title: Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)
text: # Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)
  
  Hartley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 in the Lithgow area and named after the town of Hartley, near Lithgow. It replaced part of Cook and Westmoreland. From 1891 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Bathurst, along with Orange. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1968 and partly replaced by Blue Mountains.
  
  ## Members for Hartley
  
  Single-member (1859–1891) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Henry Rotton | None | 1859–1864 |
  | | John Lucas | None | 1864–1869 |
  | | James Neale | None | 1869–1872 |
  | | Thomas Brown | None | 1872–1876 |
  | | John Hurley | None | 1876–1880 |
  | | Robert Abbott | None | 1880–1882 |
  | | Walter Targett | None | 1882–1887 |
  | | John Hurley | Free Trade | 1887–1891 |
  | Two members (1891–1894) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Joseph Cook | Labor | 1891–1894 | | George Donald | Free Trade | 1891–1894 |
  | Single-member (1894–1920) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Joseph Cook | Independent Labor | 1894–1894 |
  | | Joseph Cook | Free Trade | 1894–1901 |
  | | John Hurley | Independent | 1901–1904 |
  | | John Hurley | Liberal Reform | 1904–1907 |
  | | James Dooley | Labor | 1907–1920 |
  | Single-member (1927–1968) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Hamilton Knight | Labor | 1927–1947 |
  | | Jim Chalmers | Labor | 1947–1953 |
  | | Jim Chalmers | Independent Labor | 1953–1956 |
  | | Jim Robson | Labor | 1956–1965 |
  | | Harold Coates | Independent | 1965–1968 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1965 New South Wales state election: Hartley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Jim Robson | 8,228 | 47.4 | −1.5 |
  | | Independent | Harold Coates | 7,984 | 46.0 | −1.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Laurence Breen | 1,151 | 6.6 | +6.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,363 | 98.7 | 0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 224 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,587 | 95.8 | −0.2 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Harold Coates | 8,933 | 51.4 | +2.1 |
  | | Labor | Jim Robson | 8,430 | 48.6 | −2.1 |
  | | Independent gain from Labor | Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +2.1 | |
  