Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election

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New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters1,339,080
Votes cast924,979 Turnout 69.08−0.93
Informal votes30,155Informal3.26−0.37
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 413,27546.19+7.7046+9 [lower-alpha 1]
  Nationalist 339,30637.92−5.2532−9
  Progressive 81,4509.10−1.989±0
  Independent 23,4542.62−1.161±0
  Protestant Labor 22,8432.55+2.551+1
  Ind. Nationalist 6,9650.78+0.781+1
  Independent Labor 3,2140.36−0.520±0
 Protestant Independent National1,8830.21+0.210 
  Young Australia Party 1,4070.16+0.160 
  Communist 8310.09+0.090 
  Majority Labor 1960.02+0.020 
Total894,824  90 

The 1925 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 third and final election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 14,690, ranging from Sturt (10,297) to Ryde (19,119). [5]

Results by electoral district

Balmain

1925 New South Wales state election: Balmain [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,727
Labor H. V. Evatt (elected 1)14,73331.8+31.8
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5)4,5679.9-3.5
Labor John Quirk (elected 4)4,5629.8-3.5
Labor Tom Keegan (elected 2)4,3059.3-3.5
Labor Kate Dwyer 3,6227.8+7.8
Nationalist Albert Lane (elected 3)6,30613.6+1.7
Nationalist Robert Stopford (defeated)5,88012.7-1.4
Nationalist Stanley Cole1,1712.5+2.5
Nationalist Thomas Greentree3040.7-3.6
Nationalist Gideon Gillespie1890.4+0.4
Protestant Labor James Johnston4391.0+1.0
Communist Thomas Payne1990.4+0.4
Communist Lionel Leece400.1+0.1
Independent Charles Mallett420.1+0.1
Total formal votes46,35997.0+1.1
Informal votes1,4243.0-1.1
Turnout 47,78369.9+0.9
Party total votes
Labor 31,78968.6+15.2
Nationalist 13,85029.9-11.3
Protestant Labor 4391.0+1.0
Communist 2390.5+0.5
Independent Charles Mallett420.1+0.1

Bathurst

1925 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,461
Labor James Dooley (elected 1)9,37831.4+5.2
Labor Gus Kelly (elected 2)3,94013.2+12.0
Labor Hamilton Knight 2,3337.8+7.8
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick (elected 3)7,15524.0-4.7
Nationalist Charles Rosenthal (defeated)3,54011.9-1.0
Nationalist James Beddie3,49511.7+11.7
Total formal votes29,84197.4+1.1
Informal votes7892.6-1.1
Turnout 30,63071.5+0.4
Party total votes
Labor 15,65152.4+5.5
Nationalist 14,19047.6+3.1

Botany

1925 New South Wales state election: Botany [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,919
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 1)10,14621.4+6.4
Labor William McKell (elected 3)8,52317.9+4.1
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 4)5,72612.1-0.9
Labor William Long 4,2849.0+9.0
Labor Frank Burke (elected 5)4,0178.5-2.0
Nationalist John Lee (elected 2)10,09821.2+0.3
Nationalist David Alexander6651.4-1.6
Nationalist William Herford1080.2+0.2
Nationalist James Sinclair990.2+0.2
Nationalist Stephen Turner460.1+0.1
Independent Labor Peter Gallagher3,0346.4+6.4
Protestant Labor Walter Bateman3700.8+0.8
Communist Henry Denford1470.3+0.3
Communist Nellie Rickie1110.2+0.2
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure760.2+0.2
Majority Labor Carl Liebau630.1+0.1
Total formal votes47,51395.6+0.6
Informal votes2,2104.4-0.6
Turnout 49,72369.2+0.6
Party total votes
Labor 32,69668.8+7.0
Nationalist 11,01623.2-6.5
Independent Labor 3,0346.4+6.4
Protestant Labor 3700.8+0.8
Communist 2580.5+0.5
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure760.2+0.2
Majority Labor 630.1+0.1

