Results of the New South Wales state election, 1959 (A–K)

New South Wales state election, 21 March 1959[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 2,075,268
Votes cast 1,739,580 Turnout 94.00 +0.73
Informal votes 31,864 Informal 1.83 +0.16
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 838,836 49.12 +1.87 49 −1
  Liberal 603,718 35.35 −0.74 28 +1
  Country 148,738 8.71 −1.45 16 +1
  Independent 61,939 3.63 +0.50 1 −
  Communist 24,784 1.45 −0.29 0 −
  Democratic Labor 22,508 1.32 +1.32 0 −
  Independent Labor 7,193 0.42 −1.46 0 −1
Total 1,707,716     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1959 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1959: Albury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Doug Padman 11,672 58.2
Labor Reginald Garland 6,368 31.8
Democratic Labor Lawrence Esler 1,988 10.0
Total formal votes 20,038 98.9
Informal votes 232 1.1
Turnout 20,270 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Doug Padman 12,871 64.2
Labor Reginald Garland 7,167 35.8
Liberal hold Swing

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1959: Armidale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Davis Hughes 9,956 56.3
Labor Percy Love 7,170 40.5
Democratic Labor Richard Stanley 568 3.2
Total formal votes 17,694 98.6
Informal votes 242 1.4
Turnout 17,936 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Davis Hughes 10,410 58.8
Labor Percy Love 7,284 41.2
Country hold Swing

Ashfield−Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1959: Ashfield−Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Hunter 8,207 37.4
Labor John McCartney 7,838 35.7
Liberal Richard Murden 5,920 26.9
Total formal votes 21,965 98.7
Informal votes 284 1.3
Turnout 22,249 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 13,607 61.9
Labor John McCartney 8,358 38.1
Liberal hold Swing

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1959: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Ryan 15,321 64.6
Liberal John Steel 8,396 35.4
Total formal votes 23,717 98.1
Informal votes 460 1.9
Turnout 24,177 94.9
Labor hold Swing

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1959: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John McMahon 15,216 70.4
Liberal Sabina Greenman 5,067 23.4
Communist Stanley Moran 1,328 6.2
Total formal votes 21,611 97.7
Informal votes 511 2.3
Turnout 22,122 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McMahon 16,278 75.3
Liberal Sabina Greenman 5,333 24.7
Labor hold Swing

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1959: Bankstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Spence Powell 12,519 59.3
Liberal Fred Howe 7,066 33.5
Independent Charles Reid 842 4.0
Communist Jack Hughes 670 3.2
Total formal votes 21,097 97.9
Informal votes 448 2.1
Turnout 21,545 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Spence Powell 13,476 63.9
Liberal Fred Howe 7,621 36.1
Labor hold Swing

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1959: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Geoff Crawford 9,789 60.7
Labor Thomas Burt 6,338 39.3
Total formal votes 16,127 99.0
Informal votes 168 1.0
Turnout 16,295 92.3
Country hold Swing

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1959: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gus Kelly 9,789 59.4
Liberal Campbell Alexander 6,686 40.6
Total formal votes 16,475 99.1
Informal votes 143 0.9
Turnout 16,618 95.7
Labor hold Swing

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1959: Blacktown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alfred Dennis 13,519 49.9
Labor Jim Southee 12,044 44.5
Democratic Labor Francis Moffitt 834 3.1
Independent Frank Finlayson 691 2.6
Total formal votes 27,088 97.7
Informal votes 625 2.3
Turnout 27,713 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alfred Dennis 14,650 54.1
Labor Jim Southee 12,438 45.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1959: Bondi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Abe Landa 10,713 50.4
Liberal Carl Jeppesen 9,660 45.4
Democratic Labor Charles Massey 881 4.2
Total formal votes 21,254 98.0
Informal votes 429 2.0
Turnout 21,683 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Abe Landa 10,889 51.2
Liberal Carl Jeppesen 10,365 48.8
Labor hold Swing

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1959: Bulli
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Rex Jackson 13,168 65.7
Liberal Donald Heggie 5,897 29.4
Communist Frederick Watson 965 4.8
Total formal votes 20,030 98.3
Informal votes 355 1.7
Turnout 20,385 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 13,940 69.6
Liberal Donald Heggie 6,090 30.4
Labor hold Swing

Burrinjuck

New South Wales state election, 1959: Burrinjuck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Sheahan 10,097 55.6
Country Allan Johnson 8,078 44.4
Total formal votes 18,175 99.3
Informal votes 131 0.7
Turnout 18,306 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1959: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ben Doig 13,413 61.6
Labor John Cunningham 8,375 38.4
Total formal votes 21,788 97.6
Informal votes 525 2.4
Turnout 22,313 92.2
Liberal hold Swing

