Results of the New South Wales state election, 1956 (A–K)

New South Wales state election, 3 March 1956[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1953 — 1959 >>

Enrolled voters 2,011,258[1]
Votes cast 1,722,628 Turnout 93.27 −0.59
Informal votes 28,805 Informal 1.67 −0.81
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 800,410 47.25 −8.05 50 −7
  Liberal 611,342 36.09 +8.15 27 +5
  Country 172,020 10.16 −1.44 15 +1
  Independent 53,019 3.13 +0.62 1 +1
  Communist 29,534 1.74 +0.36 0 −
  Independent Labor 14,950 1.88 −0.19 1 −
  Lang Labor 11,028 0.65 +0.17 0 −
  All others 1,502 0.09 +0.09 0 −
Total 1,693,823     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1956 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1956: Albury[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Doug Padman 11,205 58.4 +6.6
Labor Robert White 7,988 41.6 −6.6
Total formal votes 19,193 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 173 0.9 −0.2
Turnout 19,366 92.9 −1.0
Liberal hold Swing +6.6

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1956: Armidale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Davis Hughes 9,107 52.3 +2.3
Labor Jim Cahill 8,312 47.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 17,419 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 218 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 17,637 93.7 −1.4
Country gain from Labor Swing +2.3

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1956: Ashfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Richard Murden 12,134 60.3 +10.0
Labor James Brady 7,985 39.7 −10.0
Total formal votes 20,119 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 253 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 20,372 94.1 −0.6
Liberal hold Swing +10.0

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1956: Auburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Thomas Ryan 8,430 42.0 −20.0
Liberal John Steel 5,904 29.4 +29.4
Lang Labor James Lang 5,263 26.2 −11.8
Independent Edward Spensley 461 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 20,058 98.2 +2.1
Informal votes 365 1.8 −2.1
Turnout 20,423 94.3 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Ryan 13,177 65.7 +3.7
Liberal John Steel 6,881 34.3 +34.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1956: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John McMahon 14,613 67.3 −11.8
Liberal Elton Lewis 5,643 26.0 +26.0
Communist Stanley Moran 1,461 6.7 +0.2
Total formal votes 21,717 98.3 +2.1
Informal votes 384 1.7 −2.1
Turnout 22,101 92.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McMahon 15,928 75.3 −7.0
Liberal Elton Lewis 5,789 24.7 +24.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1956: Bankstown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Spence Powell 14,268 59.4 −30.0
Liberal Reginald Allsop 8,767 36.5 +36.5
Communist Roy Boyd 981 4.1 −6.5
Total formal votes 24,016 98.2 +5.7
Informal votes 444 1.8 −5.7
Turnout 24,460 94.5 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Spence Powell 18,181 63.1 −26.3
Liberal Reginald Allsop 8,865 36.9 +36.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1956: Barwon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Geoff Crawford 8,733 59.0 +5.2
Labor Gerard McInerney 6,061 41.0 −5.2
Total formal votes 14,794 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 140 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 14,934 85.7 −7.3
Country hold Swing +5.2

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1956: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Gus Kelly 10,340 63.2 −36.8
Liberal Jack Toole 6,028 36.8 +36.8
Total formal votes 16,368 99.1
Informal votes 147 0.9
Turnout 16,515 95.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1956: Blacktown
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Freeman 15,188 55.5 −5.7
Liberal Graham Cullis 12,189 44.5 +8.9
Total formal votes 27,377 98.4 +0.4
Informal votes 451 1.6 −0.4
Turnout 27,828 93.7 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1956: Bondi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Abe Landa 11,263 54.6 −5.0
Liberal Daniel Sutherland 9,360 45.4 +5.0
Total formal votes 20,623 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 353 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 20,976 92.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −5.0

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1956: Bulli
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Rex Jackson 11,812 60.8 −27.1
Liberal Donald Heggie 6,508 33.5 +33.5
Communist Bill McDougall 1,101 5.7 −6.4
Total formal votes 19,421 98.8 +4.8
Informal votes 227 1.2 −4.8
Turnout 19,648 93.7 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 12,803 65.9 −22.0
Liberal Donald Heggie 6,618 34.1 +34.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Burrinjuck

New South Wales state election, 1956: Burrinjuck
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Sheahan 10,124 55.0 −4.5
Country Allan Johnson 8,278 45.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 18,402 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 153 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 18,555 95.6 0.0
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1956: Burwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Leslie Parr unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1956: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Stanley Stephens 11,394 70.3 −29.7
Independent Archibald Johnston 4,805 29.7 +29.7
Total formal votes 16,199 98.8
Informal votes 198 1.2
Turnout 16,397 92.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1956: Canterbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Arthur Tonge 12,032 59.4 −7.1
Liberal Cecil Ford 8,241 40.6 +11.5
Total formal votes 20,273 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 275 1.3 −0.6
Turnout 20,548 94.0 0.0
Labor hold Swing −10.7

