Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election

The 1935 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting.^[1]

New South Wales state election, 11 May 1935 Legislative Assembly << 1932–1938 >>
Enrolled voters		1,347,884[a]
Votes cast		1,255,419		Turnout	96.06	−0.34
Informal votes		39,333		Informal	3.04	0.83
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor (NSW)	532,486	42.42	+2.26	29	+ 5
	United Australia	415,485	33.10	–3.64	38	– 5
	Country	162,178	12.92	–0.24	23	± 0
	Federal Labor	59,694	4.75	+0.51	0	± 0
	Communist	19,105	1.52	+0.60	0	± 0
	Ind. United Australia	11,114	0.89	+0.21	0	± 0
	Centre	7,489	0.60	+0.60	0	± 0
	Independent Labor	3,774	0.30	+0.16	0	± 0
	Social Credit	1,996	0.16	+0.16	0	± 0
	Independents	42,098	3.35	+1.17	0	± 0
Total		1,255,419			90

Results by electoral district

Albury

1935 New South Wales state election: Albury ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alexander Mair	7,086	59.0	+28.4
	Labor (NSW)	Edward Jones	4,918	41.0	+0.9
Total formal votes			12,004	98.4	−0.7
Informal votes			192	1.6	+0.7
Turnout			12,196	95.5	−0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.9

Annandale

1935 New South Wales state election: Annandale ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bob Gorman	11,075	71.4	+8.3
	Federal Labor	John Keegan	4,431	28.6	+22.4
Total formal votes			15,506	95.3	−1.7
Informal votes			767	4.7	+1.7
Turnout			16,273	95.5	−0.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Armidale

1935 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	unopposed
	Country hold

Arncliffe

1935 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	8,438	46.1	+0.5
	United Australia	Horace Harper	8,036	43.9	−4.4
	Federal Labor	Northey Du Maurier	959	5.2	0.0
	Independent	William Yewdall	666	3.6	+3.6
	Centre	Enoch Jones	199	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			18,298	97.5	−1.0
Informal votes			471	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			18,769	97.6	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	9,439	51.6	+3.1
	United Australia	Horace Harper	8,859	48.4	−3.1
	Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia		Swing	+3.1

Ashburnham

1935 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hilton Elliott	6,986	52.9	+19.5
	Labor (NSW)	William Keast	6,228	47.1	+5.4
Total formal votes			13,214	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			150	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			13,364	96.8	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Ashfield

1935 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Athol Richardson	8,511	52.8	−19.5
	Labor (NSW)	Robert Bruce	4,425	27.5	−0.2
	Ind. United Australia	Milton Jarvie (defeated)	3,177	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			16,113	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			247	1.5	−0.2
Turnout			16,360	96.7	+0.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Auburn

1935 New South Wales state election: Auburn ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Lang	10,316	56.6	+4.6
	Federal Labor	Ben Chifley	7,916	43.4	+3.5
Total formal votes			18,232	98.3	+0.7
Informal votes			321	1.7	−0.7
Turnout			18,553	96.3	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Balmain

1935 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	John Quirk	10,417	63.9	+4.1
	Federal Labor	Allan Howie	5,046	30.9	−2.3
	Communist	Lawrence Sharkey	849	5.2	+2.7
Total formal votes			16,312	97.2	−1.0
Informal votes			471	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			16,783	97.1	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown

1935 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	James McGirr	11,808	53.6	+5.5
	United Australia	Julian De Meyrick	9,258	42.0	+5.1
	Communist	Frederick Loveday	963	4.4	+2.8
Total formal votes			22,029	97.8	+0.4
Informal votes			491	2.2	−0.4
Turnout			22,520	96.6	+0.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Barwon

1935 New South Wales state election: Barwon ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Benjamin Wade	8,148	57.9	+4.7
	Labor (NSW)	John O'Connor	5,934	42.1	+5.3
Total formal votes			14,082	97.1	−1.5
Informal votes			416	2.9	+1.5
Turnout			14,498	93.2	−2.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Bathurst

1935 New South Wales state election: Bathurst ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Gordon Wilkins (defeated)	6,141	44.1	−4.9
	Labor (NSW)	Gus Kelly	5,298	38.0	−9.4
	Federal Labor	Martin Griffin	2,492	17.9	+17.9
Total formal votes			13,931	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			219	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			14,150	97.6	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Gus Kelly	7,190	51.6	+2.8
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	6,741	48.4	−2.8
	Labor (NSW) gain from Country		Swing	+2.8

