Results of the New South Wales state election, 1944 (A-K)

New South Wales state election, 27 May 1944 ^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1941 — 1947 >>
Enrolled voters		1,732,706^[1]
Votes cast		1,310,270		Turnout	91.42	−1.10
Informal votes		43,329		Informal	3.31	+0.78
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	572,600	45.20	−5.60	56	+2
	Democratic	^[2]239,610	18.91	+1.38	12	−2
	Country	131,950	10.41	−0.64	10	−2
	Lang Labor	118,174	9.33	+9.33	2	+2
	Independent	72,431	5.72	−0.41	5	+1
	Liberal Democratic	49,325	3.89	+3.89	0	0
	Independent Democrat	^[3]30,532	2.41	−0.84	4	−1
	Independent Labor	22,697	1.79	−0.35	0	–1
	Communist	21,982	1.74	+1.74	0	–
	Independent Country	6,670	0.53	+0.53	1	+1
	State Labor	0	0	−5.64	0	–
	All others	970	0.08	−0.62	0	–
Total		1,266,941			90

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1944 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1944: Albury^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Alexander Mair	7,139	53.1	+0.6
	Labor	John King	6,316	46.9	-0.6
Total formal votes			13,455	97.9	-1.1
Informal votes			281	2.1	+1.1
Turnout			13,736	89.9	-1.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	+0.6

Annandale

New South Wales state election, 1944: Annandale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Gorman	10,089	56.2	-19.5
	Lang Labor	Ross Pryor	6,558	36.5	+36.5
	Independent	Arthur Hagen	1,322	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			17,969	94.7	+0.4
Informal votes			1,010	5.3	-0.4
Turnout			18,979	91.8	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1944: Armidale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	David Drummond	6,731	51.3	-1.0
	Labor	Herbert Oxford	6,380	48.7	+1.0
Total formal votes			13,111	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			283	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			13,394	90.8	-2.1
	Country hold		Swing	-1.0

Ashburnham

New South Wales state election, 1944: Ashburnham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Edgar Dring	7,418	58.4	+3.8
	Country	Charles McCarron	5,278	41.6	-3.8
Total formal votes			12,696	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			264	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			12,960	91.4	-2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1944: Ashfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Athol Richardson	11,240	53.4	-5.2
	Labor	William Bodkin	9,791	46.6	+5.2
Total formal votes			21,031	96.8	-1.2
Informal votes			688	3.2	+1.2
Turnout			21,719	93.8	+0.7
	Democratic hold		Swing	-5.2

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1944: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Lang Labor	Jack Lang	12,871	65.8	+65.8
	Labor	Patrick Mooney	6,699	34.2	-35.5
Total formal votes			19,570	96.1	+2.0
Informal votes			794	3.9	-2.0
Turnout			20,364	93.1	-0.5
	Lang Labor gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1944: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mary Quirk	10,729	58.3	-2.3
	Communist	Stanley Moran	5,186	28.2	+28.2
	Democratic	Malinda Ivey	2,480	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			18,395	96.7	+1.5
Informal votes			618	3.3	-1.5
Turnout			19,013	93.2	-0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1944: Bankstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	James McGirr	12,507	59.0	-4.3
	Lang Labor	Stephen Roberts	8,706	41.0	+41.0
Total formal votes			21,213	94.8	-1.7
Informal votes			1,156	5.2	+1.7
Turnout			22,369	92.7	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1944: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roy Heferen	7,136	55.6	-2.2
	Independent	Ben Wade	5,703	44.4	+44.4
Total formal votes			12,839	98.0	-0.9
Informal votes			268	2.0	+0.9
Turnout			13,107	88.4	-4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1944: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gus Kelly	8,579	61.3	-38.7
	Country	Archibald Gardiner	5,421	38.7	+38.7
Total formal votes			14,000	97.9
Informal votes			297	2.1
Turnout			14,297	89.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1944: Blacktown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Hill	10,364	51.2	-6.3
	Democratic	Francis Izon	3,868	19.1	-23.4
	Independent	Ray Watson	2,649	13.1	+13.1
	Lang Labor	William Morgan	1,701	8.4	+8.4
	Lang Labor	Lucy Steel	1,645	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			20,227	95.6	-1.6
Informal votes			927	4.4	+1.6
Turnout			21,154	90.9	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1944: Bondi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Abe Landa	9,521	43.6	-1.5
	Democratic	Frank Browne	6,505	29.8	-14.4
	Lang Labor	Leslie Hallett	3,241	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democratic	Alexander Stewart	2,465	11.3	+11.3
	Independent Labor	Alfred Rosen	126	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			21,858	95.1	-3.4
Informal votes			1,116	4.9	+3.4
Turnout			22,974	92.6	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Abe Landa	11,164	51.1	-3.1
	Democratic	Frank Browne	10,694	48.9	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1944: Botany
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1944: Bulli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Sweeney	6,305	48.4	-26.3
	Communist	John Martin	4,016	30.8	+30.8
	Independent Labor	Lawrence Baines	2,049	15.7	+15.7
	Independent Labor	Maurice Twomey	659	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			13,029	95.6	+1.4
Informal votes			596	4.4	-1.4
Turnout			13,625	92.5	-0.7
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	John Sweeney	6,568	50.4
	Communist	John Martin	4,121	31.6
	Independent Labor	Lawrence Baines	2,340	18.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1944: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gordon Jackett	8,253	38.6	+9.8
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	7,310	34.2	-4.7
	Communist	Stanley Coulton	3,010	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democratic	Keith Sutherland	2,802	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			21,375	96.5	-1.6
Informal votes			780	3.5	+1.6
Turnout			22,155	93.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Democratic	Gordon Jackett	11,205	52.4	+52.4
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	10,170	47.6	+6.3
	Democratic gain from Independent UAP		Swing	N/A

