Results of the New South Wales state election, 1953 (L–Z)

New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953[1]
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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1953: Lake Macquarie[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Simpson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1953: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,008 68.8
Liberal George Chambers 6,813 31.2
Total formal votes 21,821 98.4
Informal votes 357 1.6
Turnout 22,178 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1953: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken McCaw 13,514 65.4
Labor Alan Bagot 7,153 34.6
Total formal votes 20,667 98.1
Informal votes 390 1.9
Turnout 21,057 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Leichhardt

New South Wales state election, 1953: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Matthews 16,915 74.5
Liberal William Cole 5,794 25.5
Total formal votes 22,709 97.3
Informal votes 633 2.7
Turnout 23,342 92.6
Labor hold Swing

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1953: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Easter 5,775 35.9
Labor Donald Watson 5,520 34.3
Country William Frith 4,786 29.8
Total formal votes 16,081 98.9
Informal votes 185 1.1
Turnout 16,266 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jack Easter 10,132 63.0
Labor Donald Watson 5,949 37.0
Country hold Swing

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1953: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Mannix 15,184 72.5
Liberal Madge Lee 5,752 27.5
Total formal votes 20,936 97.5
Informal votes 535 2.5
Turnout 21,471 93.7
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

New South Wales state election, 1953: Liverpool Plains
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,560 59.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,583 28.3
Liberal James Reeves 2,071 12.8
Total formal votes 16,214 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 16,394 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,728 60.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 6,486 40.0
Labor hold Swing

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1953: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Howarth 8,520 53.8
Labor Leonard Neville 7,302 46.2
Total formal votes 15,822 98.6
Informal votes 216 1.4
Turnout 16,038 96.6
Liberal hold Swing

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1953: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Darby 12,583 62.6
Labor Malcolm Stuart-Robertson 7,512 37.4
Total formal votes 20,095 98.3
Informal votes 346 1.7
Turnout 20,441 92.9
Liberal hold Swing

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1953: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1953: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Ryan 16,893 80.8
Independent William McCristal 4,018 19.2
Total formal votes 20,911 94.1
Informal votes 1,320 5.9
Turnout 22,231 94.1
Labor hold Swing

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1953: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Seiffert 9,002 64.7
Liberal Ernest Smith 4,912 35.3
Total formal votes 13,914 98.1
Informal votes 272 1.9
Turnout 14,186 94.3
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1953: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Morton 16,951 75.6
Labor Edna Ryan 5,474 24.4
Total formal votes 22,425 97.8
Informal votes 503 2.2
Turnout 22,928 92.5
Liberal hold Swing

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1953: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Nott 8,817 53.0
Country Frederick Cooke 7,818 47.0
Total formal votes 16,635 98.4
Informal votes 262 1.6
Turnout 16,897 95.0
Labor gain from Country Swing

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1953: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joe Lawson 9,593 58.2
Labor Francis Holden 6,877 41.8
Total formal votes 16,470 98.6
Informal votes 239 1.4
Turnout 16,709 89.2
Country hold Swing

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1953: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Enticknap 10,388 62.3
Country Richard Cuthbert 6,296 37.7
Total formal votes 16,684 98.2
Informal votes 313 1.8
Turnout 16,997 92.6
Labor hold Swing

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1953: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,097 52.5
Labor Alexander Liston 8,213 47.5
Total formal votes 17,310 98.1
Informal votes 335 1.9
Turnout 17,645 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Neutral Bay

New South Wales state election, 1953: Neutral Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1953: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hawkins 14,970 92.6
Communist Douglas Olive 1,202 7.4
Total formal votes 16,172 94.9
Informal votes 866 5.1
Turnout 17,038 94.7
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1953: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Trevor Humphries 7,377 34.9
Labor Ray Maher 6,842 32.4
Independent Labor James Geraghty 6,718 31.8
Independent Norman Jacobs 187 0.9
Total formal votes 21,124 97.5
Informal votes 551 2.5
Turnout 21,675 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,837 56.0
Liberal Trevor Humphries 9,287 44.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1953: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Cutler 9,801 54.3
Labor Louie Cassey 8,248 45.7
Total formal votes 18,049 98.6
Informal votes 260 1.4
Turnout 18,309 95.6
Country hold Swing

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1953: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Les Jordan 9,839 55.2
Labor William Kennewell 6,480 36.3
Independent Alan Borthwick 1,190 6.7
Independent Joseph Cordner 327 1.8
Total formal votes 17,836 98.5
Informal votes 273 1.5
Turnout 18,109 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 10,826 60.7
Labor William Kennewell 7,010 39.3
Country hold Swing

Paddington

New South Wales state election, 1953: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 17,596 87.0
Communist Bill Brown 2,641 13.0
Total formal votes 20,237 92.7
Informal votes 1,581 7.3
Turnout 21,818 90.3
Labor hold Swing