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1959: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Stanley Stephens unopposed
Country hold Swing

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1959: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Tonge 13,353 58.6
Liberal William Dowd 9,417 41.4
Total formal votes 22,770 98.6
Informal votes 321 1.4
Turnout 23,091 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1959: Casino
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ian Robinson unopposed
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1959: Castlereagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,344 52.8
Country Calverley Brown 8,346 47.2
Total formal votes 17,690 99.0
Informal votes 172 1.0
Turnout 17,862 91.9
Labor hold Swing

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1959: Cessnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Neilly 12,740 62.4
Independent Charles Haxton 5,972 29.2
Communist David Stevenson 1,710 8.4
Total formal votes 20,422 98.3
Informal votes 350 1.7
Turnout 20,772 95.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor George Neilly 13,595 66.6
Independent Charles Haxton 6,827 33.4
Labor hold Swing

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1959: Clarence
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Weiley unopposed
Country hold Swing

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1959: Cobar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Collaroy

New South Wales state election, 1959: Collaroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Askin 17,868 71.1
Labor Erwin Eder 7,266 28.9
Total formal votes 25,134 98.4
Informal votes 402 1.6
Turnout 25,536 93.4
Liberal hold Swing

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1959: Concord
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,165 49.1
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,333 45.4
Democratic Labor Jack Kane 1,258 5.5
Total formal votes 22,756 98.3
Informal votes 400 1.7
Turnout 23,156 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,753 51.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,003 48.3
Labor hold Swing

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1959: Coogee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,309 49.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,690 46.3
Democratic Labor Allan Carter 930 4.4
Total formal votes 20,929 98.3
Informal votes 364 1.7
Turnout 21,293 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 11,027 52.7
Labor Lou Walsh 9,902 47.3
Liberal hold Swing

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1959: Cook's River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Cahill 16,111 70.9
Liberal Athol McCoy 5,507 24.2
Independent Charles Higbid 1,094 4.8
Total formal votes 22,712 98.3
Informal votes 392 1.7
Turnout 23,104 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joseph Cahill 16,931 74.5
Liberal Athol McCoy 5,781 25.5
Labor hold Swing

Cronulla

New South Wales state election, 1959: Cronulla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ian Griffith 13,085 60.6
Labor Gordon Neilson 8,498 39.4
Total formal votes 21,583 98.9
Informal votes 249 1.1
Turnout 21,832 95.5
Liberal hold Swing

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1959: Drummoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Walter Lawrence 12,170 52.2
Labor Roy Jackson 11,147 47.8
Total formal votes 23,317 98.4
Informal votes 373 1.6
Turnout 23,690 94.6
Liberal hold Swing

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1959: Dubbo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clarrie Robertson 7,216 39.6
Liberal Les Ford 5,280 29.0
Country Roderick Mack 5,105 28.0
Democratic Labor Brian Adams 610 3.4
Total formal votes 18,211 98.7
Informal votes 241 1.3
Turnout 18,452 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Les Ford 10,398 57.1
Labor Clarrie Robertson 7,813 42.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1959: Dulwich Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cliff Mallam 11,733 52.3
Liberal Joseph Hollis 9,601 42.8
Democratic Labor Owen Cahill 1,104 4.9
Total formal votes 22,438 98.4
Informal votes 372 1.6
Turnout 22,810 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cliff Mallam 11,954 53.3
Liberal Joseph Hollis 10,484 46.7
Labor hold Swing

Earlwood

New South Wales state election, 1959: Earlwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Eric Willis 13,377 58.4
Labor John Buckeridge 9,518 41.6
Total formal votes 22,895 98.8
Informal votes 274 1.2
Turnout 23,169 95.7
Liberal hold Swing

East Hills

New South Wales state election, 1959: East Hills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joe Kelly 16,578 64.7
Liberal Allan Young 6,768 26.4
Independent John Bennett 2,269 8.9
Total formal votes 25,615 98.1
Informal votes 498 1.9
Turnout 26,113 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joe Kelly 17,259 67.4
Liberal Allan Young 8,356 32.6
Labor hold Swing

Eastwood

New South Wales state election, 1959: Eastwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw 17,702 72.7
Labor William Browne 6,649 27.3
Total formal votes 24,351 98.8
Informal votes 298 1.2
Turnout 24,649 93.6
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

New South Wales state election, 1959: Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clarrie Earl 16,877 66.4
Liberal David Fairs 7,733 30.4
Communist Edwin Lipscombe 800 3.2
Total formal votes 25,410 97.5
Informal votes 657 97.5
Turnout 26,067 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Earl 17,517 68.9
Liberal David Fairs 7,893 31.1
Labor hold Swing

