This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 New South Wales state election. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Doug Padman | 11,205 | 58.4 | +6.6 | |
Labor | Robert White | 7,988 | 41.6 | −6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,193 | 99.1 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 173 | 0.9 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,366 | 92.9 | −1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 9,107 | 52.3 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Jim Cahill | 8,312 | 47.7 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,419 | 98.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,637 | 93.7 | −1.4 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Murden | 12,134 | 60.3 | +10.0 | |
Labor | James Brady | 7,985 | 39.7 | −10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,119 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 253 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,372 | 94.1 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Ryan | 8,430 | 42.0 | −20.0 | |
Liberal | John Steel | 5,904 | 29.4 | +29.4 | |
Lang Labor | Chris Lang | 5,263 | 26.2 | −11.8 | |
Independent | Edward Spensley | 461 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 20,058 | 98.2 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 365 | 1.8 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,423 | 94.3 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Thomas Ryan | 13,177 | 65.7 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | John Steel | 6,881 | 34.3 | +34.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McMahon | 14,613 | 67.3 | −11.8 | |
Liberal | Elton Lewis | 5,643 | 26.0 | +26.0 | |
Communist | Stanley Moran | 1,461 | 6.7 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 21,717 | 98.3 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 384 | 1.7 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,101 | 92.9 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John McMahon | 15,928 | 75.3 | −7.0 | |
Liberal | Elton Lewis | 5,789 | 24.7 | +24.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Spence Powell | 14,268 | 59.4 | −30.0 | |
Liberal | Reginald Allsop | 8,767 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Communist | Roy Boyd | 981 | 4.1 | −6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 24,016 | 98.2 | +5.7 | ||
Informal votes | 444 | 1.8 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 24,460 | 94.5 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Spence Powell | 18,181 | 63.1 | −26.3 | |
Liberal | Reginald Allsop | 8,865 | 36.9 | +36.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Geoff Crawford | 8,733 | 59.0 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Gerard McInerney | 6,061 | 41.0 | −5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,794 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 140 | 0.9 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 14,934 | 85.7 | −7.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gus Kelly | 10,340 | 63.2 | −36.8 | |
Liberal | Jack Toole | 6,028 | 36.8 | +36.8 | |
Total formal votes | 16,368 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 147 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 16,515 | 95.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Freeman | 15,188 | 55.5 | −5.7 | |
Liberal | Graham Cullis | 12,189 | 44.5 | +8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 27,377 | 98.4 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 451 | 1.6 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,828 | 93.7 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Abe Landa | 11,263 | 54.6 | −5.0 | |
Liberal | Daniel Sutherland | 9,360 | 45.4 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,623 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 353 | 1.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,976 | 92.9 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 11,812 | 60.8 | −27.1 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,508 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
Communist | Bill McDougall | 1,101 | 5.7 | −6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,421 | 98.8 | +4.8 | ||
Informal votes | 227 | 1.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,648 | 93.7 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Jackson | 12,803 | 65.9 | −22.0 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,618 | 34.1 | +34.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 10,124 | 55.0 | −4.5 | |
Country | Allan Johnson | 8,278 | 45.0 | +13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,402 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 153 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,555 | 95.6 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leslie Parr | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Stanley Stephens | 11,394 | 70.3 | −29.7 | |
Independent | Archibald Johnston | 4,805 | 29.7 | +29.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,199 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 198 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,397 | 92.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Tonge | 12,032 | 59.4 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | Cecil Ford | 8,241 | 40.6 | +11.5 | |
Total formal votes | 20,273 | 98.7 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 275 | 1.3 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,548 | 94.0 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −10.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ian Robinson | unopposed | |||
Country hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,388 | 58.7 | −4.1 | |
Country | Norman Brown | 6,599 | 41.3 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,987 | 99.2 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 134 | 0.8 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 16,121 | 84.8 | −6.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Crook | 13,374 | 69.5 | −16.1 | |
Liberal | Harold Hawkes | 3,760 | 19.5 | +19.5 | |
Communist | David Stevenson | 2,121 | 11.0 | −3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,255 | 98.5 | +3.4 | ||
Informal votes | 295 | 1.5 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,550 | 96.5 | +1.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Crook | 15,283 | 79.4 | −6.2 | |
Liberal | Harold Hawkes | 3,972 | 20.6 | +20.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Weiley | 11,202 | 64.7 | −1.7 | |
