Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 New South Wales state election.

New South Wales state election, 17 June 1950 Legislative Assembly << 1947–1953 >>
Enrolled voters		1,919,479[a]
Votes cast		1,611,349		Turnout	92.75	−1,86
Informal votes		28,964		Informal	1.77	−0.22
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	753,268	46.75	+0.8	46	−6
	Liberal	604,428	37.51	+5.8	29	+10
	Country	144,573	8.97	−1.3	17	+2
	Independent	37,229	2.31	−3.6	0	−2
	Independent Labor	26,596	1.65	+0.8	2	+2
	Lang Labor	19,683	1.22	−2.8	0	−2
	Communist	13,589	0.84	−0.9	0	0
	Independent Country	6,445	0.40	+0.40	0	0
	Independent Liberal	5,538	0.34	−0.2	0	0
Total		1,611,349			94

Results by electoral district

Albury

1950 New South Wales state election: Albury ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Padman	9,894	55.3
	Labor	John Hurley	7,996	44.7
Total formal votes			17,890	99.4
Informal votes			111	0.6
Turnout			18,001	93.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Armidale

1950 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Davis Hughes	7,656	49.8
	Labor	Jim Cahill	7,246	47.2
	Independent	Edward Spensley	458	3.0
Total formal votes			15,360	98.8
Informal votes			181	1.2
Turnout			15,541	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Davis Hughes	7,922	51.6
	Labor	Jim Cahill	7,438	48.4
	Country hold		Swing

Ashfield

1950 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Richardson	13,296	58.2
	Labor	Ernest Grove	9,559	41.8
Total formal votes			22,855	98.8
Informal votes			285	1.2
Turnout			23,140	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Auburn

1950 New South Wales state election: Auburn ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	10,151	42.3
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	5,815	24.2
	Liberal	James Dennison	5,683	23.7
	Independent	Alexander Kerr	1,808	7.5
	Communist	Roy Kirby	536	2.2
Total formal votes			23,993	96.2
Informal votes			953	3.8
Turnout			24,946	93.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Edgar Dring	13,556	56.5
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	10,437	43.5
	Labor gain from Lang Labor		Swing

Balmain

1950 New South Wales state election: Balmain ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	11,568	59.1
	Liberal	Frederick Mann	4,068	20.8
	Independent Labor	Mary Quirk	2,434	12.4
	Communist	Thomas Dowling	1,063	5.4
	Independent	Malinda Ivey	457	2.3
Total formal votes			19,590	97.5
Informal votes			499	2.5
Turnout			20,089	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon		73.0 [b]
	Liberal	Frederick Mann		27.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Mary Quirk was the sitting Labor member, however she was defeated for pre-selection by John McMahon.

Bankstown

1950 New South Wales state election: Bankstown ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	15,616	62.8
	Liberal	Blanche Barkl	9,242	37.2
Total formal votes			24,858	98.4
Informal votes			407	1.6
Turnout			25,265	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Barwon

1950 New South Wales state election: Barwon ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Geoff Crawford	6,113	45.1
	Labor	Norman Ferguson	4,863	35.9
	Independent Labor	Roy Heferen	1,593	11.8
	Liberal	William McKechnie	988	7.3
Total formal votes			13,557	97.9
Informal votes			290	2.1
Turnout			13,847	85.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Geoff Crawford		53.60 [b]
	Labor	Norman Ferguson		46.4
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

The sitting member was Roy Heferen who had been elected as a Labor candidate, however he was disendorsed as a result of voting in the election for the Legislative Council and stood as an Independent labor candidate.^[8]

Bathurst

1950 New South Wales state election: Bathurst ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	9,348	58.5
	Liberal	Basil Genders	4,185	26.2
	Country	Allan Harding	2,459	15.4
Total formal votes			15,992	99.0
Informal votes			167	1.0
Turnout			16,159	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gus Kelly		60.0 [b]
	Liberal	Basil Genders		40.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Blacktown

1950 New South Wales state election: Blacktown ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	13,229	55.5
	Liberal	Nancy Saxby	10,616	44.5
Total formal votes			23,845	98.8
Informal votes			283	1.2
Turnout			24,128	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Bondi

