Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election

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1922 New South Wales state election [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters1,251,023
Votes cast875,464 Turnout 70.00+13.81
Informal votes31,771Informal3.63−6.07
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Nationalist 364,21143.17+13.2541+13
  Labor 324,67738.48−4.6036−7
  Progressive 93,48811.08−4.049−6
  Independent 31,8803.78−1.0710
  Democratic 14,3541.70−0.691+1
  Independent Labor 7,4380.88+0.880 
  Ind. Coalitionist5,7270.68+0.681+1
  Industrial Labor 1,6740.20+0.200 
 Soldier's Nationalist2440.03+0.030 
Total843,693  90 

The 1922 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. [1] This was the second election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 13,785, ranging from Sturt (10,386) to Ryde (15,722). [2]

Results by electoral district

Balmain

1922 New South Wales state election: Balmain [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,380
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5)5,95013.4+4.3
Labor John Quirk (elected 3)5,90313.3+3.1
Labor Tom Keegan (elected 4)5,67912.8+4.4
Labor John Doyle (defeated)4,3139.7+2.1
Labor David Ryan1,7804.0+4.0
Nationalist Robert Stopford (elected 2)6,26414.1+1.4
Nationalist Albert Lane (elected 1)5,25811.9+11.9
Nationalist Albert Smith (defeated)3,2947.4-2.4
Nationalist Thomas Greentree1,8844.3+4.3
Nationalist Alfred Henry 1,5633.5+3.5
Democratic John Sheehy2,1634.9+4.9
Industrial Labor Henry Collins640.1+0.1
Industrial Labor John Hood630.1+0.1
Independent Solomon Amein990.20.0
Total formal votes44,27795.9+9.5
Informal votes1,8764.1-9.5
Turnout 46,15369.0+14.7
Party total votes
Labor 23,62553.4-6.3
Nationalist 18,26341.2+18.8
Democratic 2,1634.9-2.4
Industrial Labor 1270.3+0.3
Independent Solomon Amein990.20.0

Bathurst

1922 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,351
Labor James Dooley (elected 2)7,70826.2-5.0
Labor Valentine Johnston (defeated)5,74519.5-2.6
Labor Gus Kelly 3371.2+1.2
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick (elected 1)8,44928.7+3.2
Nationalist Charles Rosenthal (elected 3)3,80812.9+12.9
Nationalist Alfred Craig8162.8+2.8
Progressive Arthur Brown1,1623.9-4.1
Progressive Samuel Whitmee9033.1+3.1
Progressive Alfred Birney3481.2+1.2
Progressive Frederic Swann1250.4+0.4
Total formal votes29,40196.3+1.5
Informal votes1,1343.7-1.5
Turnout 30,53571.1+8.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,79046.9-6.4
Nationalist 13,07344.5+11.7
Progressive 2,5388.6-4.6

Botany

1922 New South Wales state election: Botany [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 4)6,73315.0-5.3
Labor William McKell (elected 5)6,17613.8-1.6
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 3)5,81613.0+8.3
Labor Frank Burke (elected 2)4,72210.5-5.9
Labor Simon Hickey (defeated)4,2399.5-0.6
Nationalist John Lee (elected 1)9,36520.9+5.1
Nationalist David Alexander1,3623.0+3.0
Nationalist William Pritchard1,2692.8+2.8
Nationalist William Wassall7561.7+1.7
Nationalist Albert Dunning5321.2+1.2
Democratic Daniel McGrath3,0416.8+6.8
Independent Fred Page 5231.2+1.2
Independent George Overhill1170.3+0.3
Industrial Labor William Wallace710.2+0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron630.1+0.1
Total formal votes44,78595.0+10.5
Informal votes2,3775.0-10.5
Turnout 47,16268.6+16.8
Party total votes
Labor 27,68661.8-5.2
Nationalist 13,28429.7+9.9
Democratic 3,0416.8-0.8
Independent Fred Page 5231.2+1.2
Independent George Overhill1170.3+0.3
Industrial Labor 710.2+0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron630.1+0.1

