Results of the New South Wales state election, 1930 (A-K)

New South Wales state election, 25 October 1930[1][2]
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  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1930 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1930: Albury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Fitzgerald 5,943 51.7
Ind. Nationalist John Ross 5,461 47.5
Communist William Ford 96 0.8
Total formal votes 11,500 98.0
Informal votes 230 2.0
Turnout 11,730 95.6
Labor gain from Ind. Nationalist Swing

Annandale

New South Wales state election, 1930: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 12,246 77.5
Nationalist Osterley Thompson 3,194 20.2
Communist Mary Lamm 362 2.3
Total formal votes 15,802 97.6
Informal votes 383 2.4
Turnout 16,185 93.9
Labor hold Swing

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1930: Armidale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country David Drummond 6,388 52.1
Labor Thomas Wilson 5,872 47.9
Total formal votes 12,260 97.0
Informal votes 380 3.0
Turnout 12,640 99.1
Country hold Swing

Arncliffe

New South Wales state election, 1930: Arncliffe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Cahill 11,585 66.3
Nationalist David Rogers 5,696 32.6
Communist Frederick Farrall 204 1.2
Total formal votes 17,485 97.9
Informal votes 368 2.1
Turnout 17,853 95.4
Labor hold Swing

Ashburnham

New South Wales state election, 1930: Ashburnham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Keast 5,941 49.3
Nationalist Edmund Best 4,611 38.2
Independent Country David Kelly 1,512 12.5
Total formal votes 12,064 98.5
Informal votes 179 1.5
Turnout 12,243 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Keast 6,084 50.4
Nationalist Edmund Best 5,980 49.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1930: Ashfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 6,736 43.0
Labor Alfred Paddison 5,927 37.8
Independent Alexander Huie 1,616 10.3
Australian George Treloar 1,388 8.9
Total formal votes 15,667 98.3
Informal votes 276 1.7
Turnout 15,943 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 8,592 54.8
Labor Alfred Paddison 7,075 45.2
Nationalist hold Swing

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1930: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Lang 13,174 75.8
Nationalist Sidney Massey 3,885 22.3
Communist Herbert Moxon 198 1.1
Independent Harry Meatheringham 126 0.7
Total formal votes 17,383 97.3
Informal votes 489 2.7
Turnout 17,872 95.7
Labor hold Swing

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1930: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Quirk 12,408 76.0
Nationalist Ernest Hind 3,243 19.9
Independent William Murphy 448 2.7
Communist John Sylvester 233 1.4
Total formal votes 16,332 97.4
Informal votes 435 2.6
Turnout 16,767 95.5
Labor hold Swing

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1930: Bankstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James McGirr 12,709 69.3
Nationalist Edward Gill 5,286 28.8
Communist Oliver Griffin 192 1.1
Independent Frederick Wills 145 0.8
Total formal votes 18,332 96.6
Informal votes 645 3.4
Turnout 18,977 96.6
Labor hold Swing

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1930: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 6,719 49.9
Country Ben Wade 5,232 38.8
Nationalist George McDonald 1,359 10.1
Communist Colin Smith 156 1.2
Total formal votes 13,466 97.7
Informal votes 319 2.3
Turnout 13,785 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 6,984 51.9
Country Ben Wade 6,482 48.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1930: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gus Kelly 7,487 60.2
Nationalist Arthur Brown 4,909 39.5
Communist Andrew Goldsmith 40 0.3
Total formal votes 12,436 98.1
Informal votes 235 1.9
Turnout 12,671 94.3
Labor hold Swing

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1930: Bondi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Abe Landa 8,725 47.5
Nationalist Harold Jaques 7,859 42.8
Australian Ashton Kurts 1,795 9.8
Total formal votes 18,379 98.7
Informal votes 242 1.3
Turnout 18,621 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Abe Landa 9,592 52.2
Nationalist Harold Jaques 8,787 47.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1930: Botany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Heffron 12,230 63.5
Independent Labor Thomas Mutch 6,862 35.6
Communist Frank Warner 167 0.9
Total formal votes 19,259 97.6
Informal votes 469 2.4
Turnout 19,728 95.2
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1930: Bulli
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Andrew Lysaght 9,170 79.2
Nationalist Edward Holmes 2,077 17.9
Communist Evred Bostick 331 2.9
Total formal votes 11,578 98.3
Informal votes 201 1.7
Turnout 11,779 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1930: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,821 44.2
Labor Francis Miller 6,937 39.2
Australian Stan Lloyd 2,813 15.9
Communist Frank Dodds 128 0.7
Total formal votes 17,699 97.5
Informal votes 460 2.5
Turnout 18,159 96.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Henley 9,183 51.9
Labor Francis Miller 8,516 48.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1930: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Arthur Budd unopposed
Country hold Swing