1950 New South Wales state election: Bondi ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	12,179	52.0
	Liberal	Keith Weekes	11,255	48.0
Total formal votes			23,434	98.7
Informal votes			314	1.3
Turnout			23,748	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulli

1950 New South Wales state election: Bulli ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	9,963	62.0
	Liberal	Leslie Strachan	4,688	29.2
	Communist	John Martin	1,422	8.8
Total formal votes			16,073	98.5
Informal votes			249	1.5
Turnout			16,322	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Kelly		69.0 [b]
	Liberal	Leslie Strachan		31.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Burrinjuck

1950 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	10,159	57.2
	Country	William Ross	7,615	42.8
Total formal votes			17,774	99.3
Informal votes			123	0.7
Turnout			17,897	94.8
	Labor notional hold

Burrinjuck was a new seat, largely replacing Yass. Bill Sheahan (Labor) was the member for Yass.

Burwood

1950 New South Wales state election: Burwood ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Jackett	12,587	58.0
	Independent	Harrie Mitchell	9,122	42.0
Total formal votes			21,709	95.1
Informal votes			1,114	4.9
Turnout			22,823	92.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Byron

1950 New South Wales state election: Byron ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold

Canterbury

1950 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	11,448	58.8
	Liberal	Robert Bruce	8,022	41.2
Total formal votes			19,470	98.8
Informal votes			235	1.2
Turnout			19,705	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Casino

1950 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Reid	9,546	66.4
	Labor	Alexander Bryen	4,840	33.6
Total formal votes			14,386	98.8
Informal votes			180	1.2
Turnout			14,566	93.1
	Country hold		Swing

Castlereagh

1950 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	7,479	53.0
	Country	Noel Knight	4,589	32.5
	Liberal	John Campbell	1,904	13.5
	Country	Edward Langbien	133	0.9
Total formal votes			14,105	99.3
Informal votes			93	0.7
Turnout			14,198	84.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw		54.0 [b]
	Country	Noel Knight		46.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Castlereagh was expanded to include part of Cobar, including the towns of Bourke and Nyngan.

Cessnock

1950 New South Wales state election: Cessnock ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Crook	15,132	86.7
	Communist	John Tapp	2,319	13.3
Total formal votes			17,451	97.5
Informal votes			445	2.5
Turnout			17,896	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

1950 New South Wales state election: Clarence ^[20]

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

Cobar

1950 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Wetherell	8,717	66.4
	Country	Frederick Harding	4,419	33.6
Total formal votes			13,136	98.5
Informal votes			203	1.5
Turnout			13,339	87.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Cobar absorbed the entire district of Sturt, but lost the towns of Bourke and Nyngan to Castlereagh and South Broken Hill and Menindee to the re-constituted Sturt.

Collaroy

1950 New South Wales state election: Collaroy ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Askin	13,107	63.7
	Labor	John Masters	7,472	36.3
Total formal votes			20,579	98.1
Informal votes			404	1.9
Turnout			20,983	92.1
	Liberal notional hold

Collaroy was a new seat created out of the districts of Hornsby and Manly, both of which were held by the Liberal party.

Concord

1950 New South Wales state election: Concord ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Adamson	12,546	53.1
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,062	46.9
Total formal votes			23,608	98.9
Informal votes			264	1.1
Turnout			23,872	95.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

The sitting member, Bill Carlton (Labor), died in 1949. The 1949 by-election was won by Brice Mutton (Liberal), however he died nine months later, with John Adamson (Liberal) winning the 1950 by-election.

Coogee

1950 New South Wales state election: Coogee ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	11,839	54.3
	Labor	Lou Walsh	9,948	45.7
Total formal votes			21,787	98.3
Informal votes			385	1.7
Turnout			22,172	91.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

The sitting member, Lou Cunningham (Labor), died in 1948. The 1948 by-election was won by Kevin Ellis (Liberal).