Byron

1922 New South Wales state election: Byron [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Nesbitt (elected 1)8,67228.8+5.2
Nationalist Stephen Perdriau (elected 2)6,81322.6+22.6
Nationalist John Williams1,0003.3+3.3
Labor Tom Swiney (defeated)6,78222.5+2.9
Labor Roger Kiely2770.9+0.9
Labor Thomas Reidy940.3+0.3
Progressive William Missingham (elected 3)3,08410.20.0
Progressive William Zuill 2,7409.1+9.1
Progressive Stephen Blackman6322.1+2.1
Total formal votes30,09497.2+4.1
Informal votes8672.8-4.1
Turnout 30,96170.8+15.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 16,48554.8+21.9
Labor 7,15323.8+3.0
Progressive 6,45621.4-9.1

Cootamundra

1922 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1)6,25822.6-3.1
Labor James McGirr (elected 3)5,57720.1-7.2
Labor Ken Hoad 2,0977.6+7.6
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2)5,96621.5+7.5
Progressive Frederick Tout2,4558.9+8.9
Progressive Thomas Hough1,0563.8+3.8
Nationalist Arthur Manning 3,41012.3+12.3
Nationalist Alfred Wilcox4481.6+1.6
Nationalist George O'Brien2681.0+1.0
Independent William Lucas1700.6+0.6
Total formal votes27,70596.4+1.3
Informal votes1,0273.6-1.3
Turnout 28,73270.6+3.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,93250.3-4.4
Progressive 9,47734.2+6.3
Nationalist 4,12614.9-2.5
Independent William Lucas1700.6+0.6

Cumberland

1922 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1)7,49825.8+25.8
Nationalist Bruce Walker (elected 3)6,70123.0+0.8
Nationalist Ernest Carr (defeated)6,55522.5+9.0
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 2)7,43425.6+2.4
Labor Charles York1450.5+0.5
Progressive Edwin Crowther3261.1+1.1
Progressive Albert Smith2931.0+1.0
Progressive Reuben Jenner1380.5+0.5
Total formal votes29,09097.0+4.6
Informal votes8833.0-4.6
Turnout 29,97370.0+15.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,75471.3+22.8
Labor 7,57926.1-4.4
Progressive 7572.6-10.6

Eastern Suburbs

1922 New South Wales state election: Eastern Suburbs [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,537
Nationalist Charles Oakes (elected 1)10,29720.1+5.2
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 3)5,84011.4-3.6
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein (elected 4)5,10610.0+10.0
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley 4,0127.8+7.8
Nationalist William Foster 2,6275.1+5.1
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 2)5,94411.6+0.6
Labor Daniel Dwyer (defeated)1,6203.2-1.1
Labor Alfred Warton8591.7+1.7
Labor Robert Campbell6971.4+1.4
Labor Frank Green4800.9+0.9
Democratic Cyril Fallon (elected 5)5,58110.9+10.9
Progressive Joseph Barracluff2,2004.3+4.3
Progressive Frederick Davison2650.5+0.5
Progressive Donald McDonald1880.4+0.4
Progressive Edwin Sautelle1810.4+0.4
Progressive John Keenan1600.3+0.3
Progressive Alfred Barber650.1+0.1
Progressive Alfred Finney580.1+0.1
Independent Richard Meagher 2,4904.9+4.9
Independent Labor Scott Campbell [lower-alpha 1] 2,2424.4+4.4
Soldier's Nationalist Frederick Marks2440.5+0.5
Independent Labor John Hackett470.1+0.1
Independent Jack Lamier130.03+0.03
Total formal votes51,21697.0+8.5
Informal votes1,5773.0-8.5
Turnout 52,79369.1+18.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 27,88254.4+11.1
Labor 9,60018.7-12.0
Democratic 5,58110.9+10.9
Progressive 3,1176.1-5.6
Independent Richard Meagher 2,4904.9+4.9
Independent Labor Johnston Campbell2,2424.4+4.4
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Marks2440.5+0.5
Independent Labor John Hackett470.1+0.1
Independent Jack Lamier130.03+0.03

Goulburn

1922 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,427
Labor John Bailey (elected 1)7,32928.5-7.1
Labor Frank Morgan2,0808.1+6.0
Labor Thomas Butler1760.7+0.7
Progressive Thomas Rutledge (elected 3)3,70714.4+2.7
Progressive John O'Reilly2,82011.0+11.0
Progressive Edward Halliday1,8217.1+7.1
Nationalist John Perkins (elected 2)4,60717.9+17.9
Nationalist Henry Bate 3,07812.0+12.0
Independent Francis Grogan760.3+0.3
Independent Samuel Rose120.1+0.1
Total formal votes25,70696.0+5.3
Informal votes1,0594.0-5.3
Turnout 26,76569.6+11.3
Party total votes
Labor 9,58537.3-1.4
Progressive 8,34832.5+11.2
Nationalist 7,68529.9+0.5
Independent Francis Grogan760.3+0.3
Independent Samuel Rose120.1+0.1

