Results of the New South Wales state election, 1950 (L-Z)

New South Wales state election, 17 June 1950
Legislative Assembly
<< 1947 — 1953 >>

Enrolled voters 1,919,479[1]
Votes cast 1,611,349 Turnout 92.75 −1,86
Informal votes 28,964 Informal 1.77 −0.22
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 753,268 46.75 + 0.8 46 −2
  Liberal 604,428 37.51 +7.9 29 +11
  Country 144,573 8.97 −1.2 17 +2
  Independent 37,229 2.31 −3.61 0 −2
  Independent Labor 26,596 1.65 +0.77 2 −2
  Lang Labor 19,683 1.22 −2.85 0 −2
  Communist 13,589 0.84 −0.87 0 0
  All others 11,983 0.74 −0.89 0 −1
Total 1,611,349     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1950 for districts from L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1950: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Simpson 12,805 71.3
Liberal John Wilkins 5,154 28.7
Total formal votes 17,959 97.9
Informal votes 377 2.1
Turnout 18,336 93.6
Labor hold Swing

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1950: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Wyatt 6,527 33.3
Liberal Samuel Warren 6,353 32.4
Independent Labor Fred Stanley 6,032 30.8
Communist Roy Boyd 678 3.5
Total formal votes 19,590 97.8
Informal votes 443 2.2
Turnout 20,033 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Wyatt 11,139 56.9
Liberal Samuel Warren 8,451 43.1
Labor hold Swing

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1950: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken McCaw 15,470 70.7
Labor Hugh Milne 6,425 29.3
Total formal votes 21,895 98.7
Informal votes 294 1.3
Turnout 22,189 92.2
Liberal hold Swing

Leichhardt

New South Wales state election, 1950: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Matthews 13,395 68.3
Liberal Charles Shields 5,190 26.5
Independent Arthur Doughty 1,016 5.2
Total formal votes 19,601 97.8
Informal votes 440 2.2
Turnout 20,041 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Claude Matthews 70.0
Liberal Charles Shields 30.0
Labor hold Swing

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1950: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country William Frith 10,631 70.4
Labor Francis Fredericks 4,467 29.6
Total formal votes 15,098 97.6
Informal votes 375 2.4
Turnout 15,473 92.4
Country hold Swing

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1950: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James McGirr 12,381 62.4
Liberal Bernard Fitzpatrick 6,935 34.9
Communist Dominic Syme 527 2.7
Total formal votes 19,843 98.0
Informal votes 401 2.0
Turnout 20,244 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James McGirr 64.0
Liberal Bernard Fitzpatrick 36.0
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

New South Wales state election, 1950: Liverpool Plains
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 7,851 51.8
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,791 31.6
Liberal Keith Mitchell 2,522 16.6
Total formal votes 15,164 99.0
Informal votes 147 1.0
Turnout 15,311 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 54.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 46.0
Labor hold Swing

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1950: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Howarth 8,653 62.1
Labor Kevin Barlow 5,274 37.9
Total formal votes 13,927 98.7
Informal votes 187 1.3
Turnout 14,114 86.1
Liberal hold Swing

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1950: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Darby 13,985 74.5
Independent Liberal Charles Scharkie 4,779 25.5
Total formal votes 18,764 96.4
Informal votes 700 3.6
Turnout 19,464 92.6
Liberal hold Swing

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1950: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron 13,329 63.9
Liberal Philip Goldman 7,521 36.1
Total formal votes 20,850 98.1
Informal votes 394 1.9
Turnout 21,244 92.5
Labor hold Swing

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1950: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Lazzarini 13,734 68.4
Liberal Basil Mottershead 6,347 31.6
Total formal votes 20,081 98.6
Informal votes 289 1.4
Turnout 20,370 93.1
Labor hold Swing

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1950: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor John Seiffert 7,579 57.2
Liberal William Keys 5,675 42.8
Total formal votes 13,254 99.2
Informal votes 111 0.8
Turnout 13,365 93.4
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1950: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Morton 14,912 77.3
Labor Allan Matthews 4,384 22.7
Total formal votes 19,296 98.7
Informal votes 262 1.3
Turnout 19,558 91.7
Liberal hold Swing

