1925 New South Wales state election

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1925 New South Wales state election
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  1922 30 May 1925 (1925-05-30) 1927  

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Jack Lang 1928 (cropped).jpg George fuller.jpg
Leader Jack Lang George Fuller
Party Labor Nationalist/Progressive coalition
Leader since31 July 192314 April 1920
Leader's seat Parramatta Wollondilly
Last election36 seats50 seats
Seats won46 seats41 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg9Decrease2.svg9
Percentage46.19%47.02%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.70Decrease2.svg7.23

1925 New South Wales state election.svg
Results of the election

Premier before election

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

Elected Premier

Jack Lang
Labor

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. 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.

Contents

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]

Key dates

DateEvent
18 April 1925The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
27 April 1925Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
30 May 1925Polling day.
17 June 1925 First Lang ministry sworn in
24 June 1925Opening of 27th Parliament.

Results

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Results of 1925

New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925 [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19221927 >>

Enrolled voters1,339,080
Votes cast924,979 Turnout 69.08−0.93
Informal votes30,155Informal3.26−0.37
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 413,27546.19+7.7046+9 [lower-alpha 1]
  Nationalist 339,30637.92−5.2532−9
  Progressive 81,4509.10−1.989±0
  Independent 23,4542.62−1.161±0
  Protestant Labor 22,8432.55+2.551+1
  Ind. Nationalist 6,9650.78+0.781+1
  Independent Labor 3,2140.36−0.520±0
 Protestant Independent National1,8830.21+0.210 
  Young Australia Party 1,4070.16+0.160 
  Communist 8310.09+0.090 
  Majority Labor 1960.02+0.020 
Total894,824  90 
Popular vote
Labor
47.85%
Nationalist
36.26%
Progressive
9.10%
Independent
3.11%
Protestant Labor
2.55%
Ind. Nationalist
0.99%
Others
0.14%
Parliamentary seats
Labor
46
Nationalist
32
Progressive
9
Independent
1
Protestant Labor
1
Ind. Nationalist
1

Retiring members

Changing seats

Seats changing hands [lower-alpha 1]
Seat1922Swing [lower-alpha 2] 1925
PartyMember±±MemberParty
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
Seat1922±1925
PartyMember % %MemberParty
Newcastle  Independent Walter Skelton Walter Skelton Protestant Labor  

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Wammerawa has been included as a second Labor seat from the 1922 election. The returning officer declared that William Ashford (Independent) had been elected 3rd, [4] however the Elections and Qualifications Committee upheld a petition by Joseph Clark (Labor) and after re-counting the votes declared that Clark had been elected. [5] [6]
  2. Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.

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References

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  3. "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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