Bondi

1935 New South Wales state election: Bondi ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Norman Thomas	12,978	63.8	+1.6
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Fitzpatrick	7,374	36.2	+3.7
Total formal votes			20,352	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			346	1.7	−0.3
Turnout			20,698	96.0	−0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Botany

1935 New South Wales state election: Botany ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor (NSW) hold

Bulli

1935 New South Wales state election: Bulli ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	John Sweeney	8,382	80.7	+17.9
	Communist	Patrick McHenry	2,002	19.3	+16.0
Total formal votes			10,384	81.7	−17.1
Informal votes			2,323	18.3	+17.1
Turnout			12,707	96.4	−0.9
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Burwood

1935 New South Wales state election: Burwood ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Gordon Jackett	11,316	62.4	−1.4
	Labor (NSW)	Arthur Dowd	5,035	27.8	−5.0
	Independent	George Bland	1,792	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			18,143	98.5	−0.5
Informal votes			270	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			18,413	96.5	+0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Byron

1935 New South Wales state election: Byron ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	7,012	52.2	−26.6
	Labor (NSW)	John Rogan	3,396	25.3	+4.1
	Independent	Frederick Stuart	3,012	22.4	+22.4
Total formal votes			13,420	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			214	1.6	−0.1
Turnout			13,634	94.5	−1.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Canterbury

1935 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Arthur Tonge	9,355	50.6	+4.0
	United Australia	Edward Hocking	8,462	45.7	+0.2
	Federal Labor	Albert Gardiner	689	3.7	−3.8
Total formal votes			18,506	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			291	1.6	−0.1
Turnout			18,797	97.6	+1.4
	Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Casino

1935 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Reid	9,302	71.1	−3.0
	Labor (NSW)	Leonard Sweeney	3,771	28.9	+4.2
Total formal votes			13,073	98.7	+1.4
Informal votes			171	1.3	−1.4
Turnout			13,244	93.8	−3.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Castlereagh

1935 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Yeo	6,944	51.6	+1.0
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Clark	6,517	48.4	+7.1
Total formal votes			13,461	98.4	−0.3
Informal votes			218	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			13,679	95.0	−1.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Cessnock

1935 New South Wales state election: Cessnock ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Baddeley	12,099	68.4	−5.1
	Independent	Eugene O'Neill	3,827	21.6	+21.6
	Communist	Charles Evans	1,764	10.0	+4.9
Total formal votes			17,690	97.6	+0.9
Informal votes			442	2.4	−0.9
Turnout			18,132	96.2	−0.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Clarence

1935 New South Wales state election: Clarence ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Henry	8,641	61.4	−38.6
	Country	Bertie Eggins	3,296	23.4	+23.4
	Independent	William Robinson	2,147	15.2	+15.2
Total formal votes			14,084	96.4
Informal votes			528	3.6
Turnout			14,612	96.0
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Cobar

1935 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Mat Davidson	7,978	70.3	+10.1
	Federal Labor	Joseph Bowe	3,370	29.7	+18.0
Total formal votes			11,348	96.5	−1.8
Informal votes			408	3.5	+1.8
Turnout			11,756	91.9	−1.0
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Concord

1935 New South Wales state election: Concord ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	9,101	50.9	−5.2
	Labor (NSW)	Alan McNamara	7,151	40.0	−3.2
	Federal Labor	Henry McDicken	1,219	6.8	+6.8
	Centre	Aubrey Murphy	391	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			17,862	97.9	−0.6
Informal votes			383	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			18,245	97.7	+0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Coogee

1935 New South Wales state election: Coogee ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Dunningham	13,629	67.1	−0.1
	Labor (NSW)	Karl Guhl	6,681	32.9	+3.0
Total formal votes			20,310	98.0	0.0
Informal votes			416	2.0	0.0
Turnout			20,726	94.9	−0.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Cootamundra

1935 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Ross	6,863	52.7	+2.4
	Labor (NSW)	Ken Hoad	6,167	47.3	+3.7
Total formal votes			13,030	98.5	−0.6
Informal votes			195	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			13,225	97.8	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Corowa

1935 New South Wales state election: Corowa ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richard Ball	unopposed
	Country hold

Croydon

1935 New South Wales state election: Croydon ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Bertram Stevens	11,058	64.5	−5.9
	Labor (NSW)	Archibald Pattinson	4,083	23.8	−5.8
	Social Credit	Harold Bondeson	1,996	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			17,137	98.4	−0.5
Informal votes			282	1.6	+0.5
Turnout			17,419	95.9	+0.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Drummoyne

