1935 New South Wales state election

1935 New South Wales state election

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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Registered	1,528,713
Turnout	1,255,419 (96.06%) (0.34 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Bertram Stevens Jack Lang Michael Bruxner Party United Australia Lang Labor Country Leader since 5 April 1932 31 July 1923 27 April 1932 Leader's seat Croydon Auburn Tenterfield Last election 41 seats, 36.74% 24 seats, 40.16% 23 seats, 13.16% Seats won 38 29 23 Seat change 3 5 Popular vote 415,485 532,486 162,178 Percentage 33.10% 42.42% 12.92% Swing 3.64% 2.26% 0.24%
Results by division for the Legislative Assembly, shaded by winning party's margin of victory.
Composition of New South Wales Legislative Assembly following the election.
Premier before election Bertram Stevens United Australia (United Australia–Country Coalition) Elected Premier Bertram Stevens United Australia (United Australia–Country Coalition)

Campaigning in 1934

The 1935 New South Wales state election was held on 11 May 1935. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 31st New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The result of the election was:

• United Australia Party 38 seats
• Country Party 23 seats
• Australian Labor Party (NSW) 29 seats.

The UAP–Country Coalition of Bertram Stevens/Michael Bruxner had a majority of 32 (down 10) and continued in government throughout the term. ^[4]

Labor (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party were still divided at the 1935 election and Federal Labor ran candidates in 22 seats without success. The parties were re-united in 1936. Jack Lang remained party leader and Leader of the Opposition throughout the term of the parliament. ^[5]

Key dates

Date	Event
10 February 1935	Second Stevens ministry sworn in.
12 April 1935	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
18 April 1935	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
11 May 1935	Polling day.
10 June 1935	The writs were returned and the results formally declared.
12 June 1935	Opening of 31st Parliament.

Results

See also: Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 11 May 1935 Legislative Assembly << 1932–1938 >>
Enrolled voters		1,347,884 [a]
Votes cast		1,255,419		Turnout	96.06	−0.34
Informal votes		39,333		Informal	3.04	0.83
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor (NSW)	532,486	42.42	+2.26	29	+ 5
	United Australia	415,485	33.10	–3.64	38	– 5
	Country	162,178	12.92	–0.24	23	± 0
	Federal Labor	59,694	4.75	+0.51	0	± 0
	Communist	19,105	1.52	+0.60	0	± 0
	Ind. United Australia	11,114	0.89	+0.21	0	± 0
	Centre	7,489	0.60	+0.60	0	± 0
	Independent Labor	3,774	0.30	+0.16	0	± 0
	Social Credit	1,996	0.16	+0.16	0	± 0
	Independents	42,098	3.35	+1.17	0	± 0
Total		1,255,419			90

Popular vote Labor (NSW)   42.42% United   33.10% Country   12.92% Federal Labor   4.75% Others   2.9% Parliamentary seats Labor (NSW)   29 United   38 Country   23 Federal Labor   0 Others   0

Retiring members

This section is an excerpt from Candidates of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Retiring members.[ edit ]

Labor

• William Brennan (Hamilton)
• Peter Connolly (Newcastle) — lost party endorsement
• Tom Keegan (Glebe)

United Australia

• Sir Thomas Henley (Burwood)

Changing seats

Seats changing hands
Seat	1932			1935
	Party		Member	Member	Party
Arncliffe		United Australia	Horace Harper	Joseph Cahill	Labor (NSW)
Bathurst		Country	Gordon Wilkins	Gus Kelly
Canterbury		United Australia	Edward Hocking	Arthur Tonge
Goulburn			Peter Loughlin	Jack Tully
Mudgee		Country	David Spring	Bill Dunn

See also

• Candidates of the 1935 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938

Notes

1. There were 1,528,713 enrolled voters but 180,829 were enrolled in 11 electorates (five UAP, four Country and two Labor) which were uncontested at the election. ^[1]

References

1. Green, Antony. "1935 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 July 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.
4. Ward, John M. "Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale (1889–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 2 November 2021.
5. Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 2 November 2021.

Bibliography

• Nairn, Bede (1995). Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891–1949. Melbourne University Press Melbourne. ISBN   0522846963. OCLC   34416531.