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1930: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Tonge 11,827 68.4
Nationalist Arthur Gardiner 5,177 29.9
Independent Ioan Hill 288 1.7
Total formal votes 17,292 98.4
Informal votes 283 1.6
Turnout 17,575 94.0
Labor hold Swing

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1930: Casino
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Young 3,335 29.2
Country John Reid 2,801 24.5
Country Elsmer Jones 1,464 12.8
Country Percy Swanson 1,363 11.9
Country Ernest Vincent 1,006 8.8
Country Malcolm Bulmer 790 6.9
Independent Samuel Sargent 350 3.1
Independent Labor Frederick Crowther 258 2.3
Independent Labor John Kelly 66 0.6
Total formal votes 11,433 93.7
Informal votes 765 6.3
Turnout 12,198 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country John Reid 7,337 64.2
Labor Herbert Young 4,096 35.8
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1930: Castlereagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Clark 6,901 55.8
Country Robert Stanley 5,194 42.0
Independent Country Frederick Sargant 264 2.1
Total formal votes 12,359 97.8
Informal votes 278 2.2
Turnout 12,637 94.0
Labor hold Swing

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1930: Cessnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Baddeley 14,808 92.5
Communist Joseph Schelley 1,200 7.5
Total formal votes 16,008 93.8
Informal votes 1,058 6.2
Turnout 17,066
Labor hold Swing

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1930: Clarence
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Alfred Pollack 8,322 64.2
Labor Thomas Ledsam 4,638 35.8
Total formal votes 12,960 98.8
Informal votes 161 1.2
Turnout 13,121 97.0
Country hold Swing

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1930: Cobar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mark Davidson 7,645 72.4
Nationalist John Lawson 2,750 26.0
Communist Edmund Rees 172 1.6
Total formal votes 10,567 97.3
Informal votes 288 2.7
Turnout 10,855 90.9
Labor hold Swing

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1930: Concord
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Henry McDicken 10,702 61.5
Nationalist Frederick Stewart 6,708 38.5
Total formal votes 17,410 99.0
Informal votes 169 1.0
Turnout 17,579 97.1
Labor hold Swing

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1930: Coogee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist John Dunningham 9,881 53.4
Labor Mark Cochrane 8,429 45.6
Independent Rupert Treatt 95 0.5
Independent Walter Miller 86 0.5
Total formal votes 18,491 97.1
Informal votes 553 2.9
Turnout 19,044 94.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Cootamundra

New South Wales state election, 1930: Cootamundra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ken Hoad 6,981 58.5
Country Bill Ross 4,866 40.8
Communist William Beverley 84 0.7
Total formal votes 11,931 98.3
Informal votes 209 1.7
Turnout 12,140 96.9
Labor hold Swing

Corowa

New South Wales state election, 1930: Corowa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Richard Ball 6,750 61.3
Labor John Metcalfe 4,268 38.7
Total formal votes 11,018 98.8
Informal votes 135 1.2
Turnout 11,153 93.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1930: Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 8,204 49.6
Labor Cecil Newsome 6,564 39.7
Australian Raymond Ritchie 1,683 10.2
Communist Samuel Aarons 96 0.6
Total formal votes 16,547 98.1
Informal votes 323 1.9
Turnout 16,870 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 9,006 54.4
Labor Cecil Newsome 7,541 45.6
Nationalist hold Swing

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1930: Drummoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor David McLelland 9,887 56.0
Nationalist John Lee 7,774 44.0
Total formal votes 17,661 99.0
Informal votes 179 1.0
Turnout 17,840 96.8
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1930: Dubbo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred McClelland 6,615 51.0
Country Harold Thorby 5,943 45.8
Australian Rodolph Purkis 412 3.2
Total formal votes 12,970 98.3
Informal votes 220 1.7
Turnout 13,190 94.7
Labor gain from Country Swing

