ANNEX Ae
Electoral Roll - Federal Electorate of
Richmond
|
Subdivision |
1917 |
1921 |
1922 |
1925 |
1926 |
1928 |
1928
-/+ |
1930 |
1931 |
Apr32 |
Apr33
(+sup) |
Jul34 |
Feb35 |
Oct36 |
Aug37 |
Jan38 |
May39 |
Jan41 |
|
(Tweed-Brunswick) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Byron Bay |
1598 |
1784 |
1940 |
2052 |
1971 |
2065 |
-447
+541 |
3155 |
3056 |
3357 |
3766 |
3291
(3369) |
3343 |
3398 |
3374 |
3357 |
3303 |
3315 |
|
Mullumbimby |
1370 |
1774 |
1872 |
1834 |
1673 |
1650 |
-446
+423 |
1878 |
1842 |
2031 |
2344 |
2171
(2194) |
2168 |
2233 |
2402 |
2421 |
2422 |
2500 |
|
Murwillumbah |
3873 |
4298 |
4664 |
5147 |
4875 |
4966 |
-1215
+1306 |
5060 |
4928 |
5378 |
6072 |
6083
(6285) |
6228 |
6457 |
6588 |
6631 |
6655 |
6822 |
|
Tweed Heads |
1516 |
2160 |
2265 |
2196 |
1815 |
1980 |
-427
+602 |
2085 |
1925 |
2289 |
2637 |
2548
(2603) |
2591 |
2518 |
2491 |
2489 |
2462 |
2598 |
|
Sub Total |
8357 |
10,016 |
10,741 |
11,229 |
10,334 |
10,661 |
-2535
+2872 |
12,178 |
11,751 |
13,055 |
14,819
|
14,093 |
14,330 |
14,606 |
14,855 |
14,898 |
14,842 |
15,235 |
|
(Richmond) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alstonville |
1605 |
1558 |
1671 |
2033 |
2157 |
1708 |
-835
+386 |
1378 |
1450 |
1330 |
1558 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ballina |
2735 |
2496 |
2703 |
2904 |
2805 |
2883 |
-637
+715 |
1873 |
1813 |
2016 |
2339 |
3440
(3450) |
3401 |
3355 |
3422 |
3445 |
3423 |
3522 |
|
Casino |
4062 |
4101 |
4145 |
4484 |
4515 |
4660 |
-968
+1113 |
5600 |
5056 |
5766 |
6600 |
6033
(6145) |
6028 |
6254 |
6310 |
6305 |
6387 |
6477 |
|
Coraki |
1258 |
1196 |
1264 |
1330 |
1231 |
1216 |
-393
+378 |
1182 |
1092 |
1215 |
1378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eltham |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2371 |
2260 |
2478 |
2833 |
2523
(2565) |
2535 |
2587 |
2570 |
2549 |
2521 |
2593 |
|
Kyogle |
1760 |
2015 |
2104 |
2491 |
2391 |
3196 |
-483
+1288 |
3293 |
3475 |
3072 |
3527 |
3514
(3629) |
3602 |
3547 |
3621 |
3709 |
3920 |
4884 |
|
Lismore |
8784 |
8985 |
9496 |
9759 |
9703 |
10,231 |
-2088
+2616 |
7427 |
7187 |
7492 |
8823 |
7631
(7878) |
7748 |
8464 |
8606 |
8796 |
9015 |
9147 |
|
Nimbin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
836 |
812 |
926 |
1104 |
1007
(1014) |
962 |
959 |
950 |
958 |
936 |
|
|
Woodburn South |
1862 |
1573 |
1639 |
1679 |
1674 |
1662 |
-362
+350 |
1897 |
1860 |
1963 |
2189 |
3381
(3404) |
3374 |
3357 |
3413 |
3433 |
3450 |
3493 |
|
Acacia Creek |
491 |
490 |
507 |
535 |
470 |
561 |
-60
+151 |
1020 |
932 |
1128 |
1348 |
1385
(1424) |
1382 |
1284 |
1301 |
1284 |
1382 |
|
|
Drake |
775 |
876 |
917 |
1049 |
990 |
1061 |
-219
+290 |
1171 |
1070 |
1208 |
1473 |
1505
(1560) |
1527 |
1619 |
1565 |
1586 |
1575 |
|
|
Wilsons Downfall |
458 |
415 |
419 |
420 |
299 |
303 |
-78
+82 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonalbo |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3533 |
|
Sub Total |
23,790 |
23,705 |
24,865 |
26,684 |
26,235 |
27,481 |
-6123
+7369 |
28,048 |
27,007 |
28,594 |
33,172 |
30,419 |
30,559 |
31,426 |
31,758 |
32,065 |
32,609 |
33,649 |
|
(Remainder) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deepwater |
|
|
964 |
919 |
