Electoral results for the Division of West Sydney

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This is a list of electoral results for the Division of West Sydney in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Contents

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Billy Hughes Labour 1901—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1917
  Con Wallace Labor 1917—1919
  T. J. Ryan Labor 1919—1921
  William Lambert Labor 1921—1928
  Jack Beasley Labor 1928—1931
  Labor (NSW) 1931—1936
  Labor 1936—1940
  Labor (N-C) 1940—1941
  Labor 1941—1946
  William O'Connor Labor 1946—1949
  Dan Minogue Labor 1949—1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1966

1966 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 15,82361.8−13.5
Liberal Albert Curtin6,90827.0+27.0
Democratic Labor Denise Clancy1,7706.9−11.1
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,1154.4+4.4
Total formal votes25,61694.1
Informal votes1,5935.9
Turnout 27,20991.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 66.9−11.2
Liberal Albert Curtin33.1+33.1
Labor hold Swing -11.2

1963

1963 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 22,05174.3+3.9
Democratic Labor William Doherty5,35218.0+8.6
Independent Maurice Law1,4644.9+4.9
New GuineaCharles Kilduff8132.7+2.7
Total formal votes29,68095.6
Informal votes1,3714.4
Turnout 31,05189.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 78.1+7.7
Democratic Labor William Doherty21.9+21.9
Labor hold Swing +7.7

1961

1961 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,93770.4+4.7
Liberal Milovan Kovjanic4,55514.6−4.4
Democratic Labor William Doherty2,9279.4−1.5
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,7465.6+1.3
Total formal votes31,16595.5
Informal votes1,4774.5
Turnout 32,64291.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 76.5+4.9
Liberal Milovan Kovjanic24.5−4.9
Labor hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 22,61065.7−8.0
Liberal Adrian Cook6,53519.0−1.2
Democratic Labor Allan Charlesworth3,76310.9+10.9
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,4894.3+4.3
Total formal votes34,39794.8
Informal votes1,8925.2
Turnout 36,28990.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 71.6−7.7
Liberal Adrian Cook28.4+7.7
Labor hold Swing -7.7

1955

1955 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 28,30973.7−1.1
Liberal Frank Weaver7,75120.2+1.1
Communist Lance Sharkey 2,3646.2+0.1
Total formal votes38,42495.4
Informal votes1,8534.6
Turnout 40,27792.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 79.3−1.0
Liberal Frank Waver20.7+1.0
Labor hold Swing -1.0

1954

1954 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,22672.5+9.1
Independent Anthony Micallef6,26421.4+21.4
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,7766.1−4.3
Total formal votes29,26695.3
Informal votes1,4324.7
Turnout 30,69893.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 78.0+3.4
Independent Anthony Micallef22.0−3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

1951

1951 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,12363.4+13.6
Liberal Basil Mottershead8,20324.6+4.3
Communist Jack Miles 3,48310.4+5.4
Independent Labor Clare Peters5281.6+1.6
Total formal votes33,33796.2
Informal votes1,3003.8
Turnout 34,63791.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 74.6+18.9
Liberal Basil Mottershead25.4+25.4
Labor hold Swing +18.9

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Dan Minogue 17,73249.8−18.2
Lang Labor Horace Foley 8,87224.9+16.6
Liberal Basil Mottershead7,23520.3+1.2
Communist Stan Moran1,7865.0+0.4
Total formal votes35,62596.8
Informal votes1,1683.2
Turnout 36,79391.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 55.7−21.7
Lang Labor Horace Foley 44.3+21.7
Labor hold Swing -21.7

1946

1946 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William O'Connor 29,41756.6−13.1
Lang Labor Thomas Ryan 7,67114.8+14.8
Liberal John Mant 6,30012.1+12.1
Communist Stan Moran4,3808.4+8.4
Protestant People Ronald Sarina2,1624.2+4.2
Independent Malinda Ivey2,0634.0+4.0
Total formal votes51,99394.8
Informal votes2,8295.2
Turnout 54,82291.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William O'Connor 77.4−1.8
Lang Labor Thomas Ryan 22.6+22.6
Labor hold Swing -1.8

1943

1943 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Beasley 34,40469.7+47.7
State Labor Horace Foley 9,16618.6+14.5
One Parliament Eddington Sherwood4,4819.1+9.1
Independent Malinda Ivey9571.9+1.9
Soldiers Labor William McCristal 3520.7+0.7
Total formal votes49,36096.6
Informal votes1,7483.4
Turnout 51,10894.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Beasley 79.2+43.5
State Labor Horace Foley 20.8+20.8
Labor gain from Labor (N-C) Swing +43.5

