Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election

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.^[1]

1917 New South Wales state election [1][2] Legislative Assembly << 1913–1920 >>
Enrolled voters		1,109,830
Votes cast		616,146		Turnout	61.43	-6.81
Informal votes		6,332		Informal	1.02	–1.28
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist [a]	292,306	47.44	+1.17	52	+13
	Labor	262,655	42.63	−4.00	33	−16
	Independent	25,528	4.14	+1.86	3	+2
	Independent Labor	20,085	3.26	+1.88	1	0
	Ind. Nationalist	15,201	2.47	+0.03	1	+1
	Ind. Socialist Labor	371	0.06	–0.19	0	0
Total		616,146			90

Election results

Albury

1917 New South Wales state election: Albury ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	3,395	50.0	+50.0
	Labor	George Bodkin	2,385	35.1	−9.3
	Independent Labor	John Cusack	1,011	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			6,791	98.6	+1.4
Informal votes			94	1.4	−1.4
Turnout			6,885	61.2	−8.7
Second round result
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	3,916	55.2	+55.2
	Labor	George Bodkin	3,177	44.8	−7.8
Total formal votes			7,093	99.8	+1.2
Informal votes			13	0.2	−1.2
Turnout			7,106	63.1	+1.9
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing

The sitting member John Cusack was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Alexandria

1917 New South Wales state election: Alexandria ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Hickey	3,670	69.9	−0.1
	Nationalist	Sydney Smith	1,388	26.4	+26.4
	Independent	James Dixon	189	3.6	−16.6
Total formal votes			5,247	99.1	+1.9
Informal votes			50	0.9	−1.9
Turnout			5,297	53.9	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

Allowrie

1917 New South Wales state election: Allowrie ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	4,562	61.9	0.0
	Labor	William Gibbs	2,802	38.1	0.0
Total formal votes			7,364	99.2	+1.2
Informal votes			57	0.8	−1.2
Turnout			7,421	68.6	−7.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	0.0

Annandale

1917 New South Wales state election: Annandale ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William O'Brien	3,762	51.0	−3.0
	Independent Labor	Arthur Griffith	3,608	49.0	+49.0
Total formal votes			7,370	99.0	+0.8
Informal votes			77	1.0	−0.8
Turnout			7,447	64.7	−9.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.0

Sitting member Arthur Griffith was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Armidale

1917 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Herbert Lane	3,459	56.5	+0.6
	Labor	John Andrews	2,661	43.5	−0.6
Total formal votes			6,120	99.2	+1.8
Informal votes			46	0.8	−1.8
Turnout			6,166	62.0	−11.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.6

Ashburnham

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Grimm	4,169	54.9	+4.6
	Labor	John Lynch	3,423	45.1	−4.6
Total formal votes			7,592	99.0	+1.5
Informal votes			78	1.0	−1.5
Turnout			7,670	72.6	−4.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.6

Ashfield

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Robson	6,697	76.4	+5.9
	Labor	George Boland	2,063	23.6	−3.1
Total formal votes			8,760	99.0	+1.7
Informal votes			87	1.0	−1.7
Turnout			8,847	58.3	−6.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.9

Balmain

1917 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Storey	3,838	54.3	−3.7
	Nationalist	Robert Stopford	3,055	43.2	+13.3
	Independent	Michael Moore	161	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	John Bell	20	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			7,074	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			62	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			7,136	62.7	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.7

Bathurst

1917 New South Wales state election: Bathurst ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Valentine Johnston	3,805	51.9	+1.7
	Nationalist	John Miller	3,114	42.4	−7.4
	Independent	John Sullivan	417	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			7,336	99.0	+2.0
Informal votes			75	1.0	−2.0
Turnout			7,411	72.3	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.7

The sitting member was Ernest Durack (Labor) who did not contest the election.

Bega

1917 New South Wales state election: Bega ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Millard	3,452	58.4	+17.8
	Labor	John Webster	2,459	41.6	+9.0
Total formal votes			5,911	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			52	0.9	−0.6
Turnout			5,963	63.0	−13.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.2

Belmore

1917 New South Wales state election: Belmore ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Burke	3,224	66.9	+16.0
	Independent Labor	Thomas Barlow	1,596	33.1	+33.1
Total formal votes			4,820	98.5	+1.9
Informal votes			71	1.5	−1.9
Turnout			4,891	48.1	−11.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.0

The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premier William Holman.

