Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election

Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in February 1953

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 New South Wales state election.

New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953 Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
Enrolled voters		1,953,953^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Votes cast		1,548,877		Turnout	93.86	+1.11
Informal votes		39,416		Informal	2.48	+0.71
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	852,276	55.03	+8.28	57	+11
	Liberal	432,739	27.94	−9.57	22	−7
	Country	179,680	11.60	+2.63	14	−3
	Independent	38,822	2.51	+0.20	0	−
	Communist	21,421	1.38	+0.54	0	−
	Independent Labor	16,533	1.07	−0.58	1	− 1
	Lang Labor	7,046	0.48	−0.74	0	−
Total		1,588,293			94

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[2] There were 1,692,231 enrolled voters in 81 contested electorates and 261,722 were enrolled in 13 uncontested electorates (9 Labor, 3 Liberal and 1 Country ).^[1]

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Green, Antony. "1953 Concord". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Monaro". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Tamworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Temora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Tenterfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Vaucluse". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Wagga Wagga". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Waratah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Waverley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Willoughby". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Wollondilly". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 WollongongKembla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Green, Antony. "1953 Woollahra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Doug Padman	9,644	51.8
	Labor	Frank Finnan	8,988	48.2
Total formal votes			18,632	98.9
Informal votes			208	1.1
Turnout			18,840	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jim Cahill	8,595	50.04
	Country	Davis Hughes	8,582	49.96
Total formal votes			17,177	98.6
Informal votes			240	1.4
Turnout			17,417	95.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Murden	10,753	50.3
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,631	49.7
Total formal votes			21,384	98.4
Informal votes			354	1.6
Turnout			21,738	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	12,095	62.0
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	7,406	38.0
Total formal votes			19,501	96.1
Informal votes			786	3.9
Turnout			20,287	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McMahon	17,887	79.1
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,267	14.5
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,459	6.4
Total formal votes			22,613	96.2
Informal votes			892	3.8
Turnout			23,505	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	18,617	82.3
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,996	17.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Spence Powell	16,726	89.4
	Communist	Claude Jones	1,981	10.6
Total formal votes			18,707	92.5
Informal votes			1,517	7.5
Turnout			20,224	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Geoff Crawford	8,274	53.8
	Labor	Gerard McInerney	7,118	46.2
Total formal votes			15,392	98.5
Informal votes			234	1.5
Turnout			15,626	93.0
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Freeman	14,424	61.2
	Liberal	George Walker	8,391	35.6
	Communist	Melville McCalman	756	3.2
Total formal votes			23,571	98.0
Informal votes			477	2.0
Turnout			24,048	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Freeman	15,088	64.0
	Liberal	George Walker	8,486	36.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Abe Landa	12,904	59.6
	Liberal	Leslie Fingleton	8,757	40.4
Total formal votes			21,661	98.0
Informal votes			446	2.0
Turnout			22,107	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	14,480	87.9
	Communist	Sara Phipps	1,994	12.1
Total formal votes			16,474	94.0
Informal votes			1,054	6.0
Turnout			17,528	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	10,809	59.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	5,812	32.0
	Independent	Barney Morton	1,212	6.7
	Independent	John Cusack	337	1.9
Total formal votes			18,170	98.9
Informal votes			205	1.1
Turnout			18,375	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	11,538	63.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	6,632	36.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	12,411	57.1
	Labor	William Weiss	9,311	42.9
Total formal votes			21,722	98.7
Informal votes			278	1.3
Turnout			22,000	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,025	66.5
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,146	29.1
	Communist	Roy Boyd	912	4.3
Total formal votes			21,083	98.1
Informal votes			418	1.9
Turnout			21,501	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,758	70.0
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,325	30.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William Young	5,199	36.7
	Country	Ian Robinson	4,547	32.1
	Country	John Reid	3,152	22.2
	Country	William Cooke	1,275	9.0
Total formal votes			14,173	98.3
Informal votes			249	1.7
Turnout			14,422	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ian Robinson	8,560	60.4
	Labor	William Young	5,613	39.6
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,147	62.8
	Country	Keith Sullivan	6,023	37.2
Total formal votes			16,170	98.7
Informal votes			220	1.3
Turnout			16,390	90.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1953 New South Wales state election: East Hills ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Williams	16,018	69.9
	Liberal	Armand Macquart	6,891	30.1
Total formal votes			22,909	97.9
Informal votes			489	2.1
Turnout			23,398	94.0
	Labor notional hold		Swing	N/A ^[33]

