Results of the New South Wales state election, 1956 (L–Z)

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 L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1956: Lake Macquarie[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Simpson 14,321 69.2 −30.8
Liberal Edward Farrell 4,756 23.0 +23.0
Communist William Quinn 1,619 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 20,696 98.5
Informal votes 311 1.5
Turnout 21,007 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Simpson 15,382 74.8 −25.2
Liberal Edward Farrell 5,314 25.2 +25.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1956: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Wyatt 13,874 60.2 −8.6
Liberal John Whelan 7,818 33.9 +2.7
Communist James Staples 1,365 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 23,057 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 416 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 23,473 94.8 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,102 65.5 −3.3
Liberal John Whelan 7,955 34.5 +3.3
Labor hold Swing −3.3

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1956: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ken McCaw 16,066 74.1 +8.7
Labor Geoffrey O'Donnell 5,605 25.9 −8.7
Total formal votes 21,671 98.6 +0.5
Informal votes 316 1.4 −0.5
Turnout 21,987 93.1 +0.1
Labor hold Swing +8.7

Leichhardt

New South Wales state election, 1956: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Reg Coady 14,145 68.9 −5.6
Liberal Barney Morton 6,386 31.1 +5.6
Total formal votes 20,531 97.8 +0.5
Informal votes 462 2.2 −0.5
Turnout 20,993 91.7 −0.9
Labor hold Swing −5.6

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1956: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jack Easter 9,914 61.4 +25.5
Labor Archibald McEwan 4,039 25.0 −9.3
Independent Constance Wilson 2,190 13.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 16,143 99.3 +0.4
Informal votes 109 0.7 −0.4
Turnout 16,252 92.4 −2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jack Easter 11,009 68.2 +5.2
Labor Archibald McEwan 5,134 31.8 −5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1956: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Mannix unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

New South Wales state election, 1956: Liverpool Plains
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 9,109 54.7 −4.3
Country Geoffrey Thomas 4,868 29.2 +0.9
Liberal Henry Gregson 2,609 15.7 +2.9
Independent John Pender 72 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 16,658 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 139 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 16,797 94.0 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,406 56.5 −3.5
Country Geoffrey Thomas 7,252 43.5 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1956: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Milton Morris 7,195 45.9 −7.9
Labor Cecil Robinson 6,580 42.0 −4.2
Independent Leonard Neville 918 5.9 +5.9
Independent Edward Fletcher 715 4.6 +4.6
Independent Henry Ivins 267 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 15,675 98.2 −0.4
Informal votes 289 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 15,964 95.8 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Milton Morris 8,778 56.0 +2.1
Labor Cecil Robinson 6,897 44.0 −2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1956: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Douglas Darby 13,646 67.9 +5.3
Labor John Wilson 6,462 32.1 −5.3
Total formal votes 20,108 97.1 −1.2
Informal votes 589 2.9 +1.2
Turnout 20,697 94.4 +1.5
Liberal hold Swing +5.3

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1956: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Heffron 14,820 64.9 −35.1
Liberal Wallace Peacock 8,018 35.1 +35.1
Total formal votes 22,838 98.4
Informal votes 376 1.6
Turnout 23,214 93.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1956: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norm Ryan 12,093 61.4 −19.4
Liberal Ian Chisholm 6,352 32.2 +32.2
Communist Adam Ogston 652 3.3 +3.3
Republican William McCristal 602 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 19,699 97.7 +3.6
Informal votes 472 2.3 −3.6
Turnout 20,171 93.6 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Norm Ryan 12,981 65.9 −14.9
Liberal Ian Chisholm 6,718 34.1 +34.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1956: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Seiffert 8,709 58.4 −6.3
Liberal Ernest Smith 5,604 37.5 +2.2
Country Frederick Von Nida 613 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 14,926 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 161 1.1 −0.8
Turnout 15,087 93.0 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Seiffert 8,770 58.7 −6.0
Liberal Ernest Smith 8,156 41.3 +6.0
Labor hold Swing −6.0

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1956: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Pat Morton 18,396 78.7 +3.1
Labor Malcolm Stuart−Robertson 4,968 21.3 −3.1
Total formal votes 23,364 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 391 1.7 −0.5
Turnout 23,755 93.3 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.1

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1956: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leo Nott 8,220 50.7 −2.3
Liberal Eric Hennessy 4,650 28.7 +28.7
Country Kenneth Masters 3,343 20.6 −26.4
Total formal votes 16,213 99.0 +0.6
Informal votes 160 1.0 −0.6
Turnout 16,373 94.2 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 8,554 52.8 −0.2
Liberal Eric Hennessy 7,659 47.2 +0.2
Labor hold Swing −0.2

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1956: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joe Lawson 12,106 70.1 +11.9
Labor Willie Peters 5,164 29.9 −11.9
Total formal votes 17,270 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 122 0.7 −0.7
Turnout 17,392 86.8 −2.4
Country hold Swing +11.9

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1956: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Enticknap 9,644 55.5 −6.8
Country Michael Cudmore 7,721 44.5 +6.8
Total formal votes 17,365 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 223 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 17,588 89.1 −3.5
Labor hold Swing −6.8

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1956: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,335 54.0 +1.5
Labor Alfred Bennett 6,946 36.3 −11.2
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 1,216 6.4 +6.4
Communist Mel McCalman 635 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 19,132 98.1 0.0
Informal votes 379 1.9 0.0
Turnout 19,511 93.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,641 55.6 +3.0
Labor Alfred Bennett 8,491 44.4 −3.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