Country | Garth Munro | 6,124 | 35.3 | +35.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,326 | 98.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 313 | 1.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 17,639 | 93.5 | −1.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 18,038 | 70.1 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Gordon Jones | 6,334 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Communist | Elfrida Morcom | 1,345 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 25,717 | 97.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 557 | 2.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,274 | 93.5 | +1.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Askin | 18,374 | 71.4 | +8.1 | |
Independent | Gordon Jones | 7,343 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 10,231 | 49.2 | +3.9 | |
Labor | Thomas Murphy | 9,833 | 47.2 | −7.5 | |
Communist | Leslie Greenfield | 749 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 20,813 | 98.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 375 | 1.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,188 | 94.1 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Thomas Murphy | 10,450 | 50.2 | −4.5 | |
Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 10,363 | 49.8 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Kevin Ellis | 10,072 | 51.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Lou Walsh | 9,250 | 47.0 | −6.2 | |
Independent | Tasman Crocker | 375 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,697 | 98.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 334 | 1.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,031 | 92.6 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Kevin Ellis | 10,260 | 52.1 | +5.3 | |
Labor | Lou Walsh | 9,437 | 47.9 | −5.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joseph Cahill | 13,591 | 65.2 | −34.8 | |
Independent | William Kendrick | 4,135 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Liberal | James Skehan | 2,302 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Communist | Edward Rowe | 830 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,858 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 516 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 21,374 | 94.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joseph Cahill | 14,751 | 70.7 | −29.3 | |
Independent | William Kendrick | 6,107 | 29.3 | +29.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 11,545 | 61.6 | +6.7 | |
Labor | Frank Zions | 7,185 | 38.4 | −6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,730 | 98.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 234 | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,964 | 93.0 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Walter Lawrence | 10,881 | 51.3 | +3.4 | |
Labor | Roy Jackson | 10,316 | 48.7 | −3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,197 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 360 | 1.7 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 21,557 | 95.0 | 0.0 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Robertson | 8,241 | 46.8 | −5.2 | |
Country | Keith Sullivan | 4,887 | 27.8 | −20.2 | |
Liberal | Neville Magin | 4,472 | 25.4 | +25.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,600 | 98.9 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 200 | 1.1 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 17,800 | 93.2 | −1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clarrie Robertson | 9,018 | 51.2 | −0.8 | |
Country | Keith Sullivan | 8,582 | 48.8 | +0.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 10,507 | 52.7 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Lionel Corner | 9,436 | 47.3 | +9.7 | |
Total formal votes | 19,943 | 98.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 326 | 1.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 20,269 | 92.3 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Willis | 14,561 | 58.0 | +7.7 | |
Labor | David Connors | 10,525 | 42.0 | −7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 25,086 | 98.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 310 | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,396 | 95.4 | −0.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joe Kelly | 16,897 | 56.0 | −13.9 | |
Liberal | Harold Stalker | 10,515 | 34.9 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Douglas Marshall | 2,740 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Total formal votes | 30,152 | 97.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 656 | 2.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 30,808 | 93.8 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joe Kelly | 18,267 | 60.6 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | Harold Stalker | 11,885 | 39.4 | +9.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −9.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 16,258 | 62.9 | −28.4 | |
Liberal | Guy Holmes | 8,541 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Communist | Edwin Lipscombe | 1,057 | 4.1 | −4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,856 | 98.3 | +8.0 | ||
Informal votes | 456 | 1.7 | −8.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,312 | 93.3 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 17,209 | 66.6 | −24.7 | |
Liberal | Guy Holmes | 8,647 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,852 | 52.4 | +11.0 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 10,765 | 43.9 | −14.7 | |
Communist | Paul Mortier | 907 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,524 | 98.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 365 | 1.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,889 | 94.7 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,943 | 52.8 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 11,581 | 47.2 | −11.4 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ray Fitzgerald | 10,307 | 65.4 | +2.4 | |
Labor | Thomas Breen | 5,440 | 34.6 | −2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 15,747 | 98.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 206 | 1.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 15,953 | 92.0 | −2.8 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stewart Fraser | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harold Jackson | 11,096 | 56.8 | +2.8 | |
Labor | Rupert Wallace | 7,164 | 36.7 | −9.3 | |
Communist | Alan Brackenreg | 626 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Roy Jackson | 463 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Leslie Moffat | 174 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,523 | 98.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 356 | 1.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,879 | 93.4 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Harold Jackson | 11,478 | 58.7 | +4.7 | |
Labor | Rupert Wallace | 8,045 | 41.3 | −4.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Tully | 8,666 | 52.9 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Ray Bladwell | 7,724 | 47.1 | +9.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,390 | 99.4 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 97 | 0.6 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,487 | 95.2 | −0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Lamb | 14,613 | 67.1 | −25.8 | |
