Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 New South Wales state election.

New South Wales state election, 3 May 1947 Legislative Assembly << 1944–1950 >>
Enrolled voters		1,852,787[a]
Votes cast		1,621,257		Turnout	94.61	+3.19
Informal votes		32,262		Informal	1.99	−1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	730,194	45.95	+ 0.75	52	−4
	Liberal [b][c]	485,286	30.50	+5.34	19	+7
	Country	162,467	10.22	−0.19	15	+5
	Independent	94,163	5.92	+0.20	2	−3
	Lang Labor	64,851	4.08	−5.25	2	−
	Communist	27,237	1.71	−0.03	0	−
	Independent Labor	13,917	0.88	−0.91	0	−
	Independent Liberal [d]	11,150	0.49	-1.92	0	−4
	Protestant Labour	3,361	0.21	+0.21	0	−
	Other			-4.50		−1
Total		1,589,265			90

Results by electoral district

Albury

1947 New South Wales state election: Albury ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Padman [e]	7,561	50.1	−3.0
	Labor	John Hurley	7,533	49.9	+3.0
Total formal votes			15,094	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			141	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			15,235	94.2	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.0

• John Hurley (Labor) won the seat at the 1946 by-election, but it was regained by the Doug Padman (Liberal).

Annandale

1947 New South Wales state election: Annandale ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Gorman	11,336	57.4	+1.2
	Lang Labor	George Stanley	8,426	42.6	+6.1
Total formal votes			19,762	95.5	+0.8
Informal votes			937	4.5	−0.8
Turnout			20,699	94.8	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Armidale

1947 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	7,616	56.0	+4.7
	Labor	Francis Harvison	5,982	44.0	−4.7
Total formal votes			13,598	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			164	1.2	−0.9
Turnout			13,762	93.2	+2.4
	Country hold		Swing	+4.7

Ashburnham

1947 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	6,472	47.5	−10.9
	Liberal	Holman Cockram	3,671	26.9	+26.9
	Country	Hilton Elliott	3,481	25.6	−16.0
Total formal votes			13,624	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			194	1.4
Turnout			13,818	95.9	+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edgar Dring	6,921	50.8	−7.6
	Liberal	Holman Cockram	6,703	49.2	+49.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.6

Ashfield

1947 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Richardson	12,996	58.2	+4.8
	Labor	William Peters	9,332	41.8	−4.8
Total formal votes			22,328	98.7	+1.9
Informal votes			284	1.3	−1.9
Turnout			22,612	96.1	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.8

Auburn

1947 New South Wales state election: Auburn ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	10,263	46.2	−19.6
	Labor	Frank Peffer	6,160	27.8	−6.4
	Independent	Alexander Kerr	4,929	22.2	+22.2
	Communist	Stanley Roy	849	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			22,201	97.2	+1.1
Informal votes			648	2.8	−1.1
Turnout			22,849	95.4	+2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	12,357	55.7	−10.1
	Labor	Frank Peffer	9,844	44.3	+10.1
	Lang Labor hold		Swing	−10.1

Balmain

1947 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mary Quirk	11,229	55.8	−2.5
	Liberal	Eddington Sherwood	3,667	18.2	+4.7
	Independent	Ronald Sarina	2,089	10.4	+10.4
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,788	8.9	−19.3
	Independent	Malinda Ivey	1,340	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			20,113	96.2	−0.5
Informal votes			783	3.8	+0.5
Turnout			20,896	95.6	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown

1947 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	16,858	60.9	+1.9
	Liberal	John Byrne	5,783	20.9	+20.9
	Lang Labor	Ernest Callaghan	3,300	11.9	−29.1
	Independent	George Durrance	1,751	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			27,692	98.7	+3.9
Informal votes			375	1.3	−3.9
Turnout			28,067	94.6	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Barwon