1935 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Lee	10,803	60.0	+16.4
	Labor (NSW)	Michael Croot	7,186	40.0	+4.6
Total formal votes			17,989	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			458	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			18,447	97.4	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.5

Dubbo

1935 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Wilson	7,568	55.0	+6.3
	Labor (NSW)	Alfred McClelland	6,184	45.0	+8.8
Total formal votes			13,752	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			220	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			13,972	96.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Dulwich Hill

1935 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Ness	12,074	61.9	+16.8
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Connors	7,429	38.1	+6.2
Total formal votes			19,503	98.2	−0.7
Informal votes			359	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			19,862	96.7	+0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.4

Georges River

1935 New South Wales state election: Georges River ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Cecil Monro	10,770	51.7	−4.0
	Labor (NSW)	Ted Kinsella	9,315	44.7	+6.1
	Centre	James Fowler	762	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			20,847	97.5	−1.0
Informal votes			527	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			21,374	96.6	−0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Glebe

1935 New South Wales state election: Glebe ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Carlton	8,846	59.0	−2.6
	Independent	Henry Wood	3,676	24.5	+24.5
	Independent	Bertie Lewis	1,894	12.6	+12.6
	Communist	Tom Dowling	566	3.8	+1.4
Total formal votes			14,982	97.8	−0.3
Informal votes			338	2.2	+0.3
Turnout			15,320	95.6	+0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Gloucester

1935 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Gordon

1935 New South Wales state election: Gordon ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Bavin	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Goulburn

1935 New South Wales state election: Goulburn ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Tully	6,300	50.5	+5.4
	United Australia	Peter Loughlin (defeated)	6,167	49.5	+13.9
Total formal votes			12,467	98.8	−0.2
Informal votes			151	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			12,618	97.6	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia		Swing	+4.3

Granville

1935 New South Wales state election: Granville ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Claude Fleck	8,990	46.2	−1.2
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Ely	8,489	43.6	−1.1
	Federal Labor	James Brophy	1,368	7.0	+0.2
	Communist	Adam Ogston	625	3.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			19,472	97.0	−0.5
Informal votes			593	3.0	+0.5
Turnout			20,065	97.9	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Claude Fleck	9,777	50.2	−2.1
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Ely	9,695	49.8	+2.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	−2.1

Hamilton

1935 New South Wales state election: Hamilton ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Joshua Arthur	9,824	48.7	−1.5
	United Australia	Ernest Richardson	9,044	44.8	+44.8
	Federal Labor	John Doyle	1,317	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			20,185	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			351	1.7	−0.6
Turnout			20,536	96.5	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Joshua Arthur	10,622	52.6
	United Australia	Ernest Richardson	9,563	47.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Hartley

1935 New South Wales state election: Hartley ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Hamilton Knight	8,772	88.2	+26.0
	Communist	Robert Cram	1,169	11.8	+9.4
Total formal votes			9,941	89.5	−9.2
Informal votes			1,168	10.5	+9.2
Turnout			11,109	98.0	+0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Hawkesbury

1935 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Bruce Walker Jr	10,102	69.7	+17.9
	Independent	Allan Cordner	4,385	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			14,487	97.0	−1.9
Informal votes			443	3.0	+1.9
Turnout			14,930	95.8	−0.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Hornsby

1935 New South Wales state election: Hornsby ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Shand	14,464	81.3	+5.4
	Centre	Fergus Munro	3,324	18.7	+18.7
Total formal votes			17,788	87.3	−11.1
Informal votes			2,586	12.7	+11.1
Turnout			20,374	95.3	−0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Hurstville

1935 New South Wales state election: Hurstville ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Webb	9,587	50.3	−1.3
	Labor (NSW)	Walter Butler	8,840	46.4	+3.5
	Federal Labor	Richard Bramston	616	3.2	−1.4
Total formal votes			19,043	98.2	−0.5
Informal votes			345	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			19,388	97.5	−0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Illawarra

1935 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Billy Davies	8,086	51.4	+3.7
	United Australia	Walter Duncan	6,659	42.3	−5.9
	Communist	John Cranston	659	4.2	+1.8
	Federal Labor	Albert Rowe	327	2.1	+0.7
Total formal votes			15,731	98.0	−0.2
Informal votes			322	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			16,053	97.6	+0.2
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

