Electoral results for the district of North Sydney
Election results for state seat of North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
North Sydney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1927 and abolished in 1962.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1927 | Ernest Marks | Nationalist | |
1930 | Ben Howe | Labor | |
1932 | Hubert Primrose | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | James Geraghty | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | Independent Labor | ||
1953 | Ray Maher | Labor | |
1956 | |||
1959 |
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ray Maher | 10,694 | 49.8 | ||
Liberal | Russell Newton | 9,513 | 44.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | Michael Fitzpatrick | 899 | 4.2 | ||
Independent | Francis Ferry | 377 | 1.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,483 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 526 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,009 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Maher | 11,026 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Russell Newton | 10,457 | 48.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ray Maher | 9,827 | 48.6 | +16.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Murphy | 9,771 | 48.3 | +13.4 | |
Communist | Bill Wood | 637 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,235 | 98.5 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 302 | 1.5 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 20,537 | 93.2 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Maher | 10,281 | 50.8 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | Peter Murphy | 9,954 | 49.2 | +5.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.2 |
1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | James Geraghty | 11,867 | 49.3 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | William Travers | 11,105 | 46.1 | +11.9 | |
Communist | Bill Wood | 1,100 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 24,072 | 98.6 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 332 | 1.4 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,404 | 94.7 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Geraghty | 12,717 | 52.8 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | William Travers | 11,355 | 47.2 | +4.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.5 |
1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | James Geraghty | 9,844 | 45.7 | +1.7 | |
Democratic | William Harding | 7,358 | 34.2 | -9.9 | |
Lang Labor | Ainslie Beecraft | 3,095 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democratic | Ebenezer Minnis | 1,244 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Total formal votes | 21,541 | 96.5 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 782 | 3.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,323 | 94.6 | +2.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Geraghty | 12,333 | 57.3 | +3.4 | |
Democratic | William Harding | 9,208 | 42.7 | -3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Hubert Primrose | 9,112 | 44.1 | ||
Labor | James Geraghty | 9,090 | 44.0 | ||
State Labor | William Wilson | 2,448 | 11.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,650 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 399 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,049 | 92.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Geraghty | 11,122 | 53.9 | ||
United Australia | Hubert Primrose | 9,528 | 46.1 | ||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Hubert Primrose | 10,836 | 58.5 | +2.9 | |
Labor | Henry Clayden | 7,692 | 41.5 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,528 | 97.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 399 | 2.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,927 | 94.7 | −1.7 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Hubert Primrose | 9,773 | 55.6 | -3.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ben Howe | 6,518 | 37.1 | +1.4 | |
Ind. United Australia | Leslie Dare | 736 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Federal Labor | Thomas Lavelle | 537 | 3.1 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 17,564 | 97.5 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 448 | 2.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,012 | 96.4 | +0.1 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Hubert Primrose | 9,943 | 58.6 | +12.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ben Howe | 6,052 | 35.7 | -16.4 | |
Federal Labor | Cecil Murphy | 544 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Lucy Gullett | 332 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Edward Clark | 89 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,960 | 97.9 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 367 | 2.1 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 17,327 | 96.3 | +2.3 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ben Howe | 8,739 | 52.1 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Marks (defeated) | 7,696 | 45.9 | ||
Independent | Alfred Waterhouse | 252 | 1.5 | ||
Communist | John Loughran | 45 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | Thomas Taprell | 32 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,764 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 562 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,326 | 94.0 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § North Sydney.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Ernest Marks | 6,704 | 53.2 | ||
Labor | Ben Howe | 5,850 | 46.4 | ||
Independent | Harry Meatheringham | 43 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,597 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 144 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 12,741 | 79.6 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1950 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1947 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1944 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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