1947 New South Wales state election: Barwon ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Heferen	6,952	49.5	−6.1
	Country	Geoff Crawford	5,688	40.5	+40.5
	Country	Ernest Ellis	1,402	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			14,042	99.3	+1.3
Informal votes			100	0.7	−1.3
Turnout			14,142	93.1	+4.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roy Heferen	7,042	50.2	−5.4
	Country	Geoff Crawford	7,000	49.8	+49.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bathurst

1947 New South Wales state election: Bathurst ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	8,802	59.1	−2.2
	Liberal	Walter L'Estrange	6,105	40.9	+40.9
Total formal votes			14,907	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			184	1.2	−0.9
Turnout			15,091	96.0	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.2

Blacktown

1947 New South Wales state election: Blacktown ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	13,392	53.8	+2.6
	Liberal	Francis Izon	8,939	35.9	+16.8
	Lang Labor	Ian Grant	1,387	5.6	−10.9
	Communist	Fred Wingrave	1,168	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			24,886	98.0	+2.4
Informal votes			518	2.0	−2.4
Turnout			25,404	94.7	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Bondi

1947 New South Wales state election: Bondi ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	12,148	49.2	+5.6
	Liberal	William McNally	10,488	42.4	+12.6
	Lang Labor	Elizabeth Frewin	2,080	8.4	−6.4
Total formal votes			24,716	98.2	+3.1
Informal votes			442	1.8	−3.1
Turnout			25,158	93.5	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Abe Landa	13,454	54.4	+3.3
	Liberal	William McNally	11,262	45.6	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Botany

1947 New South Wales state election: Botany ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor hold

Bulli

1947 New South Wales state election: Bulli ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	8,517	58.5	+10.1
	Independent Labor	Hector MacKay	3,117	21.4	+21.4
	Communist	John Martin	2,937	20.2	−10.6
Total formal votes			14,571	97.0	+1.4
Informal votes			449	3.0	−1.4
Turnout			15,020	95.5	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Burwood

1947 New South Wales state election: Burwood ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Jackett	14,216	60.3	+21.7
	Labor	George Russell	9,361	39.7	+5.5
Total formal votes			23,577	98.7	+2.2
Informal votes			305	1.3	−2.2
Turnout			23,882	95.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.9

Byron

1947 New South Wales state election: Byron ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	10,485	68.2	+33.4
	Independent	Rodger Pendergast	3,502	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	Christopher Grant	1,383	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			15,370	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			203	1.3	−1.0
Turnout			15,573	93.0	+3.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Canterbury

1947 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	13,606	55.5	−16.6
	Liberal	John Paget	10,931	44.5	+44.5
Total formal votes			24,537	98.9	+6.8
Informal votes			266	1.1	−6.8
Turnout			24,803	96.2	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Casino

1947 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Reid	9,132	63.8	+6.7
	Labor	Harold Edwards	5,172	36.2	−6.7
Total formal votes			14,304	98.5	+1.2
Informal votes			214	1.5	−1.2
Turnout			14,518	92.7	+4.1
	Country hold		Swing	+6.7

Castlereagh

1947 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	6,961	54.9	−6.4
	Country	Richard Powell	5,724	45.1	+6.4
Total formal votes			12,685	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			102	0.8	−1.3
Turnout			12,787	93.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.4

Cessnock

1947 New South Wales state election: Cessnock ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Baddeley	12,756	60.0	−40.0
	Independent Labor	William May	5,323	25.0	+25.0
	Communist	Charles Evans	3,200	15.0	+15.0
Total formal votes			21,279	97.7
Informal votes			510	2.3
Turnout			21,789	96.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Clarence

1947 New South Wales state election: Clarence ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	unopposed
	Country hold

Cobar

1947 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mat Davidson	unopposed
	Labor hold

Concord

1947 New South Wales state election: Concord ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	12,387	53.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Brice Mutton	10,722	46.4	+26.9
Total formal votes			23,109	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			354	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			23,463	95.9	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Coogee