Gordon Jackett had been elected at the previous election as an Independent UAP member, and held the seat as a Democratic member.

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1944: Byron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Stanley Stephens	4,598	34.8	-21.3
	Labor	Arthur Dodd	3,848	29.1	+29.1
	Country	Frederick Stuart	2,232	16.9	+16.9
	Country	Alick Buckley	2,056	15.6	+15.6
	Independent Labor	John Regan	469	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			13,203	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			307	2.3	-0.5
Turnout			13,510	89.5	-4.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Stanley Stephens	8,239	62.4	+6.3
	Labor	Arthur Dodd	4,964	37.6	+37.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1944: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,932	72.1	-5.9
	Lang Labor	Claude Allen	5,769	27.9	+27.9
Total formal votes			20,701	92.9	-1.3
Informal votes			1,764	7.9	+1.3
Turnout			22,465	94.0	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1944: Casino
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	John Reid	7,502	57.1	+9.5
	Labor	Denis Holmes	5,645	42.9	+9.8
Total formal votes			13,147	97.3	-1.0
Informal votes			366	2.7	+1.0
Turnout			13,513	88.6	-4.2
	Country hold		Swing	-3.8

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1944: Castlereagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	7,254	61.3	+12.1
	Country	Alfred Yeo	4,574	38.7	-0.9
Total formal votes			11,828	97.9	-0.7
Informal votes			253	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			12,081	86.8	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1944: Cessnock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Baddeley	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1944: Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1944: Cobar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Mat Davidson	8,352	78.3	-6.1
	Lang Labor	William Burgess	2,313	21.7	+21.7
Total formal votes			10,665	97.0	0.0
Informal votes			330	3.0	0.0
Turnout			10,995	81.1	-3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1944: Concord
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Carlton	9,055	44.2	-1.5
	Liberal Democratic	Brice Mutton	4,279	20.9	+20.9
	Democratic	Roland Murray	4,001	19.5	-21.2
	Lang Labor	Gustav Truer	3,174	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			20,509	97.2	-0.9
Informal votes			590	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			21,099	92.8	-0.8
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Bill Carlton	11,600	56.6
	Liberal Democratic	Brice Mutton	4,693	22.9
	Democratic	Roland Murray	4,216	20.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1944: Coogee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	12,616	60.7	+4.7
	Democratic	John Rubie	8,179	39.3	-4.7
Total formal votes			20,795	96.6	-1.7
Informal votes			726	3.4	+1.7
Turnout			21,521	90.2	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1944: Cook's River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Corowa

New South Wales state election, 1944: Corowa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Christopher Lethbridge	4,165	36.8	-26.6
	Country	Ebenezer Kendell	3,841	33.9	-2.7
	Labor	Thomas McGrath	3,320	29.3	+29.3
Total formal votes			11,326	97.8	-0.4
Informal votes			253	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			11,579	88.5	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Christopher Lethbridge	6,846	60.4	-3.0
	Country	Ebenezer Kendell	4,480	39.6	+3.0
	Independent hold		Swing	-3.0