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1930: Dulwich Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Connors 9,558 51.4
Nationalist John Ness 8,970 48.2
Communist Edna Kavanagh 75 0.4
Total formal votes 18,603 98.2
Informal votes 338 1.8
Turnout 18,941 94.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1930: Georges River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ted Kinsella 9,668 53.1
Nationalist Cecil Monro 6,814 37.4
Australian Hedley Mallard 1,569 8.6
Communist Patrick Drew 147 0.8
Total formal votes 18,198 98.2
Informal votes 333 1.8
Turnout 18,531 95.8
Labor hold Swing

Glebe

New South Wales state election, 1930: Glebe
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Keegan 11,955 78.6
Nationalist Arthur Butterell 3,083 20.3
Communist Herbert Huggett 166 1.1
Total formal votes 15,204 97.8
Informal votes 345 2.2
Turnout 15,549 93.6
Labor hold Swing

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1930: Gloucester
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Walter Bennett 8,731 70.7
Labor Willie Harris 3,622 29.3
Total formal votes 12,353 98.6
Informal votes 178 1.4
Turnout 12,531 94.4
Nationalist hold Swing

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1930: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Thomas Bavin 13,951 77.8
Labor Albert Kitchen 3,840 21.4
Communist Esmonde Higgins 147 0.8
Total formal votes 17,938 98.2
Informal votes 323 1.8
Turnout 18,261 95.5
Nationalist hold Swing

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1930: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Tully 7,093 60.5
Nationalist Joseph Hamlet 4,588 39.2
Communist George Hill 35 0.3
Total formal votes 11,716 98.6
Informal votes 164 1.4
Turnout 11,880 95.9
Labor hold Swing

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1930: Granville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Ely 12,495 70.5
Nationalist Jack Argent 5,231 29.5
Total formal votes 17,726 98.7
Informal votes 225 1.3
Turnout 17,951 96.7
Labor hold Swing

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1930: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Hugh Connell 12,860 69.8
Nationalist Gordon Skelton 5,231 28.4
Communist Timothy Barry 325 1.8
Total formal votes 18,416 98.0
Informal votes 374 2.0
Turnout 18,790 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1930: Hartley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Hamilton Knight 9,797 81.0
Nationalist Alfred Samuels 1,904 15.7
Communist Alfred Airey 400 3.3
Total formal votes 12,101 98.4
Informal votes 201 1.6
Turnout 12,302 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1930: Hawkesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Bruce Walker 7,846 65.0
Labor William Acason 4,216 35.0
Total formal votes 12,062 98.5
Informal votes 179 1.5
Turnout 12,241 96.5
Nationalist hold Swing

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1930: Hornsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist James Shand 11,168 62.1
Labor George Osborne 6,594 36.6
Communist Samuel Frew 233 1.3
Total formal votes 17,995 97.6
Informal votes 435 2.4
Turnout 18,430 95.3
Nationalist hold Swing

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1930: Hurstville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Walter Butler 11,511 63.2
Nationalist James Webb 6,561 36.0
Communist William Wright 132 0.7
Total formal votes 18,204 98.2
Informal votes 342 1.8
Turnout 18,546 96.3
Labor hold Swing

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1930: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Billy Davies 8,944 65.9
Nationalist William Howarth 4,405 32.4
Communist Joseph Nixon 231 1.7
Total formal votes 13,580 98.4
Informal votes 219 1.6
Turnout 13,799 96.2
Labor hold Swing

King

New South Wales state election, 1930: King
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Daniel Clyne 10,469 67.2
Nationalist Ernest Hagon 4,829 31.0
Communist Robert Shayler 277 1.8
Total formal votes 15,575 96.8
Informal votes 522 3.2
Turnout 16,097 87.2
Labor hold Swing

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1930: Kogarah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Mark Gosling 12,090 65.1
Nationalist Humphrey Earl 6,351 34.2
Communist Thomas Wright 145 0.8
Total formal votes 18,586 98.5
Informal votes 283 1.5
Turnout 18,869 96.5
Labor hold Swing

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1930: Kurri Kurri
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Booth 16,157 95.2
Communist Harris Burnham 816 4.8
Total formal votes 16,973 91.9
Informal votes 1,488 8.1
Turnout 18,461 95.8
Labor hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1975). Voting for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1890-1964. Dept. of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. ISBN 0708103057.
  2. ↑ "Details of NSW 1930 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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