Bingara

1917 New South Wales state election: Bingara ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George McDonald	3,113	51.5	+3.7
	Labor	Alfred McClelland	2,935	48.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			6,048	98.4	+1.0
Informal votes			95	1.6	−1.0
Turnout			6,143	65.5	−5.0
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor / Independent

George McDonald had been elected as a Labor member in the 1913 election. He resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the behaviour of the Easter 1916 NSW Labor conference and retained the seat at the by-election as an Independent.^[16]

Bondi

1917 New South Wales state election: Bondi ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Macarthur-Onslow	unopposed
	Nationalist hold

Botany

1917 New South Wales state election: Botany ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Mutch	5,333	57.9	+18.1
	Independent Labor	Fred Page	3,882	42.1	−18.1
Total formal votes			9,215	99.1	+1.3
Informal votes			80	0.9	−1.3
Turnout			9,295	63.2	−1.0
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	+18.1

Burrangong

1917 New South Wales state election: Burrangong ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Loughlin	3,925	51.1	+0.8
	Nationalist	George Burgess	3,760	48.9	+48.9
Total formal votes			7,685	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			80	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			7,765	66.3	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

The sitting member George Burgess was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Burwood

1917 New South Wales state election: Burwood ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	7,125	77.0	+9.5
	Labor	Arthur Apsey	2,122	23.0	−9.5
Total formal votes			9,247	99.1	+1.8
Informal votes			83	0.9	−1.8
Turnout			9,330	60.1	−8.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+9.5

Byron

1917 New South Wales state election: Byron ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Perry	2,572	38.6	−12.4
	Independent	Oliver Virtue	2,516	37.7	+37.7
	Independent	Patrick McMahon	1,055	15.8	+15.8
	Independent Labor	Percy Tighe	496	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	William McKeever	29	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			6,668	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			142	2.1	−0.4
Turnout			6,810	57.8	−7.0
Second round result
	Nationalist	John Perry	3,445	52.2
	Independent	Oliver Virtue	3,153	47.8
Total formal votes			6,598	99.3	+1.4
Informal votes			43	0.7	−1.4
Turnout			6,641	56.3	−1.5
	Nationalist hold

Camden

1917 New South Wales state election: Camden ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Hunt	4,412	55.3	−7.8
	Labor	Frederick Parker	2,768	34.7	+3.9
	Independent	Arthur Bosley	688	8.6	+8.6
	Independent	Frederick Webster	115	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			7,983	99.0	+1.2
Informal votes			82	1.0	−1.2
Turnout			8,065	60.0	−5.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−7.8

Camperdown

1917 New South Wales state election: Camperdown ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson	3,930	65.9	−1.4
	Nationalist	William Weller	1,980	33.2	+0.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Arthur Reardon	56	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			5,966	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			74	1.2	+0.9
Turnout			6,040	53.9	−12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.4

Canterbury

1917 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Cann	8,272	89.0	+37.0
	Independent	James Lee	1,020	11.0	+11.0
Total formal votes			9,292	98.9	+1.3
Informal votes			105	1.1	−1.3
Turnout			9,397	41.6	−30.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+37.0

Castlereagh

1917 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins	3,336	53.5	+53.5
	Labor	Joseph Clark	2,902	46.5	−5.9
Total formal votes			6,238	98.8	+1.8
Informal votes			78	1.2	−1.8
Turnout			6,316	61.8	−9.2
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member Guy Arkins was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Cessnock

1917 New South Wales state election: Cessnock ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Kearsley	unopposed
	Labor hold

Clarence

1917 New South Wales state election: Clarence ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Zuill	unopposed
	Nationalist hold

Cobar

1917 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Charles Fern	unopposed
	Labor hold

Cootamundra

1917 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Holman	4,411	55.1	+55.1
	Labor	Patrick Minahan	3,590	44.9	−9.8
Total formal votes			8,001	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			8,052	70.3	−6.6
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Holman was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4] Patrick Minahan was the sitting member for Belmore however he lost preselection for that seat.