1947 New South Wales state election: Coogee ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	11,984	51.7	−9.0
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	11,191	48.3	+9.0
Total formal votes			23,175	98.1	+1.5
Informal votes			455	1.9	−1.5
Turnout			23,630	92.8	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.0

Cook's River

1947 New South Wales state election: Cook's River ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	13,972	65.6	−34.4
	Lang Labor	John Hamilton	7,337	34.4	+34.4
Total formal votes			21,309	96.8
Informal votes			708	3.2
Turnout			22,017	95.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Corowa

1947 New South Wales state election: Corowa ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ebenezer Kendell	7,638	63.7	+29.8
	Labor	James Adam	4,352	36.3	+7.0
Total formal votes			11,990	99.1	+1.3
Informal votes			111	0.9	−1.3
Turnout			12,101	93.1	+4.6
	Country gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Ebenezer Kendell (Country) had won the seat at the 1946 by-election following the resignation of Christopher Lethbridge (Independent).

Croydon

1947 New South Wales state election: Croydon ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	13,838	62.5	+0.5
	Labor	Clive Leroy	8,292	37.5	+37.5
Total formal votes			22,130	98.6	+3.5
Informal votes			307	1.4	−3.5
Turnout			22,437	93.9	+3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Drummoyne

1947 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Dewley	11,255	51.6	+17.0
	Labor	Robert Greig	10,561	48.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			21,816	98.5	+1.8
Informal votes			322	1.5	−1.8
Turnout			22,138	95.5	+1.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+9.8

Dubbo

1947 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,215	53.0	−4.5
	Country	Thelma Harvey	4,210	30.9	+1.4
	Liberal	Clarence Cook	2,186	16.1	+16.1
Total formal votes			13,611	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			122	0.9	−0.8
Turnout			13,733	94.9	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Dulwich Hill

1947 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	11,931	54.1	+9.8
	Liberal	John Adamson	10,105	45.9	+14.8
Total formal votes			22,036	98.7	+1.7
Informal votes			300	1.3	−1.7
Turnout			22,336	94.9	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

Georges River

1947 New South Wales state election: Georges River ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Williams	15,645	52.4	−9.6
	Liberal	Ray Watson	14,236	47.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			29,881	98.6	+2.1
Informal votes			438	1.4	−2.1
Turnout			30,319	95.2	+3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.6

Gloucester

1947 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	5,650	41.4	+0.4
	Country	Donald Mackay	4,194	30.7	+9.7
	Liberal	Alan Borthwick	3,066	22.5	−15.4
	Independent	James Bogan	366	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Edwin Dark	366	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			13,642	97.2	−1.0
Informal votes			396	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			14,038	94.8	+2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	6,885	50.5	+0.3
	Country	Donald Mackay	6,757	49.5	+49.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.3

Gordon

1947 New South Wales state election: Gordon ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Turner	19,241	84.3	+12.7
	Independent	James O'Toole	3,572	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			22,813	98.5	+1.5
Informal votes			344	1.5	−1.5
Turnout			23,157	92.6	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Goulburn

1947 New South Wales state election: Goulburn ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,019	52.6	−47.4
	Liberal	Ray Bladwell [e]	7,240	47.4	+47.4
Total formal votes			15,259	99.3
Informal votes			112	0.7
Turnout			15,371	96.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Granville

1947 New South Wales state election: Granville ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	17,505	74.5	+0.7
	Lang Labor	Frederick Cruse	5,998	25.5	−0.7
Total formal votes			23,503	94.1	−0.9
Informal votes			1,478	5.9	+0.9
Turnout			24,981	94.8	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Hamilton

1947 New South Wales state election: Hamilton ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joshua Arthur	13,830	57.6	−19.2
	Liberal	Oscar Newton	6,776	28.2	+28.2
	Independent	Harold Scott-Daisley	1,901	7.9	+7.9
	Lang Labor	William Lambert	1,512	6.3	−16.9
Total formal votes			24,019	98.7	+3.2
Informal votes			322	1.3	−3.2
Turnout			24,341	95.4	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hartley

