Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election

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New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953
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Enrolled voters1,953,953 [lower-alpha 1]
Votes cast1,548,877 Turnout 93.86+1.11
Informal votes39,416Informal2.48+0.71
Summary of votes by party
PartyPrimary votes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 852,27655.03+8.2857+11
  Liberal 432,73927.94−9.5722−7
  Country 179,68011.60+2.6314−3
  Independent 38,8222.51+0.200−
  Communist 21,4211.38+0.540−
  Independent Labor 16,5331.07−0.581− 1
  Lang Labor 7,0460.48−0.740−
Total1,588,293  94 

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 New South Wales state election.

Results by electoral district

Albury

1953 New South Wales state election: Albury   [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Doug Padman 9,64451.8
Labor Frank Finnan 8,98848.2
Total formal votes18,63298.9
Informal votes2081.1
Turnout 18,84093.9
Liberal hold Swing

Armidale

1953 New South Wales state election: Armidale   [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Cahill 8,59550.04
Country Davis Hughes 8,58249.96
Total formal votes17,17798.6
Informal votes2401.4
Turnout 17,41795.1
Labor gain from Country Swing

Ashfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Ashfield   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Richard Murden 10,75350.3
Labor Jack Richardson 10,63149.7
Total formal votes21,38498.4
Informal votes3541.6
Turnout 21,73894.7
Liberal hold Swing

Athol Richardson (Liberal) had held the seat at the 1950 election, however he was appointed to the Supreme Court and Jack Richardson (Labor) won the seat at the 1952 by-election. [5]

Auburn

1953 New South Wales state election: Auburn   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edgar Dring 12,09562.0
Lang Labor Chris Lang 7,40638.0
Total formal votes19,50196.1
Informal votes7863.9
Turnout 20,28794.4
Labor hold Swing

Balmain

1953 New South Wales state election: Balmain   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McMahon 17,88779.1
Independent Arthur Doughty3,26714.5
Communist Stanley Moran1,4596.4
Total formal votes22,61396.2
Informal votes8923.8
Turnout 23,50592.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John McMahon 18,61782.3
Independent Arthur Doughty3,99617.7
Labor hold Swing

Bankstown

1953 New South Wales state election: Bankstown   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Spence Powell 16,72689.4
Communist Claude Jones1,98110.6
Total formal votes18,70792.5
Informal votes1,5177.5
Turnout 20,22493.6
Labor hold Swing

Barwon

1953 New South Wales state election: Barwon   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Geoff Crawford 8,27453.8
Labor Gerard McInerney7,11846.2
Total formal votes15,39298.5
Informal votes2341.5
Turnout 15,62693.0
Country hold Swing

Bathurst

1953 New South Wales state election: Bathurst   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Gus Kelly unopposed
Labor hold 

Blacktown

1953 New South Wales state election: Blacktown   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Freeman 14,42461.2
Liberal George Walker8,39135.6
Communist Melville McCalman7563.2
Total formal votes23,57198.0
Informal votes4772.0
Turnout 24,04894.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Freeman 15,08864.0
Liberal George Walker8,48636.0
Labor hold Swing

Bondi

1953 New South Wales state election: Bondi   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Abe Landa 12,90459.6
Liberal Leslie Fingleton8,75740.4
Total formal votes21,66198.0
Informal votes4462.0
Turnout 22,10793.3
Labor hold Swing

Bulli

1953 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 14,48087.9
Communist Sara Phipps1,99412.1
Total formal votes16,47494.0
Informal votes1,0546.0
Turnout 17,52894.3
Labor hold Swing

Burrinjuck

1953 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Sheahan 10,80959.5
Country Robert Stewart5,81232.0
Independent Barney Morton1,2126.7
Independent John Cusack 3371.9
Total formal votes18,17098.9
Informal votes2051.1
Turnout 18,37595.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Sheahan 11,53863.5
Country Robert Stewart6,63236.5
Labor hold Swing

Burwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 12,41157.1
Labor William Weiss9,31142.9
Total formal votes21,72298.7
Informal votes2781.3
Turnout 22,00093.2
Liberal hold Swing

Byron

1953 New South Wales state election: Byron   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Stanley Stephens unopposed
Country hold 

Canterbury

1953 New South Wales state election: Canterbury   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,02566.5
Liberal Donald Arthur6,14629.1
Communist Roy Boyd9124.3
Total formal votes21,08398.1
Informal votes4181.9
Turnout 21,50194.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,75870.0
Liberal Donald Arthur6,32530.0
Labor hold Swing