Corowa

1917 New South Wales state election: Corowa ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Ball	3,996	67.7	+2.2
	Labor	Samuel Ringwood	1,909	32.3	−2.2
Total formal votes			5,905	99.4	+1.2
Informal votes			34	0.6	−1.2
Turnout			5,939	53.9	−11.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.2

Darling Harbour

1917 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Cochran	3,264	73.2	+8.3
	Nationalist	William Phillips	1,130	25.3	+25.3
	Independent	William McMahon	65	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			4,459	98.3	+2.7
Informal votes			77	1.7	−2.7
Turnout			4,536	46.8	−7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

Darlinghurst

1917 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Daniel Levy	4,143	55.0	+2.2
	Labor	John Farrell	3,316	44.1	−3.1
	Independent	Percy Brunton	68	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			7,527	98.4	+1.7
Informal votes			124	1.6	−1.7
Turnout			7,651	55.3	−6.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.2

Drummoyne

1917 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alexander Graff	6,404	66.2	+10.0
	Labor	Bertie Sheiles	3,238	33.5	−4.9
	Independent	Walter Kirkaldy	35	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			9,677	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			120	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			9,797	62.3	−8.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.2

Dulwich Hill

1917 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins	6,098	68.8	+9.3
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	2,765	31.2	−7.4
Total formal votes			8,863	99.5	+1.5
Informal votes			43	0.5	−1.5
Turnout			8,906	61.6	−10.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+9.3

Durham

1917 New South Wales state election: Durham ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Brown	2,767	45.0	−5.4
	Independent	Walter Bennett	1,872	30.5	−11.8
	Labor	Walter O'Hearn	1,029	16.8	+9.5
	Independent	Daniel Ferry	475	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			6,143	98.7	+0.9
Informal votes			78	1.3	−0.9
Turnout			6,221	65.9	−8.0
Second round result
	Independent	Walter Bennett	3,021	50.1
	Nationalist	William Brown	3,005	49.9
Total formal votes			6,026	99.4	+0.7
Informal votes			39	0.6	−0.7
Turnout			6,065	64.3	−1.6
	Independent gain from Nationalist

Enmore

1917 New South Wales state election: Enmore ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	David Hall	4,091	51.4	+1.6
	Labor	Thomas Burke	3,787	47.6	−1.2
	Independent	Andrew Macauley	45	0.6	+0.6
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Dominic Healy	30	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			7,953	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			80	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			8,033	63.2	−7.2
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member David Hall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Glebe

1917 New South Wales state election: Glebe ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	4,106	57.6	+0.4
	Nationalist	Walter Clutton	2,947	41.3	−1.5
	Independent	David Middleton	78	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			7,131	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			83	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			7,214	60.0	−13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

Gloucester

1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	2,671	40.8	+40.8
	Independent	Richard Price	2,390	36.5	−17.2
	Labor	Albert Jones	1,487	22.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			6,548	99.2	+1.2
Informal votes			54	0.8	−1.2
Turnout			6,602	65.9	−5.2
Second round result
	Independent	Richard Price	3,815	56.0
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	2,999	44.0
Total formal votes			6,814	99.7	+0.5
Informal votes			22	0.3	−0.5
Turnout			6,836	68.3	+2.4
	Member changed to Independent from Farmers and Settlers / Nationalist

Richard Price had been elected as a Farmers and Settlers member in the 1913 election. He joined the Nationalist Party however he was not endorsed by the party for the 1917 election and ran as an independent.

Gordon

1917 New South Wales state election: Gordon ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Loxton	3,822	35.2	+35.2
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	2,928	26.9	−42.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Forsyth	2,753	25.3	+25.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Fitt Petrie	1,366	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			10,869	99.2	+1.1
Informal votes			89	0.8	−1.1
Turnout			10,958	62.7	−7.7
Second round result
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	5,612	50.2	−18.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Loxton	5,573	49.8	+49.8
Total formal votes			11,185	99.7	+0.5
Informal votes			28	0.3	−0.5
Turnout			11,213	64.2	+1.5
	Nationalist hold

The sitting member was Charles Wade (Nationalist) who did not contest the election.