1947 New South Wales state election: Hartley ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	12,551	84.7	−15.3
	Communist	John King	2,263	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			14,814	94.9
Informal votes			800	5.1
Turnout			15,614	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hawkesbury

1947 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Finnan	10,034	52.0	−6.7
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	7,562	39.1	+16.1
	Country	Edward Mann	1,717	8.9	−9.4
Total formal votes			19,313	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			279	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			19,592	95.6	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Hornsby

1947 New South Wales state election: Hornsby ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeffrey Blaxland	9,203	37.2	−2.3
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	7,649	30.9	+30.9
	Labor	George Manuel	6,491	26.2	+26.2
	Independent	Charles Somerville	1,401	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			24,744	97.3	+1.1
Informal votes			693	2.7	−1.1
Turnout			25,437	94.1	+4.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	13,385	54.1
	Liberal	Jeffrey Blaxland	11,359	45.9
	Member changed to Liberal from Independent		Swing	N/A

Hurstville

1947 New South Wales state election: Hurstville ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Evatt	15,069	57.1	−9.5
	Liberal	Leslie Webster	11,310	42.9	+9.5
Total formal votes			26,379	98.7	+2.1
Informal votes			350	1.3	−2.1
Turnout			26,729	96.3	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.5

Illawarra

1947 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Fowles	8,918	59.7	−1.7
	Liberal	Neville Carey	4,031	27.0	+9.2
	Country	Arthur Butfield	1,994	13.3	−2.9
Total formal votes			14,943	98.6	+0.9
Informal votes			208	1.4	−0.9
Turnout			15,151	94.8	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

King

1947 New South Wales state election: King ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	9,104	44.8	−9.3
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,859	23.9	+23.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	4,759	23.4	−22.5
	Communist	Frederick Haimes	1,602	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			20,324	95.8	+2.2
Informal votes			886	4.2	−2.2
Turnout			21,210	91.0	+6.1
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,305	50.7
	Liberal	Roberta Gallagher	5,071	24.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	4,948	24.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Kogarah

1947 New South Wales state election: Kogarah ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Currey	14,445	57.4	−3.3
	Liberal	George Evans	10,713	42.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			25,158	98.5	+1.5
Informal votes			390	1.5	−1.5
Turnout			25,548	95.1	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kurri Kurri

1947 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	22,420	85.9	−14.1
	Communist	Robert Chapman	3,688	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			26,108	97.1
Informal votes			774	2.9
Turnout			26,882	96.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Lachlan

1947 New South Wales state election: Lachlan ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Chanter	4,995	45.8	−27.2
	Country	Robert Medcalf	3,981	36.5	+36.5
	Liberal	Daniel Clifton	1,755	16.1	+16.1
	Independent	Madge Roberts	187	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			10,918	98.4	+4.9
Informal votes			173	1.6	−4.9
Turnout			11,091	92.2	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Medcalf	5,609	51.4	+51.4
	Labor	John Chanter	5,309	48.6	−24.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Lakemba

1947 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Stanley	14,376	55.3	+13.2
	Independent	William Dowe	5,711	22.0	+22.0
	Independent	Harry Robson	3,919	15.1	+15.1
	Communist	Adam Ogston	1,974	7.6	−9.8
Total formal votes			25,980	97.9	+0.6
Informal votes			546	2.1	−0.6
Turnout			26,526	95.3	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Lane Cove

1947 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	12,865	53.1	+26.8
	Labor	Henry Woodward	10,289	42.5	−1.9
	Communist	Leslie Greenfield	1,083	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			24,237	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			316	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			24,553	95.9	+2.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Leichhardt

1947 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Matthews	unopposed
	Labor hold

Lismore

1947 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	9,628	62.9	+3.4
	Independent	Frederick Stoker	5,686	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			15,314	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			227	1.5	−0.2
Turnout			15,541	93.6	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Liverpool Plains