King

1935 New South Wales state election: King ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Daniel Clyne	7,867	51.6	+0.6
	United Australia	Geoffrey Robin	6,651	43.6	−0.1
	Communist	James Prentice	723	4.7	+2.6
Total formal votes			15,241	96.8	−0.9
Informal votes			495	3.2	+0.9
Turnout			15,736	91.7	−0.9
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kogarah

1935 New South Wales state election: Kogarah ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	James Ross	10,799	53.6	+4.0
	Labor (NSW)	Mark Gosling	8,155	40.5	−1.5
	Federal Labor	Patrick Quinane	688	3.4	−4.0
	Communist	Edward Bulmer	508	2.5	+1.6
Total formal votes			20,150	98.2	0.0
Informal votes			378	1.8	0.0
Turnout			20,528	97.6	−0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Kurri Kurri

1935 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	George Booth	15,855	85.2	−3.3
	Communist	Jack Miles	2,757	14.8	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,612	88.2	+5.6
Informal votes			2,353	11.2	−5.6
Turnout			20,965	96.0	−0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	−3.3

Lachlan

1935 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	9,094	64.6	−0.2
	Labor (NSW)	Valdimer Connellan	4,978	35.4	+11.2
Total formal votes			14,072	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			225	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			14,297	94.7	−1.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Lakemba

1935 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Fred Stanley	10,276	56.8	+7.6
	United Australia	Roland Murray	7,049	39.0	−2.8
	Independent	John Stewart	753	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			18,078	97.9	−0.4
Informal votes			390	2.1	+0.4
Turnout			18,468	97.1	+0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Lane Cove

1935 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	14,018	83.3	+4.6
	Centre	Eric Campbell	2,813	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			16,831	90.1	−8.5
Informal votes			1,852	9.9	+8.5
Turnout			18,683	96.3	0.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Leichhardt

1935 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Claude Matthews	9,539	57.1	+2.6
	Federal Labor	William Dyer	7,175	42.9	+35.3
Total formal votes			16,714	97.7	−0.6
Informal votes			393	2.3	+0.6
Turnout			17,107	97.6	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Lismore

1935 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	unopposed
	Country hold

Liverpool Plains

1935 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Carter	7,590	61.1	−5.2
	Labor (NSW)	Percy Forsyth	4,835	38.9	+5.2
Total formal votes			12,425	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			181	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			12,606	95.8	−0.6
	Country hold		Swing	−5.2

Maitland

1935 New South Wales state election: Maitland ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Walter Howarth	7,262	57.3	+18.1
	Labor (NSW)	Walter O'Hearn	5,420	42.7	+3.0
Total formal votes			12,682	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			182	1.4	0.0
Turnout			12,864	98.1	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.2

Manly

1935 New South Wales state election: Manly ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alfred Reid	14,167	73.8	−2.7
	Ind. United Australia	Ernest Kidd	5,023	26.2	+26.2
Total formal votes			19,190	90.7	−6.7
Informal votes			1,956	9.3	+6.7
Turnout			21,146	95.3	−1.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Marrickville

1935 New South Wales state election: Marrickville ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Carlo Lazzarini	9,948	55.2	+7.8
	United Australia	Herbert Donald	8,063	44.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			18,011	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			218	1.2	−1.0
Turnout			18,229	97.5	+0.3
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	+3.9

Monaro

1935 New South Wales state election: Monaro ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Hedges	7,306	56.9	−0.6
	Labor (NSW)	Clarence Moore	5,526	43.1	+10.8
Total formal votes			12,832	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			165	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			12,997	97.1	−0.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Mosman

1935 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert Lloyd	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Mudgee

1935 New South Wales state election: Mudgee ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Dunn (defeated)	7,598	52.7	+5.5
	Country	David Spring	6,818	47.3	−5.2
Total formal votes			14,416	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			91	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			14,507	97.4	+0.5
	Labor (NSW) gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Murray

1935 New South Wales state election: Murray ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joe Lawson	6,510	51.0	+4.6
	Labor (NSW)	John Donovan	6,263	49.0	+8.4
Total formal votes			12,773	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			175	1.4	−0.7
Turnout			12,948	90.4	−3.3
	Country hold		Swing	−6.2

Murrumbidgee

1935 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Robert Hankinson	7,617	52.3	+11.0
	Labor (NSW)	George Enticknap	6,941	47.7	+6.0
Total formal votes			14,558	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			261	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			14,819	94.8	−2.3
	Country hold		Swing	−4.0

Namoi

1935 New South Wales state election: Namoi ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Colin Sinclair	7,404	52.6	−3.7
	Labor (NSW)	William Scully	6,678	47.4	+3.7
Total formal votes			14,082	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			194	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			14,276	95.4	−0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Nepean