Gough

1917 New South Wales state election: Gough ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Follet Thomas	3,633	52.1	0.0
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	3,337	47.9	0.0
Total formal votes			6,970	98.5	+1.0
Informal votes			105	1.5	−1.0
Turnout			7,075	65.6	−12.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	0.0

Goulburn

1917 New South Wales state election: Goulburn ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Augustus James	4,290	51.4	−2.4
	Labor	Con Hogan	4,055	48.6	+2.4
Total formal votes			8,345	99.3	+1.8
Informal votes			56	0.7	−1.8
Turnout			8,401	65.1	−7.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−2.4

Granville

1917 New South Wales state election: Granville ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Lang	6,707	50.8	−1.1
	Nationalist	Walter Duncan	6,066	45.9	−2.2
	Independent	Abraham Taylor	432	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			13,205	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			155	1.2	−1.5
Turnout			13,360	67.7	−7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.1

Gwydir

1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Crane	3,542	59.2	+4.4
	Labor	William Scully	2,440	40.8	−4.4
Total formal votes			5,982	99.4	+2.0
Informal votes			38	0.6	−2.0
Turnout			6,020	61.0	−2.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.4

Hartley

1917 New South Wales state election: Hartley ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Dooley	4,970	52.0	−3.3
	Nationalist	James Ryan	4,582	48.0	+3.3
Total formal votes			9,552	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			126	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			9,678	67.5	−3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Hastings and Macleay

1917 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	4,528	64.4	+64.4
	Labor	Hercules Rowe	2,506	35.6	+35.6
Total formal votes			7,034	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			63	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			7,097	61.4	−17.0
	Member changed to Nationalist from Independent

Hawkesbury

1917 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Brinsley Hall	3,395	46.0	−16.2
	Independent	Bruce Walker	2,011	27.2	+27.2
	Labor	Tom Arthur	1,981	26.8	+1.2
Total formal votes			7,387	98.9	+1.8
Informal votes			79	1.1	−1.8
Turnout			7,466	67.0	+3.9
Second round result
	Independent	Bruce Walker	3,600	50.2
	Nationalist	Brinsley Hall	3,568	49.8
Total formal votes			7,168	99.6	+0.7
Informal votes			26	0.4	−0.7
Turnout			7,194	64.5	+1.4
	Independent gain from Nationalist

Hurstville

1917 New South Wales state election: Hurstville ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Ley	7,904	59.4	+10.0
	Labor	Sam Toombs	5,395	40.6	−5.8
Total formal votes			13,299	99.2	+1.5
Informal votes			111	0.8	−1.5
Turnout			13,410	68.2	−4.1
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+11.0

Kahibah

1917 New South Wales state election: Kahibah ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Edden	3,728	48.5	+15.1
	Labor	Hugh Connell	3,724	48.5	−16.9
	Independent	William Ellis	234	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			7,686	99.1	+1.7
Informal votes			67	0.9	−1.7
Turnout			7,753	63.2	−1.1
Second round result
	Nationalist	Alfred Edden	4,396	51.0
	Labor	Hugh Connell	4,216	49.0
Total formal votes			8,612	99.6	+0.5
Informal votes			36	0.4	−0.5
Turnout			8,648	70.5	+7.3
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member Alfred Edden was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

King

1917 New South Wales state election: King ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Smith	2,907	53.0	−3.4
	Nationalist	James Morrish	2,485	45.3	+2.9
	Independent	Lindsay Thompson	48	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	James Jones	28	0.5	+0.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Ernie Judd	22	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			5,490	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			80	1.4	0.0
Turnout			5,570	48.5	−10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

The sitting member James Morrish was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Lachlan

1917 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ernest Buttenshaw	3,639	52.0	+52.0
	Labor	Thomas Brown	3,362	48.0	−2.8
Total formal votes			7,001	98.5	+1.9
Informal votes			103	1.5	−1.9
Turnout			7,104	61.4	−7.1
	Nationalist gain from Labor

Leichhardt

1917 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Campbell Carmichael	unopposed
	Labor hold

Lismore

1917 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Nesbitt	4,720	79.1	+8.3
	Independent Labor	Michael O'Halloran	1,250	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			5,970	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			52	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			6,022	53.3	−16.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.3

Liverpool Plains

1917 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Ashford	3,593	52.9	+21.3
	Labor	Abraham Berry	3,194	47.1	−4.9
Total formal votes			6,787	99.0	+2.8
Informal votes			69	1.0	−2.8
Turnout			6,856	62.9	−6.7
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Ashford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Lyndhurst