1947 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Nott	6,894	54.9	−3.8
	Country	Cleve Slacksmith	5,662	45.1	+3.8
Total formal votes			12,556	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			133	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			12,689	95.3	+5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.8

Maitland

1947 New South Wales state election: Maitland ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Howarth	9,245	60.8	+5.9
	Labor	Walter O'Hearn	5,963	39.2	−5.9
Total formal votes			15,208	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			154	1.0	−0.5
Turnout			15,362	97.1	+3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

Manly

1947 New South Wales state election: Manly ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Darby	17,345	63.2	+40.0
	Labor	Cedric Cahill	10,101	36.8	+0.2
Total formal votes			27,446	98.9	+1.8
Informal votes			300	1.1	−1.8
Turnout			27,746	95.2	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.0

Marrickville

1947 New South Wales state election: Marrickville ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini	15,744	71.4	−28.6
	Independent	William McCristal	6,322	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			22,066	95.0
Informal votes			1,159	5.0
Turnout			23,225	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Monaro

1947 New South Wales state election: Monaro ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Seiffert	8,723	67.0
	Liberal	William Bruce	4,302	33.0
Total formal votes			13,025	98.2
Informal votes			241	1.8
Turnout			13,266	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Mosman

1947 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Morton	12,773	55.6	+30.9
	Independent	Donald Macdonald	10,218	44.4	−17.8
Total formal votes			22,991	98.8	+1.6
Informal votes			288	1.2	−1.6
Turnout			23,279	94.7	+3.4
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Mudgee

1947 New South Wales state election: Mudgee ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Dunn	6,487	55.0	−8.0
	Country	Frederick Cooke	5,298	45.0	+45.0
Total formal votes			11,785	99.2	+1.1
Informal votes			96	0.8	−1.1
Turnout			11,881	95.5	+4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Murray

1947 New South Wales state election: Murray ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joe Lawson	6,763	61.7	+4.6
	Labor	James Flood	4,198	38.3	−4.6
Total formal votes			10,961	99.4	+1.3
Informal votes			65	0.6	−1.3
Turnout			11,026	89.5	+0.6
	Country hold		Swing	+4.6

Murrumbidgee

1947 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Enticknap	8,201	55.9	−11.1
	Country	John Thorne	6,466	44.1	+11.1
Total formal votes			14,667	98.5	+1.4
Informal votes			227	1.5	−1.4
Turnout			14,894	94.3	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−11.1

Namoi

1947 New South Wales state election: Namoi ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	6,634	51.2	−8.4
	Country	Malcolm Heath	6,313	48.8	+8.4
Total formal votes			12,947	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			111	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			13,058	95.0	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.4

Nepean

1947 New South Wales state election: Nepean ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Jackson	9,989	56.6	+20.2
	Labor	Earle Cameron	7,644	43.4	+2.0
Total formal votes			17,633	98.2	+0.7
Informal votes			324	1.8	−0.7
Turnout			17,957	94.0	+4.5
	Member changed to Liberal from Independent Democrat		Swing	+1.6

Neutral Bay

1947 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Black	17,349	72.2	+15.3
	Independent	Jack Prior	6,670	27.8	+27.8
Total formal votes			24,019	98.6	+1.0
Informal votes			348	1.4	−1.0
Turnout			24,367	93.8	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Newcastle

1947 New South Wales state election: Newcastle ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	15,809	65.8	−15.7
	Liberal	Trebor Edmunds	8,221	34.2	+34.2
Total formal votes			24,030	98.6	+3.7
Informal votes			335	1.4	−3.7
Turnout			24,365	95.0	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Newtown

1947 New South Wales state election: Newtown ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Lang Labor	Lilian Fowler	9,446	47.0	−8.6
	Labor	Arthur Greenup	9,264	46.1	+1.7
	Communist	Freda Brown	1,367	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			20,077	97.6	+1.6
Informal votes			486	2.4	−1.6
Turnout			20,563	94.9	+3.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Lang Labor	Lilian Fowler	10,135	50.5	−5.1
	Labor	Arthur Greenup	9,942	49.5	+5.1
	Lang Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

