Electoral district of Wammerawa

Wammerawa was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains and elected three members simultaneously. In 1927, it was split into Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains.^[1][2][3]

Members for Wammerawa

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Bill Dunn [4]	Labor	1920–1927		Joseph Clark [5]	Labor	1920–1922		William Ashford [6]	Nationalist	1920–1922
					Harold Thorby [7]	Progressive	1922–1927			Independent	1922
									Joseph Clark [5]	Labor	1922–1927

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wammerawa

1925 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,717
	Labor	Bill Dunn (elected 1)	8,680	32.3	+6.2
	Labor	Joseph Clark (elected 2)	5,078	18.9	+0.6
	Labor	John Ritchie	1,352	5.0	+5.0
	Progressive	Harold Thorby (elected 3)	4,664	17.4	+6.5
	Progressive	Alfred Yeo	788	2.9	+2.9
	Progressive	Samuel Armstrong	721	2.7	+2.7
	Nationalist	Harold Blackett	3,367	12.5	+12.5
	Nationalist	John Macdonald	1,566	5.8	+0.8
	Nationalist	Henry Buttsworth	650	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			26,866	97.0	+0.7
Informal votes			823	3.0	−0.7
Turnout			27,689	72.9	+1.6
Party total votes
	Labor		15,110	56.2	+8.7
	Progressive		6,173	23.0	−6.2
	Nationalist		5,583	20.8	+8.6

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Wammerawa.[edit]