1917 New South Wales state election: Lyndhurst ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Bushell	4,071	50.7	+1.8
	Nationalist	Thomas Waddell	3,967	49.3	−1.8
Total formal votes			8,038	98.9	+1.1
Informal votes			88	1.1	−1.1
Turnout			8,126	70.6	−1.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing	+1.8

Macquarie

1917 New South Wales state election: Macquarie ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Thrower	3,899	50.9	+0.5
	Nationalist	Murdock McLeod	3,769	49.1	−0.5
Total formal votes			7,668	99.0	+1.6
Informal votes			80	1.0	−1.6
Turnout			7,748	72.4	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

Maitland

1917 New South Wales state election: Maitland ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Nicholson	4,012	61.7	+11.1
	Labor	William Brennan	2,492	38.3	−11.1
Total formal votes			6,504	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			52	0.8	−1.6
Turnout			6,556	64.8	−13.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+11.1

Marrickville

1917 New South Wales state election: Marrickville ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini	4,085	51.3	−10.1
	Nationalist	Thomas Crawford	3,565	44.8	+8.8
	Independent	Frederick Hodges	295	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Tedbar Barden	15	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			7,960	99.1	+1.1
Informal votes			72	0.9	−1.1
Turnout			8,032	61.0	−4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.1

The sitting member Thomas Crawford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Middle Harbour

1917 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Arthur	5,106	59.5	−5.1
	Independent	Alfred Reid	1,904	22.2	+22.2
	Independent	Arthur Keirle	1,568	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			8,578	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			107	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			8,685	53.9	−13.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−5.1

Monaro

1917 New South Wales state election: Monaro ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Miller	3,947	62.6	+6.0
	Nationalist	John Perkins	2,356	37.4	−5.1
Total formal votes			6,303	99.2	+2.0
Informal votes			52	0.8	−2.0
Turnout			6,355	65.7	−6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Mosman

1917 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Percy Colquhoun	unopposed
	Nationalist hold

Mudgee

1917 New South Wales state election: Mudgee ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Dunn	unopposed
	Labor hold

Murray

1917 New South Wales state election: Murray ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Robert Scobie	2,926	58.6	+13.8
	Labor	Richard O'Halloran	2,010	40.3	−14.9
	Independent	Patrick Duffy	55	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			4,991	98.9	+1.0
Informal votes			56	1.1	−1.0
Turnout			5,047	52.2	−1.0
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member Robert Scobie was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Murrumbidgee

1917 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Patrick McGarry	4,432	57.2	+9.0
	Labor	Arthur Cook	3,310	42.8	−9.0
Total formal votes			7,742	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			79	1.0	−1.4
Turnout			7,821	58.7	−9.4
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member Patrick McGarry was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[64]

Namoi

1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Walter Wearne	2,389	42.3	+42.3
	Labor	Thomas Egan	2,373	42.0	−11.3
	Independent Labor	George Black	883	15.6	+15.6
Total formal votes			5,645	98.0	+0.9
Informal votes			117	2.0	−0.9
Turnout			5,762	61.0	−2.7
Second round result
	Ind. Nationalist	Walter Wearne	3,112	55.3
	Labor	Thomas Egan	2,516	44.7
Total formal votes			5,628	99.6	+1.6
Informal votes			25	0.4	−1.6
Turnout			5,653	59.9	−1.1
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor

The sitting member George Black was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Newcastle

1917 New South Wales state election: Newcastle ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Arthur Gardiner	5,303	69.2	+69.2
	Labor	Francis McCormack	2,358	30.8	−39.7
Total formal votes			7,661	99.3	+1.1
Informal votes			56	0.7	−1.1
Turnout			7,717	60.0	−9.6
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor

The sitting member Arthur Gardiner was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Newtown

1917 New South Wales state election: Newtown ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Burke	3,690	55.1	−10.5
	Nationalist	Robert Hollis	2,654	39.6	+7.3
	Independent	Tom Walsh	299	4.5	+4.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	John Kilburn	51	0.8	−1.3
Total formal votes			6,694	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			82	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			6,776	58.2	−4.0
	Labor hold

The sitting member Robert Hollis was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Orange

1917 New South Wales state election: Orange ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Fitzpatrick	4,363	52.5	−0.8
	Labor	James Tully	3,953	47.5	+0.8
Total formal votes			8,316	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			64	0.8	−1.3
Turnout			8,380	71.6	−4.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.8

