1910 New South Wales state election

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1910 New South Wales state election
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  1907 14 October 1910 (1910-10-14) 1913  

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader James McGowen Charles Wade
Party Labour Liberal Reform
Leader sinceAugust 18942 October 1907
Leader's seat Redfern Gordon
Last election32 seats45 seats
Seats won4637
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 14Decrease2.svg 8
Percentage48.92%43.03
SwingIncrease2.svg 15.61Decrease2.svg 2.88

New South Wales Legislative Assembly 1910.svg
Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

Charles Wade
Liberal Reform

Subsequent Premier

James McGowen
Labour

Men and women voters and polling booths, 1910. Voting at Town Hall.jpg
Men and women voters and polling booths, 1910.

The 1910 New South Wales state election was held on 14 October 1910 for all of the 90 seats in the 22nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 21st parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 14 September 1910 by the Governor, Lord Chelmsford, on the advice of the Premier Charles Wade. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

This was the first NSW election using a second ballot system. All previous elections had used a first past the post voting system, where a candidate might be elected with less than 50% of the vote especially where two or more similar candidates split the vote. [a] There were 3 districts that required a second ballot, at Durham and St Leonards where the second round ballot was won by the leading candidate and at Hastings and Macleay where support from the Labour Party saw the independent overtake the sitting Liberal Reform member to take the seat.

The election saw the Labour Electoral League form government for the first time, winning 46 of the 90 seats in the Assembly.

Key dates

DateEvent
14 September 1910The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. [1]
23 September 1910Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
14 October 1910Polling day.
15 November 1910Opening of 22nd Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 14 October 1910 [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19071913 >>

Enrolled voters867,695
Votes cast572,500 Turnout 69.05+2.33
Informal votes10,514Informal1.80−1.07
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labour 280,05648.92+15.6146+14
  Liberal Reform 246,36043.03−2.8837−8
  Independent Liberal 33,5295.86+0.156+2
  Independent Labour 4,5270.79+0.7900
  Farmers and Settlers 4,0390.71+0.7100
  Independent 3,9890.70−9.451−3
  Former Progressive 00.00−4.750−5
Total572,500  90 
Popular vote
Labour
48.92%
Liberal Reform
43.03%
Ind. Liberal
5.86%
Independent
0.70%
Others
1.49%
Parliamentary seats
Labour
46
Liberal Reform
37
Ind. Liberal
6
Independent
1

Changing seats

Seats changing hands
Seat1907Swing [b] 1910
PartyMemberMargin [c] Margin [c] MemberParty
Belmore  Former Progressive Edward O'Sullivan [d] 39.4N/A1.4 Patrick Minahan Labour 
Bingara  Liberal Reform Samuel Moore 23.812.20.6 George McDonald Labour 
Darling Harbour  Independent John Norton [e] 11.1N/A30.8 John Cochran Labour 
The Glebe  Liberal Reform James Hogue 7.8N/A1.6 Tom Keegan Labour 
Hastings and Macleay  Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 7.0N/A9.8 Henry Morton Independent 
King  Liberal Reform Ernest Broughton [f] 2.812.79.9 James Morrish Labour 
The Macquarie  Liberal Reform Charles Barton [f] 1.06.55.5 Thomas Thrower Labour 
Marrickville  Liberal Reform Richard McCoy [f] 29.140.111.0 Thomas Crawford Labour 
Mudgee  Liberal Reform Robert Jones 11.117.66.4 Bill Dunn Labour 
The Namoi  Independent Liberal Albert Collins [f] 7.8N/A20.6 George Black Labour 
Newcastle  Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 14.824.59.8 Arthur Gardiner Labour 
Paddington  Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 13.117.34.2 John Osborne Labour 
Queanbeyan  Liberal Reform Granville Ryrie [g] 13.613.62.0 John Cusack Labour 
St Leonards  Independent Edward Clark [h] 28.6N/A14.6 Arthur Cocks Liberal Reform 
Surry Hills  Liberal Reform Sir James Graham 23.423.421.4 Henry Hoyle Labour 
Members changing party
Seat1907Swing [b] 1910
PartyMemberMargin [c] Margin [c] MemberParty
Albury  Former Progressive Gordon McLaurin 23.0-6.011.0 Gordon McLaurin Independent Liberal 
Canterbury  Independent Liberal Varney Parkes 15.5+12.711.4 Varney Parkes Liberal Reform 
Durham  Independent Liberal William Brown 1.2-0.11.0 William Brown Liberal Reform 
Gloucester  Independent Richard Price 8.3+12.637.8 Richard Price Liberal Reform 
Maitland  Liberal Reform John Gillies 65.4-18.827.8 John Gillies Independent Liberal 
Phillip  Independent Richard Meagher 13.9+33.553.2 Richard Meagher Labour 
Raleigh  Former Progressive George Briner 37.1+14.056.6 George Briner Independent Liberal 
Randwick  Liberal Reform David Storey 52.0-16.618.8 David Storey Independent Liberal 
Tamworth  Former Progressive Robert Levien 23.5+0.921.8 Robert Levien Independent Liberal 
Waverley  Independent Liberal James Macarthur-Onslow 7.5+4.014.9 James Macarthur-Onslow Liberal Reform 
Wynyard  Former Progressive Robert Donaldson 15.6-6.82.0 Robert Donaldson Independent Liberal 

The Upper Hunter had been won by William Fleming (Liberal Reform) at the 1907 election, however he resigned to contest the seat of New England at the 1910 federal election. The by-election in April 1910 was won by William Ashford (Labour) however Henry Willis regained the seat for Liberal Reform at the general election.

See also

Notes

  1. For example Leichhardt at the 1907 election where the Liberal vote was split between the endorsed candidate and an independent Liberal, with Labour taking the seat with 44.2% of the vote.
  2. 1 2 Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the change in votes of the successful party in 1907 and the successful party in 1910. Where both parties did not contest both elections, the swing is N/A
  3. 1 2 3 4 Margin is calculated as the difference in vote percentage between the successful party and the second party.
  4. Edward O'Sullivan had won Belmore at the 1907 election as a Former Progressive, however he joined the Labor Party in 1909 and died in April 1910. The by-election in May 1910 was won by Patrick Minahan (Labor) who retained the seat at the 1910 general election.
  5. John Norton had won Darling Harbour at the 1907 election, however he resigned to stand as a Senator for NSW at the 1910 federal election. The by-election in April 1910 was won by John Cochran (Labour) who retained the seat at the 1910 general election.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Did not stand for re-election
  7. Granville Ryrie had won Queanbeyan at the 1907 election, however he resigned to contest the seat of Werriwa at the 1910 federal election. The by-election in April 1910 was won by John Cusack (Labour) who retained the seat at the 1910 general election.
  8. Edward Clark was defeated in the first round of voting

References

  1. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1910 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.