Maitland

1922 New South Wales state election: Maitland [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,863
Nationalist Walter Bennett (elected 3)5,41019.7+2.0
Nationalist William Cameron (elected 2)4,78417.4+7.4
Nationalist George Walter4,44616.2+16.2
Labor Walter O'Hearn (elected 1)8,46130.8+12.8
Labor William Brennan 8012.92.9
Labor John Culbert 1170.4+0.4
Progressive Benjamin Gelling2,0607.5+7.5
Progressive Cecil Tindale1,1504.2-1.8
Progressive Herbert Ralston1750.6+0.6
Independent Patrick Ferry470.2+0.2
Total formal votes27,45196.0+4.5
Informal votes1,1304.0-4.5
Turnout 28,58169.5+14.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 14,64053.3+21.2
Labor 9,37934.2-2.9
Progressive 3,38512.3-17.6
Independent Patrick Ferry470.2+0.2

Murray

1922 New South Wales state election: Murray [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,162
Nationalist Richard Ball (elected 1)7,93332.2+12.3
Nationalist Edward Collins 1,8957.7+7.7
Nationalist John Jelbart3421.4+1.4
Labor William O'Brien (elected 2)6,34325.7+1.3
Labor Patrick Quilty2,1378.7+8.7
Labor Walter Boston 1,6746.8+6.8
Progressive Matthew Kilpatrick (elected 3)3,04312.3+8.6
Progressive Ernest Field7383.0+3.0
Progressive John Smithenbecker5392.2+2.2
Total formal votes24,64495.8+2.1
Informal votes1,0924.2-2.1
Turnout 25,73665.2+9.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 10,17041.3+10.1
Labor 10,15441.2-4.7
Progressive 4,32017.5-5.4

Murrumbidgee

1922 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,322
Labor Martin Flannery (elected 1)9,51637.6+20.4
Labor James Tully 6002.4+2.4
Labor James Lyons 2140.9+0.9
Progressive Ernest Buttenshaw (elected 2)8,70134.4+23.1
Progressive George Wilson 5442.1+2.1
Progressive Henry Moulder 5322.1+2.1
Progressive James Milthorpe5062.0+2.0
Nationalist Arthur Grimm (elected 3)3,71214.7-2.5
Nationalist William Hall7232.9+2.9
Nationalist John Macallister860.3+0.3
Independent James McMahon1510.6+0.6
Total formal votes25,28595.0+4.3
Informal votes1,3215.0-4.3
Turnout 26,60663.9+4.9
Party total votes
Labor 10,33040.9-5.0
Progressive 10,28340.7+15.9
Nationalist 4,52117.9+0.7
Independent James McMahon1510.6+0.6

Namoi

1922 New South Wales state election: Namoi [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,483
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 2)5,82322.5+9.4
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 3)5,36320.7+5.8
Labor Patrick Scully (elected 1)7,88030.4-6.5
Labor William Scully 1,6026.2+4.4
Labor Septimus Humphries3251.3+1.3
Progressive Roland Green 1,9067.3+7.3
Progressive Albert Studdy5992.3+2.3
Independent Robert Levien 2,4339.4-1.2
Total formal votes25,93196.0+2.5
Informal votes1,0874.0-2.5
Turnout 27,01870.2+8.5
Party total votes
Nationalist 11,18643.1+18.0
Labor 9,80737.8-3.6
Progressive 2,5059.7-13.2
Independent Robert Levien 2,4339.4-1.2