1953 New South Wales state election: Fairfield ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,322	91.3
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	1,642	8.7
Total formal votes			18,964	90.3
Informal votes			2,030	9.7
Turnout			20,994	93.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	N/A ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John Crook	15,145	85.6
	Communist	John Tapp	2,557	14.4
Total formal votes			17,702	95.1
Informal votes			908	4.9
Turnout			18,610	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,672	66.3
	Labor	George Russell	5,269	30.0
	Communist	Kenneth Harding	650	3.7
Total formal votes			17,591	97.9
Informal votes			378	2.1
Turnout			17,969	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,962	68.0
	Labor	George Russell	5,629	32.0
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Askin	12,722	63.3
	Labor	Evelyn Barron	7,360	36.7
Total formal votes			20,082	98.0
Informal votes			414	2.0
Turnout			20,496	92.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,661	54.7
	Liberal	John Adamson	9,673	45.3
Total formal votes			21,334	98.1
Informal votes			421	1.9
Turnout			21,755	94.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Lou Walsh	11,099	53.2
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	9,776	46.8
Total formal votes			20,875	98.2
Informal votes			386	1.8
Turnout			21,261	93.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	David Hunter	10,844	54.9
	Labor	Kenneth Guthrie	8,924	45.1
Total formal votes			19,768	98.3
Informal votes			337	1.7
Turnout			20,105	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Roy Jackson	11,551	52.1
	Liberal	Robert Dewley	10,622	47.9
Total formal votes			22,173	98.0
Informal votes			443	2.0
Turnout			22,616	95.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,831	52.0
	Country	Robert Medcalf	8,140	48.0
Total formal votes			16,971	98.2
Informal votes			302	1.8
Turnout			17,273	94.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Weir	13,626	62.4
	Liberal	Basil Mottershead	8,196	37.6
Total formal votes			21,822	97.9
Informal votes			461	2.1
Turnout			22,283	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,844	50.3
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	11,691	49.7
Total formal votes			23,535	98.3
Informal votes			401	1.7
Turnout			23,936	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election

Results by electoral district

Albury

Armidale

Ashfield

Auburn

Balmain

Bankstown

Barwon

Bathurst

Blacktown

Bondi

Bulli

Burrinjuck

Burwood

Byron

Canterbury

Casino

Castlereagh

Cessnock

Clarence

Cobar

Collaroy

Concord

Coogee

Cook's River

Croydon

Drummoyne

Dubbo

Dulwich Hill

Earlwood

East Hills

Eastwood

Fairfield

Georges River

Gloucester

Gordon

Gosford

Goulburn

Granville

Hamilton

Hartley

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

Kahibah

King

Kogarah

Kurri Kurri

Lake Macquarie

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Leichhardt

Lismore

Liverpool

Liverpool Plains

Maitland

Manly

Maroubra

Marrickville

Monaro

Mosman

Mudgee

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Nepean

Neutral Bay

Newcastle

North Sydney

Orange

Oxley

Paddington

Parramatta

Phillip

Raleigh

Randwick

Redfern

Rockdale

Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	12,757	59.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	5,525	25.6
	Independent	Francis Collings	3,335	15.4
Total formal votes			21,617	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,957	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	15,132	70.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	6,485	30.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Frank O'Neill	12,310	58.6
	Liberal	Samuel Warren	8,711	41.4
Total formal votes			21,021	98.0
Informal votes			428	2.0
Turnout			21,449	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,696	63.0
	Labor	Percy Randle	5,694	37.0
Total formal votes			15,390	98.2
Informal votes			276	1.8
Turnout			15,666	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	9,576	54.0
	Labor	Rupert Wallace	8,160	46.0
Total formal votes			17,736	98.0
Informal votes			359	2.0
Turnout			18,095	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	10,155	62.6
	Liberal	Pat Osborne	6,069	37.4
Total formal votes			16,224	98.2
Informal votes			290	1.8
Turnout			16,514	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	18,364	92.9
	Communist	Albert Williams	1,415	7.1
Total formal votes			19,779	92.0
Informal votes			1,729	8.0
Turnout			21,508	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Campbell	10,884	64.2
	Liberal	John Milne	6,063	35.8
Total formal votes			16,947	98.1
Informal votes			327	1.9
Turnout			17,274	94.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,815	57.2
	Labor	James Punch	5,443	31.7
	Communist	John King	1,901	11.1
Total formal votes			17,159	96.5
Informal votes			625	3.5
Turnout			17,784	95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	10,765	62.7
	Labor	James Punch	6,394	37.3
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	9,149	57.2
	Labor	John Egan	6,848	42.8
Total formal votes			15,997	98.2
Informal votes			293	1.8
Turnout			16,290	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	12,744	60.5
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	6,868	32.6
	Independent	Victor Taylor	1,438	6.8
Total formal votes			21,050	97.8
Informal votes			465	2.2
Turnout			21,515	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	13,463	63.9
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	7,587	36.1
	Liberal hold		Swing