Liverpool Plains, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales, had three incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1904 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1859 | Andrew Loder | None | |
| 1860 by | Charles Kemp | None | |
| 1860 | Alexander Dick | None | |
| 1863 by | Marshall Burdekin | None | |
| 1864 | John Lloyd | None | |
| 1869 | Charles Cowper | None | |
| 1870 by | |||
| 1871 by | Lewis Levy | None | |
| 1872 | Hanley Bennett | None | |
| 1875 | |||
| 1876 by | |||
| 1877 | |||
| Election | Member | Party | |
| 1904 | John Perry | Independent Liberal | |
| 1907 | Henry Horne | Labor | |
| 1910 | |||
| August 1911 by | John Perry | Liberal Reform | |
| October 1911 by | William Ashford | Labor | |
| 1913 | |||
| 1917 | Nationalist | ||
| Election | Member | Party | |
| 1927 | Harry Carter | Country | |
| 1930 | |||
| 1932 | |||
| 1935 | |||
| 1938 | |||
| 1941 | Roger Nott | Labor | |
| 1944 | |||
| 1947 | |||
| 1950 | |||
| 1953 | |||
| 1956 | |||
| 1959 | |||
| 1961 by | Frank O'Keefe | Country | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 7,312 | 50.21 | +3.05 | |
| Labor | Robert Johnson | 7,252 | 49.79 | −1.89 | |
| Total formal votes | 14,564 | 98.89 | −0.05 | ||
| Informal votes | 163 | 1.11 | +0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 14,727 | 82.30 | −12.43 | ||
| Countrygain fromLabor | Swing | +2.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 8,694 | 51.7 | ||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 7,933 | 47.2 | ||
| Independent | John Pender | 195 | 1.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,822 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 180 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 17,002 | 94.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Roger Nott | 8,792 | 52.3 | ||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 8,030 | 47.7 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 9,109 | 54.7 | −4.3 | |
| Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 4,868 | 29.2 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal | Henry Gregson | 2,609 | 15.7 | +2.9 | |
| Independent | John Pender | 72 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,658 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 139 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 16,797 | 94.0 | −1.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Roger Nott | 9,406 | 56.5 | −3.5 | |
| Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 7,252 | 43.5 | +3.5 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 9,560 | 59.0 | ||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 4,583 | 28.3 | ||
| Liberal | James Reeves | 2,071 | 12.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 16,214 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 180 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 16,394 | 95.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Roger Nott | 9,728 | 60.0 | ||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 6,486 | 40.0 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 7,851 | 51.8 | ||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 4,791 | 31.6 | ||
| Liberal | Keith Mitchell | 2,522 | 16.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 15,164 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 147 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 15,311 | 89.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Roger Nott | 54.0 [a] | |||
| Country | Frank O'Keefe | 46.0 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 6,894 | 54.9 | −3.8 | |
| Country | Cleve Slacksmith | 5,662 | 45.1 | +3.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,556 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 133 | 1.1 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 12,689 | 95.3 | +5.4 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 6,715 | 58.7 | +8.1 | |
| Country | James Scott | 4,726 | 41.3 | +24.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,441 | 98.5 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 170 | 1.5 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 11,611 | 89.9 | −3.4 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Roger Nott | 6,169 | 50.6 | ||
| Country | James Scott | 2,080 | 17.1 | ||
| Country | Alister McMullin | 1,978 | 16.2 | ||
| Country | Alfred Yeo | 1,956 | 16.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 12,183 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 239 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 12,422 | 93.3 | |||
| Laborgain fromCountry | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Harry Carter | 7,489 | 60.1 | −1.0 | |
| Labor | Thomas Ryan | 4,975 | 39.9 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,464 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 194 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 12,658 | 95.2 | −0.6 | ||
| Countryhold | Swing | −1.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Harry Carter | 7,590 | 61.1 | −5.2 | |
| Labor (NSW) | Percy Forsyth | 4,835 | 38.9 | +5.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,425 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 181 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 12,606 | 95.8 | −0.6 | ||
| Countryhold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Harry Carter | 7,932 | 66.3 | +15.4 | |
| Labor (NSW) | Elijah Smith | 4,030 | 33.7 | −15.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,962 | 98.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 193 | 1.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 12,155 | 96.4 | +0.5 | ||
| Countryhold | Swing | +15.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Harry Carter | 6,013 | 50.4 | ||
| Labor | Thomas Egan | 5,920 | 49.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 11,933 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 227 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 12,160 | 95.9 | |||
| Countryhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Harry Carter | 6,813 | 54.7 | ||
| Labor | Michael Hagan | 5,630 | 45.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 12,443 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 174 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 12,617 | 85.4 | |||
| Countrywin | (new seat) | ||||
District recreated
District abolished
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | William Ashford | 3,593 | 52.9 | +21.3 | |
| Labor | Abraham Berry | 3,194 | 47.1 | −4.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 6,787 | 99.0 | +2.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 69 | 1.0 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 6,856 | 62.9 | −6.7 | ||
| Memberchanged toNationalist fromLabor | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William Ashford | 3,598 | 52.0 | ||
| Liberal Reform | George Higgins | 2,183 | 31.6 | ||
| Farmers and Settlers | Augustus Perrett | 1,137 | 16.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,918 | 96.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 270 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 7,188 | 69.6 | |||
| Laborhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William Ashford | 4,030 | 53.5 | +3.5 | |
| Liberal Reform | John Perry (defeated) | 3,524 | 46.7 | −3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,554 | 100.0 | +1.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 7,554 | 83.0 [b] | +18.0 | ||
| Laborgain fromLiberal Reform | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | John Perry | 2,912 | 50.0 | +9.8 | |
| Labor | William Ashford | 2,909 | 50.0 | −9.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,821 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 91 | 1.5 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 5,912 | 65.0 [b] | |||
| Liberal Reformgain fromLabor | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Horne | 3,265 | 56.9 | ||
| Farmers and Settlers | Robert Patten | 2,473 | 43.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,738 | 97.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 122 | 2.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,860 | 64.4 | |||
| Labourhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Henry Horne | 2,519 | 51.5 | ||
| Liberal Reform | John Perry | 2,373 | 48.5 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,892 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 155 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,047 | 66.1 | |||
| Labourgain fromIndependent Liberal | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Liberal | John Perry | 1,650 | 45.8 | ||
| Labour | David Hall | 1,629 | 45.2 | ||
| Liberal Reform | George Nowland | 323 | 9.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,602 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 39 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 3,641 | 54.3 | |||
| Independent Liberalwin | (new seat) | ||||
District recreated
District abolished
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 703 | 42.5 | |
| Michael Burke | 536 | 32.4 | |
| George Grehan | 415 | 25.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,654 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,654 | 36.4 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 843 | 46.2 | |
| Sydney Burdekin | 823 | 45.2 | |
| William Gordon | 126 | 6.9 | |
| George McLean | 30 | 1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,823 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,823 | 44.0 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 766 | 51.5 | |
| Daniel Macquarie | 721 | 48.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,487 | 97.8 | |
| Informal votes | 33 | 2.2 | |
| Turnout | 1,520 | 47.6 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanley Bennett (elected) | 532 | 45.1 | |
| Francis Rusden | 207 | 17.5 | |
| William Gordon | 152 | 12.9 | |
| Bowie Wilson | 151 | 12.8 | |
| George Wallace | 125 | 10.6 | |
| Alexander Bowman | 13 | 1.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,180 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 1,230 | 43.1 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Levy (elected) | 374 | 61.8 | |
| Hanley Bennett | 198 | 32.7 | |
| John Robertson | 33 | 5.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 605 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 605 | 21.9 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Cowper (re-elected) | 721 | 85.6 | |
| Edward Parnell | 120 | 14.3 | |
| Joseph Abbott | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 842 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 842 | 35.6 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Cowper (elected) | 468 | 91.4 | |
| Hanley Bennett | 44 | 8.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 512 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 512 | 21.6 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lloyd (elected) | unopposed | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Burdekin (elected) | 319 | 53.5 | |
| William Mullen | 277 | 46.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 596 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 596 | 37.5 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Dick (elected) | 436 | 79.1 | |
| Charles Kemp (defeated) | 115 | 20.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 551 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 551 | 39.4 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kemp (elected) | 164 | 55.6 | |
| Thomas Dangar | 131 | 44.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 295 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 295 | 25.0 | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Loder (elected) | 380 | 71.6 | |
| Francis Rusden | 151 | 28.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 531 | 100.0 | |
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | 534 | 45.3 | |