Results_of_the_1944_New_South_Wales_state_election

Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1944

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1944 New South Wales state election.^[1]^[2]

New South Wales state election, 27 May 1944 ^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1941–1947 >>
Enrolled voters		1,732,706 ^{[lower-alpha 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	239,610	18.91	+1.38 ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	12	−2 ^{[lower-alpha 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	30,532	2.41	−0.84 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	4	−1 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
	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

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[2] There were 1,433,166 enrolled voters in 74 contested electorates and 299,540 were enrolled in 16 uncontested electorates (13 Labor, 1 Democrat, 1 Country and 1 Independent).^[1]

[democratic-3] Compared to United Australia Party at 1941 election

[ind_democrat-4] Compared to Independent UAP at 1941 election

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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

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

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

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

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

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
	Member changed to Lang Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
	Member changed to Democratic from Ind. United Australia		Swing	N/A

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

1944 New South Wales state election: Cobar ^[24]
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

1944 New South Wales state election: Concord ^[25]
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

1944 New South Wales state election: Corowa ^[28]
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

1944 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[31]
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry Turner	15,076	71.6
	Liberal Democratic	Kenneth Lorimer	5,972	28.4
Total formal votes			21,048	97.0
Informal votes			658	3.0
Turnout			21,706	92.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

Results_of_the_1944_New_South_Wales_state_election

Results by electoral district

Albury

Annandale

Armidale

Ashburnham

Ashfield

Auburn

Balmain

Bankstown

Barwon

Bathurst

Blacktown

Bondi

Botany

Bulli

Burwood

Byron

Canterbury

Casino

Castlereagh

Cessnock

Clarence

Cobar

Concord

Coogee

Cook's River

Corowa

Croydon

Drummoyne

Dubbo

Dulwich Hill

Georges River

Gloucester

Gordon

Goulburn

Granville

Hamilton

Hartley

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

King

Kogarah

Kurri Kurri

Lachlan

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Leichhardt

Lismore

Liverpool Plains

Maitland

Manly

Marrickville

Monaro

Mosman

Mudgee

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Namoi

Nepean

Neutral Bay

Newcastle

Newtown

North Sydney

Orange

Oxley

Paddington

Parramatta

Phillip

Raleigh

Randwick

Redfern

Rockdale

Ryde

South Coast

Sturt

Tamworth

Temora

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Chanter	7,525	73.0	+26.9
	Independent Labor	Joseph Sligar	2,780	27.0	+27.0
Total formal votes			10,305	93.5	-5.2
Informal votes			719	6.5	+5.2
Turnout			11,024	89.2	-2.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Stanley	9,281	42.1	-29.0
	Communist	Adam Ogston	4,668	21.3	+21.3
	Democratic	William Crook	4,200	19.2	+19.2
	Lang Labor	Henry Mulcahy	3,798	17.4	+17.4
Total formal votes			21,884	97.3	+1.5
Informal votes			600	2.7	-1.5
Turnout			22,484	93.5	-0.4
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Fred Stanley	11,857	54.2
	Communist	Adam Ogston	5,337	24.4
	Democratic	William Crook	4,690	21.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A