Liberal | Robert Mutton | 6,314 | 29.0 | +29.0 | |
Communist | Rupert Lockwood | 865 | 4.0 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,792 | 98.0 | +6.0 | ||
Informal votes | 440 | 2.0 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,232 | 94.3 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Lamb | 15,391 | 70.6 | −22.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Mutton | 6,401 | 29.4 | +29.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Campbell | 9,157 | 55.7 | −8.5 | |
Liberal | Horace Smith | 7,281 | 44.3 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,438 | 99.0 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 157 | 1.0 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,595 | 94.8 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Robson | 7,595 | 44.7 | +13.0 | |
Independent Labor | William Black | 7,539 | 44.3 | −12.9 | |
Communist | John King | 825 | 4.9 | −6.2 | |
Independent | Neville Weekes | 545 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Leslie Cant | 498 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,002 | 96.0 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 709 | 4.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 17,711 | 95.4 | +0.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jim Robson | 8,567 | 50.4 | +14.0 | |
Independent Labor | William Black | 8,435 | 49.6 | −14.0 | |
Labor gain from Independent Labor | Swing | +14.0 |
The sitting member for Hartley, Jim Chalmers (Independent Labor), unsuccessfully contested Nepean.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bernie Deane | 11,013 | 64.3 | +7.1 | |
Labor | John Grinham | 6,113 | 35.7 | −7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 17,126 | 98.3 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 298 | 1.7 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,424 | 91.4 | −1.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Sydney Storey | 16,665 | 69.1 | +8.6 | |
Labor | Francis O'Connell | 7,447 | 30.9 | +30.9 | |
Total formal votes | 24,112 | 98.4 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 402 | 1.6 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,514 | 93.1 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clive Evatt | 11,459 | 51.4 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Hedley Mallard | 9,982 | 44.8 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Edward Merryfull | 835 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,276 | 98.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 300 | 1.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,576 | 94.8 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clive Evatt | 11,876 | 53.3 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Hedley Mallard | 10,400 | 46.7 | +5.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Howard Fowles | 10,809 | 59.9 | −40.1 | |
Liberal | Adrian O'Donnell | 6,180 | 34.2 | +34.2 | |
Communist | David Bowen | 1,070 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 18,059 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 299 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,358 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Howard Fowles | 11,772 | 65.2 | −34.8 | |
Liberal | Adrian O'Donnell | 6,287 | 34.8 | +34.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McCartney | 7,238 | 39.0 | −25.7 | |
Independent Labor | Tom Armstrong | 6,195 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
Liberal | Joseph Richley | 5,129 | 27.6 | −7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,562 | 98.9 | +3.1 | ||
Informal votes | 213 | 1.1 | −3.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,775 | 95.9 | −0.1 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent Labor | Tom Armstrong | 10,618 | 57.2 | +57.2 | |
Labor | Robert McCartney | 7,944 | 42.8 | −21.9 | |
Independent Labor gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Joshua Arthur (Labor) resigned as a result of the Royal Commission concerning his relationship with Reginald Doyle. Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) won the resulting by-election. [48]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 10,700 | 56.6 | −21.2 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,456 | 23.6 | +1.4 | |
Lang Labor | Michael Callinan | 2,568 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,179 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,903 | 96.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 690 | 3.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,593 | 90.0 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,610 | 72.0 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 5,293 | 28.0 | +5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Crabtree | 12,467 | 55.0 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Horace Harper | 10,195 | 45.0 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 22,662 | 98.8 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 276 | 1.2 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,938 | 94.1 | −0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Booth | 15,610 | 84.4 | ||
Liberal | Stanley Mettam | 2,897 | 15.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,507 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 285 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,792 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Simpson | 14,321 | 69.2 | −30.8 | |
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 4,756 | 23.0 | +23.0 | |
Communist | William Quinn | 1,619 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,696 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 311 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,007 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jim Simpson | 15,382 | 74.8 | −25.2 | |
Liberal | Edward Farrell | 5,314 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Stan Wyatt | 13,874 | 60.2 | −8.6 | |
Liberal | John Whelan | 7,818 | 33.9 | +2.7 | |
Communist | James Staples | 1,365 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 23,057 | 98.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 416 | 1.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,473 | 94.8 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Stan Wyatt | 15,102 | 65.5 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | John Whelan | 7,955 | 34.5 | +3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ken McCaw | 16,066 | 74.1 | +8.7 | |
Labor | Geoffrey O'Donnell | 5,605 | 25.9 | −8.7 | |
