Electoral results for the district of Dulwich Hill

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Dulwich Hill, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1913 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1913   Tom Hoskins Liberal Reform
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   John Ness Nationalist
1930   Frank Connors Labor
1932   John Ness United Australia
1935
1938   Guy Arkins United Australia
1941   George Weir Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1953 by   Cliff Mallam Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 11,14454.3−3.3
Liberal Russell Carter9,38745.7+3.3
Total formal votes20,53198.2−0.4
Informal votes3811.8+0.4
Turnout 20,91291.2−1.2
Labor hold Swing −3.3

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 12,70357.6+5.3
Liberal William Bellenger9,34042.4−0.4
Total formal votes22,04398.6
Informal votes3021.4
Turnout 22,34592.4
Labor hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 11,73352.3
Liberal Joseph Hollis9,60142.8
Democratic Labor Owen Cahill1,1044.9
Total formal votes22,43898.4
Informal votes3721.6
Turnout 22,81093.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cliff Mallam 11,95453.3
Liberal Joseph Hollis10,48446.7
Labor hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,50752.7−9.7
Liberal Lionel Corner9,43647.3+9.7
Total formal votes19,94398.4+0.5
Informal votes3261.6−0.5
Turnout 20,26992.3−1.3
Labor hold Swing −9.7

1953 by-election

1953 Dulwich Hill by-election
Saturday 20 June [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,88653.01-9.43
Liberal William Ness9,18244.71+7.15
Independent John Sheehan4682.28
Total formal votes20,53698.50+0.57
Informal votes3121.50-0.57
Turnout 20,84886.69-6.88
Labor hold Swing N/A
George Weir (Labor) resigned to accept an appointment as a judge of the New South Wales Industrial Commission. [9]

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 13,62662.4
Liberal Basil Mottershead8,19637.6
Total formal votes21,82297.9
Informal votes4612.1
Turnout 22,28393.6
Labor hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 12,73254.3
Liberal Leslie Parr 10,73245.7
Total formal votes23,46498.7
Informal votes3001.3
Turnout 23,76491.9
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 11,93154.1+9.8
Liberal John Adamson 10,10545.9+14.8
Total formal votes22,03698.7+1.7
Informal votes3001.3-1.7
Turnout 22,33694.9+2.1
Labor hold Swing -2.3

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 8,95944.3-12.6
Democratic Sidney Turner6,29731.1-12.0
Lang Labor Henry Ritchie3,18115.7+15.7
Independent John Laxton1,7988.9+8.9
Total formal votes20,23597.0-1.2
Informal votes6253.0+1.2
Turnout 20,86092.8-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Weir 11,40856.4-0.5
Democratic Sidney Turner8,82743.6+0.5
Labor hold Swing -0.5

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 11,37056.9
United Australia Guy Arkins 8,60443.1
Total formal votes19,97498.2
Informal votes3631.8
Turnout 20,33793.5
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Guy Arkins 7,36436.7-25.2
Labor Leslie Morrow6,99234.9-3.2
United Australia Ronald McCredie5,68628.4+28.4
Total formal votes20,04298.4+0.2
Informal votes3261.6-0.2
Turnout 20,36896.5-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Guy Arkins 12,49762.3+0.4
Labor Leslie Morrow7,54537.7-0.4
United Australia hold Swing +0.4

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ness 12,07461.9+16.8
Labor (NSW) Frank Connors 7,42938.1+6.2
Total formal votes19,50398.2-0.7
Informal votes3591.8+0.7
Turnout 19,86296.7+0.5
United Australia hold Swing +0.4

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia John Ness 8,67945.1-3.1
Labor (NSW) Frank Connors 6,15131.9-19.5
Independent UAP Francis Pascoe2,67913.9+13.9
Federal Labor William Long 1,7469.1+9.1
Total formal votes19,25598.9+0.7
Informal votes2061.1-0.7
Turnout 19,46196.2+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia John Ness 11,84061.5+13.2
Labor (NSW) Frank Connors 7,41538.5-13.2
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing +13.2

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Connors 9,55851.4
Nationalist John Ness (defeated)8,97048.2
Communist Edna Kavanagh750.4
Total formal votes18,60398.2
Informal votes3381.8
Turnout 18,94194.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist John Ness 6,58444.3
Labor Thomas Gilson5,25835.4
Ind. Nationalist Tom Hoskins (defeated)2,88719.4
Independent Donald Croal1310.9
Total formal votes14,86097.8
Informal votes3312.2
Turnout 15,19187.0
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist John Ness 8,42759.8
Labor Thomas Gilson5,66240.2
Nationalist win(new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Tom Hoskins 6,09868.8+9.3
Labor Joseph Cahill 2,76531.2-7.4
Total formal votes8,86399.5+1.5
Informal votes430.5-1.5
Turnout 8,90661.6-10.0
Nationalist hold Swing +9.3

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Tom Hoskins 5,31659.5
Labor Arthur Jones3,45438.6
Independent Harrie McConnell1071.2
National Progressive Evan Prosser610.7
Total formal votes8,93898.0
Informal votes1812.0
Turnout 9,11971.6
Liberal Reform win(new seat)

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