Byron

1925 New South Wales state election: Byron [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,684
Progressive William Missingham (elected 1)10,09732.9+22.6
Progressive Frederick Stuart (elected 3)3,30710.8+10.8
Progressive John Williams2,6838.7+8.7
Progressive Thomas Foyster3811.2+1.2
Labor Robert Gillies (elected 2)5,77518.8+18.8
Labor Tom Swiney 4,06113.2-9.3
Labor Ernest Hollis-Neath2320.8+0.8
Nationalist Stephen Perdriau (defeated)3,50111.4-11.2
Nationalist Charles Munro4691.5+1.5
Nationalist Stanley Fayle2260.7+0.7
Total formal votes30,73297.5+0.3
Informal votes7902.5-0.3
Turnout 31,52269.8-1.0
Party total votes
Progressive 16,46853.6+32.2
Labor 10,06832.8+9.0
Nationalist 4,19613.6-41.2

Cootamundra

1925 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,114
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1)8,03328.2+5.6
Labor Ken Hoad (elected 3)4,15714.6+7.0
Labor Joseph Carney2,93510.3+10.3
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2)5,00517.6-3.9
Progressive Ernest Field1,4355.0+5.0
Progressive Benjamin Witenden4241.5+1.5
Progressive Eric Treatt2130.7+0.7
Nationalist Angus Campbell3,78913.3+1.0
Nationalist Ernest Todhunter8953.1+3.1
Nationalist William Pinkstone6032.1+2.1
Protestant Labor George Davey9663.4+3.4
Total formal votes28,45596.9+0.5
Informal votes9183.1-0.5
Turnout 29,37371.2+0.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,12553.2+2.9
Progressive 7,07724.9-9.3
Nationalist 5,28718.6+3.7
Protestant Labor 9663.4+3.4

Cumberland

1925 New South Wales state election: Cumberland [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,885
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1)8,95928.4+2.6
Nationalist Bruce Walker Sr (elected 2)7,98925.3+2.3
Nationalist James Shand 4,01012.7+12.7
Labor James McGirr (elected 3)7,10222.5-3.1
Labor Robert Bingham1,6215.1+5.1
Progressive Reginald Harris8262.6+2.6
Progressive Aaron Morris1210.4+0.4
Progressive Arthur Upchurch470.2+0.2
Independent Ernest Carr3301.1+1.1
Independent John Allaburton1240.4+0.4
Total formal votes31,53797.3+0.3
Informal votes8822.7-0.3
Turnout 32,41968.9-1.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,95866.4-4.9
Labor 9,13129.0+2.9
Progressive 9943.2+0.6
Independent Ernest Carr3301.1+1.1
Independent John Allaburton1240.4+0.4

Eastern Suburbs

1925 New South Wales state election: Eastern Suburbs [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 9,010
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley (elected 5)7,95814.7+6.9
Nationalist William Foster (elected 4)7,33113.6+8.5
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 3)7,32413.6+2.2
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein 6,91312.8+2.8
Nationalist Joseph Robinson5471.0+1.0
Nationalist George Overhill5431.0+1.0
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 1)8,49915.7+4.1
Labor Septimus Alldis (elected 2)4,1217.6+7.6
Labor William Crick1,1322.1+2.1
Labor Gertrude Melville 1,0572.0+2.0
Labor Gordon Anderson9381.7+1.7
Independent Cyril Fallon (defeated)5,99611.1+0.2
Protestant Labor James Gillespie1,4892.8+2.8
Independent David Anderson1280.2+0.2
Independent Frederick Marks820.2+0.2
Total formal votes54,05896.7-0.3
Informal votes1,8453.3+0.3
Turnout 55,90365.4-3.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,61656.6+2.2
Labor 15,74729.1+10.4
Independent Cyril Fallon 5,99611.1+0.2
Protestant Labor 1,4892.8+2.8
Independent David Anderson1280.2+0.2
Independent Frederick Marks820.2+0.2

