Results of the New South Wales state election, 1953 (A–K)

New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953
Legislative Assembly
<< 1950 — 1956 >>

Enrolled voters 1,953,953[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  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1953 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Albury[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Dudley 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

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1953: Armidale
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

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1953: Ashfield
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 gain from Labor Swing

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1953: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edgar Dring 12,095 62.0
Lang Labor James 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

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1953: Balmain
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

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bankstown
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

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Barwon
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

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gus Kelly unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1953: Blacktown
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

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bondi
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

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bulli
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

Burrinjuck

New South Wales state election, 1953: Burrinjuck
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

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Burwood
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

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1953: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Stanley Stephens unopposed
Country hold Swing

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Canterbury
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

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1953: Casino
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

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1953: Castlereagh
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

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cessnock
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

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1953: Clarence
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

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cobar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Collaroy

New South Wales state election, 1953: Collaroy
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

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1953: Concord
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

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1953: Coogee
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

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cook's River
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Croydon
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

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1953: Drummoyne
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

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1953: Dubbo
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

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1953: Dulwich Hill
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

Earlwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Earlwood
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

East Hills

New South Wales state election, 1953: East Hills
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 hold Swing

Eastwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Eastwood
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

Fairfield

New South Wales state election, 1953: Fairfield
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 hold Swing

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1953: Georges River
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

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gloucester
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

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Gosford

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gosford
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

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1953: Goulburn
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

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1953: Granville
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

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hamilton
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

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hartley
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
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hawkesbury
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

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hornsby
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

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hurstville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Evatt 13,187 58.6
Liberal William Arthur 9,317 41.4
Total formal votes 22,504 98.2
Informal votes 404 1.8
Turnout 22,908 95.1
Labor hold Swing

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1953: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Fowles unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Kahibah

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kahibah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joshua Arthur 11,093 65.0
Liberal Inglis Alexander 6,061 35.3
Total formal votes 17,154 95.8
Informal votes 759 4.2
Turnout 17,913 96.0
Labor hold Swing

King

New South Wales state election, 1953: King
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Daniel Clyne 16,181 77.8
Liberal Roberta Galagher 4,628 22.2
Total formal votes 20,809 96.2
Informal votes 830 3.8
Turnout 21,639 89.1
Labor hold Swing

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kogarah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,486 55.7
Liberal Douglas Cross 9,927 44.3
Total formal votes 22,413 98.2
Informal votes 405 1.8
Turnout 22,818 94.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kurri Kurri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Booth unopposed
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 Results for Albury". NSW Election Results.
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