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1944: Croydon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	David Hunter	12,120	62.0	+5.0
	Independent	David Knox	7,433	38.0	+38.0
Total formal votes			19,553	95.1	-2.1
Informal votes			997	4.9	+2.1
Turnout			20,550	90.8	-2.3
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1944: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Robert Greig	8,489	43.0	-0.4
	Democratic	Russell Newton	6,831	34.6	-9.9
	Lang Labor	George Drummond	2,791	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democratic	William Adkins	1,625	8.2	+8.2
Total formal votes			19,736	96.7	-1.6
Informal votes			668	3.3	+1.6
Turnout			20,404	93.6	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Greig	11,493	58.2	+4.8
	Democratic	Russell Newton	8,243	41.8	-4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1944: Dubbo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,268	57.5	+19.7
	Country	Leslie Clark	3,732	29.5	-18.6
	Country	Ernest Hoy	1,649	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			12,649	98.3	-0.3
Informal votes			221	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			12,870	90.1	-2.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1944: Dulwich Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Weir	8,959	44.3	-12.6
	Democratic	Sidney Turner	6,297	31.1	-12.0
	Lang Labor	Henry Ritchie	3,181	15.7	+15.7
	Independent	John Laxton	1,798	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			20,235	97.0	-1.2
Informal votes			625	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			20,860	92.8	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Weir	11,408	56.4	-0.5
	Democratic	Sidney Turner	8,827	43.6	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1944: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Williams	14,582	62.0	+4.5
	Democratic	Hedley Mallard	8,953	38.0	-4.5
Total formal votes			23,535	96.5	-1.7
Informal votes			843	3.5	+1.7
Turnout			24,378	92.2	-1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1944: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	5,194	41.0	+16.5
	Democratic	Harold Young	4,805	37.9	+4.8
	Country	Charles Bennett	2,665	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			12,664	98.2	-0.9
Informal votes			124	0.9	+0.9
Turnout			12,894	92.6	-2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	6,362	50.2	-1.3
	Democratic	Harold Young	6,302	49.8	+1.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.3

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1944: Gordon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Harry Turner	15,076	71.6	-28.4
	Liberal Democratic	Kenneth Lorimer	5,972	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			21,048	97.0
Informal votes			658	3.0
Turnout			21,706	92.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1944: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Tully	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1944: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Lamb	14,437	73.8	+5.9
	Lang Labor	Wilfred O'Neill	5,135	26.2	+26.2
Total formal votes			19,572	95.0	-3.5
Informal votes			1,022	5.0	+3.5
Turnout			20,594	93.2	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1944: Hamilton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joshua Arthur	16,562	76.8	-8.1
	Lang Labor	William Campbell	5,017	23.2	+23.2
Total formal votes			21,579	95.5	-1.2
Informal votes			1,007	4.5	+1.2
Turnout			22,586	92.1	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1944: Hartley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1944: Hawkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Finnan	9,195	58.7	+15.7
	Democratic	George Ardill	3,599	23.0	-15.1
	Country	Ernest Batchelor	2,874	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			15,668	98.4	-0.3
Informal votes			256	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			15,924	90.9	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1944: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Sydney Storey	9,885	49.9	+10.8
	Democratic	Howard Beale	7,815	39.5	-1.2
	Lang Labor	James Mahony	2,102	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			19,802	96.2	+0.8
Informal votes			781	3.8	-0.8
Turnout			20,583	89.3	-1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Sydney Storey	11,347	57.3	+7.2
	Democratic	Howard Beale	8,455	42.7	-7.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.2

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1944: Hurstville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Clive Evatt	15,663	66.6	-1.1
	Democratic	Percy Macpherson	7,846	33.4	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,509	96.6	-1.8
Informal votes			824	3.4	+1.8
Turnout			24,333	94.7	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1944: Illawarra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Howard Fowles	8,090	61.4	+5.0
	Democratic	John Hedge	2,346	17.8	-25.8
	Country	Edward Spensley	2,132	16.2	+16.2
	Independent Labor	Ronald Sarina	619	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			13,187	97.7	-0.4
Informal votes			307	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			13,494	91.5	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

King

New South Wales state election, 1944: King
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	9,647	54.1	-8.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	8,175	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			17,822	93.6	-0.3
Informal votes			1,218	6.4	+0.3
Turnout			19,040	84.9	-0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1944: Kogarah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	William Currey	13,532	60.7	+11.9
	Democratic	Robert Henderson	6,464	29.0	-15.6
	Liberal Democratic	Thomas Claydon	2,306	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			22,302	97.0	-1.6
Informal votes			683	3.0	+1.6
Turnout			22,985	93.0	-1.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1944: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

References

↑ "NSW 1944 Election Results". Retrieved 21 January 2016.
↑ Hughes, Colin A.; University, B.D. Graham. Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.

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