Paddington

1917 New South Wales state election: Paddington ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Osborne	4,512	57.1	+0.3
	Nationalist	Thomas Eslick	3,391	42.9	+0.4
Total formal votes			7,903	99.4	+1.2
Informal votes			48	0.6	−1.2
Turnout			7,951	61.9	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Parramatta

1917 New South Wales state election: Parramatta ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Albert Bruntnell	5,382	58.6	+10.7
	Labor	Jock Garden	3,772	41.1	−2.1
	Independent	John Strachan	26	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			9,180	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			105	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			9,285	64.9	−9.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+10.7

Petersham

1917 New South Wales state election: Petersham ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Cohen	4,441	61.7	−38.3
	Labor	James Bourke	2,253	31.3	+31.3
	Independent	John Lucas	507	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			7,201	99.3
Informal votes			49	0.7
Turnout			7,250	63.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−38.3

Phillip

1917 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Doyle	3,913	65.2	−18.1
	Independent Labor	Richard Meagher	2,056	34.3	+34.3
	Ind. Socialist Labor	James Slade	31	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			6,000	98.9	+1.4
Informal votes			66	1.1	−1.4
Turnout			6,066	61.4	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−18.1

The sitting member Richard Meagher was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Raleigh

1917 New South Wales state election: Raleigh ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Briner	4,072	64.7	+64.7
	Labor	Francis Collins	2,221	35.3	+21.4
Total formal votes			6,293	99.2	+2.6
Informal votes			235	3.4	−2.6
Turnout			6,344	54.1	−9.8
	Nationalist hold

Randwick

1917 New South Wales state election: Randwick ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	David Storey	7,340	60.1	+1.8
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	4,879	39.9	+1.6
Total formal votes			12,219	99.0	+2.1
Informal votes			127	1.0	−2.1
Turnout			12,346	59.8	+2.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.8

Redfern

1917 New South Wales state election: Redfern ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	4,757	66.2	−2.2
	Nationalist	James McGowen	2,388	33.2	+3.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Henry Ostler	42	0.6	−1.4
Total formal votes			7,187	99.1	+1.5
Informal votes			64	0.9	−1.5
Turnout			7,251	60.6	−1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

The sitting member James McGowen was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Rozelle

1917 New South Wales state election: Rozelle ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Quirk	4,204	62.0	−4.1
	Nationalist	Alfred Reed	2,576	38.0	+4.1
Total formal votes			6,780	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			69	1.0	−0.4
Turnout			6,849	60.4	−3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

The sitting member was James Mercer (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription,^[4] and did not contest the election.

Ryde

1917 New South Wales state election: Ryde ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Thompson	6,834	65.0	+0.4
	Labor	William Hutchison	2,610	24.8	−6.5
	Independent	Norman McIntosh	1,067	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			10,511	99.3	+1.6
Informal votes			73	0.7	−1.6
Turnout			10,584	60.0	−10.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.4

St George

1917 New South Wales state election: St George ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Bagnall	7,414	64.9	+15.3
	Labor	Arthur Dengate	4,010	35.1	−10.0
Total formal votes			11,424	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			91	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			11,515	70.3	−4.5
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Bagnall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

St Leonards

1917 New South Wales state election: St Leonards ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Cocks	3,992	65.5	+11.4
	Labor	Robert Edwards	2,052	33.7	−10.0
	Independent	Frederick Clancy	53	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			6,097	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			80	1.3	−1.6
Turnout			6,177	51.4	−11.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+11.4

Singleton

1917 New South Wales state election: Singleton ^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Fallick	2,905	51.4	−1.4
	Labor	Richard Bramston	2,505	44.3	+4.2
	Independent	Valdemar Olling	131	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Leslie Hewitt	114	2.0	−5.2
Total formal votes			5,655	98.5	+2.1
Informal votes			88	1.5	−2.1
Turnout			5,743	56.8	−9.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−1.4

Sturt

1917 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Percy Brookfield	4,013	57.1
	Ind. Nationalist	Francis Harvey	3,020	42.9
Total formal votes			7,033	99.5
Informal votes			36	0.5
Turnout			7,069	62.3
	Labor hold

Surry Hills

1917 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Buckley	3,585	65.5	−0.1
	Nationalist	Percy Daly	1,550	28.3	+28.3
	Independent	Thomas Kohan	272	5.0	+5.0
	Independent	John Eaton	39	0.7	+0.7
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Ludwig Klausen	26	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			5,472	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			66	1.2	−0.5
Turnout			5,538	47.1	−12.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.1

The sitting member Henry Hoyle (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription,^[4] and did not contest the election.

