Electoral results for the district of Western Suburbs

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Western Suburbs, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1920 and abolished in 1927. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1920   Carlo Lazzarini Labor   Edward McTiernan Labor   Tom Hoskins Nationalist   Sydney Shillington Nationalist   James Wilson Progressive
1922   John Ness Nationalist   Nationalist
1925   Milton Jarvie Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,320
Nationalist John Ness (elected 2)9,01618.1+1.9
Nationalist Tom Hoskins (elected 4)6,97514.0-2.4
Nationalist Milton Jarvie (elected 5)3,9808.0+8.0
Nationalist Henry Morton2,4434.9+4.9
Nationalist William Simpson 1,8653.7+0.6
Labor Edward McTiernan (elected 1)11,23922.5+3.2
Labor Carlo Lazzarini (elected 3)7,69715.4+1.3
Labor Barney Olde 7741.6+1.6
Labor James Troy6491.3+1.3
Labor Roger Ryan990.2+0.2
Independent Alexander Huie 3,9768.0+2.6
Protestant Labor Frederick Armstrong5781.2+1.2
Protestant Labor Alfred Millington4901.0+1.0
Majority Labor John Cain1330.3+0.3
Total formal votes49,91497.5+0.6
Informal votes1,2532.5-0.6
Turnout 51,16770.7-3.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 24,27948.6-9.3
Labor 20,45841.0+5.0
Independent Alexander Huie 3,9768.0+8.0
Protestant Labor 1,0682.1+2.1
Majority Labor 1330.3+0.3

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,274
Nationalist Tom Hoskins (elected 3)8,12716.4+3.3
Nationalist John Ness (elected 4)8,05516.2+16.2
Nationalist James Wilson (elected 5)7,08214.3+14.3
Nationalist Sydney Shillington (defeated)3,9127.9-3.3
Nationalist William Simpson 1,5543.1+3.1
Labor Edward McTiernan (elected 1)9,59819.3+8.7
Labor Carlo Lazzarini (elected 2)6,98614.1+0.3
Labor James Stewart6721.4+1.4
Labor Harold Macdonald4991.0+1.0
Labor Joseph Smith970.2+0.2
Progressive Alexander Huie 2,6705.4+5.4
Progressive Clare Wilson3880.8+0.8
Total formal votes49,64096.9+7.9
Informal votes1,5823.1-7.9
Turnout 51,22274.0+16.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,73057.9+21.8
Labor 17,85236.0-0.4
Progressive 3,0586.2-2.0

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,397
Labor Carlo Lazzarini (elected 1)4,45713.8
Labor Edward McTiernan (elected 2)3,41910.6
Labor Frederick McDonald 1,8215.6
Labor Barney Olde 1,0893.4
Labor John Sheils9933.1
Nationalist Tom Hoskins (elected 3)4,23613.1
Nationalist Sydney Shillington (elected 4)3,64311.2
Nationalist David Doull2,0646.4
Nationalist Henry Garling 1,7595.4
Progressive James Wilson (elected 5)2,4237.5
Progressive Frederick Robins2370.7
Soldiers & Citizens John Ness 1,1733.6
Soldiers & Citizens Stanley Gelling2160.7
Soldiers & Citizens Thomas McVittie2070.6
Soldiers & Citizens John Weekley1080.3
Democratic Daniel Noon1,6925.2
Independent Alexander Huie 1,2683.9
Independent Benjamin Richards8132.5
Independent Peter Bowling7462.3
Independent Claude Sugden160.1
Total formal votes32,38089.0
Informal votes4,00611.0
Turnout 36,38657.8
Party total votes
Labor 11,77936.4
Nationalist 11,70236.1
Progressive 2,6608.2
Soldiers & Citizens 1,7045.3
Democratic 1,6925.2
Independent Alexander Huie1,2683.9
Independent Benjamin Richards8132.5
Independent Peter Bowling7462.3
Independent Claude Sugden160.1

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References

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  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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  6. Green, Antony. "1920 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.