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1959: Georges River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,919 52.3
Labor Albert Kealman 10,989 44.5
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis 470 1.9
Independent Fitzgerald Mulholland 336 1.4
Total formal votes 24,714 98.5
Informal votes 382 1.5
Turnout 25,096 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 13,463 54.5
Labor Albert Kealman 11,251 45.5
Liberal hold Swing

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1959: Gloucester
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ray Fitzgerald 9,490 57.2
Independent Alan Borthwick 7,109 42.8
Total formal votes 16,599 98.1
Informal votes 325 1.9
Turnout 16,924 94.5
Country hold Swing

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1959: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Gosford

New South Wales state election, 1959: Gosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harold Jackson 11,999 60.8
Labor Reginald Smith 7,746 39.2
Total formal votes 19,745 98.7
Informal votes 268 1.3
Turnout 20,013 93.9
Liberal hold Swing

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1959: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Laurie Tully 8,135 49.9
Liberal William Bladwell 7,105 43.5
Democratic Labor Charles O'Brien 1,073 6.6
Total formal votes 16,313 99.1
Informal votes 142 0.9
Turnout 16,455 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Tully 8,468 51.9
Liberal William Bladwell 7,845 48.1
Labor hold Swing

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1959: Granville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Lamb 15,273 67.9
Liberal Robert Leech 6,080 27.0
Communist Harold Ewer 1,137 5.1
Total formal votes 22,490 97.9
Informal votes 473 2.1
Turnout 22,963 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Lamb 16,183 72.0
Liberal Robert Leech 6,307 28.0
Labor hold Swing

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert McCartney 9,937 55.5
Liberal Brian O'Loughlin 6,024 33.7
Democratic Labor John Daley 1,937 10.8
Total formal votes 17,898 98.1
Informal votes 339 1.9
Turnout 18,237 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert McCartney 10,324 57.7
Liberal Brian O'Loughlin 7,574 42.3
Labor hold Swing

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hartley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Robson 13,963 87.9
Communist Peter Carroll 1,931 12.1
Total formal votes 15,894 92.0
Informal votes 1,378 8.0
Turnout 17,272 94.9
Labor hold Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hawkesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bernie Deane 11,371 57.7
Labor Kevin Dwyer 8,338 42.3
Total formal votes 19,709 98.8
Informal votes 240 1.2
Turnout 19,949 93.2
Liberal hold Swing

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hornsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sydney Storey 16,234 66.7
Labor Arthur Evans 8,087 33.3
Total formal votes 24,321 98.2
Informal votes 447 1.8
Turnout 24,768 92.4
Liberal hold Swing

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hurstville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Hedley Mallard 9,359 38.0
Labor Bill Rigby 7,680 31.2
Independent Clive Evatt 7,193 29.2
Independent Edward Merryfull 378 1.5
Total formal votes 24,610 98.5
Informal votes 378 1.5
Turnout 24,988 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Rigby 13,244 53.8
Liberal Hedley Mallard 11,366 46.2
Labor hold Swing

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1959: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Howard Fowles 14,503 69.0
Independent James Casey 4,463 21.2
Communist David Bowen 2,056 9.8
Total formal votes 21,022 96.5
Informal votes 765 3.5
Turnout 21,787 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Howard Fowles 15,531 73.9
Independent James Casey 5,491 26.1
Labor hold Swing

Kahibah

New South Wales state election, 1959: Kahibah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Stewart 11,908 63.7
Liberal Eric Cupit 6,790 36.3
Total formal votes 18,698 98.4
Informal votes 311 1.6
Turnout 19,009 95.5
Labor gain from Independent Swing

King

New South Wales state election, 1959: King
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Sloss 13,105 65.1
Liberal Adrian Cook 5,539 27.5
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,482 7.4
Total formal votes 20,126 97.0
Informal votes 629 3.0
Turnout 20,755 90.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Albert Sloss 14,291 71.0
Liberal Adrian Cook 5,835 29.0
Labor hold Swing

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1959: Kogarah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,079 53.3
Liberal Jeffrey Skehan 9,816 43.3
Democratic Labor Thomas Brosnan 404 1.8
Communist Leslie McPhillips 357 1.6
Total formal votes 22,656 98.6
Informal votes 329 1.4
Turnout 22,985 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,446 54.9
Liberal Jeffrey Skehan 10,210 45.1
Labor hold Swing

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1959: Kurri Kurri
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Booth 18,147 89.9
Communist Charles Dumbrell 2,042 10.1
Total formal votes 20,189 96.8
Informal votes 675 3.2
Turnout 20,864 95.3
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1959 New South Wales state election". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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