1935 New South Wales state election: Nepean ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Joseph Jackson	10,085	65.6	−20.3
	Labor (NSW)	John Jackson	5,292	34.4	+34.4
Total formal votes			15,377	97.8	+6.5
Informal votes			340	2.2	−6.5
Turnout			15,717	94.9	−0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Neutral Bay

1935 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Reginald Weaver	13,937	88.4	+7.7
	Independent	Peter Pollack	1,825	11.6	+11.6
Total formal votes			15,762	93.5	−4.8
Informal votes			1,092	6.5	+4.8
Turnout			16,854	94.2	−2.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Newcastle

1935 New South Wales state election: Newcastle ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Hawkins	9,640	51.6	−1.3
	Independent Labor	Hugh Sutherland	3,774	20.2	+20.2
	Federal Labor	William Nye	3,652	19.5	+13.5
	Communist	Frederick Dodd	1,624	8.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			18,690	95.6	−1.8
Informal votes			854	4.4	+1.8
Turnout			19,544	96.1	−0.9
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Newtown

1935 New South Wales state election: Newtown ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Burke	11,042	67.5	+0.3
	Federal Labor	Joseph Bugler	5,318	32.5	+30.0
Total formal votes			16,360	97.1	0.0
Informal votes			490	2.9	0.0
Turnout			16,850	96.9	0.0
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

North Sydney

1935 New South Wales state election: North Sydney ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Hubert Primrose	9,773	55.6	−3.0
	Labor (NSW)	Ben Howe	6,518	37.1	+1.4
	Ind. United Australia	Leslie Dare	736	4.2	+4.2
	Federal Labor	Thomas Lavelle	537	3.1	−0.1
Total formal votes			17,564	97.5	−0.4
Informal votes			448	2.5	+0.4
Turnout			18,012	96.4	+0.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Orange

1935 New South Wales state election: Orange ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Alwyn Tonking	7,628	54.0	+22.4
	Federal Labor	William Folster	6,493	46.0	+6.6
Total formal votes			14,121	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			247	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			14,368	96.8	−0.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	−4.4

Oxley

1935 New South Wales state election: Oxley ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Lewis Martin	10,192	70.5	−6.7
	Labor (NSW)	Francis Hartley	4,269	29.5	+6.7
Total formal votes			14,461	98.3	+0.3
Turnout			14,703	96.2	−0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	+6.7

Paddington

1935 New South Wales state election: Paddington ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Maurice O'Sullivan	10,470	66.5	+8.5
	Federal Labor	Leslie Kirkwood	3,931	25.0	+21.1
	Communist	George Gowland	1,352	8.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			15,753	96.1	−0.4
Informal votes			635	3.9	+0.4
Turnout			16,388	93.4	−3.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Parramatta

1935 New South Wales state election: Parramatta ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	George Gollan	11,854	58.3	+3.3
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Byrne	7,928	39.0	+1.8
	Communist	William Beck	546	2.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			20,328	98.3	+1.8
Informal votes			358	1.7	−1.8
Turnout			20,686	96.5	−1.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Petersham

1935 New South Wales state election: Petersham ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Eric Solomon	8,701	49.1	−0.3
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Sheahan	7,995	45.1	+1.8
	Federal Labor	Patrick Colbourne	749	4.2	−2.9
	Independent	Jervis Blackman	286	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			17,731	98.1	−0.5
Informal votes			341	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			18,072	95.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Eric Solomon	9,178	51.8	−1.7
	Labor (NSW)	Patrick Colbourne	8,553	48.2	+1.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	−1.7

Phillip

1935 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Tom Shannon	unopposed
	Labor (NSW) hold

Raleigh

1935 New South Wales state election: Raleigh ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,719	57.5	−19.6
	Independent	Arthur Wallace	6,435	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			15,154	98.3	0.0
Informal votes			268	1.7	0.0
Turnout			15,422	96.0	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Randwick

1935 New South Wales state election: Randwick ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Arthur Moverly	9,892	52.9	+0.5
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Flanagan	8,029	43.0	+1.1
	Federal Labor	John Taylor	772	4.1	−1.6
Total formal votes			18,693	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			296	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			18,989	96.7	+0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Redfern

1935 New South Wales state election: Redfern ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	William McKell	13,981	91.1	+17.7
	Communist	Robert McWilliams	1,373	8.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			15,354	92.2	−5.9
Informal votes			1,295	7.8	+5.9
Turnout			16,649	96.0	−0.2
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Ryde