1940

1940 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (N-C) Jack Beasley 30,57062.8+62.8
Labor Henry Mulcahy10,71422.0−78.0
Independent Malinda Ivey2,9376.0+6.0
Independent Stan Moran2,4705.1+5.1
State Labor Peter Burke1,9834.1+4.1
Total formal votes48,67494.9
Informal votes2,6105.1
Turnout 51,28492.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (N-C) Jack Beasley 64.3+64.3
Labor Henry Mulcahy35.7−64.3
Labor (N-C) gain from Labor Swing +64.3

Elections in the 1930s

1937

1937 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Beasley unopposed
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) Swing

1934

1934 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 32,28363.5+7.9
United Australia Henry Wood11,16022.0−0.9
Labor Clarrie Campbell3,3986.7−13.0
Social Credit Frederick Taylor2,5295.0+5.0
Communist Robert Brechin1,4602.9+1.7
Total formal votes50,83095.2
Informal votes2,5714.8
Turnout 53,40195.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 73.7+1.9
United Australia Henry Wood26.3−1.9
Labor (NSW) hold Swing +1.9

1931

1931 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 19,76863.9+63.9
United Australia Arthur Butterell6,57921.3+7.8
Labor James Donaldson4,59614.9−71.6
Total formal votes30,94395.8
Informal votes1,3724.2
Turnout 32,31592.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 75.1+75.1
United Australia Arthur Butterell24.9+11.4
Labor (NSW) gain from Labor Swing +11.4

Elections in the 1920s

1929

1929 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Beasley 28,12186.5+4.8
Nationalist Lindsay Thompson4,40413.5−4.8
Total formal votes32,52597.1
Informal votes9732.9
Turnout 33,49894.2
Labor hold Swing +4.8

1928

1928 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Beasley 25,28681.7+7.7
Nationalist Alfred Benjamin5,64918.3−7.7
Total formal votes30,93594.1
Informal votes1,9305.9
Turnout 32,86591.4
Labor hold Swing +7.7

1925

1925 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Lambert 24,60474.0+0.1
Nationalist Lindsay Thompson8,63426.0+26.0
Total formal votes33,23897.4
Informal votes8852.6
Turnout 34,12387.0
Labor hold Swing -1.4

1922

1922 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Lambert 13,35973.9−3.8
Protestant Labor Thomas Bryde3,63120.1+20.1
Majority Labor Arthur O'Donnell1,0776.0+6.0
Total formal votes18,06794.3
Informal votes1,1025.7
Turnout 19,16947.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Lambert 75.4−2.3
Independent Labor Thomas Bryde24.6+24.6
Labor hold Swing -2.3
1921 West Sydney by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Lambert 7,85757.3−14.9
Nationalist Alfred Henry 5,23738.2+10.4
Independent Labor William McCristal 4303.1+3.1
Taxpayers' AssociationJohn Powell1861.4+1.4
Total formal votes13,71095.8
Informal votes6064.2
Turnout 14,31645.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Lambert 59.6−12.6
Nationalist Alfred Henry 40.4+12.6
Labor hold Swing -12.6

Elections in the 1910s

1919

1919 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Ryan 14,23472.2+5.7
Nationalist Richard Sleath 5,48827.8−5.7
Total formal votes19,72296.4
Informal votes7383.6
Turnout 20,46066.7
Labor hold Swing +5.7

1917

1917 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Con Wallace 14,66466.5−8.8
Nationalist Gideon Gillespie7,38933.5+8.8
Total formal votes22,05396.8
Informal votes7393.2
Turnout 22,79263.4
Labor hold Swing -8.8

1914

1914 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Billy Hughes 15,77475.3+4.0
Liberal Walter Finch5,18724.7−4.0
Total formal votes20,96196.6
Informal votes7313.4
Turnout 21,69254.8
Labor hold Swing +4.0

1913

1913 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Billy Hughes 17,65871.3−0.0
Liberal John Sutton7,11928.7+2.9
Total formal votes24,77794.6
Informal votes1,4065.4
Turnout 26,18364.6
Labor hold Swing -1.5

1910

1910 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Hughes 13,00069.8+14.3
Liberal Stanley Cole 4,98626.8−17.7
Socialist Labor Harry Holland 6283.4+3.4
Total formal votes18,61498.2
Informal votes3411.8
Turnout 18,95560.7
Labour hold Swing +16.0

Elections in the 1900s

1906

1906 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,56155.5−14.4
Anti-Socialist James Burns 6,05644.5+14.4
Total formal votes13,61796.7
Informal votes4693.3
Turnout 14,08650.1
Labour hold Swing -14.4

1903

1903 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,27269.9−3.7
Free Trade Edward Warren3,12930.1+30.1
Total formal votes10,40396.2
Informal votes4063.8
Turnout 10,80941.9
Labour hold Swing -5.5

1901

1901 Australian federal election: West Sydney
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Billy Hughes 6,65273.7+73.7
Protectionist James Beer2,06222.9+22.9
Ind. Protectionist James Hanrahan3073.4+3.4
Total formal votes9,02197.0
Informal votes2793.0
Turnout 9,30063.4
Labour win(new seat)

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