Cook's River

1950 New South Wales state election: Cook's River ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	15,878	74.6
	Liberal	Donald Clark	4,774	22.4
	Independent	Henry McPhillips	624	2.9
Total formal votes			21,276	97.9
Informal votes			454	2.1
Turnout			21,730	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joseph Cahill		75.0 [b]
	Liberal	Donald Clark		25.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Croydon

1950 New South Wales state election: Croydon ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Darlinghurst

1950 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Paget	10,553	47.8
	Labor	Frank Finnan	10,505	47.6
	Communist	Adam Ogston	1,012	4.6
Total formal votes			22,070	97.3
Informal votes			603	2.7
Turnout			22,673	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Finnan	11,401	51.7
	Liberal	John Paget	10,669	48.3
	Labor notional hold

Frank Finnan (Labor) was the member for Hawkesbury.

Drummoyne

1950 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Dewley	11,402	54.0
	Labor	Charles Halliday	9,707	46.0
Total formal votes			21,109	98.5
Informal votes			319	1.5
Turnout			21,428	94.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dubbo

1950 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,342	46.8
	Country	Robert Medcalf	5,996	33.6
	Liberal	Joseph Roach	3,279	18.4
	Independent	Madge Roberts	225	1.3
Total formal votes			17,842	98.7
Informal votes			226	1.3
Turnout			18,068	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Medcalf	9,177	51.4
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,665	48.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Dulwich Hill

1950 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	12,732	54.3
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	10,732	45.7
Total formal votes			23,464	98.7
Informal votes			300	1.3
Turnout			23,764	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Earlwood

1950 New South Wales state election: Earlwood ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,774	55.5
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	9,428	44.5
Total formal votes			21,202	98.7
Informal votes			274	1.3
Turnout			21,476	94.6
	Liberal notional hold

Eastwood

1950 New South Wales state election: Eastwood ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	14,275	71.4
	Labor	John Birchall	5,712	28.6
Total formal votes			19,987	98.2
Informal votes			360	1.8
Turnout			20,347	92.2
	Liberal notional hold

Georges River

1950 New South Wales state election: Georges River ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Williams	12,225	54.7
	Liberal	Charles Little	10,146	45.3
Total formal votes			22,371	98.5
Informal votes			349	1.5
Turnout			22,720	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Gloucester

1950 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Robb	4,792	30.2
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	4,711	29.7
	Liberal	Roderick Richardson	3,601	22.7
	Country	Bruce Cowan	2,577	16.2
	Independent	William McCristal	180	1.1
Total formal votes			15,861	97.8
Informal votes			360	2.2
Turnout			16,221	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	10,488	66.1
	Labor	Edward Robb	5,373	33.9
	Member changed to Country from Independent		Swing	N/A

Gordon

1950 New South Wales state election: Gordon ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Turner	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Gosford

1950 New South Wales state election: Gosford ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	5,800	38.6
	Labor	John Egan	4,631	30.9
	Independent	Jack Parks	1,972	13.1
	Independent	George Downes	1,133	7.6
	Independent	Walter Lloyd	866	5.8
	Country	William Wright	606	4.0
Total formal votes			15,008	97.6
Informal votes			374	2.4
Turnout			15,382	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	9,254	61.7
	Labor	John Egan	5,754	38.3
	Liberal notional hold

Goulburn

1950 New South Wales state election: Goulburn ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,691	55.3
	Liberal	Hubert O'Connell	7,029	44.7
Total formal votes			15,720	98.7
Informal votes			212	1.3
Turnout			15,932	95.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

1950 New South Wales state election: Granville ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	16,061	66.9
	Liberal	William Campbell	7,941	33.1
Total formal votes			24,002	98.6
Informal votes			338	1.4
Turnout			24,340	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Hamilton

1950 New South Wales state election: Hamilton ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Campbell	8,046	49.1
	Liberal	Harry Quinlan	7,026	42.9
	Independent	Oscar Newton	1,315	8.0
Total formal votes			16,387	98.8
Informal votes			198	1.2
Turnout			16,585	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Campbell	8,445	51.5
	Liberal	Harry Quinlan	7,942	48.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Hartley