827 |
887 |
-156
+216 |
1749 |
1679 |
1747 |
1964 |
1754
(1836) |
1822 |
1826 |
1782 |
1782 |
1797 |
1834 |
|
Emmaville |
|
|
875 |
808 |
811 |
856 |
-137
+182 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glen Innes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3476
(3576) |
3495 |
3453 |
3373 |
3362 |
3380 |
3320 |
|
Tenterfield |
2190 |
2103 |
2132 |
2159 |
2221 |
2344 |
-399
+522 |
2557 |
2384 |
2563 |
2821 |
2729
(2745) |
2674 |
2737 |
2707 |
2704 |
2680 |
2697 |
|
Sub Total |
2190 |
2103 |
3971 |
3886 |
3859 |
4087 |
-692
+920 |
4306 |
4063 |
4310 |
4785 |
7959 |
7991 |
8016 |
7862 |
7848 |
7857 |
7851 |
|
Total Master Roll
|
34,337 |
35,824 |
39,577 |
41,799 |
40,428 |
42,229 |
-9350
+11,161 |
|
42,821 |
45,959 |
45,959 |
52,471 |
52,880 |
54,048 |
54,475 |
54,811 |
55,308 |
56,735 |
|
+Supplementary Roll |
35,352 |
|
|
44,087 |
42,998 |
50,164 |
|
|
54,107 |
47,278 |
52,766 |
56,031 |
56,049 |
56,925 |
|
56,328 |
64,799 |
59,419 |
|
Total Alternate
Sources* |
34,398 |
33,992
(1919) |
39,802 |
43,121 |
|
42,726 |
42,512
(1929) |
44,532 |
46,080 |
|
|
53,404 |
|
|
54,884 |
|
|
57,015 |
|
Votes cast |
24,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
NSW |
|
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Note: 1. The Northern Star quoted the number of electors on
the roll in 1917 as 34,398 and in 1919 as 33,921 with no boundary changes.
Other sources say 33,992 in 1919 with 22,661 votes cast. There's no
published
master roll or supplementary roll for the 1919 election. (In 1914 there were 35,378 on the roll but no election as
Massy-Greene was returned unopposed. In 1913 34,766 on roll and 24,750
votes recorded. In 1910 31,371 on roll and 18,634 voted.)
*See Dr Adam
Carr’s election summaries at
http://psephos.adam-carr.net:80/ for alternate numbers:
| 1901=10,054 |
1928 = 42,726 (-00.9%) |
1954 39,237 (+01.5) |
* = Boundary
Adjustment/Redistribution |
| 1903 = 18,986 (+88.8%) |
1929 = 42,512 (-00.5%) |
1955* 41,710 (+06.3) |
| 1906* = 25,916 (+36.5%) |
1931 = 46,080 (+08.4%) |
1958 41,516 (-00.5) |
| 1910 = 31,371 (+21.0%) |
1934* = 53,404 (+15.9%) |
1961 42,036 (+01.3) |
| 1913* = 34,766 (+10.8%) |
1937 = 54,987 (+03.0%) |
1963 41,955 (-00.2) |
| 1914 = 35,378 (+01.8%) |
1940 = 56,754 (+03.2%) |
1966 41,959 (+00.0) |
| 1917 = 34,398 (-02.8%) |
1943 = 56,946 (+00.3%) |
1969* 49,749 (+18.6) |
| 1919 = 33,992 (-01.2%) |
1946 = 59,969 (+05.3%) |
1972 52,917 (+06.4) |
| 1922* = 39,803 (+17.1%) |
1949* = 38,567 (-35.7%) |
1974 59,428 (+12.3) |
| 1925 = 43,121 (+08.3%) |
1951 = 38,646 (+00.2%) |
1975 62,509 (+05.2) |
2.
The late
1928 election saw a record number of names expunged from the roll and new
names added, and while there was a further slight loss in 1929, the period
marked a return to stability in the dairy industry and the start of the
influx of itinerants, all perhaps implying the Paterson Butter Scheme was
restoring confidence in butter and/or people were hitting the road from the
Sydney/Newcastle area on rumours of work available with the rail and road network.
However, the State election of late 1930 registered a record number of
absentee votes cast in the electorates of Byron and Lismore, indicating continuing turbulence.