Newcastle

1922 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,688
Labor Jack Baddeley (elected 2)11,85022.7+22.7
Labor David Murray (elected 4)6,62912.7+6.2
Labor Hugh Connell (elected 3)3,6467.0-13.5
Labor David Watson 2,3564.5+4.5
Labor Amram Lewis1,5292.9-1.3
Independent Walter Skelton (elected 1)13,13225.2+25.2
Nationalist Magnus Cromarty (elected 5)2,8335.4+5.4
Nationalist John Fegan (defeated)1,6023.1-3.3
Nationalist Harry Wheeler1,2602.4+2.4
Nationalist Robert Kilgour1,0522.0+2.0
Nationalist Kenneth Mathieson5161.0+1.0
Independent Labor Arthur Gardiner (defeated)4,6448.9-8.8
Independent Thomas Hoare5661.1+1.1
Progressive George Jenner2950.6+0.6
Progressive John Cram1510.3+0.3
Independent James Gilligan380.1+0.1
Independent William Jeffery270.1+0.1
Total formal votes52,12696.7+9.3
Informal votes1,7713.3-9.3
Turnout 53,89775.2+16.1
Party total votes
Labor 26,01049.9-7.6
Independent Walter Skelton 13,13225.2+25.2
Nationalist 7,26313.9+1.0
Independent Labor Arthur Gardiner 4,6448.9-8.8
Independent Thomas Hoare5661.1+1.1
Progressive 4460.9-2.3
Independent James Gilligan380.1+0.1
Independent William Jeffery270.1+0.1

North Shore

1922 New South Wales state election: North Shore [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,456
Nationalist Reginald Weaver (elected 1)10,22620.2+4.9
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 4)5,48810.8-3.4
Nationalist Arthur Cocks (elected 3)5,48310.8+2.8
Nationalist Alfred Reid (defeated)4,4698.8
Nationalist Arthur Walker2,4934.9
Nationalist Albert Whatmore2,0884.12
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2)8,30216.4+8.5
Labor James Donaldson5051.0+1.0
Labor John Cochran 2060.4+0.4
Labor Arthur Tonge 63+0.1+0.1
Labor William Killingsworth430.1+0.1
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell (elected 5)5,72711.3+11.3
Democratic Timothy O'Donoghue3,5697.0-0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham1,3812.7+2.7
Independent Edward Clark6331.3-1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham580.1+0.1
Total formal votes50,73497.7+10.4
Informal votes1,2052.3-10.4
Turnout 51,93972.8+16.8
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,24759.6+13.7
Labor 9,11918.0-0.3
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell 5,72711.3+11.3
Democratic 3,5697.0-0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham1,3812.7+2.7
Independent Edward Clark6331.3-1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham580.1+0.1

Northern Tableland

1922 New South Wales state election: Northern Tableland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,819
Progressive Michael Bruxner (elected 1)9,09439.1+15.6
Progressive David Drummond (elected 3)3,49315.0+5.0
Progressive James McIlveen5632.4+2.4
Labor Alfred McClelland (elected 2)6,27627.0-2.5
Labor Phillip Killey7043.0+3.0
Labor Amos Clarke4221.8+1.8
Nationalist David Doull1,5326.6+6.6
Nationalist George Ring8723.7+3.7
Nationalist Albert Head3181.4+1.4
Total formal votes23,27495.4+1.8
Informal votes1,1224.6-1.8
Turnout 24,39665.5+8.1
Party total votes
Progressive 13,15056.5+7.5
Labor 7,40231.8-5.4
Nationalist 2,72211.7-2.0

Oxley

1922 New South Wales state election: Oxley [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,634
Progressive Roy Vincent (elected 2)3,84412.6+12.6
Progressive Richard Price (defeated)3,49511.4-8.4
Progressive Lewis Martin 2,1166.9+6.9
Progressive Harold Henderson1,7605.8+5.8
Progressive Matthew Wallace1,1453.8+3.8
Progressive Charles Algie9133.0+3.0
Progressive Albert Whatson3661.2+1.2
Nationalist Theodore Hill (elected 1)3,91412.8+12.8
Nationalist Henry Morton 3,62211.9-6.1
Nationalist William McRae1,7485.7+5.7
Labor Joseph Fitzgerald (elected 3)4,23413.9-9.3
Labor Alfred O'Neill2,4988.2+8.2
Labor Frederick Bennett3831.3+1.3
Independent Patrick Moran4961.6+1.6
Total formal votes30,53496.8+3.4
Informal votes1,0023.2-3.4
Turnout 31,53673.0+19.8
Party total votes
Progressive 13,63944.7-10.5
Nationalist 9,28430.4+12.4
Labor 7,11523.3-1.6
Independent Patrick Moran4961.6+1.6