Casino

1953 New South Wales state election: Casino   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Young5,19936.7
Country Ian Robinson 4,54732.1
Country John Reid 3,15222.2
Country William Cooke1,2759.0
Total formal votes14,17398.3
Informal votes2491.7
Turnout 14,42294.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ian Robinson 8,56060.4
Labor William Young5,61339.6
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh

1953 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,14762.8
Country Keith Sullivan6,02337.2
Total formal votes16,17098.7
Informal votes2201.3
Turnout 16,39090.8
Labor hold Swing

Cessnock

1953 New South Wales state election: Cessnock   [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Crook 15,14585.6
Communist John Tapp2,55714.4
Total formal votes17,70295.1
Informal votes9084.9
Turnout 18,61094.7
Labor hold Swing

Clarence

1953 New South Wales state election: Clarence   [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Cecil Wingfield 11,67266.3
Labor George Russell5,26930.0
Communist Kenneth Harding6503.7
Total formal votes17,59197.9
Informal votes3782.1
Turnout 17,96995.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Cecil Wingfield 11,96268.0
Labor George Russell5,62932.0
Country hold Swing

Cobar

1953 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold 

Collaroy

1953 New South Wales state election: Collaroy   [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Askin 12,72263.3
Labor Evelyn Barron 7,36036.7
Total formal votes20,08298.0
Informal votes4142.0
Turnout 20,49692.3
Liberal hold Swing

Concord

1953 New South Wales state election: Concord   [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,66154.7
Liberal John Adamson 9,67345.3
Total formal votes21,33498.1
Informal votes4211.9
Turnout 21,75594.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Coogee

1953 New South Wales state election: Coogee   [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lou Walsh 11,09953.2
Liberal Kevin Ellis 9,77646.8
Total formal votes20,87598.2
Informal votes3861.8
Turnout 21,26193.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Cook's River

1953 New South Wales state election: Cook's River   [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Cahill unopposed
Labor hold 

Croydon

1953 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 10,84454.9
Labor Kenneth Guthrie8,92445.1
Total formal votes19,76898.3
Informal votes3371.7
Turnout 20,10593.7
Liberal hold Swing

Drummoyne

1953 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne   [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Roy Jackson 11,55152.1
Liberal Robert Dewley 10,62247.9
Total formal votes22,17398.0
Informal votes4432.0
Turnout 22,61695.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Dubbo

1953 New South Wales state election: Dubbo   [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Robertson 8,83152.0
Country Robert Medcalf 8,14048.0
Total formal votes16,97198.2
Informal votes3021.8
Turnout 17,27394.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Dulwich Hill

1953 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill   [30]
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

Earlwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Earlwood   [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Willis 11,84450.3
Labor Arthur Higgins11,69149.7
Total formal votes23,53598.3
Informal votes4011.7
Turnout 23,93695.5
Liberal hold Swing

East Hills

1953 New South Wales state election: East Hills   [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Williams 16,01869.9
Liberal Armand Macquart6,89130.1
Total formal votes22,90997.9
Informal votes4892.1
Turnout 23,39894.0
Labor notional  hold Swing N/A  [33]

Eastwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Eastwood   [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw 12,75759.0
Labor Francis Corcoran5,52525.6
Independent Francis Collings3,33515.4
Total formal votes21,61798.4
Informal votes3401.6
Turnout 21,95793.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw 15,13270.0
Labor Francis Corcoran6,48530.0
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Fairfield   [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 17,32291.3
Communist Edwin Lipscombe1,6428.7
Total formal votes18,96490.3
Informal votes2,0309.7
Turnout 20,99493.2
Labor notional  hold Swing N/A  [33]

Georges River

1953 New South Wales state election: Georges River   [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank O'Neill 12,31058.6
Liberal Samuel Warren8,71141.4
Total formal votes21,02198.0
Informal votes4282.0
Turnout 21,44994.6
Labor hold Swing

Gloucester

1953 New South Wales state election: Gloucester   [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 9,69663.0
Labor Percy Randle5,69437.0
Total formal votes15,39098.2
Informal votes2761.8
Turnout 15,66694.8
Country hold Swing

Gordon

1953 New South Wales state election: Gordon   [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold 

Gosford

1953 New South Wales state election: Gosford   [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Harold Jackson 9,57654.0
Labor Rupert Wallace8,16046.0
Total formal votes17,73698.0
Informal votes3592.0
Turnout 18,09593.2
Liberal hold Swing

Goulburn

1953 New South Wales state election: Goulburn   [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Tully 10,15562.6
Liberal Pat Osborne6,06937.4
Total formal votes16,22498.2
Informal votes2901.8
Turnout 16,51495.9
Labor hold Swing

