Electoral results for the Division of West Sydney

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of West Sydney in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until its abolition in 1969.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Billy Hughes Labor 1901—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1917
  Con Wallace Labor 1917—1919
  T. J. Ryan Labor 1919—1921
  William Lambert Labor 1921—1928
  Jack Beasley Labor 1928—1931
  Labor (NSW) 1931—1936
  Labor 1936—1940
  Labor (Non-Communist) 1940—1941
  Labor 1941—1946
  William O'Connor Labor 1946—1949
  Dan Minogue Labor 1949—1969

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1966: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 15,823 61.8 -13.5
Liberal Albert Curtin 6,908 27.0 +27.0
Democratic Labor Denise Clancy 1,770 6.9 -11.1
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,115 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 25,616 94.1
Informal votes 1,593 5.9
Turnout 27,209 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 66.9 -11.2
Liberal Albert Curtin 33.1 +33.1
Labor hold Swing -11.2
Australian federal election, 1963: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 22,051 74.3 +3.9
Democratic Labor William Doherty 5,352 18.0 +8.6
Independent Maurice Law 1,464 4.9 +4.9
New Guinea Charles Kilduff 813 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 29,680 95.6
Informal votes 1,371 4.4
Turnout 31,051 89.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 78.1 +7.7
Democratic Labor William Doherty 21.9 +21.9
Labor hold Swing +7.7
Australian federal election, 1961: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,937 70.4 +4.7
Liberal Milovan Kovjanic 4,555 14.6 -4.4
Democratic Labor William Doherty 2,927 9.4 -1.5
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,746 5.6 +1.3
Total formal votes 31,165 95.5
Informal votes 1,477 4.5
Turnout 32,642 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 76.5 +4.9
Liberal Milovan Kovjanic 24.5 -4.9
Labor hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 22,610 65.7 -8.0
Liberal Adrian Cook 6,535 19.0 -1.2
Democratic Labor Allan Charlesworth 3,763 10.9 +10.9
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,489 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 34,397 94.8
Informal votes 1,892 5.2
Turnout 36,289 90.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 71.6 -7.7
Liberal Adrian Cook 28.4 +7.7
Labor hold Swing -7.7
Australian federal election, 1955: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 28,309 73.7 -1.1
Liberal Frank Weaver 7,751 20.2 +1.1
Communist Lance Sharkey 2,364 6.2 +0.1
Total formal votes 38,424 95.4
Informal votes 1,853 4.6
Turnout 40,277 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 79.3 -1.0
Liberal Frank Waver 20.7 +1.0
Labor hold Swing -1.0
Australian federal election, 1954: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,226 72.5 +9.1
Independent Anthony Micallef 6,264 21.4 +21.4
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,776 6.1 -4.3
Total formal votes 29,266 95.3
Informal votes 1,432 4.7
Turnout 30,698 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 78.0 +3.4
Independent Anthony Micallef 22.0 -3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4
Australian federal election, 1951: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 21,123 63.4 +13.6
Liberal Basil Mottershead 8,203 24.6 +4.3
Communist Jack Miles 3,483 10.4 +5.4
Independent Labor Clare Peters 528 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 33,337 96.2
Informal votes 1,300 3.8
Turnout 34,637 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 74.6 +18.9
Liberal Basil Mottershead 25.4 +25.4
Labor hold Swing +18.9

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Dan Minogue 17,732 49.8 -18.2
Lang Labor Horace Foley 8,872 24.9 +16.6
Liberal Basil Mottershead 7,235 20.3 +1.2
Communist Stan Moran 1,786 5.0 +0.4
Total formal votes 35,625 96.8
Informal votes 1,168 3.2
Turnout 36,793 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Minogue 55.7 -21.7
Lang Labor Horace Foley 44.3 +21.7
Labor hold Swing -21.7
Australian federal election, 1946: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Connor 29,417 56.6 -13.1
Lang Labor Thomas Ryan 7,671 14.8 +14.8
Liberal John Mant 6,300 12.1 +12.1
Communist Stan Moran 4,380 8.4 +8.4
Protestant People Ronald Sarina 2,162 4.2 +4.2
Independent Malinda Ivey 2,063 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 51,993 94.8
Informal votes 2,829 5.2
Turnout 54,822 91.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William O'Connor 77.4 -1.8
Lang Labor Thomas Ryan 22.6 +22.6
Labor hold Swing -1.8
Australian federal election, 1943: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Beasley 34,404 69.7 +47.7
State Labor Horace Foley 9,166 18.6 +14.5
One Parliament Eddington Sherwood 4,481 9.1 +9.1
Independent Malinda Ivey 957 1.9 +1.9
Soldiers Labor William McCristal 352 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 49,360 96.6
Informal votes 1,748 3.4
Turnout 51,108 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Beasley 79.2 +43.5
State Labor Horace Foley 20.8 +20.8
Labor gain from Labor (N-C) Swing +43.5
Australian federal election, 1940: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (N-C) Jack Beasley 30,570 62.8 +62.8
Labor Henry Mulcahy 10,714 22.0 -78.0
Independent Malinda Ivey 2,937 6.0 +6.0
Independent Stan Moran 2,470 5.1 +5.1
State Labor Peter Burke 1,983 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 48,674 94.9
Informal votes 2,610 5.1
Turnout 51,284 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (N-C) Jack Beasley 64.3 +64.3
Labor Henry Mulcahy 35.7 -64.3
Labor (N-C) gain from Labor Swing +64.3

