Results of the New South Wales state election, 1925

New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1922 — 1927 >>

Enrolled voters 1,339,080
Votes cast 1,160,289 Turnout 86.64 −1.12
Informal votes 30,155 Informal 11.36 −1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 108,225 45.99 +7.62 46 +10
  Nationalist 87,220 37.07 −5.01 32 −9
  Progressive 26,981 11.47 −1.95 9 ± 0
  Protestant Labor 4,965 2.11 +1.41 1 +1
  Independent 4,963 2.11 −1.26 1 −1
  Independent Nationalist 1,393 0.59 +0.08 1 ± 0
  All others 1,562 0.65 −0.64 0 ± 0
Total 894,824     90  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1925.

This election took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system.

Results by electoral district

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1925: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,727
Labor H. V. Evatt (elected 1) 14,733 31.8 +31.8
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5) 4,567 9.9 -3.5
Labor John Quirk (elected 4) 4,562 9.8 -3.5
Labor Tom Keegan (elected 2) 4,305 9.3 -3.5
Labor Kate Dwyer 3,622 7.8 +7.8
Nationalist Albert Lane (elected 3) 6,306 13.6 +1.7
Nationalist Robert Stopford 5,880 12.7 -1.4
Nationalist Stanley Cole 1,171 2.5 +2.5
Nationalist Thomas Greentree 304 0.7 -3.6
Nationalist Gideon Gillespie 189 0.4 +0.4
Protestant Labor James Johnston 439 1.0 +1.0
Communist Thomas Payne 199 0.4 +0.4
Communist Lionel Leece 40 0.1 +0.1
Independent Charles Mallett 42 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 46,359 97.0 +1.1
Informal votes 1,424 3.0 -1.1
Turnout 47,783 69.9 +0.9
Party total votes
Labor 31,789 68.6 +15.2
Nationalist 13,850 29.9 -11.3
Protestant Labor 439 1.0 +1.0
Communist 239 0.5 +0.5
Independent Charles Mallett 42 0.1 +0.1

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1925: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,461
Labor James Dooley (elected 1) 9,378 31.4 +5.2
Labor Gus Kelly (elected 2) 3,940 13.2 +12.0
Labor Hamilton Knight 2,333 7.8 +7.8
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick (elected 3) 7,155 24.0 -4.7
Nationalist Charles Rosenthal 3,540 11.9 -1.0
Nationalist James Beddie 3,495 11.7 +11.7
Total formal votes 29,841 97.4 +1.1
Informal votes 789 2.6 -1.1
Turnout 30,630 71.5 +0.4
Party total votes
Labor 15,651 52.4 +5.5
Nationalist 14,190 47.6 +3.1

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1925: Botany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,919
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 1) 10,146 21.4 +6.4
Labor William McKell (elected 3) 8,523 17.9 +4.1
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 4) 5,726 12.1 -0.9
Labor William Long 4,284 9.0 +9.0
Labor Frank Burke (elected 5) 4,017 8.5 -2.0
Nationalist John Lee (elected 2) 10,098 21.2 +0.3
Nationalist David Alexander 665 1.4 -1.6
Nationalist William Herford 108 0.2 +0.2
Nationalist James Sinclair 99 0.2 +0.2
Nationalist Stephen Turner 46 0.1 +0.1
Independent Labor Peter Gallagher 3,034 6.4 +6.4
Protestant Labor Walter Bateman 370 0.8 +0.8
Communist Henry Denford 147 0.3 +0.3
Communist Nellie Rickie 111 0.2 +0.2
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure 76 0.2 +0.2
Majority Labor Carl Liebau 63 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 47,513 95.6 +0.6
Informal votes 2,210 4.4 -0.6
Turnout 49,723 69.2 +0.6
Party total votes
Labor 32,696 68.8 +7.0
Nationalist 11,016 23.2 -6.5
Independent Labor 3,034 6.4 +6.4
Protestant Labor 370 0.8 +0.8
Communist 258 0.5 +0.5
Independent Arthur Strange-Mure 76 0.2 +0.2
Majority Labor 63 0.1 +0.1

