Electoral district of Waratah (New South Wales)

Waratah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Newcastle area, including the suburb of Waratah. It was originally created in 1894, when multi-member districts were abolished,^[1] and the three member district of Newcastle was divided between Waratah, Newcastle East, Newcastle West, Kahibah and Wickham.^[2][3] The district was abolished in 1913 and recreated in 1930, replacing parts of Kahibah and Wallsend. It was abolished again in 1999.^[4][5][6]

Members for Waratah

First incarnation (1894–1913)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Griffith	Labour	1894–1903
	Matthew Charlton	Labour	1903–1904
	John Estell	Labour	1904–1913
Second incarnation (1930–1999)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Cameron	Labor	1930–1956
	Frank Purdue	Independent	1956–1962
	Edward Greaves	Labor	1962–1964
	Frank Purdue	Independent	1964–1965
	Sam Jones	Labor	1965–1984
	John Price	Labor	1984–1999

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Waratah (New South Wales)

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waratah.[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Price	20,975	65.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Wayne Shoobridge	7,222	22.6	−1.9
	Greens	Liz Rene	3,743	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			31,940	93.6	+5.4
Informal votes			2,166	6.4	−5.4
Turnout			34,106	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Price	22,801	74.1	+3.1
	Liberal	Wayne Shoobridge	7,972	25.9	−3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1