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Beasley unopposed
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) Swing
Australian federal election, 1934: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 32,283 63.5 +7.9
United Australia Henry Wood 11,160 22.0 -0.9
Labor Clarrie Campbell 3,398 6.7 -13.0
Social Credit Frederick Taylor 2,529 5.0 +5.0
Communist Robert Brechin 1,460 2.9 +1.7
Total formal votes 50,830 95.2
Informal votes 2,571 4.8
Turnout 53,401 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 73.7 +1.9
United Australia Henry Wood 26.3 -1.9
Labor (NSW) hold Swing +1.9
Australian federal election, 1931: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 19,768 63.9 +63.9
United Australia Arthur Butterell 6,579 21.3 +7.8
Labor James Donaldson 4,596 14.9 -71.6
Total formal votes 30,943 95.8
Informal votes 1,372 4.2
Turnout 32,315 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor (NSW) Jack Beasley 75.1 +75.1
United Australia Arthur Butterell 24.9 +11.4
Labor (NSW) gain from Labor Swing +11.4

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Beasley 28,121 86.5 +4.8
Nationalist Lindsay Thompson 4,404 13.5 -4.8
Total formal votes 32,525 97.1
Informal votes 973 2.9
Turnout 33,498 94.2
Labor hold Swing +4.8
Australian federal election, 1928: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Beasley 25,286 81.7 +7.7
Nationalist Alfred Benjamin 5,649 18.3 -7.7
Total formal votes 30,935 94.1
Informal votes 1,930 5.9
Turnout 32,865 91.4
Labor hold Swing +7.7
Australian federal election, 1925: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lambert 24,604 74.0 +0.1
Nationalist Lindsay Thompson 8,634 26.0 +26.0
Total formal votes 33,238 97.4
Informal votes 885 2.6
Turnout 34,123 87.0
Labor hold Swing -1.4
Australian federal election, 1922: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lambert 13,359 73.9 -3.8
Protestant Labor Thomas Bryde 3,631 20.1 +20.1
Majority Labor Arthur O'Donnell 1,077 6.0 +6.0
Total formal votes 18,067 94.3
Informal votes 1,102 5.7
Turnout 19,169 47.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Lambert 75.4 -2.3
Independent Labor Thomas Bryde 24.6 +24.6
Labor hold Swing -2.3
West Sydney by-election, 1921
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Lambert 7,857 57.3 -14.9
Nationalist Alfred Henry 5,237 38.2 +10.4
Independent Labor William McCristal 430 3.1 +3.1
Taxpayers' Association John Powell 186 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 13,710 95.8
Informal votes 606 4.2
Turnout 14,316 45.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Lambert 59.6 -12.6
Nationalist Alfred Henry 40.4 +12.6
Labor hold Swing -12.6

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Ryan 14,234 72.2 +5.7
Nationalist Richard Sleath 5,488 27.8 -5.7
Total formal votes 19,722 96.4
Informal votes 738 3.6
Turnout 20,460 66.7
Labor hold Swing +5.7
Australian federal election, 1917: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Con Wallace 14,664 66.5 -8.8
Nationalist Gideon Gillespie 7,389 33.5 +8.8
Total formal votes 22,053 96.8
Informal votes 739 3.2
Turnout 22,792 63.4
Labor hold Swing -8.8
Australian federal election, 1914: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Hughes 15,774 75.3 +4.0
Liberal Walter Finch 5,187 24.7 -4.0
Total formal votes 20,961 96.6
Informal votes 731 3.4
Turnout 21,692 54.8
Labor hold Swing +4.0
Australian federal election, 1913: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Hughes 17,658 71.3 -0.0
Liberal John Sutton 7,119 28.7 +2.9
Total formal votes 24,777 94.6
Informal votes 1,406 5.4
Turnout 26,183 64.6
Labor hold Swing -1.5
Australian federal election, 1910: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 13,000 69.8 +14.3
Liberal Stanley Cole 4,986 26.8 -17.7
Socialist Harry Holland 628 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 18,614 98.2
Informal votes 341 1.8
Turnout 18,955 60.7
Labour hold Swing +16.0

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,561 55.5 -14.4
Anti-Socialist James Burns 6,056 44.5 +14.4
Total formal votes 13,617 96.7
Informal votes 469 3.3
Turnout 14,086 50.1
Labour hold Swing -14.4
Australian federal election, 1903: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 7,272 69.9 -3.7
Free Trade Edward Warren 3,129 30.1 +30.1
Total formal votes 10,403 96.2
Informal votes 406 3.8
Turnout 10,809 41.9
Labour hold Swing -5.5
Australian federal election, 1901: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Billy Hughes 6,652 73.7 +73.7
Protectionist James Beer 2,062 22.9 +22.9
Ind. Protectionist James Hanrahan 307 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 9,021 97.0
Informal votes 279 3.0
Turnout 9,300 63.4
Labour win (new division)

References

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