Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 6 August 1904 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 689,490
Votes cast 396,622 Turnout 59.31 −3.53
Informal votes 3,973 Informal 0.99 +0.21
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal Reform 176,796 44.58 +11.03 45 +8
  Labour 92,426 23.30 +4.86 25 +1
  Progressive 75,297 18.98 −4.01 16 −26
  Independent 25,605 6.46 −4.62 2 −10
  Independent Liberal 21,189 5.34 −3.26 2 −2
  Other 5,309 1.34 −4.01 0 −6
Total     90 -35

The 1904 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral districts returning one member each. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system.[1] There were two significant changes from the 1901 election, the first was that women were given the right to vote, which saw an increase in the number of enrolled voters from 345,500 in 1901,[2] to 689,490 in 1904.[1] The second was that as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was reduced from 125 to 90.[3] The combined effect of the changes meant that the average number of enrolled voters per electorate went from 2,764,[a] to 7,661,[b] an increase of 277%. Leichhardt was the only district that was not substantially changed, while The Macquarie and The Murray districts retained nothing but the name.

In this election, in 20 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 2 were uncontested.[c] Two seats were contested by 3 sitting members.[d]

Of the 125 members of the house prior to the election, 4 were appointed to the Legislative Council,[e] 10 did not contest the election,[f] and a further 41 were defeated at the election. 70 members (56%) retained a seat after the election.

  1. ^ a b c d Green, Antony. "1904 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  3. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Turnout". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Turnout". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 340. 21 June 1904. p. 4935. Retrieved 16 December 2019 – via Trove.


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