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1925: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,684
Progressive William Missingham (elected 1) 10,097 32.9 +22.6
Progressive Frederick Stuart (elected 3) 3,307 10.8 +10.8
Progressive John Williams 2,683 8.7 +8.7
Progressive Thomas Foyster 381 1.2 +1.2
Labor Robert Gillies (elected 2) 5,775 18.8 +18.8
Labor Tom Swiney 4,061 13.2 -9.3
Labor Ernest Hollis-Neath 232 0.8 +0.8
Nationalist Stephen Perdriau 3,501 11.4 -11.2
Nationalist Charles Munro 469 1.5 +1.5
Nationalist Stanley Fayle 226 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 30,732 97.5 +0.3
Informal votes 790 2.5 -0.3
Turnout 31,522 69.8 -1.0
Party total votes
Progressive 16,468 53.6 +32.2
Labor 10,032 32.8 +9.0
Nationalist 4,196 13.6 -41.2

Cootamundra

New South Wales state election, 1925: Cootamundra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,114
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1) 8,033 28.2 +5.6
Labor Ken Hoad (elected 3) 4,157 14.6 +7.0
Labor Joseph Carney 2,935 10.3 +10.3
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2) 5,005 17.6 -3.9
Progressive Ernest Field 1,435 5.0 +5.0
Progressive Benjamin Witenden 424 1.5 +1.5
Progressive Eric Treatt 213 0.7 +0.7
Nationalist Angus Campbell 3,789 13.3 +1.0
Nationalist Ernest Todhunter 895 3.1 +3.1
Nationalist William Pinkstone 603 2.1 +2.1
Protestant Labor George Davey 966 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 28,455 96.9 +0.5
Informal votes 918 3.1 -0.5
Turnout 29,373 71.2 +0.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,125 53.2 +2.9
Progressive 7,077 24.9 -9.3
Nationalist 5,287 18.6 +3.7
Protestant Labor 966 3.4 +3.4

Cumberland

New South Wales state election, 1925: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,885
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1) 8,959 28.4 +2.6
Nationalist Bruce Walker (elected 2) 7,989 25.3 +2.3
Nationalist James Shand 4,010 12.7 +12.7
Labor James McGirr (elected 3) 7,102 22.5 -3.1
Labor Robert Bingham 1,621 5.1 +5.1
Progressive Reginald Harris 826 2.6 +2.6
Progressive Aaron Morris 121 0.4 +0.4
Progressive Arthur Upchurch 47 0.2 +0.2
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 31,537 97.3 +0.3
Informal votes 882 2.7 -0.3
Turnout 32,419 68.9 -1.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,958 66.4 -4.9
Labor 9,131 29.0 +2.9
Progressive 994 3.2 +0.6
Independent Ernest Carr 330 1.1 +1.1
Independent John Allaburton 124 0.4 +0.4

Eastern Suburbs

New South Wales state election, 1925: Eastern Suburbs
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 9,010
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley (elected 5) 7,958 14.7 +6.9
Nationalist William Foster (elected 4) 7,331 13.6 +8.5
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 3) 7,324 13.6 +2.2
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein 6,913 12.8 +2.8
Nationalist Joseph Robinson 547 1.0 +1.0
Nationalist George Overhill 543 1.0 +1.0
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 1) 8,499 15.7 +4.1
Labor Septimus Alldis (elected 2) 4,121 7.6 +7.6
Labor William Crick 1,132 2.1 +2.1
Labor Gertrude Melville 1,057 2.0 +2.0
Labor Gordon Anderson 938 1.7 +1.7
Independent Cyril Fallon 5,996 11.1 +0.2
Protestant Labor James Gillespie 1,489 2.8 +2.8
Independent David Anderson 128 0.2 +0.2
Independent Frederick Marks 82 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 54,058 96.7 -0.3
Informal votes 1,845 3.3 +0.3
Turnout 55,903 65.4 -3.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,616 56.6 +2.2
Labor 15,747 29.1 +10.4
Independent Cyril Fallon 5,996 11.1 +0.2
Protestant Labor 1,489 2.8 +2.8
Independent David Anderson 128 0.2 +0.2
Independent Frederick Marks 82 0.2 +0.2

