 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 14,943 | 49.5 | −9.4 | |
| Liberalgain fromLabor | Swing | +9.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 23,519 | 76.2 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal | Gerard Berkhout | 7,341 | 23.8 | +5.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,860 | 97.8 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 683 | 2.2 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 31,543 | 94.7 | +0.2 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | −4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 23,015 | 77.5 | −1.6 | |
| Liberal | James White | 5,406 | 18.2 | −2.7 | |
| Democrats | Gregory Mutton | 1,263 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,684 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 659 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 30,343 | 94.5 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 23,215 | 80.5 | +1.4 | |
| Liberal | James White | 5,606 | 19.5 | −1.4 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Stan Neilly | 15,932 | 70.43 | ||
| Liberal | Colin Richardson | 3,911 | 17.29 | ||
| Democrats | Elisabeth Kirkby | 2,779 | 12.28 | ||
| Total formal votes | 22,622 | 98.91 | |||
| Informal votes | 250 | 1.09 | |||
| Turnout | 22,872 | 88.74 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 17,814 | 77.0 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal | Suzan Ross-Gowan | 5,327 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,141 | 98.7 | +1.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 310 | 1.3 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 23,451 | 96.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | −1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 17,093 | 78.1 | −2.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | Bernard Burke | 4,801 | 21.9 | +21.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,894 | 97.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 583 | 2.6 | |||
| Turnout | 22,477 | 95.9 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 16,251 | 80.4 | +14.5 | |
| Liberal | John Thomas | 3,972 | 19.6 | +19.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,223 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 251 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 20,474 | 96.0 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | +14.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 13,528 | 65.9 | −11.7 | |
| Independent | Robert Brown | 7,009 | 34.1 | +34.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,537 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 283 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 20,820 | 96.5 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 14,687 | 77.6 | +11.4 | |
| Democratic Labor | Hilton Smith | 2,709 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
| Communist | Charles Dumbrell | 1,543 | 8.1 | +5.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 18,939 | 98.0 | −1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 385 | 2.0 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 19,324 | 95.2 | −0.4 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | George Neilly | 15,921 | 84.1 | −0.1 | |
| Democratic Labor | Hilton Smith | 3,018 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 12,754 | 66.2 | +3.8 | |
| Independent | Robert Brown | 4,000 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
| Liberal | Edward Farrell | 1,935 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
| Communist | Stanley Smith | 574 | 3.0 | −5.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,263 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 187 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 19,450 | 95.6 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | George Neilly | 14,009 | 72.7 | +6.1 | |
| Independent | Robert Brown | 5,254 | 27.3 | +27.3 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | George Neilly | 12,740 | 62.4 | ||
| Independent | Charles Haxton | 5,972 | 29.2 | ||
| Communist | David Stevenson | 1,710 | 8.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,422 | 98.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 350 | 1.7 | |||
| Turnout | 20,772 | 95.3 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | George Neilly | 13,595 | 66.6 | ||
| Independent | Charles Haxton | 6,827 | 33.4 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Crook | 13,374 | 69.5 | −16.1 | |
| Liberal | Harold Hawkes | 3,760 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
| Communist | David Stevenson | 2,121 | 11.0 | −3.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,255 | 98.5 | +3.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 295 | 1.5 | −3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 19,550 | 96.5 | +1.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Crook | 15,283 | 79.4 | −6.2 | |
| Liberal | Harold Hawkes | 3,972 | 20.6 | +20.6 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Crook | 15,145 | 85.6 | ||
| Communist | John Tapp | 2,557 | 14.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 17,702 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 908 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 18,610 | 94.7 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Crook | 15,132 | 86.7 | ||
| Communist | John Tapp | 2,319 | 13.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 17,451 | 97.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 445 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 17,896 | 95.0 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | John Crook | 16,204 | 80.50 | ||
| Communist | John Tapp | 3,925 | 19.50 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,129 | 95.83 | |||
| Informal votes | 877 | 4.17 | |||
| Turnout | 21,006 | 89.99 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | 12,756 | 60.0 | −40.0 | |
| Independent Labor | William May | 5,323 | 25.0 | +25.0 | |
| Communist | Charles Evans | 3,200 | 15.0 | +15.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,279 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 510 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 21,789 | 96.3 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | unopposed | |||
| Laborhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | 13,559 | 68.0 | ||
| State Labor | George McGregor | 6,370 | 32.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 19,929 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 453 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 20,382 | 94.9 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | 12,106 | 69.3 | +0.9 | |
| Industrial Labor | Eugene O'Neill | 5,360 | 30.7 | +30.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,466 | 97.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 435 | 2.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 17,901 | 96.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor (NSW) | Jack Baddeley | 12,099 | 68.4 | −5.1 | |
| Independent | Eugene O'Neill | 3,827 | 21.6 | +21.6 | |
| Communist | Charles Evans | 1,764 | 10.0 | +4.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,690 | 97.6 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 442 | 2.4 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 18,132 | 96.2 | −0.4 | ||
| Labor (NSW)hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor (NSW) | Jack Baddeley | 12,596 | 73.5 | −19.0 | |
| Federal Labor | Joseph Norton | 3,656 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
| Communist | Henry Scanlon | 877 | 5.1 | −2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,129 | 96.7 | +2.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 585 | 3.3 | −2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 17,714 | 96.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Labor (NSW)hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | 14,808 | 92.5 | ||
| Communist | Joseph Schelley | 1,200 | 7.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,008 | 93.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,058 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 17,066 | ||||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Jack Baddeley | 7,736 | 69.8 | ||
| Independent | Malcolm McNeil | 3,341 | 30.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 11,077 | 98.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 175 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 11,252 | 76.0 | |||
| Laborwin | (new seat) | ||||
District abolished
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William Kearsley | unopposed | |||
| Laborhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William Kearsley | 5,606 | 86.8 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Charles Cheesbrough | 564 | 8.7 | ||
| Socialist Labor | William North | 290 | 4.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,460 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 150 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 6,610 | 60.3 | |||
| Laborwin | (new seat) | ||||