Goulburn

1925 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,490
Labor Paddy Stokes (elected 2)7,07827.3+27.3
Labor Jack Tully (elected 3)4,29516.6+16.6
Labor Clarence Steele6852.6+2.6
Nationalist John Perkins (elected 1)7,66529.5+11.6
Nationalist Henry Bate 1,8157.0-5.0
Nationalist Percy Hollis6162.4+2.4
Progressive William Hedges 1,4965.8+5.8
Progressive William Bluett1,2384.8+4.8
Progressive Adam Singer1,0344.0+4.0
Young AustraliaDenis O'Leary340.1+0.1
Total formal votes25,95697.0+1.0
Informal votes7943.0-1.0
Turnout 26,75069.1-0.5
Party total votes
Labor 12,05846.5+9.2
Nationalist 10,09638.9+9.0
Progressive 3,76814.5-18.0
Young Australia340.1+0.1

Maitland

1925 New South Wales state election: Maitland [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,304
Nationalist Walter Bennett (elected 2)6,98923.9+4.2
Nationalist William Cameron (elected 3)5,85620.0+2.6
Nationalist Charles Nicholson 2,7299.3+9.3
Labor Walter O'Hearn (elected 1)11,07537.9+7.1
Labor John Hynes7822.7+2.7
Labor William McClelland2921.0+1.0
Protestant Labor George Batey1,4905.1+5.1
Total formal votes29,21396.7+0.7
Informal votes9903.3-0.7
Turnout 30,20368.3-1.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 15,57453.30.0
Labor 12,14941.6+7.4
Protestant Labor 1,4905.1+5.1

Murray

1925 New South Wales state election: Murray [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,138
Labor Vern Goodin (elected 3)4,70819.2+19.2
Labor William O'Brien 3,71115.1-10.2
Labor George Bodkin2,97212.1+12.1
Nationalist Richard Ball (elected 1)8,27433.7+1.5
Nationalist Joseph Niesigh1670.7+0.7
Progressive Matthew Kilpatrick (elected 2)4,03716.4+4.0
Progressive Charles Coghlan4982.0+2.0
Progressive Olave Olsen1840.8+0.8
Total formal votes24,55195.3-0.5
Informal votes1,2004.7+0.5
Turnout 25,75160.4-4.8
Party total votes
Labor 11,39146.4+5.2
Nationalist 8,44134.4-6.9
Progressive 4,71919.2+1.7

Murrumbidgee

1925 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,060
Labor Martin Flannery (elected 1)9,91535.1-2.5
Labor James Lyons 1,7286.1+5.2
Labor William Nulty1,6275.8+5.8
Progressive Ernest Buttenshaw (elected 2)9,30733.0-1.4
Progressive Alexander McArthur1,1274.0+4.0
Nationalist Edmund Best (elected 3)2,1957.8+7.8
Nationalist Duncan Cameron1,2174.3+4.3
Nationalist Reginald Westmore1,0443.7+3.7
Independent Mary McCracken780.3+0.3
Total formal votes28,23896.1+1.1
Informal votes1,1393.9-1.1
Turnout 29,37762.2-1.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,27047.0+6.1
Progressive 10,43436.9-3.8
Nationalist 4,45615.8-2.1
Independent Mary McCracken780.3+0.3

Namoi

1925 New South Wales state election: Namoi [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,621
Labor William Scully (elected 1)9,48735.8+5.4
Labor Michael Hagan8973.4+3.4
Labor James Hawkins8033.0+3.0
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 2)5,63921.3+0.6
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 3)4,69617.7-4.8
Progressive Aubrey Abbott 3,39512.8+12.8
Progressive Lachlan McLachlan3921.5+1.5
Progressive James Laird2270.9+0.9
Independent Robert Levien 9473.6-5.8
Total formal votes26,48396.3+0.3
Informal votes1,0233.7-0.3
Turnout 27,50670.3+0.1
Party total votes
Labor 11,18742.2+4.4
Nationalist 10,33539.0-4.1
Progressive 4,01415.2+5.5
Independent Robert Levien 9473.6-5.8