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1950: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Breen 7,128 45.9
Country Frederick Cooke 4,381 28.2
Liberal Norman Horne 4,019 25.9
Total formal votes 15,528 98.9
Informal votes 175 1.1
Turnout 15,703 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Frederick Cooke 8,122 52.3
Labor John Breen 7,406 47.7
Country gain from Labor Swing

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1950: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joe Lawson 6,067 36.7
Labor James Flood 5,245 31.7
Country Ebenezer Kendell 5,222 31.6
Total formal votes 16,534 99.1
Informal votes 143 0.9
Turnout 16,677 91.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Joe Lawson 10,739 64.9
Labor James Flood 5,795 35.1
Country hold Swing

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1950: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Enticknap 9,334 55.5
Country Alfred Yeo 4,386 26.1
Liberal John Oag 3,108 18.5
Total formal votes 16,828 98.8
Informal votes 209 1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Enticknap 57.4
Country Alfred Yeo 42.6
Labor hold Swing

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1950: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 7,342 52.9
Independent Allan Taylor 6,523 47.1
Total formal votes 13,865 96.8
Informal votes 459 3.2
Turnout 14,324 91.9
Liberal hold Swing

Neutral Bay

New South Wales state election, 1950: Neutral Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Black 13,791 72.8
Labor Frank McCullum 5,161 27.2
Total formal votes 18,952 98.6
Informal votes 264 1.4
Turnout 19,216 91.2
Liberal hold Swing

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1950: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hawkins 12,240 68.6
Liberal Eric Cupit 4,916 27.5
Communist Laurie Aarons 694 3.9
Total formal votes 17,850 98.8
Informal votes 214 1.2
Turnout 18,064 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 70.0
Liberal Eric Cupit 30.0
Labor hold Swing

Newtown-Annandale

New South Wales state election, 1950: Newtown-Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Greenup 11,990 56.1
Lang Labor Lilian Fowler 8,555 40.0
Communist Daisy Lewin 836 3.9
Total formal votes 21,381 96.6
Informal votes 750 3.4
Turnout 22,131 93.5
Labor gain from Lang Labor Swing

North Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1950: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bjarne Halvorsen 8,367 41.6
Independent Labor James Geraghty 7,829 38.9
Labor Ray Maher 3,921 19.5
Total formal votes 20,117 98.5
Informal votes 301 1.5
Turnout 20,418 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor James Geraghty 11,354 56.4
Liberal Bjarne Halvorsen 8,763 43.6
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1950: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Cutler 10,440 59.2
Labor Francis Hoy 7,182 40.8
Total formal votes 17,622 99.1
Informal votes 163 0.9
Turnout 17,785 95.3
Country hold Swing

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1950: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Les Jordan 11,873 72.0
Labor William Baker 4,626 28.0
Total formal votes 16,499 98.9
Informal votes 185 1.1
Turnout 16,684 91.7
Country hold Swing

Paddington

New South Wales state election, 1950: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,962 64.9
Liberal Bob Mutton 5,948 29.8
Communist Phyllis Johnson 1,051 5.3
Total formal votes 19,961 98.4
Informal votes 326 1.6
Turnout 20,287 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 69.0
Liberal Bob Mutton 31.0
Labor hold Swing

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1950: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Gollan 13,800 58.7
Labor Louis O'Neil 9,689 41.3
Total formal votes 23,489 98.4
Informal votes 378 1.6
Turnout 23,867 94.0
Liberal hold Swing

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1950: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Shannon 15,390 78.7
Liberal Henry Clarke 4,161 21.3
Total formal votes 19,551 97.2
Informal votes 566 2.8
Turnout 20,117 89.3
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1950: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Roy Vincent unopposed
Country hold Swing

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1950: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gollan 10,847 52.9
Liberal Gerald Davis 9,650 47.1
Total formal votes 20,497 98.2
Informal votes 372 1.8
Turnout 20,869 92.6
Labor hold Swing