Total formal votes | 21,671 | 98.6 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 316 | 1.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 21,987 | 93.1 | +0.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Reg Coady | 14,145 | 68.9 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Barney Morton | 6,386 | 31.1 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 20,531 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 462 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 20,993 | 91.7 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Jack Easter | 9,914 | 61.4 | +25.5 | |
Labor | Archibald McEwan | 4,039 | 25.0 | −9.3 | |
Independent | Constance Wilson | 2,190 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Total formal votes | 16,143 | 99.3 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 109 | 0.7 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 16,252 | 92.4 | −2.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Jack Easter | 11,009 | 68.2 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Archibald McEwan | 5,134 | 31.8 | −5.2 | |
Country hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Mannix | unopposed | |||
Labor hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,109 | 54.7 | −4.3 | |
Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 4,868 | 29.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Gregson | 2,609 | 15.7 | +2.9 | |
Independent | John Pender | 72 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,658 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 139 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 16,797 | 94.0 | −1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,406 | 56.5 | −3.5 | |
Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 7,252 | 43.5 | +3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Milton Morris | 7,195 | 45.9 | −7.9 | |
Labor | Cecil Robinson | 6,580 | 42.0 | −4.2 | |
Independent | Leonard Neville | 918 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Independent | Edward Fletcher | 715 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Independent | Henry Ivins | 267 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 15,675 | 98.2 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 289 | 1.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 15,964 | 95.8 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Milton Morris | 8,778 | 56.0 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Cecil Robinson | 6,897 | 44.0 | −2.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Darby | 13,646 | 67.9 | +5.3 | |
Labor | John Wilson | 6,462 | 32.1 | −5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 20,108 | 97.1 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 589 | 2.9 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,697 | 94.4 | +1.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Heffron | 14,820 | 64.9 | −35.1 | |
Liberal | Wallace Peacock | 8,018 | 35.1 | +35.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,838 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 376 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 23,214 | 93.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Norm Ryan | 12,093 | 61.4 | −19.4 | |
Liberal | Ian Chisholm | 6,352 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Communist | Adam Ogston | 652 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Republican | William McCristal | 602 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,699 | 97.7 | +3.6 | ||
Informal votes | 472 | 2.3 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,171 | 93.6 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Norm Ryan | 12,981 | 65.9 | −14.9 | |
Liberal | Ian Chisholm | 6,718 | 34.1 | +34.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Seiffert | 8,709 | 58.4 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | Ernest Smith | 5,604 | 37.5 | +2.2 | |
Country | Frederick Von Nida | 613 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 14,926 | 98.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 161 | 1.1 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 15,087 | 93.0 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Seiffert | 8,770 | 58.7 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Ernest Smith | 8,156 | 41.3 | +6.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 18,396 | 78.7 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Malcolm Stuart−Robertson | 4,968 | 21.3 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 23,364 | 98.3 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 391 | 1.7 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 23,755 | 93.3 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Leo Nott | 8,220 | 50.7 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Eric Hennessy | 4,650 | 28.7 | +28.7 | |
Country | Kenneth Masters | 3,343 | 20.6 | −26.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,213 | 99.0 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 160 | 1.0 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,373 | 94.2 | −0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Leo Nott | 8,554 | 52.8 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Eric Hennessy | 7,659 | 47.2 | +0.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Joe Lawson | 12,106 | 70.1 | +11.9 | |
Labor | Willie Peters | 5,164 | 29.9 | −11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,270 | 99.3 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 122 | 0.7 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 17,392 | 86.8 | −2.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +11.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Enticknap | 9,644 | 55.5 | −6.8 | |
Country | Michael Cudmore | 7,721 | 44.5 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 17,365 | 98.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 223 | 1.3 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 17,588 | 89.1 | −3.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bill Chapman | 10,335 | 54.0 | +1.5 | |
Labor | Alfred Bennett | 6,946 | 36.3 | −11.2 | |
Independent Labor | Jim Chalmers | 1,216 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Communist | Mel McCalman | 635 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,132 | 98.1 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 379 | 1.9 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,511 | 93.9 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bill Chapman | 10,641 | 55.6 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Alfred Bennett | 8,491 | 44.4 | −3.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ivan Black | 15,585 | 74.9 | −25.1 | |
Labor | Donald Gray | 5,228 | 25.1 | +25.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,813 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 330 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,143 | 91.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 10,358 | 66.5 | −26.1 | |
Liberal | Iris Hyde | 4,410 | 28.3 | +28.3 | |
Communist | Mervyn Copley | 819 | 5.2 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,587 | 98.5 | +3.6 | ||