Newcastle

1925 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 9,602
Labor Jack Baddeley (elected 1)16,39428.5+5.8
Labor David Murray (elected 3)9,94117.3+4.6
Labor Hugh Connell (elected 4)5,6989.9+2.9
Labor George Booth (elected 5)2,3364.1+4.1
Labor David Davies2,1573.7+3.7
Protestant Labor Walter Skelton (elected 2)10,19417.7-7.5
Protestant Labor James Pendlebury4050.7+0.7
Protestant Labor James Hestelow3440.6+0.6
Nationalist Magnus Cromarty (defeated)6,27010.9+5.5
Nationalist John Fegan 5781.0-2.1
Nationalist David Murray4310.7+0.7
Nationalist Charles Watt3430.6+0.6
Nationalist Oliver Denny1100.2+0.2
Independent Arthur Gardiner 2,2383.9+3.9
Independent Robert Mitchell1670.3+0.3
Total formal votes57,60696.3-0.4
Informal votes2,1803.7+0.4
Turnout 59,78675.5+0.3
Party total votes
Labor 36,52663.4+13.5
Protestant Labor 10,94319.0+19.0
Nationalist 7,73213.4-0.5
Independent Arthur Gardiner 2,2383.9+3.9
Independent Robert Mitchell1670.3+0.3

North Shore

1925 New South Wales state election: North Shore [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,768
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 1)10,89820.7+9.9
Nationalist Alfred Reid (elected 4)5,85311.1+2.3
Nationalist Ernest Marks 3,0055.7+5.7
Nationalist Ernest Salmon2,7135.2+5.2
Nationalist William Wood1,4422.7+2.7
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2)8,36215.9-0.5
Labor Arthur Tonge 3,3386.4+6.3
Labor Bertrand Childs1,2262.3+2.3
Labor Oliver Kelly1070.2+0.2
Labor Samuel Sloane780.2+0.2
Ind. Nationalist William Fell (elected 3)6,96513.2+1.9
Independent Alick Kay (elected 5)5,1269.7+9.7
Independent Mary Williams2,2784.3+4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse6571.3+1.3
Protestant Labor Raymond Campbell-Cowan5421.0+1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham140.03-0.08
Total formal votes52,60497.5-0.2
Informal votes1,3352.5+0.2
Turnout 53,93969.7-3.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 23,91145.4-14.2
Labor 13,11124.9+6.9
Ind. Nationalist William Fell 6,96513.2+1.9
Independent Alick Kay 5,1269.7+9.7
Independent Mary Williams2,2784.3+4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse6571.3+1.3
Protestant Labor 5421.0+1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham140.03-0.08

Northern Tableland

1925 New South Wales state election: Northern Tablelands [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,924
Progressive Michael Bruxner (elected 1)9,94442.0+2.9
Progressive David Drummond (elected 3)3,12513.2-1.8
Progressive Daniel Lewis8813.7+3.7
Labor Alfred McClelland (elected 2)8,46435.7+8.7
Labor William McArdle9464.0+1.0
Labor Dennis Shanahan3351.4+1.4
Total formal votes23,69596.2+0.8
Informal votes9243.8-0.8
Turnout 24,61968.0+2.5
Party total votes
Progressive 13,95058.9+2.4
Labor 9,74541.1+9.3

Oxley

1925 New South Wales state election: Oxley [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,483
Progressive Roy Vincent (elected 2)6,33321.2+8.6
Progressive Henry Morton 3,42311.4+11.4
Progressive Ray Fitzgerald 1,2034.0+4.0
Progressive William Flannery9553.2+3.2
Nationalist Theodore Hill (elected 3)5,59818.7+5.9
Nationalist William Robinson2,0927.0+7.0
Nationalist John Cameron1,4684.9+4.9
Labor Joseph Fitzgerald (elected 1)8,76129.3+15.4
Labor William Terry590.2+0.2
Labor James Goudie380.1+0.1
Total formal votes29,93096.5-0.3
Informal votes1,0683.5+0.3
Turnout 30,99869.8-3.2
Party total votes
Progressive 11,91439.8-4.9
Nationalist 9,15830.6+0.2
Labor 8,85829.6+6.3