1950 New South Wales state election: Hartley ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,187	67.1
	Liberal	James Cripps	3,371	24.6
	Communist	John King	1,142	8.3
Total formal votes			13,700	98.7
Informal votes			173	1.3
Turnout			13,873	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Chalmers		74.1 [b]
	Liberal	James Cripps		25.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Hawkesbury

1950 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	7,274	47.5
	Independent	Herbert Daley	4,711	30.8
	Country	Greg McGirr	3,324	21.7
Total formal votes			15,309	95.4
Informal votes			742	4.6
Turnout			16,051	90.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	9,286	60.7
	Independent	Herbert Daley	6,023	39.3
	Liberal notional hold

The redistribution made Hawkesbury a notional Liberal seat. The sitting member Frank Finnan (Labor) successfully contested the new district of Darlinghurst.

Hornsby

1950 New South Wales state election: Hornsby ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	14,753	67.2
	Labor	Roy Shirvington	7,215	32.8
Total formal votes			21,968	98.6
Informal votes			303	1.4
Turnout			22,271	92.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hurstville

1950 New South Wales state election: Hurstville ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Evatt	12,240	53.8
	Liberal	Leslie Webster	10,506	46.2
Total formal votes			22,746	98.7
Informal votes			308	1.3
Turnout			23,054	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Illawarra

1950 New South Wales state election: Illawarra ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Fowles	9,196	60.1
	Liberal	Lindsay Maynes	6,095	39.9
Total formal votes			15,291	98.5
Informal votes			239	1.5
Turnout			15,530	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Kahibah

1950 New South Wales state election: Kahibah ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joshua Arthur	12,633	69.3
	Liberal	William Bourke	5,608	30.7
Total formal votes			18,241	99.0
Informal votes			181	1.0
Turnout			18,422	95.3
	Labor notional hold

King

1950 New South Wales state election: King ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,125	50.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	5,313	26.7
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,053	20.4
	Independent	Clare Peters	387	2.0
Total formal votes			19,878	96.9
Informal votes			639	3.1
Turnout			20,517	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Daniel Clyne		75.0 [b]
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher		25.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Kogarah

1950 New South Wales state election: Kogarah ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,209	51.0
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	11,707	49.0
Total formal votes			23,916	98.5
Informal votes			354	1.5
Turnout			24,270	95.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Kogarah was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1948 caused by the death of Labor's William Currey.

Kurri Kurri

1950 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	14,059	90.0
	Communist	Nellie Simm	1,571	10.0
Total formal votes			15,630	97.3
Informal votes			437	2.7
Turnout			16,067	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Lake Macquarie

1950 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Simpson	12,805	71.3
	Liberal	John Wilkins	5,154	28.7
Total formal votes			17,959	97.9
Informal votes			377	2.1
Turnout			18,336	93.6
	Labor notional hold

Lakemba

1950 New South Wales state election: Lakemba ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Wyatt	6,527	33.3
	Liberal	Samuel Warren	6,353	32.4
	Independent Labor	Fred Stanley	6,032	30.8
	Communist	Roy Boyd	678	3.5
Total formal votes			19,590	97.8
Informal votes			443	2.2
Turnout			20,033	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Wyatt	11,139	56.9
	Liberal	Samuel Warren	8,451	43.1
	Labor hold		Swing

The sitting member was Fred Stanley who had been elected as a Labor candidate, however he was disendorsed as a result of voting in the election for the Legislative Council and stood as an Independent labor candidate.^[50]

Lane Cove

1950 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	15,470	70.7
	Labor	Hugh Milne	6,425	29.3
Total formal votes			21,895	98.7
Informal votes			294	1.3
Turnout			22,189	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leichhardt

1950 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Matthews	13,395	68.3
	Liberal	Charles Shields	5,190	26.5
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	1,016	5.2
Total formal votes			19,601	97.8
Informal votes			440	2.2
Turnout			20,041	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Claude Matthews		70.0 [b]
	Liberal	Charles Shields		30.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Lismore

1950 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	10,631	70.4
	Labor	Francis Fredericks	4,467	29.6
Total formal votes			15,098	97.6
Informal votes			375	2.4
Turnout			15,473	92.4
	Country hold		Swing

