Electoral results for the district of Neutral Bay

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Neutral Bay, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927 and abolished in 1962. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1927   Reginald Weaver Nationalist
1930
1931   United Australia
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944   Democratic / Liberal
1945 by   Ivan Black Liberal
1947
1950
1951 by
1953
1956
1959

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold 

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black 15,58574.9−25.1
Labor Donald Gray5,22825.1+25.1
Total formal votes20,81398.4
Informal votes3301.6
Turnout 21,14391.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1953

1951 by-election

1951 Neutral Bay by-election
Monday 21 May [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black (re-elected)unopposed
Liberal hold 

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black 13,79172.8
Labor Frank McCullum5,16127.2
Total formal votes18,95298.6
Informal votes2641.4
Turnout 19,21691.2
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black 17,34972.2+15.3
Independent Jack Prior6,67027.8+27.8
Total formal votes24,01998.6+1.0
Informal votes3481.4-1.0
Turnout 24,36793.8+3.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1945 by-election

1945 Neutral Bay by-election
Saturday 15 December [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black 10,83956.4-0.5
Independent Kenneth Bolton8,39343.6
Total formal votes19,23296.7-0.9
Informal votes6573.3+0.9
Turnout 19,88977.6-12.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Reginald Weaver (Liberal) died. [11]

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Reginald Weaver 12,70056.9-43.1
Labor George Manuel6,33428.4+28.4
Liberal Democratic James Rolle3,28514.7+14.7
Total formal votes22,31997.6
Informal votes5382.4
Turnout 22,85790.5
Democratic hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Reginald Weaver 13,93788.4+7.7
Independent Peter Pollack1,82511.6+11.6
Total formal votes15,76293.5-4.8
Informal votes1,0926.5+4.8
Turnout 16,85494.2-2.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Reginald Weaver 12,84580.7+15.3
Labor (NSW) William McMullen3,07219.3-8.4
Total formal votes15,91798.3-0.5
Informal votes2761.7+0.5
Turnout 16,19396.6+3.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Reginald Weaver 10,40165.4
Labor John Green4,40427.7
Australian Raymond Sullivan1,0956.9
Total formal votes15,90098.8
Informal votes1901.2
Turnout 16,09093.2
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Reginald Weaver 9,07669.5
Independent Labor Alfred Waterhouse2,45118.8
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Aarons1,53311.7
Total formal votes13,06098.6
Informal votes1841.4
Turnout 13,24480.8
Nationalist win(new seat)

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