Parramatta

1925 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 9,426
Labor Jack Lang (elected 1)16,65044.2+3.0
Labor Bill Ely (elected 3)1,9645.2+2.6
Labor George Wrench2720.7+0.7
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell (elected 2)13,05334.6-8.4
Nationalist Thomas Morrow (defeated)2,8417.5+4.8
Nationalist George Folkard1,7594.7+4.7
Protestant Labor William Chalson5151.4+1.4
Independent Albert Jones3931.0+1.0
Majority Labor Cecil Robinson1800.5+0.5
Independent Francis Silverstone740.2+0.2
Total formal votes37,70197.3+0.9
Informal votes1,0382.7-0.9
Turnout 38,73971.0-0.4
Party total votes
Labor 18,88650.1+5.7
Nationalist 17,65346.8-6.8
Protestant Labor 5151.4+1.4
Independent Albert Jones3931.0+1.0
Majority Labor 1800.5+0.5
Independent Francis Silverstone740.2+0.2

Ryde

1925 New South Wales state election: Ryde [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 10,908
Nationalist Thomas Henley (elected 1)16,51225.2-3.0
Nationalist Thomas Bavin (elected 2)11,84418.1+9.4
Nationalist David Anderson (elected 3)8,31212.7-0.9
Nationalist Edward Sanders (elected 5)2,2063.4+3.4
Nationalist Herbert Small1,9553.0-0.6
Labor Robert Greig (elected 4)8,89413.6-0.9
Labor Stan Taylor 6,1549.4+9.4
Labor James Concannon 2,8674.4+4.4
Labor William McCristal 9031.4+1.4
Labor Edward Lamont6201.0+1.0
Protestant Labor James Chamberlain1,1891.8+1.8
Protestant Labor William Featherstone8821.4+1.4
Ind. Nationalist Cecil Brierley1,6792.6+2.6
Progressive Crawford Vaughan 8051.2+1.2
Progressive Ernest Thompson4610.7-0.9
Independent John Pattison1630.3+0.3
Total formal votes65,44697.2+0.1
Informal votes1,8692.8-0.1
Turnout 67,31570.4-3.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 40,82962.4-9.7
Labor 19,43829.7+4.1
Protestant Labor 2,0713.2+3.2
Ind. Nationalist Cecil Brierley1,6792.6+2.6
Progressive 1,2661.9+0.3
Independent John Pattison1630.3+0.3

St George

1925 New South Wales state election: St George [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 10,607
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1)16,17125.4+6.4
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 3)4,3936.9-9.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (defeated)3,9796.2-2.9
Nationalist Cecil Monro 3,5285.5+5.5
Nationalist Francis Farrar1,2271.9-0.7
Nationalist Reginald Reid6081.0+1.0
Nationalist Thomas Casserly4970.8+0.8
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 2)11,73118.4+2.5
Labor Joseph Cahill (elected 5)6,2039.8+9.8
Labor George Cann (elected 4)6,1669.7-3.2
Labor George Burns 4,7907.5+7.5
Labor Ernest Sheiles1,4722.3+2.3
Protestant Labor Walter Anderson1,0681.7+1.7
Protestant Labor Arthur Jones6121.0+1.0
Protestant Labor Roy Hindwood4390.7+0.7
Protestant Labor William Goulden3130.5+0.5
Protestant Labor James Dunlop1950.3+0.3
Independent Alfred Dicker1820.3+0.3
Independent John Cooper390.1-0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne260.04+0.04
Total formal votes63,63996.2-0.2
Informal votes2,4873.8+0.2
Turnout 66,12673.3-0.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,40347.8-5.6
Labor 30,36247.7+5.6
Protestant Labor 2,6274.1+4.1
Independent Alfred Dicker1820.3+0.3
Independent John Cooper390.1-0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne260.04+0.04

Sturt

1925 New South Wales state election: Sturt [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 4,423
Labor Mat Davidson (elected 1)7,23740.9+9.6
Labor Ted Horsington (elected 2)4,49325.4+21.3
Labor Thomas Griffiths1,0465.9+5.9
Nationalist Brian Doe (elected 3)4,35524.6+5.1
Nationalist William Shoobridge3782.1+2.1
Nationalist Francis Harvey960.5+0.5
Independent Charles Dooley850.5+0.5
Total formal votes17,69095.0+0.5
Informal votes9345.0-0.5
Turnout 18,62460.3+0.9
Party total votes
Labor 12,77672.2+25.8
Nationalist 4,82927.3-5.7
Independent Charles Dooley850.5+0.5