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1925: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,490
Labor Paddy Stokes (elected 2) 7,078 27.3 +27.3
Labor Jack Tully (elected 3) 4,295 16.6 +16.6
Labor Clarence Steele 685 2.6 +2.6
Nationalist John Perkins (elected 1) 7,665 29.5 +11.6
Nationalist Henry Bate 1,815 7.0 -5.0
Nationalist Percy Hollis 616 2.4 +2.4
Progressive William Hedges 1,496 5.8 +5.8
Progressive William Bluett 1,238 4.8 +4.8
Progressive Adam Singer 1,034 4.0 +4.0
Young Australia Denis O'Leary 34 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 25,956 97.0 +1.0
Informal votes 794 3.0 -1.0
Turnout 26,750 69.1 -0.5
Party total votes
Labor 12,058 46.5 +9.2
Nationalist 10,096 38.9 +9.0
Progressive 3,768 14.5 -18.0
Young Australia 34 0.1 +0.1

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1925: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,304
Nationalist Walter Bennett (elected 2) 6,989 23.9 +4.2
Nationalist William Cameron (elected 3) 5,856 20.0 +2.6
Nationalist Charles Nicholson 2,729 9.3 +9.3
Labor Walter O'Hearn (elected 1) 11,075 37.9 +7.1
Labor John Hynes 782 2.7 +2.7
Labor William McClelland 292 1.0 +1.0
Protestant Labor George Batey 1,490 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 29,213 96.7 +0.7
Informal votes 990 3.3 -0.7
Turnout 30,203 68.3 -1.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 15,574 53.3 0.0
Labor 12,149 41.6 +7.4
Protestant Labor 1,490 5.1 +5.1

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1925: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,138
Labor Vern Goodin (elected 3) 4,708 19.2 +19.2
Labor William O'Brien 3,711 15.1 -10.2
Labor George Bodkin 2,972 12.1 +12.1
Nationalist Richard Ball (elected 1) 8,274 33.7 +1.5
Nationalist Joseph Niesigh 167 0.7 +0.7
Progressive Matthew Kilpatrick (elected 2) 4,037 16.4 +4.0
Progressive Charles Coghlan 498 2.0 +2.0
Progressive Olave Olsen 184 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 24,551 95.3 -0.5
Informal votes 1,200 4.7 +0.5
Turnout 25,751 60.4 -4.8
Party total votes
Labor 11,391 46.4 +5.2
Nationalist 8,441 34.4 -6.9
Progressive 4,719 19.2 +1.7

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1925: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 7,060
Labor Martin Flannery (elected 1) 9,915 35.1 -2.5
Labor James Lyons 1,728 6.1 +5.2
Labor William Nulty 1,627 5.8 +5.8
Progressive Ernest Buttenshaw (elected 2) 9,307 33.0 -1.4
Progressive Alexander McArthur 1,127 4.0 +4.0
Nationalist Edmund Best (elected 3) 2,195 7.8 +7.8
Nationalist Duncan Cameron 1,217 4.3 +4.3
Nationalist Reginald Westmore 1,044 3.7 +3.7
Independent Mary McCracken 78 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 28,238 96.1 +1.1
Informal votes 1,139 3.9 -1.1
Turnout 29,377 62.2 -1.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,270 47.0 +6.1
Progressive 10,434 36.9 -3.8
Nationalist 4,456 15.8 -2.1
Independent Mary McCracken 78 0.3 +0.3

Namoi

New South Wales state election, 1925: Namoi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,621
Labor William Scully (elected 1) 9,487 35.8 +5.4
Labor Michael Hagan 897 3.4 +3.4
Labor James Hawkins 803 3.0 +3.0
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 2) 5,639 21.3 +0.6
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 3) 4,696 17.7 -4.8
Progressive Aubrey Abbott 3,395 12.8 +12.8
Progressive Lachlan McLachlan 392 1.5 +1.5
Progressive James Laird 227 0.9 +0.9
Independent Robert Levien 947 3.6 -5.8
Total formal votes 26,483 96.3 +0.3
Informal votes 1,023 3.7 -0.3
Turnout 27,506 70.3 +0.1
Party total votes
Labor 11,187 42.2 +4.4
Nationalist 10,335 39.0 -4.1
Progressive 4,014 15.2 +5.5
Independent Robert Levien 947 3.6 -5.8

