New South Wales state election, 1930

New South Wales state election, 1930

25 October 1930

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.   First party Second party   Leader Jack Lang Thomas Bavin Party Labor Nationalist/Country coalition Leader since 31 July 1923 24 September 1925 Leader's seat Auburn Gordon Last election 40 seats 46 seats Seats won 55 seats 35 seats Seat change 15 11 Percentage 55.1% 40.0% Swing 12.1 7.3

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election Thomas Bavin Nationalist/Country coalition Elected Premier Jack Lang Labor

The 1930 New South Wales state election was held on 25 October 1930. The election was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. The election occurred at the height of the Great Depression and was a landslide victory for the expansionary monetary policies of Jack Lang.

As a result of the election, the Nationalist/Country Party coalition government of Thomas Bavin and Ernest Buttenshaw was defeated and the Labor party, led by Jack Lang, formed government with a parliamentary majority of 20. The Parliament first met on 25 November 1930, and had a maximum term of 3 years. However it was dissolved after only 18 months on 18 May 1932 when the Governor, Sir Philip Game dismissed the Premier Jack Lang and commissioned Bertram Stevens to form a caretaker government. Thomas Bavin was the Leader of the Opposition until 5 April 1932 when he was replaced by Bertram Stevens. Michael Bruxner replaced Buttenshaw as leader of the Country Party in early 1932.

Results

New South Wales state election, 25 October 1930 Legislative Assembly << 1927 — 1932 >>
Enrolled voters		1,428,648^[1]
Votes cast		1,325,945		Turnout	94.94	+12.4
Informal votes		30,478		Informal	2.25	+0.94
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	729,914	55.05	+12.05	55	+15
	Nationalist	404,405	30.50	–7.98	23	–10
	Country	126,779	9.56	+0.67	12	–1
	Australian	27,493	2.07	+2.07	0	±0
	Communist	10,445	0.79	+0.79	0	±0
	Independent Labor	7,186	0.54	–2.30	0	–2
	Independent Country	3,298	0.25	–0.13	0	±0
	Ind. Nationalist	977	0.07	–2.58	0	–2
	Independents	15,448	1.17	–1.95	0	±0
Total		1,325,945			90

¹ There were 1,440,785 enrolled voters, but 12,137 were enrolled in the Country-held seat of Byron, which was uncontested.

References

• "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
• Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
• Nairn, Bede (1995)Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949

Melbourne University Press Melbourne ISBN 0-522-84700-5 OCLC 34416531

See also

• Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1930
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1930–1932