Granville

1953 New South Wales state election: Granville   [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Lamb 18,36492.9
Communist Albert Williams1,4157.1
Total formal votes19,77992.0
Informal votes1,7298.0
Turnout 21,50894.7
Labor hold Swing

Hamilton

1953 New South Wales state election: Hamilton   [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Campbell 10,88464.2
Liberal John Milne6,06335.8
Total formal votes16,94798.1
Informal votes3271.9
Turnout 17,27494.8
Labor hold Swing

Hartley

1953 New South Wales state election: Hartley   [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 9,81557.2
Labor James Punch5,44331.7
Communist John King1,90111.1
Total formal votes17,15996.5
Informal votes6253.5
Turnout 17,78495.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 10,76562.7
Labor James Punch6,39437.3
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor Swing N/A

Hawkesbury

1953 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury   [44]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernie Deane 9,14957.2
Labor John Egan6,84842.8
Total formal votes15,99798.2
Informal votes2931.8
Turnout 16,29092.6
Liberal hold Swing

Hornsby

1953 New South Wales state election: Hornsby   [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Sydney Storey 12,74460.5
Independent Leslie Matthews6,86832.6
Independent Victor Taylor1,4386.8
Total formal votes21,05097.8
Informal votes4652.2
Turnout 21,51592.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Sydney Storey 13,46363.9
Independent Leslie Matthews7,58736.1
Liberal hold Swing

Hurstville

1953 New South Wales state election: Hurstville   [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 13,18758.6
Liberal Bill Arthur 9,31741.4
Total formal votes22,50498.2
Informal votes4041.8
Turnout 22,90895.1
Labor hold Swing

Illawarra

1953 New South Wales state election: Illawarra   [47]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Howard Fowles unopposed
Labor hold 

Kahibah

1953 New South Wales state election: Kahibah   [48]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joshua Arthur 11,09364.7
Liberal Inglis Alexander6,06135.3
Total formal votes17,15495.8
Informal votes7594.2
Turnout 17,91396.0
Labor hold Swing

King

1953 New South Wales state election: King   [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Daniel Clyne 16,18177.8
Liberal Roberta Galagher4,62822.2
Total formal votes20,80996.2
Informal votes8303.8
Turnout 21,63989.1
Labor hold Swing

Kogarah

1953 New South Wales state election: Kogarah   [50]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,48655.7
Liberal Douglas Cross 9,92744.3
Total formal votes22,41398.2
Informal votes4051.8
Turnout 22,81894.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Kurri Kurri

1953 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri   [51]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Booth unopposed
Labor hold 

Lake Macquarie

1953 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie   [52]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Simpson unopposed
Labor hold 

Lakemba

1953 New South Wales state election: Lakemba   [53]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,00868.8
Liberal George Chambers6,81331.2
Total formal votes21,82198.4
Informal votes3571.6
Turnout 22,17894.5
Labor hold Swing

Lane Cove

1953 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove   [54]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ken McCaw 13,51465.4
Labor Alan Bagot7,15334.6
Total formal votes20,66798.1
Informal votes3901.9
Turnout 21,05793.0
Liberal hold Swing

Leichhardt

1953 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt   [55]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 16,91574.5
Liberal William Cole5,79425.5
Total formal votes22,70997.3
Informal votes6332.7
Turnout 23,34292.6
Labor hold Swing

Lismore

1953 New South Wales state election: Lismore   [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jack Easter 5,77535.9
Labor Donald Watson5,52034.3
Country William Frith 4,78629.8
Total formal votes16,08198.9
Informal votes1851.1
Turnout 16,26694.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jack Easter 10,13263.0
Labor Donald Watson5,94937.0
Country hold Swing

Liverpool

1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool   [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jack Mannix 15,18472.5
Liberal Madge Lee5,75227.5
Total formal votes20,93697.5
Informal votes5352.5
Turnout 21,47193.7
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains   [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,56059.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,58328.3
Liberal James Reeves2,07112.8
Total formal votes16,21498.9
Informal votes1801.1
Turnout 16,39495.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,72860.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 6,48640.0
Labor hold Swing

Maitland

1953 New South Wales state election: Maitland   [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Walter Howarth 8,52053.8
Labor Leonard Neville7,30246.2
Total formal votes15,82298.6
Informal votes2161.4
Turnout 16,03896.6
Liberal hold Swing