1935 New South Wales state election: Ryde ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Eric Spooner	11,983	59.3	+2.3
	Labor (NSW)	Evan Davies	8,208	40.7	+3.5
Total formal votes			20,191	98.1	−0.4
Informal votes			395	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			20,586	97.5	+0.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

South Coast

1935 New South Wales state election: South Coast ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Henry Bate	9,142	64.7	−10.2
	Labor (NSW)	Reginald Murphy	3,379	23.9	−1.2
	Independent	Herb Turner	1,608	11.4	+11.4
Total formal votes			14,129	98.1	−0.5
Informal votes			267	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			14,396	95.8	−0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Sturt

1935 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Ted Horsington	8,924	88.0	−5.2
	Independent	Stuart Coombe	1,213	12.0	+12.0
Total formal votes			10,137	90.4	+7.0
Informal votes			1,070	9.6	−7.0
Turnout			11,207	92.5	−2.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Tamworth

1935 New South Wales state election: Tamworth ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Frank Chaffey	5,879	44.3	−16.6
	Labor (NSW)	William McArdle	3,469	26.2	+1.0
	Independent	William McKnight	2,096	15.8	+15.8
	Independent	James Brownhill	1,221	9.2	−3.9
	Independent	John Killalea	602	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			13,267	97.9	−0.5
Informal votes			283	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			13,550	96.0	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Frank Chaffey	8,258	62.2
	Labor (NSW)	William McArdle	5,009	37.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Temora

1935 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Main	7,290	59.3	−1.9
	Labor (NSW)	Edward O'Neill	5,004	40.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			12,294	98.3	−0.2
Informal votes			212	1.7	+0.2
Turnout			12,506	95.9	−1.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Tenterfield

1935 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country hold

Upper Hunter

1935 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Malcolm Brown	7,573	54.0	−2.4
	Labor (NSW)	John Wood	4,274	30.5	+4.0
	Ind. United Australia	William Chapman	2,178	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			14,025	98.5	−0.2
Informal votes			211	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			14,236	96.0	−0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Vaucluse

1935 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	William Foster	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Wagga Wagga

1935 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	7,876	63.5	−4.1
	Labor (NSW)	Ray Maher	4,529	36.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			12,405	98.7	+0.8
Informal votes			158	1.3	−0.8
Turnout			12,563	95.8	−1.9
	Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Waratah

1935 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Robert Cameron	11,451	58.8	+9.9
	Federal Labor	Roy McIlveen	6,390	32.8	+22.5
	Communist	Douglas Gillies	1,625	8.4	+6.7
Total formal votes			19,466	96.5	−1.4
Informal votes			712	3.5	+1.4
Turnout			20,178	96.8	−1.0
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Waverley

1935 New South Wales state election: Waverley ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Waddell	9,344	50.2	−2.1
	Labor (NSW)	William Clementson	8,545	45.9	+3.7
	Federal Labor	Alexander Hogan	732	3.9	−1.0
Total formal votes			18,621	98.3	−0.4
Informal votes			314	1.7	+0.4
Turnout			18,935	95.8	0.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Willoughby

1935 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Edward Sanders	11,865	69.0	−2.3
	Labor (NSW)	David Rees	5,327	31.0	+2.3
Total formal votes			17,192	98.4	−0.6
Informal votes			278	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			17,470	97.4	+0.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	+2.3

Wollondilly

1935 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Mark Morton	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Woollahra

1935 New South Wales state election: Woollahra ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Daniel Levy	11,900	71.9	−3.6
	Independent	Rupert Beale	4,660	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			16,560	96.8	−1.5
Informal votes			555	3.2	+1.5
Turnout			17,115	91.2	−1.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Yass

1935 New South Wales state election: Yass ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	George Ardill	7,206	57.8	−4.1
	Labor (NSW)	John Cleary	5,263	42.2	+4.1
Total formal votes			12,469	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			180	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			12,649	97.1	−0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	−4.1

Young

1935 New South Wales state election: Young ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	7,480	53.7	+5.0
	Labor (NSW)	Stanley Neagle	6,460	46.3	+6.2
Total formal votes			13,940	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			190	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			14,130	96.6	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	−5.5

See also

• Candidates of the 1935 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938

Notes

1. There were 1,528,713 enrolled voters but 180,829 were enrolled in 11 electorates (five UAP, four Country and two Labor) which were uncontested at the election.^[1]