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1956: Casino
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ian Robinson unopposed
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1956: Castlereagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,388 58.7 −4.1
Country Norman Brown 6,599 41.3 +4.1
Total formal votes 15,987 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 134 0.8 −0.5
Turnout 16,121 84.8 −6.0
Labor hold Swing −4.1

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1956: Cessnock
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Crook 13,374 69.5 −16.1
Liberal Harold Hawkes 3,760 19.5 +19.5
Communist David Stevenson 2,121 11.0 −3.4
Total formal votes 19,255 98.5 +3.4
Informal votes 295 1.5 −3.4
Turnout 19,550 96.5 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Crook 15,283 79.4 −6.2
Liberal Harold Hawkes 3,972 20.6 +20.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1956: Clarence
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Weiley 11,202 64.7 −1.7
Country Garth Munro 6,124 35.3 +35.3
Total formal votes 17,326 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 313 1.8 −0.3
Turnout 17,639 93.5 −1.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1956: Cobar
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Collaroy

New South Wales state election, 1956: Collaroy
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Robert Askin 18,038 70.1 +6.8
Independent Gordon Jones 6,334 24.6 +24.6
Communist Elfrida Morcom 1,345 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 25,717 97.9 −0.1
Informal votes 557 2.1 +0.1
Turnout 26,274 93.5 +1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Askin 18,374 71.4 +8.1
Independent Gordon Jones 7,343 28.6 +28.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1956: Concord
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,231 49.2 +3.9
Labor Thomas Murphy 9,833 47.2 −7.5
Communist Leslie Greenfield 749 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 20,813 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 375 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 21,188 94.1 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,450 50.2 −4.5
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,363 49.8 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1956: Coogee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,072 51.1 +4.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,250 47.0 −6.2
Independent Tasman Crocker 375 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 19,697 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 334 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 20,031 92.6 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,260 52.1 +5.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,437 47.9 −5.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.3

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1956: Cook's River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joseph Cahill 13,591 65.2 −34.8
Independent William Kendrick 4,135 19.8 +19.8
Liberal James Skehan 2,302 11.0 +11.0
Communist Edward Rowe 830 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 20,858 97.6
Informal votes 516 2.4
Turnout 21,374 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Joseph Cahill 14,751 70.7 −29.3
Independent William Kendrick 6,107 29.3 +29.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1956: Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Hunter 11,545 61.6 +6.7
Labor Frank Zions 7,185 38.4 −6.7
Total formal votes 18,730 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 234 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 18,964 93.0 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.7

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1956: Drummoyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Walter Lawrence 10,881 51.3 +3.4
Labor Roy Jackson 10,316 48.7 −3.4
Total formal votes 21,197 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 360 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 21,557 95.0 0.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.4

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1956: Dubbo
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clarrie Robertson 8,241 46.8 −5.2
Country Keith Sullivan 4,887 27.8 −20.2
Liberal Neville Magin 4,472 25.4 +25.4
Total formal votes 17,600 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 200 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 17,800 93.2 −1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Robertson 9,018 51.2 −0.8
Country Keith Sullivan 8,582 48.8 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1956: Dulwich Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,507 52.7 −9.7
Liberal Lionel Corner 9,436 47.3 +9.7
Total formal votes 19,943 98.4 +0.5
Informal votes 326 1.6 −0.5
Turnout 20,269 92.3 −1.3
Labor hold Swing −9.7

Earlwood

New South Wales state election, 1956: Earlwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Eric Willis 14,561 58.0 +7.7
Labor David Connors 10,525 42.0 −7.7
Total formal votes 25,086 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 310 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 25,396 95.4 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

East Hills

New South Wales state election, 1956: East Hills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Joe Kelly 16,897 56.0 −13.9
Liberal Harold Stalker 10,515 34.9 +4.8
Independent Douglas Marshall 2,740 9.1 +9.1
Total formal votes 30,152 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 656 2.1 0.0
Turnout 30,808 93.8 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joe Kelly 18,267 60.6 −9.3
Liberal Harold Stalker 11,885 39.4 +9.3
Labor hold Swing −9.3

Eastwood

New South Wales state election, 1956: Eastwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield

New South Wales state election, 1956: Fairfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clarrie Earl 16,258 62.9 −28.4
Liberal Guy Holmes 8,541 33.0 +33.0
Communist Edwin Lipscombe 1,057 4.1 −4.6
Total formal votes 25,856 98.3 +8.0
Informal votes 456 1.7 −8.0
Turnout 26,312 93.3 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Earl 17,209 66.6 −24.7
Liberal Guy Holmes 8,647 33.4 +33.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1956: Georges River
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,852 52.4 +11.0
Labor Frank O'Neill 10,765 43.9 −14.7
Communist Paul Mortier 907 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 24,524 98.5 +0.5
Informal votes 365 1.5 −0.5
Turnout 24,889 94.7 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,943 52.8 +11.4
Labor Frank O'Neill 11,581 47.2 −11.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.4