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1953: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moran 11,403 50.7
Liberal Arthur Butterell 10,746 47.8
Independent Edward Harding 333 1.5
Total formal votes 22,482 98.2
Informal votes 410 1.8
Turnout 22,892 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moran 11,578 51.5
Liberal Arthur Butterell 10,904 48.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1953: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1953: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clyde Reid 7,121 37.6
Country Radford Gamack 6,918 36.5
Independent Gordon Patterson 3,828 20.2
Country William Burns 1,092 5.8
Total formal votes 18,959 98.4
Informal votes 317 1.6
Turnout 19,276 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Radford Gamack 11,150 58.8
Labor Clyde Reid 7,809 41.2
Country hold Swing

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1953: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gollan 13,003 63.7
Liberal George Goodwin 7,399 36.3
Total formal votes 20,402 98.0
Informal votes 411 2.0
Turnout 20,813 93.3
Labor hold Swing

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1953: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,484 92.7
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,464 7.3
Total formal votes 19,948 93.9
Informal votes 1,295 6.1
Turnout 21,243 92.2
Labor hold Swing

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1953: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 14,041 60.5
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 9,165 39.5
Total formal votes 23,206 97.9
Informal votes 489 2.1
Turnout 23,695 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1953: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Francis Downing 12,121 54.5
Liberal Ken Anderson 10,114 45.5
Total formal votes 22,235 98.1
Informal votes 428 1.9
Turnout 22,663 95.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1953: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 9,874 60.8
Labor Alfred Berriman 6,376 39.2
Total formal votes 16,250 98.8
Informal votes 195 1.2
Turnout 16,445 93.9
Liberal hold Swing

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1953: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Wattison unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1953: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Dalton 11,382 53.3
Liberal Cecil Monro 9,957 46.7
Total formal votes 21,339 98.4
Informal votes 336 1.6
Turnout 21,675 93.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1953: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Chaffey 9,741 54.6
Labor William Scully 8,084 45.4
Total formal votes 17,825 99.0
Informal votes 179 1.0
Turnout 18,004 95.9
Country hold Swing

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1953: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Doug Dickson 9,524 61.2
Labor Hector Skidmore 6,028 38.8
Total formal votes 15,552 98.8
Informal votes 184 1.2
Turnout 15,736 94.1
Country hold Swing

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1953: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 8,585 60.1
Labor Frederick Cowley 5,688 39.9
Total formal votes 14,273 98.6
Informal votes 201 1.4
Turnout 14,474 93.8
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1953: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country D'Arcy Rose 8,791 55.3
Labor George McGuirk 7,093 44.7
Total formal votes 15,884 99.1
Informal votes 144 0.9
Turnout 16,028 95.7
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1953: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Robson unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1953: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Graham 10,292 64.2
Liberal Wal Fife 4,350 27.1
Country William Wright 1,279 8.0
Communist Leslie Kelton 107 0.7
Total formal votes 16,028 98.1
Informal votes 314 1.9
Turnout 16,342 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eddie Graham 10,578 66.0
Liberal Wal Fife 5,450 34.0
Labor hold Swing

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1953: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,187 67.9
Independent Alfred Hodge 5,760 32.1
Total formal votes 17,947 97.1
Informal votes 527 2.9
Turnout 18,474 95.9
Labor hold Swing

Waverley

New South Wales state election, 1953: Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 14,354 68.5
Liberal Ben Doig 6,604 31.5
Total formal votes 20,958 97.9
Informal votes 456 2.1
Turnout 21,414 91.1
Labor hold Swing

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1953: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Brain 14,524 64.6
Labor Joseph McNally 7,949 35.4
Total formal votes 22,473 98.4
Informal votes 356 1.6
Turnout 22,829 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1953: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Blake Pelly 9,747 56.9
Labor Albert Hughes 7,392 43.1
Total formal votes 17,139 98.6
Informal votes 248 1.4
Turnout 17,387 94.2
Liberal hold Swing

Wollongong-Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1953: Wollongong-Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,073 54.9
Independent George Parker 6,722 40.6
Communist William Harkness 740 4.5
Total formal votes 16,535 96.9
Informal votes 524 3.1
Turnout 17,059 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 9,443 57.1
Independent George Parker 7,092 42.9
Labor hold Swing

Woollahra

New South Wales state election, 1953: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Treatt 15,203 67.6
Labor Norman Jacobs 7,283 32.4
Total formal votes 22,486 97.6
Informal votes 546 2.4
Turnout 23,032 88.4
Liberal hold Swing

Young

New South Wales state election, 1953: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 10,802 57.2
Country Reg Hailstone 8,086 42.8
Total formal votes 18,888 99.1
Informal votes 161 0.9
Turnout 19,049 95.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Canberra: Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 Lake Macquarie Results". NSW Election Results.
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