3. The
Depression years, 1929-33, played havoc with the commonwealth roll, presumably as
people were still on walkabout in a search for work. There is no published master roll for the late 1929 election, but the Star reported 42,714
enrolled, later revised to 42,911. At the State election of late 1930,
when the Commonwealth and State had common subdivisions/boundaries, there
were 44,532 enrolled, an increase of 1621, giving the top chart figures.
Ballina, the only subdivision to have a greater number of females than
males enrolled, had the biggest drop, implying the most number of
unemployed on walkabout, although the completion of the Booyong-Ballina
rail line in late 1930 had seen many navvies drift to the Casino-Bonalbo
line.
4.
For the election of late 1931
the Star stated there were now 45,901
enrolled punters, but 176 'section' votes were admitted, bringing the
total to 46,077. The supplementary roll of 28Nov31 added 11,269 to the
published master roll (from 42,838 to 54,107), without any names being deleted
(Tweed-Brunswick = 11,755 to 14,728, and Richmond 27,018 to 34,532). The
published
master roll of 15Apr32 showed 45,959 names, with a smaller jump to 47,278
upon publication of the supplementary roll on 18May32.
In commenting on population growth just prior to the 1932 State election,
the Star used electoral office figures of 40,841 electors in Jan1928
and 46,573 at Jan1932, a gain of 5737 adults in 4yrs. And using a fiddle
factor of one minor to every adult figured 'the district' had gained
11,000 people in 4yrs (inclusive of portion of the tablelands.)
And just after that said 3005 names now had been deleted from the Dec31
Fed election roll, including 771 who had not voted, giving a new total
of 46,409, a gain of 503. Acacia Creek and Drake were in the State
Electorate of Tenterfield.
Just after the 11Jun32 State election 589 names were removed from the roll,
giving a new total of 46,551.
5. The
15Apr1932 master roll was still current when the 2nd
supplementary roll was published on 11Apr33 showing numbers had leaped to
52,776, presumably without deletions (Tweed-Byron = 13,055 to 14,819, Richmond 28,594 to 33,172.)
For the 13May33 referendum the Star said there were 47,324 enrolled, but
that 'a number' of 'section' votes had been admitted (ie people turning up
to vote whose names weren't on the roll, but were allowed to vote.) 10% of
votes were absentee, implying a lot were still on walkabout. As at 31Aug33
after deletions/additions a new total of 48,077 was reported, 396
deletions and 424 additions in August itself. At 31Aug28 there were 42,354
enrolled.
6. The
commonwealth census of 30Jun33 showed 26,428 people in the Tweed-Brunswick
district and 57,741 in Richmond, an increase of 6.7% and 25% respectively
on the 1921 census. (18.6% increase over the Richmond-Tweed region). Conversely the
electoral rolls show no correlation, with the master electoral roll of
1933 (same as 1932) showing increases of 30.3% and 20.6% respectively, and
23.5% for the combined districts, (and even more diverse using the
supplementary roll - 48%, 40% and 42.3%), implying that people were still
highly mobile and there were a heap of deletions to be made for those who
had permanently relocated.
Using the State electoral rolls however, the correlation with the census
is very close - an increase of 8.4% in Tweed-Brunswick, 23.9% in Richmond
and 18.6% in the combined districts. See State electoral figures below.
Census figures given by Star 28/30Sep33 said population of Richmond
Electorate was 88,864 people, inclusive of Tenterfield Municip and
portions of Severn, Copmanhurst and Tenterfield Shires, but the Richmond
Electoral Roll of Jun33 showed 47,888 enrolled.
Figures given by Star 5Jan34: 47,959 enrolled Richmond wef 31Dec33, an
increase of 5321 on 31Dec28.
7. By
the time of compilation of the new master electoral roll on 2Jul1934 and
publication of the supplementary roll on 16Aug1934 (14,093 to 14,780 for
Tweed-Byron and 30,419 to 32,845 for Richmond) the turbulence was starting
to abate and the region settling down to a more permanent population. The
subdivisions of Alstonville and Coraki had been dropped and absorbed into
adjacent subdivs of Ballina and Woodburn. Polling place of Toolond had
been removed from Murbah and placed in Mullum, and subdiv of Glen Innes
removed from New England.
The Star advised on 29Aug34 that at the closing of the rolls for the
15Sep34 election 53,675 were enrolled (Lismore largest subdivision with
7878, an increase of 431 on the 1931 election, despite big loss of railway
employees to Casino. Figures given in brackets
above)
8. For
the Federal election of Oct1937 the Star said there were 54,884 on the
roll (29,125 males, 25,759 fems, but with a majority of females in Lismore
and Glen Innes)
9.
