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The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. This was the last election to use STV to elect the NSW Assembly.
The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller.
It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalition. [1] [2] [3]
Date | Event |
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18 April 1925 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. |
27 April 1925 | Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. |
30 May 1925 | Polling day. |
17 June 1925 | First Lang ministry sworn in |
24 June 1925 | Opening of 27th Parliament. |
New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925 [1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | 1,339,080 | |||||
Votes cast | 924,979 | Turnout | 69.08 | −0.93 | ||
Informal votes | 30,155 | Informal | 3.26 | −0.37 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Labor | 413,275 | 46.19 | +7.70 | 46 | +9 [a] | |
Nationalist | 339,306 | 37.92 | −5.25 | 32 | −9 | |
Progressive | 81,450 | 9.10 | −1.98 | 9 | ±0 | |
Independent | 23,454 | 2.62 | −1.16 | 1 | ±0 | |
Protestant Labor | 22,843 | 2.55 | +2.55 | 1 | +1 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 6,965 | 0.78 | +0.78 | 1 | +1 | |
Independent Labor | 3,214 | 0.36 | −0.52 | 0 | ±0 | |
Protestant Independent National | 1,883 | 0.21 | +0.21 | 0 | ||
Young Australia Party | 1,407 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 0 | ||
Communist | 831 | 0.09 | +0.09 | 0 | ||
Majority Labor | 196 | 0.02 | +0.02 | 0 | ||
Total | 894,824 | 90 |
Seats changing hands [a] | |||||||||
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Seat | 1922 | Swing [b] | 1925 | ||||||
Party | Member | ± | ± | Member | Party | ||||
Balmain | Nationalist | Robert Stopford | -11.3 | +13.3 | +15.2 | H. V. Evatt | Labor | ||
Bathurst | Charles Rosenthal | -6.4 | +9.1 | +11.7 | Gus Kelly | ||||
Byron | George Nesbitt | -41.2 | +14.8 | +9.0 | Robert Gillies | ||||
Stephen Perdriau | +26.4 | +32.2 | Frederick Stuart | Progressive | |||||
Eastern Suburbs | Democratic | Cyril Fallon | +0.2 | +5.1 | +10.4 | Septimus Alldis | Labor | ||
Goulburn | Progressive | Thomas Rutledge | -18.0 | +13.6 | +9.2 | Paddy Stokes | |||
Newcastle | Nationalist | Magnus Cromarty | -0.5 | +12.9 | +25.2 | George Booth | |||
North Shore | Arthur Cocks | -14.2 | +12.0 | +9.7 | Alick Kay | Independent | |||
Parramatta | Thomas Morrow | -6.8 | +6.3 | +5.7 | Bill Ely | Labor | |||
St George | William Bagnall | -5.6 | +5.6 | +5.6 | Joseph Cahill | ||||
Wollondilly | Mark Morton | -7.8 | +8.2 | +8.5 | Andrew Lysaght | ||||
Members changing party | |||||||||
Seat | 1922 | ± | 1925 | ||||||
Party | Member | % | % | Member | Party | ||||
Newcastle | Independent | Walter Skelton | Walter Skelton | Protestant Labor |
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