Manly

1953 New South Wales state election: Manly   [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Douglas Darby 12,58362.6
Labor Malcolm Stuart-Robertson7,51237.4
Total formal votes20,09598.3
Informal votes3461.7
Turnout 20,44192.9
Liberal hold Swing

Maroubra

1953 New South Wales state election: Maroubra   [61]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor hold 

Marrickville

1953 New South Wales state election: Marrickville   [62]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Phillip Ryan 16,89380.8
Independent William McCristal 4,01819.2
Total formal votes20,91194.1
Informal votes1,3205.9
Turnout 22,23194.1
Labor hold Swing

Monaro

1953 New South Wales state election: Monaro   [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Seiffert 9,00264.7
Liberal Ernest Smith4,91235.3
Total formal votes13,91498.1
Informal votes2721.9
Turnout 14,18694.3
Member changed to Labor from Independent Labor Swing

Mosman

1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman   [64]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 16,95175.6
Labor Edna Ryan 5,47424.4
Total formal votes22,42597.8
Informal votes5032.2
Turnout 22,92892.5
Liberal hold Swing

Mudgee

1953 New South Wales state election: Mudgee   [65]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Leo Nott 8,81753.0
Country Frederick Cooke 7,81847.0
Total formal votes16,63598.4
Informal votes2621.6
Turnout 16,89795.0
Labor gain from Country Swing

Murray

1953 New South Wales state election: Murray   [66]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Joe Lawson 9,59358.2
Labor Francis Holden6,87741.8
Total formal votes16,47098.6
Informal votes2391.4
Turnout 16,70989.2
Country hold Swing

Murrumbidgee

1953 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee   [67]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Enticknap 10,38862.3
Country Richard Cuthbert6,29637.7
Total formal votes16,68498.2
Informal votes3131.8
Turnout 16,99792.6
Labor hold Swing

Nepean

1953 New South Wales state election: Nepean   [68]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,09752.5
Labor Alexander Liston8,21347.5
Total formal votes17,31098.1
Informal votes3351.9
Turnout 17,64593.0
Liberal hold Swing

Neutral Bay

1953 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay   [69]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold 

Newcastle

1953 New South Wales state election: Newcastle   [70]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Hawkins 14,97092.6
Communist Douglas Olive1,2027.4
Total formal votes16,17294.9
Informal votes8665.1
Turnout 17,03894.7
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney

1953 New South Wales state election: North Sydney   [71]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Trevor Humphries7,37734.9
Labor Ray Maher 6,84232.4
Independent Labor James Geraghty 6,71831.8
Independent Norman Jacobs1870.9
Total formal votes21,12497.5
Informal votes5512.5
Turnout 21,67593.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,83756.0
Liberal Trevor Humphries9,28744.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Orange

1953 New South Wales state election: Orange   [72]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Charles Cutler 9,80154.3
Labor Louie Cassey8,24845.7
Total formal votes18,04998.6
Informal votes2601.4
Turnout 18,30995.6
Country hold Swing

Oxley

1953 New South Wales state election: Oxley   [73]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Les Jordan 9,83955.2
Labor William Kennewell6,48036.3
Independent Alan Borthwick1,1906.7
Independent Joseph Cordner3271.8
Total formal votes17,83698.5
Informal votes2731.5
Turnout 18,10996.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 10,82660.7
Labor William Kennewell7,01039.3
Country hold Swing

Paddington

1953 New South Wales state election: Paddington   [74]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 17,59687.0
Communist Bill Brown2,64113.0
Total formal votes20,23792.7
Informal votes1,5817.3
Turnout 21,81890.3
Labor hold Swing

Parramatta

1953 New South Wales state election: Parramatta   [75]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Moran 11,40350.7
Liberal Arthur Butterell10,74647.8
Independent Edward Harding3331.5
Total formal votes22,48298.2
Informal votes4101.8
Turnout 22,89294.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moran 11,57851.5
Liberal Arthur Butterell10,90448.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Phillip

1953 New South Wales state election: Phillip   [76]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold 

Raleigh

1953 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [77]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Reid7,12137.6
Country Radford Gamack 6,91836.5
Independent Gordon Patterson3,82820.2
Country William Burns1,0925.8
Total formal votes18,95998.4
Informal votes3171.6
Turnout 19,27696.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Radford Gamack 11,15058.8
Labor Clyde Reid7,80941.2
Country hold Swing

Randwick

1953 New South Wales state election: Randwick   [78]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Gollan 13,00363.7
Liberal George Goodwin7,39936.3
Total formal votes20,40298.0
Informal votes4112.0
Turnout 20,81393.3
Labor hold Swing

