NSW Elections Links Site Links Home Page Elections Index Candidates Index Districts Index By-elections Feedback Elections for the District of - Armidale Elected Date Winning Candidate Party % Vote 17 Jul 1894 Copeland, Henry Protectionist 38.4 24 Jul 1895 Lonsdale, Edmund Free Trade 50.4 27 Jul 1898 Wilson, Charles Graham National Federal 56.3 03 Jul 1901 Lonsdale, Edmund Liberal Party 50.8 12 Dec 1903 (by) Kearney, Sydney John Liberal Party 45.2 06 Aug 1904 Kearney, Sydney John Liberal Party 50.7 10 Sep 1907 Lonsdale, Edmund Liberal Party 52.0 14 Oct 1910 Lonsdale, Edmund Liberal Party 51.3 06 Dec 1913 Braund, George Frederick Liberal Party 55.9 02 Sep 1915 (by) Lane, Herbert William Liberal Party (uncontested) 24 Mar 1917 Lane, Herbert William Nationalist 56.5 08 Oct 1927 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 62.7 25 Oct 1930 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 52.1 11 Jun 1932 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 66.2 18 Apr 1935 Drummond, David Henry Country Party (uncontested) 26 Mar 1938 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 56.3 10 May 1941 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 53.3 27 May 1944 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 51.3 03 May 1947 Drummond, David Henry Country Party 56.0 11 Feb 1950 (by) Hughes, Davis Country Party 32.8 17 Jun 1950 Hughes, Davis Country Party 49.8 14 Feb 1953 Cahill, James Edward Labor Party 50.0 03 Mar 1956 Hughes, Davis Country Party 52.3 21 Mar 1959 Hughes, Davis Country Party 56.3 03 Mar 1962 Hughes, Davis Country Party 62.5 01 May 1965 Hughes, Davis Country Party 66.9 24 Feb 1968 Hughes, Davis Country Party 67.0 13 Feb 1971 Hughes, Davis Country Party 61.9 17 Feb 1973 (by) Leitch, David Stanley Country Party 31.4 17 Nov 1973 Leitch, David Stanley Country Party 59.7 01 May 1976 Leitch, David Stanley Country Party 56.6 07 Oct 1978 McCarthy, William John Patrick Labor Party 48.5