Parramatta

1922 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,837
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell (elected 1)13,46843.0+7.2
Nationalist Leicester Simpson2,1646.9+6.9
Nationalist Thomas Morrow (elected 3)8542.7+2.7
Nationalist Charles Willoughby3301.0+1.0
Labor Jack Lang (elected 2)12,90641.2-8.3
Labor Bill Ely (defeated)8212.6+0.3
Labor George Harrison1850.6+0.6
Independent Labor Saxon Hurst3471.1+1.1
Independent Labor James Boughey1580.5+0.5
Independent John Blake1120.4+0.4
Total formal votes31,34596.4+4.7
Informal votes1,1833.6-4.7
Turnout 32,52871.4+14.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 16,81653.6+15.0
Labor 13,91244.4-8.1
Independent Labor Saxon Hurst3471.1+1.1
Independent Labor James Boughey1580.5+0.5
Independent John Blake1120.4+0.4

Ryde

1922 New South Wales state election: Ryde [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 9,454
Nationalist Thomas Henley (elected 1)16,00728.2+5.9
Nationalist David Anderson (elected 2)7,73213.6+5.2
Nationalist Edward Loxton (elected 3)6,86612.1-4.5
Nationalist Thomas Bavin (elected 5)4,9468.7+8.7
Nationalist Norman McIntosh3,2605.7+5.7
Nationalist Herbert Small2,0663.6+3.6
Labor Robert Greig (elected 4)8,23814.5+5.9
Labor William Hutchison4,9698.8-0.5
Labor John English5741.0+1.0
Labor Thomas Maher4010.7+0.7
Labor Alexander Mackie3230.6+0.6
Progressive Ernest Thompson9231.6+1.6
Independent John Pattison4150.7+0.7
Total formal votes56,72097.1+8.1
Informal votes1,6642.9-8.1
Turnout 58,38474.3+17.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 40,87772.1+32.6
Labor 14,50525.6-2.8
Progressive Ernest Thompson9231.6-10.2
Independent John Pattison4150.7+0.7

St George

1922 New South Wales state election: St George [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,832
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1)10,07119.0+19.0
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 2)8,71716.4+6.9
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 4)4,8299.1-6.2
Nationalist John Ewen2,6365.0+5.0
Nationalist Francis Farrar1,3712.6+2.6
Nationalist John Willson6941.3+1.3
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 3)8,42315.9+10.5
Labor George Cann (elected 5)6,81812.9-8.1
Labor Sam Toombs 4,8529.2-0.9
Labor Patrick Donovan1,5863.0+0.5
Labor Arthur Jones6101.2+1.2
Progressive Reginald McDonald1,9993.8+3.8
Progressive John Cordell1260.2+0.2
Progressive John Wilson800.1+0.1
Independent John Cooper980.2+0.2
Independent Henry Short620.1+0.1
Independent John Gager170.03+0.03
Total formal votes52,98996.4+6.0
Informal votes1,9633.6-6.0
Turnout 54,95273.5+15.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,31853.4+21.1
Labor 22,28942.1+0.4
Progressive 2,2054.2-13.5
Independent John Cooper980.2+0.2
Independent Henry Short620.1+0.1
Independent John Gager170.03+0.03

Sturt

1922 New South Wales state election: Sturt [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,371
Labor Mat Davidson (elected 1)5,47231.3+7.1
Labor Jabez Wright (elected 3)1,92211.0-7.4
Labor Ted Horsington 7084.1+4.1
Nationalist Brian Doe (elected 2)3,40119.5-5.1
Nationalist William Daish1,6709.5+9.5
Nationalist John Wicks7074.0+4.0
Industrial Labor Donald Grant 1,3787.9+7.9
Independent Ernest Wetherell8564.9+4.9
Independent William Couch7854.5+4.5
Progressive Walter O'Grady5052.9+2.9
Independent Charles Dooley760.4+0.4
Total formal votes17,48094.5+2.4
Informal votes1,0135.5-2.4
Turnout 18,49359.4+9.7
Party total votes
Labor 8,10246.4+0.7
Nationalist 5,77833.0+6.8
Industrial Labor 1,3787.9+7.9
Independent Ernest Wetherell8564.9+4.9
Independent William Couch7854.5+4.5
Progressive 5052.9+2.9
Independent Charles Dooley760.4+0.4