The aberration of 1939/40 which showed the supplementary roll of 30Aug40
recording a total of 64,799 and swamping the new master roll struck on
24May39 is a mystery, although deletions were probably compounded by
enlistment complications. Tweed-Brunswick jumped from 14,842 to 17,572,
and Richmond 32,609 to 38,250.
The Star said there
were 57,015 enrolled for the Federal election of Sep1940.
Richmond-Tweed State Electorates
|
Subdivision |
1917 |
1920 |
1921 |
Sep22 |
Jun23 |
Jul24 |
Apr25
(+sup) |
1926 |
Jul27 |
Jun28 |
Jun29 |
Aug30 |
1931 |
Apr32 |
Apr33
(+sup) |
1935 |
|
(Tweed-Byron) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bangalow |
1071 |
1243 |
1234 |
1499 |
1292 |
1343 |
1587 |
1272 |
1386 |
1392 |
1429 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Byron Bay |
1039 |
1169 |
1199 |
1281 |
1227 |
1275 |
1408 |
1282 |
1269 |
1344 |
1326 |
3155 |
3056 |
3357 |
3766 |
|
|
Mullumbimby |
1286 |
1756 |
1950 |
1922 |
1956 |
1894 |
2102 |
1795 |
1931 |
1973 |
1802 |
1878 |
1842 |
2031 |
2344 |
|
|
Burringbar |
497 |
517 |
620 |
657 |
642 |
621 |
701 |
567 |
531 |
511 |
456 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cudgen |
446 |
628 |
608 |
617 |
622 |
619 |
660 |
543 |
488 |
536 |
608 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Murwillumbah |
2264 |
2542 |
2436 |
2545 |
2778 |
2653 |
3112 |
2472 |
2438 |
2647 |
2651 |
5060 |
4928 |
5378 |
6072 |
|
|
Murbah Environs |
1694 |
2052 |
2121 |
2050 |
2056 |
2108 |
2335 |
2001 |
2160 |
2208 |
2067 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tumbulgum |
717 |
926 |
867 |
823 |
815 |
725 |
801 |
565 |
508 |
524 |
473 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tweed Heads |
740 |
956 |
1004 |
1106 |
1157 |
1171 |
1277 |
934 |
1079 |
1077 |
1097 |
2085 |
1925 |
2289 |
2637 |
|
|
Remainder |
115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sub Total |
9,869 |
11,789 |
12,039 |
12,500 |
12,545 |
12,409 |
13,983 |
11,431 |
11,790 |
12,212 |
11,909 |
12,178 |
11,751 |
13,055 |
14,819
|
|
|
(Richmond) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alstonville |
814 |
875 |
875 |
909 |
892 |
867 |
969 |
959 |
955 |
951 |
916 |
1378 |
1450 |
1330 |
1558 |
|
|
Ballina |
1306 |
1433 |
1424 |
1543 |
1624 |
1666 |
1831 |
1662 |
1655 |
1487 |
1566 |
1873 |
1813 |
2016 |
2339 |
|
|
Ballina Environs |
475 |
536 |
534 |
521 |
526 |
646 |
686 |
948 |
542 |
525 |
545 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadwater |
536 |
530 |
556 |
596 |
589 |
618 |
648 |
597 |
574 |
535 |
528 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Casino |
2096 |
2391 |
1903 |
2177 |
2186 |
2236 |
2522 |
2282 |
2328 |
2595 |
2645 |
5600 |
5056 |
5766 |
6600 |
|
|
Casino Environs |
1154 |
1286 |
1573 |
1711 |
1723 |
1790 |
1883 |
1950 |
671 |
613 |
615 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coraki |
1503 |
1452 |
1507 |
1576 |
1520 |
1546 |
1664 |
1686 |
1684 |
1799 |
1766 |
1182 |
1092 |
1215 |
1378 |
|
|
Gundurimba |
231 |
234 |
240 |
261 |
237 |
237 |
246 |
222 |
295 |
306 |
318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kyogle |
951 |
1223 |
1042 |
1428 |
1249 |
1203 |
1382 |
1177 |
1618 |
1683 |
1631 |
3293 |
3475 |
3072 |
3527 |
|
|
Kyogle Environs |
1060 |
1287 |
1410 |
1628 |
1505 |
1511 |
1646 |
1998 |
3342 |
3549 |
3470 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lismore |
2826 |
3189 |
3101 |
3437 |
3453 |
3362 |
3708 |
3423 |
3762 |
3805 |
3873 |
7427 |
7187 |
7492 |
8823 |
|
|
Lismore Environs |
3797 |
4186 |
4225 |
4325 |
4356 |
4192 |
4430 |
4484 |
3871 |
3951 |
3967 |
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