Redfern

1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern   [79]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fred Green 18,48492.7
Communist Henry Hatfield1,4647.3
Total formal votes19,94893.9
Informal votes1,2956.1
Turnout 21,24392.2
Labor hold Swing

Rockdale

1953 New South Wales state election: Rockdale   [80]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John McGrath 14,04160.5
Liberal Harold Heslehurst9,16539.5
Total formal votes23,20697.9
Informal votes4892.1
Turnout 23,69594.5
Labor hold Swing

Ryde

1953 New South Wales state election: Ryde   [81]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Frank Downing 12,12154.5
Liberal Ken Anderson 10,11445.5
Total formal votes22,23598.1
Informal votes4281.9
Turnout 22,66395.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

South Coast

1953 New South Wales state election: South Coast   [82]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jack Beale 9,87460.8
Labor Alfred Berriman6,37639.2
Total formal votes16,25098.8
Informal votes1951.2
Turnout 16,44593.9
Liberal hold Swing

Sturt

1953 New South Wales state election: Sturt   [83]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Wattison unopposed
Labor hold 

Sutherland

1953 New South Wales state election: Sutherland   [84]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Dalton 11,38253.3
Liberal Cecil Monro 9,95746.7
Total formal votes21,33998.4
Informal votes3361.6
Turnout 21,67593.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Tamworth

1953 New South Wales state election: Tamworth   [85]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Bill Chaffey 9,74154.6
Labor William Scully 8,08445.4
Total formal votes17,82599.0
Informal votes1791.0
Turnout 18,00495.9
Country hold Swing

Temora

1953 New South Wales state election: Temora   [86]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Doug Dickson 9,52461.2
Labor Hector Skidmore6,02838.8
Total formal votes15,55298.8
Informal votes1841.2
Turnout 15,73694.1
Country hold Swing

Tenterfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield   [87]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Michael Bruxner 8,58560.1
Labor Frederick Cowley5,68839.9
Total formal votes14,27398.6
Informal votes2011.4
Turnout 14,47493.8
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter

1953 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter   [88]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country D'Arcy Rose 8,79155.3
Labor George McGuirk7,09344.7
Total formal votes15,88499.1
Informal votes1440.9
Turnout 16,02895.7
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse

1953 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse   [89]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Murray Robson unopposed
Liberal hold 

Wagga Wagga

1953 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga   [90]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Eddie Graham 10,29264.2
Liberal Wal Fife 4,35027.1
Country William Wright1,2798.0
Communist Leslie Kelton1070.7
Total formal votes16,02898.1
Informal votes3141.9
Turnout 16,34294.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eddie Graham 10,57866.0
Liberal Wal Fife 5,45034.0
Labor hold Swing

Waratah

1953 New South Wales state election: Waratah   [91]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,18767.9
Independent Alfred Hodge5,76032.1
Total formal votes17,94797.1
Informal votes5272.9
Turnout 18,47495.9
Labor hold Swing

Waverley

1953 New South Wales state election: Waverley   [92]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 14,35468.5
Liberal Ben Doig 6,60431.5
Total formal votes20,95897.9
Informal votes4562.1
Turnout 21,41491.1
Labor hold Swing

Willoughby

1953 New South Wales state election: Willoughby   [93]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Brain 14,52464.6
Labor Joseph McNally7,94935.4
Total formal votes22,47398.4
Informal votes3561.6
Turnout 22,82993.8
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly   [94]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Blake Pelly 9,74756.9
Labor Albert Hughes7,39243.1
Total formal votes17,13998.6
Informal votes2481.4
Turnout 17,38794.2
Liberal hold Swing

Wollongong-Kembla

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla   [95]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,07354.9
Independent George Parker6,72240.6
Communist William Harkness7404.5
Total formal votes16,53596.9
Informal votes5243.1
Turnout 17,05994.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 9,44357.1
Independent George Parker7,09242.9
Labor hold Swing

Woollahra

1953 New South Wales state election: Woollahra   [96]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Vernon Treatt 15,20367.6
Labor Norman Jacobs7,28332.4
Total formal votes22,48697.6
Informal votes5462.4
Turnout 23,03288.4
Liberal hold Swing

Young

1953 New South Wales state election: Young   [97]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Fred Cahill 10,80257.2
Country Reg Hailstone 8,08642.8
Total formal votes18,88899.1
Informal votes1610.9
Turnout 19,04995.6

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ There were 1,692,231 enrolled voters in 81 contested electorates and 261,722 were enrolled in 13 uncontested electorates (9 Labor, 3 Liberal and 1 Country ). [1]

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