North Sydney

1947 New South Wales state election: North Sydney ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Geraghty	11,867	49.3	+3.6
	Liberal	William Travers	11,105	46.1	+11.9
	Communist	Bill Wood	1,100	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			24,072	98.6	+2.1
Informal votes			332	1.4	−2.1
Turnout			24,404	94.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James Geraghty	12,717	52.8	−4.5
	Liberal	William Travers	11,355	47.2	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

Orange

1947 New South Wales state election: Orange ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	6,530	42.3	−8.9
	Country	Charles Cutler	5,678	36.8	−12.0
	Liberal	Thomas Whiteley	3,229	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			15,437	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			197	1.3	−1.2
Turnout			15,634	95.5	+4.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Charles Cutler	8,307	53.8	+5.0
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	7,130	46.2	−5.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.0

Oxley

1947 New South Wales state election: Oxley ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Les Jordan	unopposed
	Member changed to Country from Independent Country

Paddington

1947 New South Wales state election: Paddington ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	12,755	68.1	−31.9
	Lang Labor	Owen Cahill	2,972	15.9	+15.9
	Protestant Labour	Jonno Hodgson	1,634	8.7	+8.7
	Communist	Phyllis Johnson	1,357	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			18,718	96.2
Informal votes			739	3.8
Turnout			19,457	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Parramatta

1947 New South Wales state election: Parramatta ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Gollan	13,263	53.8	+6.2
	Labor	William Browne	7,385	30.0	−15.5
	Independent	Charles Brown	3,996	16.2	+16.2
Total formal votes			24,644	98.5	+1.0
Informal votes			382	1.5	−1.0
Turnout			25,026	95.0	+2.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Phillip

1947 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Shannon	12,040	62.2	+2.9
	Lang Labor	Michael Moore	3,586	18.5	−22.2
	Independent	Henry Dixon	2,161	11.2	+11.2
	Communist	Thomas Payne	1,580	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			19,367	95.5	+0.9
Informal votes			902	4.5	−0.9
Turnout			20,269	91.9	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Raleigh

1947 New South Wales state election: Raleigh ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	11,479	67.7	+5.6
	Independent Labor	Millicent Christian	5,477	32.3	+32.3
Total formal votes			16,956	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			198	1.2	−0.8
Turnout			17,154	95.0	+0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Randwick

1947 New South Wales state election: Randwick ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	13,014	57.2	−1.8
	Liberal	Thomas Murphy	9,757	42.8	+14.4
Total formal votes			22,771	98.1	+1.9
Informal votes			440	1.9	−1.9
Turnout			23,211	93.8	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Redfern

1947 New South Wales state election: Redfern ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Noble	13,015	65.7	+4.8
	Lang Labor	Edward Waters	3,785	19.1	−20.0
	Protestant Labour	Frederick Fairbrother	1,727	8.7	+8.7
	Communist	Jack Miles	1,281	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			19,808	95.9	−0.5
Informal votes			856	4.1	+0.5
Turnout			20,664	94.2	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Rockdale

1947 New South Wales state election: Rockdale ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McGrath	12,305	54.8	−1.3
	Liberal	George McGuire	10,146	45.2	+13.1
Total formal votes			22,451	98.3	−0.6
Informal votes			396	1.7	+0.6
Turnout			22,847	95.4	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Ryde

1947 New South Wales state election: Ryde ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	15,670	62.9	+43.9
	Independent	Robert O'Neile	9,238	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			24,908	98.1	+2.0
Informal votes			494	1.9	−2.0
Turnout			25,402	94.3	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

South Coast

1947 New South Wales state election: South Coast ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Beale	8,682	61.9	+6.1
	Liberal	Richard Bush	5,354	38.1	−23.1
Total formal votes			14,036	99.0	+0.7
Informal votes			141	1.0	−0.7
Turnout			14,177	95.8	+5.5
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Sturt