Liverpool

1950 New South Wales state election: Liverpool ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	12,381	62.4
	Liberal	Bernard Fitzpatrick	6,935	34.9
	Communist	Don Syme	527	2.7
Total formal votes			19,843	98.0
Informal votes			401	2.0
Turnout			20,244	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	James McGirr		64.0 [b]
	Liberal	Bernard Fitzpatrick		36.0
	Labor notional hold

Liverpool Plains

1950 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Nott	7,851	51.8
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	4,791	31.6
	Liberal	Keith Mitchell	2,522	16.6
Total formal votes			15,164	99.0
Informal votes			147	1.0
Turnout			15,311	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Nott		54.0 [b]
	Country	Frank O'Keefe		46.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Maitland

1950 New South Wales state election: Maitland ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Howarth	8,653	62.1
	Labor	Kevin Barlow	5,274	37.9
Total formal votes			13,927	98.7
Informal votes			187	1.3
Turnout			14,114	86.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Manly

1950 New South Wales state election: Manly ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Darby	13,985	74.5
	Independent Liberal	Charles Scharkie	4,779	25.5
Total formal votes			18,764	96.4
Informal votes			700	3.6
Turnout			19,464	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Maroubra

1950 New South Wales state election: Maroubra ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	13,329	63.9
	Liberal	Philip Goldman	7,521	36.1
Total formal votes			20,850	98.1
Informal votes			394	1.9
Turnout			21,244	92.5
	Labor notional hold

Bob Heffron (Labor) was the member for the abolished district of Botany which was largely replaced by Maroubra.

Marrickville

1950 New South Wales state election: Marrickville ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini	13,734	68.4
	Liberal	Basil Mottershead	6,347	31.6
Total formal votes			20,081	98.6
Informal votes			289	1.4
Turnout			20,370	93.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Monaro

1950 New South Wales state election: Monaro ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	John Seiffert	7,579	57.2
	Liberal	William Keys	5,675	42.8
Total formal votes			13,254	99.2
Informal votes			111	0.8
Turnout			13,365	93.4
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

The sitting member was John Seiffert who had been elected as a Labor candidate, however he was disendorsed as a result of voting in the election for the Legislative Council and stood as an Independent labor candidate.^[60]

Mosman

1950 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Morton	14,912	77.3
	Labor	Allan Matthews	4,384	22.7
Total formal votes			19,296	98.7
Informal votes			262	1.3
Turnout			19,558	91.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mudgee

1950 New South Wales state election: Mudgee ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Breen	7,128	45.9
	Country	Frederick Cooke	4,381	28.2
	Liberal	Norman Horne	4,019	25.9
Total formal votes			15,528	98.9
Informal votes			175	1.1
Turnout			15,703	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Frederick Cooke	8,122	52.3
	Labor	John Breen	7,406	47.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

Murray

1950 New South Wales state election: Murray ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joe Lawson	6,067	36.7
	Labor	James Flood	5,245	31.7
	Country	Ebenezer Kendell	5,222	31.6
Total formal votes			16,534	99.1
Informal votes			143	0.9
Turnout			16,677	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Joe Lawson	10,739	64.9
	Labor	James Flood	5,795	35.1
	Country hold		Swing

Murrumbidgee

1950 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Enticknap	9,334	55.5
	Country	Alfred Yeo	4,386	26.1
	Liberal	John Oag	3,108	18.5
Total formal votes			16,828	98.8
Informal votes			209	1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Enticknap		57.4 [b]
	Country	Alfred Yeo		42.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Nepean

1950 New South Wales state election: Nepean ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Jackson	7,342	52.9
	Independent	Allan Taylor	6,523	47.1
Total formal votes			13,865	96.8
Informal votes			459	3.2
Turnout			14,324	91.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Neutral Bay

1950 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Black	13,791	72.8
	Labor	Frank McCullum	5,161	27.2
Total formal votes			18,952	98.6
Informal votes			264	1.4
Turnout			19,216	91.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Newcastle

1950 New South Wales state election: Newcastle ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	12,240	68.6
	Liberal	Eric Cupit	4,916	27.5
	Communist	Laurie Aarons	694	3.9
Total formal votes			17,850	98.8
Informal votes			214	1.2
Turnout			18,064	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Hawkins		70.0 [b]
	Liberal	Eric Cupit		30.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Newtown-Annandale

1950 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Annandale ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Greenup	11,990	56.1
	Lang Labor	Lilian Fowler	8,555	40.0
	Communist	Daisy Lewin	836	3.9
Total formal votes			21,381	96.6
Informal votes			750	3.4
Turnout			22,131	93.5
	Labor notional hold

• Preferences were not distributed.

