1922 New South Wales state election

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1922 New South Wales state election
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  1920 25 March 1922 (1922-03-25) 1925  

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  George fuller.jpg JamesDooleySpeaker.jpg
Leader George Fuller James Dooley
Party Nationalist Labor
Leader since14 April 19205 October 1921
Leader's seat Wollondilly Bathurst
Last election28 seats43 seats
Seats won41 seats36 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13Decrease2.svg7
Percentage43.17%38.48%
SwingIncrease2.svg13.25Decrease2.svg4.60

1922 New South Wales state election.svg
Results of the election

Premier before election

James Dooley
Labor

Elected Premier

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

The 1922 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 1922. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 26th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 25th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 17 February 1922 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier James Dooley. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Key dates

DateEvent
17 February 1922The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
25 February 1922Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
25 March 1922Polling day.
13 April 1922 Second Fuller ministry sworn in
19 April 1922Writs returned.
26 April 1922Opening of 25th Parliament.

Results

1922 New South Wales state election [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 19201925 >>

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 
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Results of 1922
Popular vote
Nationalist
43.17%
Labor
38.48%
Progressive
11.05%
Independent
4.66%
Democratic
1.70%
Ind. Coalitionist
0.71%
Others
0.20%
Parliamentary seats
Nationalist
41
Labor
36
Progressive
9
Independent
2
Democratic
2
Ind. Coalitionist
1

Retiring members

Labor

Nationalist

Changing seats

Seats changing hands
Seat1920Swing [lower-alpha 1] 1922
PartyMember±±MemberParty
Balmain   Labor John Doyle -6.3 +12.6+18.8 Robert Stopford Nationalist  
Bathurst Valentine Johnston -6.4 +9.1+11.7 Charles Rosenthal
Byron Tom Swiney +3.0 +9.5+21.9 William Missingham Progressive  
Eastern Suburbs   Progressive James MacArthur-Onslow -5.6 +8.4+11.1 Hyman Goldstein Nationalist  
  Labor Daniel Dwyer -12.0 +11.5+10.9 Cyril Fallon Democratic  
Newcastle  Independent Arthur Gardiner -8.8 +17.0+25.2 Walter Skelton Independent  
North Shore  Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid +0.4 +5.5+11.3 William Fell Ind. Coalitionist  
Oxley   Progressive Richard Price -10.5 +11.5+12.4 Theodore Hill Nationalist  
Parramatta  Labor Bill Ely -8.1 +11.6+15.0 Thomas Morrow
Sturt  Socialist Labor Percy Brookfield [lower-alpha 2] NA NA +0.7 Jabez Wright Labor  
Sydney   Labor Michael Burke +1.0 +3.2+7.3 Joseph Jackson Nationalist  
Wammerawa Joseph Clark -9.0 +8.7+8.3 Harold Thorby Progressive  
Wollondilly John Cleary -9.2 +8.3+7.3 Mark Morton Nationalist  
Members changing party
Seat1920±1922
PartyMember % %MemberParty
Byron   Progressive Stephen Perdriau Stephen Perdriau Nationalist  
Maitland Walter Bennett Walter Bennett
Namoi Walter Wearne Walter Wearne
Ryde   Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton Edward Loxton
  Progressive Thomas Bavin Thomas Bavin
St George Thomas Ley Thomas Ley
Wammerawa   Nationalist William Ashford William Ashford [lower-alpha 3] Independent  
Western Suburbs   Progressive James Wilson James Wilson Nationalist  

See also

Notes

  1. Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.
  2. The member for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been elected under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party at the 1920 election for Sturt, however he formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death. [4] There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes at the 1920 election and thus he should be appointed. [5] The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader and Premier John Storey nominated Jabez Wright who took his seat on 30 August 1921. [6]
  3. The returning officer declared that William Ashford had been re-elected. The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee who declared that Joseph Clark had been elected instead. [7]

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