Sydney

1925 New South Wales state election: Sydney [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,852
Labor John Birt (elected 1)9,15226.1+11.8
Labor Michael Burke (elected 2)5,35415.3+5.9
Labor William Holdsworth (elected 4)2,7968.0+8.0
Labor Patrick Minahan 2,4036.8-3.1
Labor Francis McGuinness1,6684.8+4.8
Nationalist Joseph Jackson (elected 3)5,09614.5+1.7
Nationalist Daniel Levy (elected 5)4,58613.1+4.8
Nationalist Albert Higgs1,4944.3+4.3
Nationalist Gordon Stead2310.7+0.7
Nationalist Reuben Kefford740.2+0.2
Young Australia Greg McGirr 1,3333.8+3.8
Young AustraliaLeslie Milgate150.04+0.04
Young AustraliaAlphonsus Cannon140.04+0.04
Young AustraliaCharles Mortimer110.03+0.03
Communist Charles Mortimer3170.9+0.9
Communist Patrick Drew170.1+0.1
Protestant Labor Laurence Raw3230.9+0.9
Independent Robert Bates1620.5+0.5
Independent Charles Foster320.1+0.1
Independent James Jones210.1+0.1
Independent Edwin Miller80.02-0.05
Total formal votes35,10796.1+0.4
Informal votes1,4103.9-0.4
Turnout 36,51758.0-0.1
Party total votes
Labor 21,37360.9+6.3
Nationalist 11,48132.7-2.8
Young Australia1,3733.9+3.9
Communist 3341.0+1.0
Protestant Labor 3230.9+0.9
Independent Robert Bates1620.5+0.5
Independent Charles Foster320.1+0.1
Independent James Jones210.1+0.1
Independent Edwin Miller80.02-0.05

Wammerawa

1925 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,717
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1)8,68032.3+6.2
Labor Joseph Clark (elected 2)5,07818.9+0.6
Labor John Ritchie1,3525.0+5.0
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 3)4,66417.4+6.5
Progressive Alfred Yeo 7882.9+2.9
Progressive Samuel Armstrong7212.7+2.7
Nationalist Harold Blackett3,36712.5+12.5
Nationalist John Macdonald1,5665.8+0.8
Nationalist Henry Buttsworth6502.4+2.4
Total formal votes26,86697.0+0.7
Informal votes8233.0-0.7
Turnout 27,68972.9+1.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,11056.2+8.7
Progressive 6,17323.0-6.2
Nationalist 5,58320.8+8.6

Western Suburbs

1925 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [28]
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

Wollondilly

1925 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,924
Labor Billy Davies (elected 1)12,42839.2+10.8
Labor Andrew Lysaght (elected 3)3,52511.1+11.1
Labor Patrick Malloy4171.3+1.3
Nationalist Sir George Fuller (elected 2)11,14435.2-4.6
Nationalist Mark Morton (defeated)3,1489.9-1.3
Nationalist Alexander South1410.4+0.4
Progressive William Howarth6732.1-0.4
Ind. Nationalist Samuel Emmett2040.4+0.4
Independent Edward Newton100.03+0.03
Total formal votes31,69097.4+1.1
Informal votes8302.6-1.1
Turnout 32,52075.0-0.4
Party total votes
Labor 16,37051.7+8.5
Nationalist 14,43345.5-7.8
Progressive 6732.1-0.4
Ind. Nationalist Samuel Emmett2040.4+0.4
Independent Edward Newton100.03+0.03

See also

Notes

  1. Wammerawa has been included as a second Labor seat from the 1922 election. The returning officer declared that William Ashford (Independent) had been elected 3rd, [2] however the Elections and Qualifications Committee upheld a petition by Joseph Clark (Labor) and after re-counting the votes declared that Clark had been elected. [3] [4]

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