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1950: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 14,981 74.0
Liberal Phillip Pethers 3,401 16.8
Independent Labor Frederick Fairbrother 1,129 5.6
Communist Mervyn Pidcock 738 3.6
Total formal votes 20,249 96.7
Informal votes 684 3.3
Turnout 20,933 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 81.0
Liberal Phillip Pethers 19.0
Labor hold Swing

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1950: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 13,083 54.0
Liberal George McGuire 11,166 46.0
Total formal votes 24,249 98.6
Informal votes 340 1.4
Turnout 24,589 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1950: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken Anderson 11,077 51.1
Labor Frank Downing 10,598 48.9
Total formal votes 21,675 98.2
Informal votes 400 1.8
Turnout 22,075 94.1
Liberal hold Swing

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1950: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 10,340 67.5
Labor Alfred Berriman 4,980 32.5
Total formal votes 15,320 98.1
Informal votes 296 1.9
Turnout 15,616 93.6
Liberal gain from Independent Swing

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1950: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Wattison unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1950: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Cecil Monro 10,718 52.2
Labor Gough Whitlam 9,807 47.8
Total formal votes 20,525 98.8
Informal votes 251 1.2
Turnout 20,776 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1950: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Chaffey unopposed
Country hold Swing

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1950: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Doug Dickson unopposed
Country hold Swing

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1950: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 9,669 60.0
Independent Country Ben Wade 6,445 40.0
Total formal votes 16,114 96.4
Informal votes 600 3.6
Turnout 16,714 92.1
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1950: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country D'Arcy Rose 9,512 63.1
Labor Leonard Neville 5,571 36.9
Total formal votes 15,083 98.3
Informal votes 261 1.7
Turnout 15,344 85.9
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1950: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Robson 12,658 68.4
Labor Harold Levien 5,097 27.5
Independent Liberal Tasman Crocker 759 4.1
Total formal votes 18,514 98.6
Informal votes 257 1.4
Turnout 18,771 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Murray Robson 72.0
Labor Harold Levien 28.0
Liberal hold Swing

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1950: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Graham 9,509 59.9
Liberal Ivan Jack 3,792 23.9
Country Richard Blamey 2,575 16.2
Total formal votes 15,876 98.8
Informal votes 190 1.2
Turnout 16,066 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eddie Graham 61.0
Liberal Ivan Jack 39.0
Labor hold Swing

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1950: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,114 66.4
Liberal Harold Hollis 6,140 33.6
Total formal votes 18,254 98.6
Informal votes 262 1.4
Turnout 18,516 95.5
Labor hold Swing

Waverley

New South Wales state election, 1950: Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 11,415 60.9
Liberal Ross McKinnon 7,324 39.1
Total formal votes 18,739 98.9
Informal votes 215 1.1
Turnout 18,954 91.1
Labor hold Swing

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1950: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Brain 14,381 68.0
Labor Brian White 6,776 32.0
Total formal votes 21,157 99.0
Informal votes 217 1.0
Turnout 21,374 93.7
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1950: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Blake Pelly 8,615 65.9
Independent Gerard Wylie 3,323 25.4
Independent Erle Sampson 1,127 8.6
Total formal votes 13,065 96.7
Informal votes 445 3.3
Turnout 13,510 91.6
Liberal hold Swing

Wollongong-Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1950: Wollongong-Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rex Connor 7,808 47.9
Liberal Gerald Sargent 6,520 40.0
Independent Henry Graham 1,982 12.2
Total formal votes 16,310 98.6
Informal votes 234 1.4
Turnout 16,544 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 8,484 52.0
Liberal Gerald Sargent 7,826 48.0
Labor hold Swing

Woollahra

New South Wales state election, 1950: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Treatt 14,595 76.1
Labor William Harcourt 4,587 23.9
Total formal votes 19,182 98.3
Informal votes 324 1.7
Turnout 19,506 87.7
Liberal hold Swing

Young

New South Wales state election, 1950: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 9,568 51.4
Country Douglas Beard 5,282 28.4
Liberal Percy Richardson 3,761 20.2
Total formal votes 18,611 99.3
Informal votes 135 0.7
Turnout 18,746 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 53.0
Country Douglas Beard 47.0
Labor hold Swing

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