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1956: Gloucester
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ray Fitzgerald 10,307 65.4 +2.4
Labor Thomas Breen 5,440 34.6 −2.4
Total formal votes 15,747 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 206 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 15,953 92.0 −2.8
Country hold Swing +2.4

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1956: Gordon
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Gosford

New South Wales state election, 1956: Gosford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Harold Jackson 11,096 56.8 +2.8
Labor Rupert Wallace 7,164 36.7 −9.3
Communist Alan Brackenreg 626 3.2 +3.2
Independent Roy Jackson 463 2.4 +2.4
Independent Leslie Moffat 174 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 19,523 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 356 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 19,879 93.4 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Harold Jackson 11,478 58.7 +4.7
Labor Rupert Wallace 8,045 41.3 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1956: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Laurie Tully 8,666 52.9 −9.7
Liberal William Bladwell 7,724 47.1 +9.7
Total formal votes 16,390 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 97 0.6 −1.2
Turnout 16,487 95.2 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −9.7

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1956: Granville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Lamb 14,613 67.1 −25.8
Liberal Robert Mutton 6,314 29.0 +29.0
Communist Rupert Lockwood 865 4.0 −3.1
Total formal votes 21,792 98.0 +6.0
Informal votes 440 2.0 −6.0
Turnout 22,232 94.3 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Lamb 15,391 70.6 −22.3
Liberal Robert Mutton 6,401 29.4 +29.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hamilton
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Campbell 9,157 55.7 −8.5
Liberal Horace Smith 7,281 44.3 +8.5
Total formal votes 16,438 99.0 +0.9
Informal votes 157 1.0 −0.9
Turnout 16,595 94.8 0.0
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hartley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Robson 7,595 44.7 +13.0
Independent Labor William Black 7,539 44.3 −12.9
Communist John King 825 4.9 −6.2
Independent Neville Weekes 545 3.2 +3.2
Independent Leslie Cant 498 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 17,002 96.0 −0.5
Informal votes 709 4.0 +0.5
Turnout 17,711 95.4 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jim Robson 8,567 50.4 +14.0
Independent Labor William Black 8,435 49.6 −14.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +14.0

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hawkesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bernie Deane 11,013 64.3 +7.1
Labor John Grinham 6,113 35.7 −7.1
Total formal votes 17,126 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 298 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 17,424 91.4 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing +7.1

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hornsby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Sydney Storey 16,665 69.1 +8.6
Labor Francis O'Connell 7,447 30.9 +30.9
Total formal votes 24,112 98.4 +0.6
Informal votes 402 1.6 −0.6
Turnout 24,514 93.1 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hurstville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Clive Evatt 11,459 51.4 −7.2
Liberal Hedley Mallard 9,982 44.8 +3.4
Independent Edward Merryfull 835 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,276 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 300 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 22,576 94.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Evatt 11,876 53.3 −5.3
Liberal Hedley Mallard 10,400 46.7 +5.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1956: Illawarra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Howard Fowles 10,809 59.9 −40.1
Liberal Adrian O'Donnell 6,180 34.2 +34.2
Communist David Bowen 1,070 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 18,059 98.4
Informal votes 299 1.6
Turnout 18,358 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Howard Fowles 11,772 65.2 −34.8
Liberal Adrian O'Donnell 6,287 34.8 +34.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kahibah

New South Wales state election, 1956: Kahibah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Robert McCartney 7,238 39.0 −25.7
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 6,195 33.4 +33.4
Liberal Joseph Richley 5,129 27.6 −7.7
Total formal votes 18,562 98.9 +3.1
Informal votes 213 1.1 −3.1
Turnout 18,775 95.9 −0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 10,618 57.2 +57.2
Labor Robert McCartney 7,944 42.8 −21.9
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

King

New South Wales state election, 1956: King
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Albert Sloss 10,700 56.6 −21.2
Liberal Roberta Galagher 4,456 23.6 +1.4
Lang Labor Michael Callinan 2,568 13.6 +13.6
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,179 6.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 18,903 96.5 +0.3
Informal votes 690 3.5 −0.3
Turnout 19,593 90.0 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Albert Sloss 13,610 72.0 −5.8
Liberal Roberta Galagher 5,293 28.0 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1956: Kogarah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,467 55.0 −0.7
Liberal Horace Harper 10,195 45.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,662 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 276 1.2 −0.6
Turnout 22,938 94.1 −0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.7

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1956: Kurri Kurri
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Booth 15,610 84.4 −15.6
Liberal Stanley Mettam 2,897 15.6 +15.6
Total formal votes 18,507 98.5
Informal votes 285 1.5
Turnout 18,792 95.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "NSW 1956 Election Totals". NSW Elections. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  2. ↑ Hughes, Colin A.; University, B.D. Graham. Department of Political Science, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National (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.
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