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1925: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 9,602
Labor Jack Baddeley (elected 1) 16,394 28.5 +5.8
Labor David Murray (elected 3) 9,941 17.3 +4.6
Labor Hugh Connell (elected 4) 5,698 9.9 +2.9
Labor George Booth (elected 5) 2,336 4.1 +4.1
Labor David Davies 2,157 3.7 +3.7
Protestant Labor Walter Skelton (elected 2) 10,194 17.7 -7.5
Protestant Labor James Pendlebury 405 0.7 +0.7
Protestant Labor James Hestelow 344 0.6 +0.6
Nationalist Magnus Cromarty 6,270 10.9 +5.5
Nationalist John Fegan 578 1.0 -2.1
Nationalist David Murray 431 0.7 +0.7
Nationalist Charles Watt 343 0.6 +0.6
Nationalist Oliver Denny 110 0.2 +0.2
Independent Arthur Gardiner 2,238 3.9 +3.9
Independent Robert Mitchell 167 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 57,606 96.3 -0.4
Informal votes 2,180 3.7 +0.4
Turnout 59,786 75.5 +0.3
Party total votes
Labor 36,526 63.4 +13.5
Protestant Labor 10,943 19.0 +19.0
Nationalist 7,732 13.4 -0.5
Independent Arthur Gardiner 2,238 3.9 +3.9
Independent Robert Mitchell 167 0.3 +0.3

North Shore

New South Wales state election, 1925: North Shore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 8,768
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 1) 10,898 20.7 +9.9
Nationalist Alfred Reid (elected 4) 5,853 11.1 +2.3
Nationalist Ernest Marks 3,005 5.7 +5.7
Nationalist Ernest Salmon 2,713 5.2 +5.2
Nationalist William Wood 1,442 2.7 +2.7
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 8,362 15.9 -0.5
Labor Arthur Tonge 3,338 6.4 +6.3
Labor Bertrand Childs 1,226 2.3 +2.3
Labor Oliver Kelly 107 0.2 +0.2
Labor Samuel Sloane 78 0.2 +0.2
Ind. Nationalist William Fell (elected 3) 6,965 13.2 +1.9
Independent Alick Kay (elected 5) 5,126 9.7 +9.7
Independent Mary Williams 2,278 4.3 +4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse 657 1.3 +1.3
Protestant Labor Raymond Campbell-Cowan 542 1.0 +1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham 14 0.03 -0.08
Total formal votes 52,604 97.5 -0.2
Informal votes 1,335 2.5 +0.2
Turnout 53,939 69.7 -3.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 23,911 45.4 -14.2
Labor 13,111 24.9 +6.9
Ind. Nationalist William Fell 6,965 13.2 +1.9
Independent Alick Kay 5,126 9.7 +9.7
Independent Mary Williams 2,278 4.3 +4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse 657 1.3 +1.3
Protestant Labor 542 1.0 +1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham 14 0.03 -0.08

Northern Tableland

New South Wales state election, 1925: Northern Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,924
Progressive Michael Bruxner (elected 1) 9,944 42.0 +2.9
Progressive David Drummond (elected 3) 3,125 13.2 -1.8
Progressive Daniel Lewis 881 3.7 +3.7
Labor Alfred McClelland (elected 2) 8,464 35.7 +8.7
Labor William McArdle 946 4.0 +1.0
Labor Dennis Shanahan 335 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 23,695 96.2 +0.8
Informal votes 924 3.8 -0.8
Turnout 24,619 68.0 +2.5
Party total votes
Progressive 13,950 58.9 +2.4
Labor 9,745 41.1 +9.3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.
  2. ↑ "Details of NSW 1925 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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