Netown-Annandale was a notional Labor seat combining parts of the abolished districts of Newtown and Annandale. Lilian Fowler (Lang Labor) was the member for Newtown.

North Sydney

1950 New South Wales state election: North Sydney ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bjarne Halvorsen	8,367	41.6
	Independent Labor	James Geraghty	7,829	38.9
	Labor	Ray Maher	3,921	19.5
Total formal votes			20,117	98.5
Informal votes			301	1.5
Turnout			20,418	93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	James Geraghty	11,354	56.4
	Liberal	Bjarne Halvorsen	8,763	43.6
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

The sitting member was James Geraghty who had been elected as a Labor candidate, however he was disendorsed as a result of voting in the election for the Legislative Council and stood as an independent labor candidate.^[69]

Orange

1950 New South Wales state election: Orange ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Cutler	10,440	59.2
	Labor	Francis Hoy	7,182	40.8
Total formal votes			17,622	99.1
Informal votes			163	0.9
Turnout			17,785	95.3
	Country hold		Swing

Oxley

1950 New South Wales state election: Oxley ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Les Jordan	11,873	72.0
	Labor	William Baker	4,626	28.0
Total formal votes			16,499	98.9
Informal votes			185	1.1
Turnout			16,684	91.7
	Country hold		Swing

Paddington

1950 New South Wales state election: Paddington ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	12,962	64.9
	Liberal	Bob Mutton	5,948	29.8
	Communist	Phyllis Johnson	1,051	5.3
Total formal votes			19,961	98.4
Informal votes			326	1.6
Turnout			20,287	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan		69.0 [b]
	Liberal	Bob Mutton		31.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Parramatta

1950 New South Wales state election: Parramatta

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Gollan	13,800	58.7
	Labor	Louis O'Neil	9,689	41.3
Total formal votes			23,489	98.4
Informal votes			378	1.6
Turnout			23,867	94.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Phillip

1950 New South Wales state election: Phillip ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Shannon	15,390	78.7
	Liberal	Henry Clarke	4,161	21.3
Total formal votes			19,551	97.2
Informal votes			566	2.8
Turnout			20,117	89.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Raleigh

1950 New South Wales state election: Raleigh ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	unopposed
	Country hold

Randwick

1950 New South Wales state election: Randwick ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	10,847	52.9
	Liberal	Gerald Davis	9,650	47.1
Total formal votes			20,497	98.2
Informal votes			372	1.8
Turnout			20,869	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Redfern

1950 New South Wales state election: Redfern ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	14,981	74.0
	Liberal	Phillip Pethers	3,401	16.8
	Independent Labor	Frederick Fairbrother	1,129	5.6
	Communist	Mervyn Pidcock	738	3.6
Total formal votes			20,249	96.7
Informal votes			684	3.3
Turnout			20,933	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green		81.0 [b]
	Liberal	Phillip Pethers		19.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockdale

1950 New South Wales state election: Rockdale ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McGrath	13,083	54.0
	Liberal	George McGuire	11,166	46.0
Total formal votes			24,249	98.6
Informal votes			340	1.4
Turnout			24,589	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Ryde

1950 New South Wales state election: Ryde ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Anderson	11,077	51.1
	Labor	Frank Downing	10,598	48.9
Total formal votes			21,675	98.2
Informal votes			400	1.8
Turnout			22,075	94.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

South Coast

1950 New South Wales state election: South Coast ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Beale	10,340	67.5
	Labor	Alfred Berriman	4,980	32.5
Total formal votes			15,320	98.1
Informal votes			296	1.9
Turnout			15,616	93.6
	Member changed to Liberal from Independent		Swing	N/A

Sturt

1950 New South Wales state election: Sturt ^[80]

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

Sturt was reconstituted, with the former district being absorbed by Cobar. The new district comprised part of Cobar, including the towns of South Broken Hill and Menindee, part of Murray, and the western part of the abolished district of Lachlan.