Tamworth

1917 New South Wales state election: Tamworth ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Chaffey	3,682	53.1	+53.1
	Independent	Robert Levien	3,246	46.9	+15.6
Total formal votes			6,928	99.1	+2.1
Informal votes			65	0.9	−2.1
Turnout			6,993	68.1	−6.1
	Nationalist hold

Tenterfield

1917 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Lee	4,090	70.7
	Labor	William Sturgess	1,691	29.3
Total formal votes			5,781	99.1
Informal votes			50	0.9
Turnout			5,831	54.3
	Nationalist hold

Upper Hunter

1917 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Mac Abbott	3,811	55.7	+5.6
	Labor	Robert Kennedy	3,034	44.3	+2.8
Total formal votes			6,845	99.0	+2.0
Informal votes			66	1.0	−2.0
Turnout			6,911	60.7	−11.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.6

Wagga Wagga

1917 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Beeby	3,777	52.8	+4.0
	Labor	Walter Boston	3,371	47.2	−4.0
Total formal votes			7,148	98.7	+1.3
Informal votes			97	1.3	−1.3
Turnout			7,245	68.8	−4.5
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+4.0

Wallsend

1917 New South Wales state election: Wallsend ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Estell	unopposed
	Labor hold

Waverley

1917 New South Wales state election: Waverley ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Oakes	5,136	56.7	+13.8
	Labor	James Fingleton	3,919	43.3	+5.7
Total formal votes			9,055	99.2	+1.7
Informal votes			69	0.8	−1.7
Turnout			9,124	63.9	−6.0
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+7.0

Wickham

1917 New South Wales state election: Wickham ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Grahame	4,982	53.9	+22.1
	Labor	Christopher Pattinson	4,260	46.1	−22.1
Total formal votes			9,242	99.2	+0.9
Informal votes			77	0.8	−0.9
Turnout			9,319	63.1	−10.0
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Grahame was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[64]

Willoughby

1917 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Reginald Weaver	4,646	51.7	+20.6
	Labor	John Chambers	2,398	26.7	−15.9
	Independent	John Haynes	1,526	17.0	+17.0
	Independent	Frederick Cowdroy	407	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	William Shepherd	13	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			8,990	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			96	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			9,086	63.6	−8.0
	Nationalist gain from Independent		Swing	+20.6

Willyama

1917 New South Wales state election: Willyama ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jabez Wright	3,381	64.6	−8.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Brian Doe	1,851	35.4	+35.4
Total formal votes			5,232	99.5	+1.8
Informal votes			24	0.5	−1.8
Turnout			5,256	59.2	−3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.7

Wollondilly

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Fuller	4,425	56.8	−0.8
	Labor	Daniel Chalker	3,364	43.2	+9.3
Total formal votes			7,789	99.1	+1.9
Informal votes			71	0.9	−1.9
Turnout			7,860	65.6	−0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	−0.8

Wollongong

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollongong ^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	4,857	55.3	−16.3
	Nationalist	John Nicholson	3,809	43.4	+19.8
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Joseph Charlton	113	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			8,779	98.7	+1.7
Informal votes			118	1.3	−1.7
Turnout			8,897	63.0	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−16.3

The sitting member John Nicholson was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[4]

Woollahra

1917 New South Wales state election: Woollahra ^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Latimer	3,925	56.4	+11.8
	Labor	Chester Davies	3,034	43.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			6,959	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			76	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			7,035	63.9	−4.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.2

Yass

1917 New South Wales state election: Yass ^[95]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg McGirr	4,524	57.8	+7.1
	Nationalist	Patrick Bourke	3,308	42.2	+9.3
Total formal votes			7,832	98.7	+1.6
Informal votes			100	1.3	−1.6
Turnout			7,932	70.0	−5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.1

See also

• Candidates of the 1917 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1917–1920

Notes

1. Compared to the combined vote of Liberal Reform, Farmers and Settlers and Country Party Association at the 1913 election.