Informal votes | 239 | 1.5 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,826 | 93.8 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 11,095 | 71.2 | −21.4 | |
Liberal | Iris Hyde | 4,492 | 28.8 | +28.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ray Maher | 9,827 | 48.6 | +16.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Murphy | 9,771 | 48.3 | +13.4 | |
Communist | Bill Wood | 637 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,235 | 98.5 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 302 | 1.5 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,537 | 93.2 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Maher | 10,281 | 50.8 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Murphy | 9,954 | 49.2 | +5.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Charles Cutler | 10,863 | 59.7 | +5.4 | |
Labor | Louie Cassey | 7,137 | 39.2 | −6.5 | |
Communist | Cecil Connors | 194 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 18,194 | 99.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 166 | 0.9 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,360 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Charles Cutler | 10,882 | 59.8 | +5.5 | |
Labor | Louie Cassey | 7,312 | 40.2 | −5.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Les Jordan | 10,695 | 58.6 | +3.4 | |
Labor | William Kennewell | 6,769 | 37.1 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Joe Cordner | 780 | 4.3 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 18,244 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 174 | 0.9 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,418 | 93.1 | −3.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Les Jordan | 11,085 | 60.8 | +0.1 | |
Labor | William Kennewell | 7,159 | 39.2 | −0.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | 12,570 | 66.4 | −20.6 | |
Liberal | Rodney Craigie | 4,339 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Communist | Bill Brown | 2,035 | 10.7 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,944 | 97.1 | +4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 573 | 2.9 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,517 | 91.4 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maurice O'Sullivan | 14,401 | 76.0 | −11.0 | |
Liberal | Rodney Craigie | 4,543 | 24.0 | +24.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jim Clough | 13,423 | 52.1 | +4.3 | |
Labor | Kevin Morgan | 12,344 | 47.9 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,767 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 381 | 1.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 26,148 | 94.1 | −0.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hills | 14,287 | 75.6 | −24.4 | |
Lang Labor | Francis Mohan | 3,197 | 16.9 | +16.9 | |
Communist | Robert Webster | 1,407 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 18,791 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 832 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,723 | 92.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pat Hills | 15,342 | 81.2 | −18.8 | |
Lang Labor | Francis Mohan | 3,549 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Radford Gamack | unopposed | |||
Country hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 10,281 | 52.6 | −11.1 | |
Liberal | Charles De Monchaux | 8,777 | 44.9 | +8.6 | |
Communist | Kenneth O'Hara | 498 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 19,556 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 411 | 2.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,903 | 93.2 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Gollan | 10,729 | 54.9 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | Charles De Monchaux | 8,827 | 45.1 | +8.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Green | 16,584 | 90.4 | −2.3 | |
Communist | Arthur Shipton | 1,754 | 9.6 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,338 | 93.5 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,265 | 6.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 19,603 | 93.6 | +1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John McGrath | 11,469 | 51.3 | −9.2 | |
Liberal | Harold Heslehurst | 10,890 | 48.7 | +9.2 | |
Total formal votes | 22,359 | 98.3 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 387 | 1.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 22,746 | 94.1 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Downing | 12,001 | 50.1 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Francis Collings | 11,959 | 49.9 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,960 | 98.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 436 | 1.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,396 | 94.6 | −0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Jack Beale | 11,795 | 68.5 | +7.7 | |
Labor | Allan Beaton | 5,416 | 31.5 | −7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 17,211 | 99.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 132 | 0.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 17,343 | 94.1 | +0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | 10,107 | 70.0 | −30.0 | |
Independent | John Fox | 2,858 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Communist | William Flynn | 1,468 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,433 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 287 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,720 | 87.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Wattison | 10,841 | 75.1 | −24.9 | |
Independent | John Fox | 3,592 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ian Griffith | 14,812 | 52.5 | +5.8 | |
Labor | Tom Dalton | 13,388 | 47.5 | −5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,200 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 377 | 1.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 28,577 | 94.6 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 11,203 | 61.8 | +7.2 | |
Labor | Arthur Foran | 6,921 | 38.2 | −7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,124 | 99.1 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 163 | 0.9 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,287 | 92.8 | −3.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +7.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Doug Dickson | 10,039 | 64.4 | +3.2 | |
Labor | Hector Skidmore | 5,549 | 35.6 | −3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,588 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 152 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,740 | 91.9 | −2.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Michael Bruxner | unopposed | |||
Country hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | D'Arcy Rose | 9,166 | 57.0 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Albert Khan | 6,907 | 43.0 | −1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,073 | 99.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 99 | 0.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 16,172 | 94.6 | −1.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Murray Robson | 14,865 | 71.4 | −28.6 | |