Sutherland

1950 New South Wales state election: Sutherland ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Cecil Monro	10,718	52.2
	Labor	Gough Whitlam	9,807	47.8
Total formal votes			20,525	98.8
Informal votes			251	1.2
Turnout			20,776	93.8
	Liberal win		(new seat)

Tamworth

1950 New South Wales state election: Tamworth ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	unopposed
	Country hold

Temora

1950 New South Wales state election: Temora ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	unopposed
	Country hold

Tenterfield

1950 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	9,669	60.0
	Independent Country	Ben Wade	6,445	40.0
Total formal votes			16,114	96.4
Informal votes			600	3.6
Turnout			16,714	92.1
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Hunter

1950 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	9,512	63.1
	Labor	Leonard Neville	5,571	36.9
Total formal votes			15,083	98.3
Informal votes			261	1.7
Turnout			15,344	85.9
	Country hold		Swing

Vaucluse

1950 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Robson	12,658	68.4
	Labor	Harold Levien	5,097	27.5
	Independent Liberal	Tasman Crocker	759	4.1
Total formal votes			18,514	98.6
Informal votes			257	1.4
Turnout			18,771	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Murray Robson		72.0 [b]
	Labor	Harold Levien		28.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wagga Wagga

1950 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	9,509	59.9
	Liberal	Ivan Jack	3,792	23.9
	Country	Richard Blamey	2,575	16.2
Total formal votes			15,876	98.8
Informal votes			190	1.2
Turnout			16,066	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Graham		61.0 [b]
	Liberal	Ivan Jack		39.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Waratah

1950 New South Wales state election: Waratah ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Cameron	12,114	66.4
	Liberal	Harold Hollis	6,140	33.6
Total formal votes			18,254	98.6
Informal votes			262	1.4
Turnout			18,516	95.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Waverley

1950 New South Wales state election: Waverley ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	11,415	60.9
	Liberal	Ross McKinnon	7,324	39.1
Total formal votes			18,739	98.9
Informal votes			215	1.1
Turnout			18,954	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Willoughby

1950 New South Wales state election: Willoughby ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Brain	14,381	68.0
	Labor	Brian White	6,776	32.0
Total formal votes			21,157	99.0
Informal votes			217	1.0
Turnout			21,374	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wollondilly

1950 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Blake Pelly	8,615	65.9
	Independent	Gerard Wylie	3,323	25.4
	Independent	Erle Sampson	1,127	8.6
Total formal votes			13,065	96.7
Informal votes			445	3.3
Turnout			13,510	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

Wollongong-Kembla

1950 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla ^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rex Connor	7,808	47.9
	Liberal	Gerald Sargent	6,520	40.0
	Independent	Henry Graham	1,982	12.2
Total formal votes			16,310	98.6
Informal votes			234	1.4
Turnout			16,544	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Connor	8,484	52.0
	Liberal	Gerald Sargent	7,826	48.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Woollahra

1950 New South Wales state election: Woollahra ^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	14,595	76.1
	Labor	William Harcourt	4,587	23.9
Total formal votes			19,182	98.3
Informal votes			324	1.7
Turnout			19,506	87.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Young

1950 New South Wales state election: Young ^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	9,568	51.4
	Country	Douglas Beard	5,282	28.4
	Liberal	Percy Richardson	3,761	20.2
Total formal votes			18,611	99.3
Informal votes			135	0.7
Turnout			18,746	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Cahill		53.0
	Country	Douglas Beard		47.0
	Labor hold		Swing

See also

• Candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953

Notes

1. There were 1,768,801 enrolled voters in 86 contested electorates and 150,878 were enrolled in 8 uncontested electorates (5 Country, 2 Liberal and 1 Labor).^[1]
2. Two party preferred vote was estimated.