Sydney

1922 New South Wales state election: Sydney [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,351
Labor Greg McGirr (elected 1)6,30416.6+16.6
Labor John Birt (elected 4)5,43314.30.0
Labor Patrick Minahan (elected 5)3,7569.9+0.3
Labor Michael Burke (defeated)3,5899.4-0.6
Labor George Mullins 1,7184.5+4.5
Nationalist Joseph Jackson (elected 2)4,86412.8+2.9
Nationalist Daniel Levy (elected 3)3,1788.3-9.8
Nationalist Richard Caldwell1,9295.1+5.1
Nationalist Ernest Salmon1,6724.4+4.4
Nationalist Ernest Marks 1,6184.2+4.2
Nationalist William Nicholls2470.6+0.6
Independent Ben Fuller 3,0007.9+7.9
Independent Edward Price2270.6+0.6
Independent Henry Jones1660.4+0.4
Industrial Labor William McCristal 980.3+0.3
Independent Richard Allen830.2+0.2
Independent Sydney Brown480.1+0.1
Independent Alfred Bartlett360.1+0.1
Independent Albert Clifton280.1+0.1
Independent Charles Tuck280.1+0.1
Independent Edwin Miller250.1+0.1
Independent William Pickup190.1+0.1
Independent Solomon Rosenberg140.04+0.04
Independent Robert Williams110.03+0.03
Independent Ernest Llewelyn110.03+0.03
Total formal votes38,10295.7+11.0
Informal votes1,7144.3-11.0
Turnout 39,81658.1+13.7
Party total votes
Labor 20,80054.6+1.0
Nationalist 13,50835.4+7.3
Independent Ben Fuller 3,0007.9+7.9
Independent Edward Price2270.6+0.6
Independent Henry Jones1660.4+0.4
Industrial Labor 980.3+0.3
Independent Richard Allen830.2+0.2
Independent Sydney Brown480.1+0.1
Independent Alfred Bartlett360.1+0.1
Independent Albert Clifton280.1+0.1
Independent Charles Tuck280.1+0.1
Independent Edwin Miller250.1+0.1
Independent William Pickup190.1+0.1
Independent Solomon Rosenberg140.04+0.04
Independent Robert Williams110.03+0.03
Independent Ernest Llewelyn110.03+0.03

Wammerawa

1922 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,571
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1)6,85426.1-13.6
Labor Joseph Clark (defeated)4,81018.3+8.8
Labor William Webster 8213.1-1.1
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 2)2,85510.9+0.4
Progressive Gordon Wilkins 2,5229.6+9.6
Progressive George Oram9303.5+3.5
Progressive James Berryman7262.8+2.8
Progressive Edward Scully3661.4+1.4
Progressive Edward Kater2661.0+1.0
Nationalist Percy Shortland1,3865.3+5.3
Nationalist John Macdonald1,3145.0+5.0
Nationalist John Wark5162.0+2.0
Independent William Ashford (elected 3)2,89111.0+11.0
Independent Arthur Heany230.1+0.1
Total formal votes26,28096.3+4.2
Informal votes1,0013.7-4.2
Turnout 27,28171.3+8.0
Party total votes
Labor 12,48547.5-5.9
Progressive 7,66529.2+8.3
Nationalist 3,21612.2-12.0
Independent William Ashford 2,89111.0+11.0
Independent Arthur Heany230.1+0.1

Petition and recount

Joseph Clark petitioned the Governor against the return of William Ashford, alleging that the returning officer made an error in calculating the transfer value for the distribution of surplus to quota votes. [25] The Committee of Elections and Qualifications upheld the petition, overturning the election of Ashford and declaring that Clark was elected as the member for Wammerawa. [26] [27]

Western Suburbs

1922 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [28]
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

Wollondilly

1922 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,222
Nationalist Sir George Fuller (elected 1)11,50739.8+11.6
Nationalist Mark Morton (elected 3)3,22911.2-6.5
Nationalist Samuel Emmett6472.2+2.2
Labor Billy Davies (elected 2)8,20828.4-9.5
Labor John Cleary (defeated)4,15814.4+6.5
Labor Walter Thompson1000.4+0.4
Progressive William Howarth7112.5+2.5
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon3241.1-0.6
Total formal votes28,88496.3+2.2
Informal votes1,1213.7-2.2
Turnout 30,00575.4+14.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 15,38353.2+7.3
Labor 12,46643.2-9.2
Progressive 7112.5+2.5
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon3241.1-0.6

See also

Notes

  1. Scott Campbell had been nominated by the Labor Party for the 1920 election however his endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because he signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World. [10]

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