1947 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[77]

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

Tamworth

1947 New South Wales state election: Tamworth ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	6,004	56.8	+56.8
	Labor	Cyril Cahill	6,076	43.2	+43.2
Total formal votes			14,080	98.9
Informal votes			158	1.1
Turnout			14,238	95.7
	Member changed to Country from Independent		Swing	N/A

Temora

1947 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	8,538	63.6	+11.5
	Labor	Percy Lucas	4,876	36.4	−8.9
Total formal votes			13,414	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			157	1.2	−0.9
Turnout			13,571	95.1	+4.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Tenterfield

1947 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[80]

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

Upper Hunter

1947 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	9,341	63.5	+5.9
	Labor	John Speers	5,377	36.5	−5.9
Total formal votes			14,718	98.9	+0.9
Informal votes			165	1.1	−0.9
Turnout			14,883	94.7	+3.7
	Country hold		Swing	+5.9

Vaucluse

1947 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Robson	16,097	67.4	−32.6
	Independent Liberal	Frank Browne	7,789	32.6	+32.6
Total formal votes			23,886	95.4
Informal votes			1,161	4.6
Turnout			25,047	93.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Wagga Wagga

1947 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	9,408	64.7	−3.3
	Country	Ernest Wenke	5,141	35.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			14,549	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			153	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			14,702	94.8	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

Waratah

1947 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Cameron	21,551	87.9	+22.1
	Independent	Stan Deacon	2,960	12.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			24,511	94.7	−2.7
Informal votes			1,373	5.3	+2.7
Turnout			25,884	95.5	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Waverley

1947 New South Wales state election: Waverley ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	13,481	62.5	−37.5
	Liberal	Thomas Fairbairn	8,095	37.5	+37.5
Total formal votes			21,576	98.7
Informal votes			288	1.3
Turnout			21,864	92.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Willoughby

1947 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Brain	14,615	63.3	+16.3
	Labor	John McHugh	8,459	36.7	−3.3
Total formal votes			23,074	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			301	1.3	−1.0
Turnout			23,375	96.0	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.1

Wollondilly

1947 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeff Bate	9,919	66.4	+0.9
	Labor	James Walsh	5,013	33.6	+33.6
Total formal votes			14,932	98.8	+1.9
Informal votes			184	1.2	−1.9
Turnout			15,116	94.5	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Wollongong-Kembla

1947 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	unopposed
	Labor hold

Woollahra

1947 New South Wales state election: Woollahra ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	19,332	69.7	+19.2
	Labor	John Nolan	8,385	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			27,717	98.2	+1.5
Informal votes			508	1.8	−1.5
Turnout			28,225	90.1	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Yass

1947 New South Wales state election: Yass ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	8,393	60.4	−39.6
	Country	John MacKay	3,957	28.5	+28.5
	Liberal	Noel Barber	1,384	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	John Cusack	163	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			13,897	99.0
Informal votes			137	1.0
Turnout			14,043	95.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Young

1947 New South Wales state election: Young ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	7,648	52.7	−5.4
	Liberal	Percy Richardson	3,936	27.1	+27.1
	Country	John Collins	2,937	20.2
Total formal votes			14,521	99.3	+0.9
Informal votes			103	0.7	−0.9
Turnout			14,624	96.1	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Candidates of the 1947 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

Notes

1. There were 1,713,921 enrolled voters in 82 contested electorates and 138,866 were enrolled in 8 uncontested electorates (5 Labor and 3 Country).^[1]
2. Includes Doug Padman (Albury) and Ray Bladwell (Goulburn) who were jointly endorsed by the Liberal and Country parties.
3. Swing and change are compared to the Democratic Party at the 1944 election.
4. Swing and change are compared to Independent Democrat at the 1944 election.
5. Jointly endorsed by the Liberal and Country parties.