Independent | Alfred Elboz | 5,950 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Total formal votes | 20,815 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 575 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 21,390 | 90.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Eddie Graham | 10,250 | 60.3 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Wal Fife | 6,743 | 39.7 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 16,993 | 99.2 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 144 | 0.8 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,137 | 93.9 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Frank Purdue | 8,829 | 48.8 | +48.8 | |
Labor | Harry Sheedy | 6,608 | 36.6 | −31.3 | |
Independent | Harry Edwards | 2,201 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Communist | Thomas Graham | 434 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,072 | 98.7 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 235 | 1.3 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,307 | 95.7 | −0.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Frank Purdue | 10,129 | 56.0 | +56.0 | |
Labor | Harry Sheedy | 7,943 | 44.0 | −23.9 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ferguson | 11,373 | 58.6 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | John Steinwede | 7,145 | 36.8 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Eddie Maher | 900 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,418 | 97.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 425 | 2.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,843 | 90.8 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Ferguson | 12,183 | 62.7 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | John Steinwede | 7,235 | 37.3 | +5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Brain | 15,682 | 72.0 | +7.4 | |
Labor | Anthony Coates | 6,086 | 28.0 | −7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,768 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 271 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,039 | 92.9 | −0.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Blake Pelly | 11,675 | 65.2 | +8.3 | |
Labor | Ernest Seager | 6,220 | 34.8 | −8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,895 | 98.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 1.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,099 | 94.6 | +0.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Connor | 9,636 | 55.2 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Albert | 6,027 | 34.5 | +34.5 | |
Independent | George Parker | 1,785 | 10.2 | −30.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,448 | 98.3 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 293 | 1.7 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 17,741 | 93.7 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Connor | 10,528 | 60.3 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Robert Albert | 6,920 | 39.7 | +39.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Vernon Treatt | 14,592 | 70.8 | +3.2 | |
Independent | George Mason | 6,007 | 29.2 | +29.2 | |
Total formal votes | 20,599 | 95.3 | −2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,010 | 4.7 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 21,609 | 87.7 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Cahill | 9,371 | 49.0 | −8.2 | |
Liberal | Raymond Oliver | 4,904 | 25.6 | +25.6 | |
Country | George Freudenstein | 4,858 | 25.4 | −17.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,133 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 151 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,284 | 95.1 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Cahill | 9,746 | 50.9 | −6.3 | |
Liberal | Raymond Oliver | 9,387 | 49.1 | +6.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.3 | |||
Kurri Kurri was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927, with the abolition of the multi-member electorates of Newcastle and Maitland and named after the Hunter Region town of Kurri Kurri. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by Wallsend.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 38th parliament held their seats from 1956 to 1959. They were elected at the 1956 state election, and at by-elections. The Speaker was Bill Lamb.</ref>
The 1956 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1956. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1952 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1965 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1962 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1959 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 New South Wales state election.
This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 New South Wales state election.
The 1941 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting.
The 1935 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting.
The 1930 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. The principal change from the 1927 election was the division of the state into 3 zones, Sydney with forty-three districts, Newcastle with five, and the country with forty-two. While the average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 16,009, in the country zone the average was 13,028,, in Newcastle 18,933, and Sydney 18,580.
The 1927 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts returning 90 members and all elections were held on 8 October 1927.
The 1917 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each. If a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 8 electorates proceeded to second round elections.
Hamilton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1894 and from 1904 until 1920.
The 1904 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral districts returning one member each. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. There were two significant changes from the 1901 election, the first was that women were given the right to vote, which saw an increase in the number of enrolled voters from 345,500 in 1901, to 689,490 in 1904. The second was that as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was reduced from 125 to 90. The combined effect of the changes meant that the average number of enrolled voters per electorate went from 2,764, to 7,661, an increase of 277%. Leichhardt was the only district that was not substantially changed, while The Macquarie and The Murray districts retained nothing but the name.
Kurri Kurri, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927 and abolished in 1968.
Kahibah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930 and the third from 1950 to 1971.
Hartley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968.