1932_New_South_Wales_state_election

1932 New South Wales state election

1932 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in June 1932

The 1932 New South Wales state election was held on 11 June 1932. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 30th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. It was a landslide victory for the UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens, which had a majority of 42 in the Assembly.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority, Registered ...
UAP advertisement published in The Bulletin a few weeks before the election

The 29th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 May 1932 after the Governor, Sir Philip Game dismissed the Premier Jack Lang (see the crisis of 1931–32)[4] and commissioned Bertram Stevens to form a caretaker government.[5] Lang's government had a majority of 20 at the time of the dismissal. In this election, the Australian Labor Party (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party, which had separated in 1931 (see Lang Labor), endorsed separate candidates. The ALP (Federal) had candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. The parties were re-united in 1936. The campaign was marked by mass Labor Party public meetings including, allegedly, the largest public meeting in Australian history when Lang addressed 200,000 people at Moore Park on 5 June.

Key dates

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Results

Main article: Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 11 June 1932
Legislative Assembly
<< 1930–1935 >>

Enrolled voters 1,418,141[lower-alpha 1]
Votes cast 1,336,827 Turnout 96.40 –1.46
Informal votes 30,260 Informal 2.21 –0.04
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Labor (NSW) 536,897 40.16 –14.89 24 –31
  United Australia 491,124 36.74 +6.24 [lower-alpha 2] 41 +18
  Country 175,862 13.16 +3.60 23 +11
  Federal Labor 56,641 4.24 +4.24 0 ±0
  Country–UAP (joint endorsement) 23,020 1.72 +1.72 2 +2
  Communist 12,351 0.92 +0.13 0 ±0
  Independent Country 9,696 0.73 +0.48 0 ±0
  Ind. United Australia 9,088 0.68 +0.61 [lower-alpha 2] 0 ±0
  All for Australia 3,806 0.28 +0.28 0 ±0
  Independent Labor 1,915 0.14 –0.40 0 ±0
  Women's Candidate 704 0.05 +0.05 0 ±0
  Independents 15,723 1.18 +0.01 0 ±0
Total 1,336,827     90  
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Changing seats

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See also

Notes

  1. Of the 1,465,008 enrolled voters, 46,867 were enrolled in three electorates that were uncontested at the election (one UAP-held and two Country-held).[1]
  2. The swing figures for the United Australia Party (and independent UAP candidates) are calculated using the Nationalist Party's figures at the previous election.
  3. Bill Ratcliffe retired.
  4. Nationalist Richard Ball joined Country.
  5. William Cameron (Nationalist) died and Malcolm Brown (Independent Country) won the resulting by-election, standing as a Country candidate at this election.

References

  1. [1]
    Green, Antony. "1932 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. [4]
    Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  5. [5]
    Ward, John M. "Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale (1889–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

Bibliography

  • Nairn, Bede (1995). Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891–1949. Melbourne University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0522846963. OCLC 34416531.
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