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Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election
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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1950 New South Wales state election.
New South Wales state election, 17 June 1950 | ||||||
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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 |
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Albury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Armidale
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Ashfield
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Auburn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Balmain
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Mary Quirk was the sitting Labor member, however she was defeated for pre-selection by John McMahon.
Bankstown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Barwon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Blacktown
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Bondi
Bulli
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Burrinjuck
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Burrinjuck was a new seat, largely replacing Yass. Bill Sheahan (Labor) was the member for Yass.
Burwood
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Byron
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Stanley Stephens | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
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Canterbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Casino
Castlereagh
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Castlereagh was expanded to include part of Cobar, including the towns of Bourke and Nyngan.
Cessnock
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Clarence
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Cecil Wingfield | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
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Cobar
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Collaroy was a new seat created out of the districts of Hornsby and Manly, both of which were held by the Liberal party.
Concord
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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The sitting member, Lou Cunningham (Labor), died in 1948. The 1948 by-election was won by Kevin Ellis (Liberal).
Cook's River
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Croydon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | David Hunter | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Darlinghurst
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Frank Finnan (Labor) was the member for Hawkesbury.
Drummoyne
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Dubbo
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Dulwich Hill
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Earlwood
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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 |
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Eastwood
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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 |
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Georges River
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Gloucester
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Gordon
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Harry Turner | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
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Gosford
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Goulburn
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Granville
Hamilton
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Hartley
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Hawkesbury
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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The redistribution made Hawkesbury a notional Liberal seat. The sitting member Frank Finnan (Labor) successfully contested the new district of Darlinghurst.
Hornsby
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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 |
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Hurstville
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Illawarra
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Kahibah
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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King
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Kogarah
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Kogarah was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1948 caused by the death of Labor's William Currey.
Kurri Kurri
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Lake Macquarie
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Lakemba
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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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
Leichhardt
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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 |
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Lismore
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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Liverpool
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Liverpool Plains
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Maitland
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Manly
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Maroubra
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Bob Heffron (Labor) was the member for the abolished district of Botany which was largely replaced by Maroubra.
Marrickville
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Monaro
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Mudgee
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Murray
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Murrumbidgee
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Nepean
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Neutral Bay
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Newcastle
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Newtown-Annandale
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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- 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
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Oxley
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Paddington
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Parramatta
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Phillip
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Raleigh
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Roy Vincent | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
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Randwick
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Redfern
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Rockdale
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Ryde
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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South Coast
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Sturt
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
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) |
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Tamworth
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
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Temora
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Doug Dickson | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
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Tenterfield
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Upper Hunter
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Vaucluse
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Wagga Wagga
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Waratah
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Waverley
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Willoughby
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Wollondilly
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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- Preferences were not distributed.
Wollongong-Kembla
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Woollahra
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Young
More information Party, Candidate ...
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 |
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Notes
- 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]
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