New South Wales state election, 1922

New South Wales state election, 1922
New South Wales
25 March 1922 (1922-03-25)

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  First party Second party
 
Leader George Fuller James Dooley
Party Nationalist Labor
Leader since 14 April 1920 5 October 1921
Leader's seat Wollondilly Hartley
Last election 28 seats 43 seats
Seats won 41 seats 36 seats
Seat change Increase13 Decrease7
Percentage 42.08% 38.37%
Swing Decrease6.96 Increase7.62

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

James Dooley
Labor

Elected Premier

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

The 1922 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 1922. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 26th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies with compulsory preferential single transferable vote using the Hare Clark system). The 25th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 17 February 1922 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier James Dooley.

Key dates

Date Event
17 February 1922 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
25 February 1922 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
25 March 1922 Polling day.
19 April 1922 Writs returned.
26 April 1922 Opening of 25th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 25 March 1922
Legislative Assembly
<< 1920 1925 >>

Enrolled voters 1,251,023
Votes cast 254,256 Turnout 20.32 +6.60
Informal votes 31,771 Informal 12.50 −27.20
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 93,621 42.08 +12.46 41 +13
  Labor 85,361 38.37 −4.66 36 −7
  Progressive 29,863 13.42 −3.52 9 −6
  Independent 7,503 3.37 −1.24 2 +1
  Democratic 2,871 1.29 −0.55 1 +1
  Independent Coalitionist 1,145 0.51 +0.51 1 +1
  All others 2,123 0.17 −2.56 0 0
Total 222,485     90  

References

See also

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