Neutral Bay

New South Wales state election, 1956: Neutral Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black 15,585 74.9 −25.1
Labor Donald Gray 5,228 25.1 +25.1
Total formal votes 20,813 98.4
Informal votes 330 1.6
Turnout 21,143 91.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1956: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Hawkins 10,358 66.5 −26.1
Liberal Iris Hyde 4,410 28.3 +28.3
Communist Mervyn Copley 819 5.2 −2.2
Total formal votes 15,587 98.5 +3.6
Informal votes 239 1.5 −3.6
Turnout 15,826 93.8 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 11,095 71.2 −21.4
Liberal Iris Hyde 4,492 28.8 +28.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

North Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1956: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1956: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Cutler 10,863 59.7 +5.4
Labor Louie Cassey 7,137 39.2 −6.5
Communist Cecil Connors 194 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 18,194 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 166 0.9 −0.5
Turnout 18,360 95.4 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Charles Cutler 10,882 59.8 +5.5
Labor Louie Cassey 7,312 40.2 −5.5
Country hold Swing +5.5

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1956: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Les Jordan 10,695 58.6 +3.4
Labor William Kennewell 6,769 37.1 +0.8
Independent Joe Cordner 780 4.3 +2.5
Total formal votes 18,244 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 174 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 18,418 93.1 −3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 11,085 60.8 +0.1
Labor William Kennewell 7,159 39.2 −0.1
Country hold Swing +0.1

Paddington

New South Wales state election, 1956: Paddington
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,570 66.4 −20.6
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,339 22.9 +22.9
Communist Bill Brown 2,035 10.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 18,944 97.1 +4.4
Informal votes 573 2.9 −4.4
Turnout 19,517 91.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 14,401 76.0 −11.0
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,543 24.0 +24.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1956: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jim Clough 13,423 52.1 +4.3
Labor Kevin Morgan 12,344 47.9 −2.8
Total formal votes 25,767 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 381 1.5 −0.3
Turnout 26,148 94.1 −0.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.6

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1956: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Pat Hills 14,287 75.6 −24.4
Lang Labor Francis Mohan 3,197 16.9 +16.9
Communist Robert Webster 1,407 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 18,791 95.8
Informal votes 832 4.2
Turnout 19,723 92.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 15,342 81.2 −18.8
Lang Labor Francis Mohan 3,549 18.8 +18.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1956: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Radford Gamack unopposed
Country hold Swing

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1956: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gollan 10,281 52.6 −11.1
Liberal Charles De Monchaux 8,777 44.9 +8.6
Communist Kenneth O'Hara 498 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 19,556 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 411 2.0 −0.3
Turnout 19,903 93.2 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Gollan 10,729 54.9 −8.8
Liberal Charles De Monchaux 8,827 45.1 +8.8
Labor hold Swing −8.8

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1956: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Green 16,584 90.4 −2.3
Communist Arthur Shipton 1,754 9.6 +2.3
Total formal votes 18,338 93.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,265 6.5 +0.4
Turnout 19,603 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −2.3

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1956: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John McGrath 11,469 51.3 −9.2
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 10,890 48.7 +9.2
Total formal votes 22,359 98.3 +0.8
Informal votes 387 1.7 −0.8
Turnout 22,746 94.1 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −9.2

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1956: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Downing 12,001 50.1 −4.4
Liberal Francis Collings 11,959 49.9 +4.4
Total formal votes 23,960 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 436 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 24,396 94.6 −0.6
Labor hold Swing −4.4

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1956: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jack Beale 11,795 68.5 +7.7
Labor Allan Beaton 5,416 31.5 −7.7
Total formal votes 17,211 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 132 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 17,343 94.1 +0.2
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1956: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wattison 10,107 70.0 −30.0
Independent John Fox 2,858 19.8 +19.8
Communist William Flynn 1,468 10.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 14,433 98.0
Informal votes 287 2.0
Turnout 14,720 87.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor William Wattison 10,841 75.1 −24.9
Independent John Fox 3,592 24.9 +24.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1956: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ian Griffith 14,812 52.5 +5.8
Labor Tom Dalton 13,388 47.5 −5.8
Total formal votes 28,200 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 377 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 28,577 94.6 +0.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.8

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1956: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Chaffey 11,203 61.8 +7.2
Labor Arthur Foran 6,921 38.2 −7.2
Total formal votes 18,124 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 163 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 18,287 92.8 −3.1
Country hold Swing +7.2

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1956: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Doug Dickson 10,039 64.4 +3.2
Labor Hector Skidmore 5,549 35.6 −3.2
Total formal votes 15,588 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 152 1.0 −0.2
Turnout 15,740 91.9 −2.2
Country hold Swing +3.2

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1956: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Michael Bruxner unopposed
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1956: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country D'Arcy Rose 9,166 57.0 +1.7
Labor Albert Khan 6,907 43.0 −1.7
Total formal votes 16,073 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 99 0.6 −0.3
Turnout 16,172 94.6 −1.1
Country hold Swing +1.7

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1956: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Murray Robson 14,865 71.4 −28.6
Independent Alfred Elboz 5,950 28.6 +28.6
Total formal votes 20,815 97.3
Informal votes 575 2.7
Turnout 21,390 90.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1956: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Eddie Graham 10,250 60.3 −3.9
Liberal Wal Fife 6,743 39.7 +3.9
Total formal votes 16,993 99.2 +1.1
Informal votes 144 0.8 −1.1
Turnout 17,137 93.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −5.7

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1956: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Frank Purdue 8,829 48.8 +48.8
Labor Harry Sheedy 6,608 36.6 −31.3
Independent Harry Edwards 2,201 12.2 +12.2
Communist Thomas Graham 434 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 18,072 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 235 1.3 −1.6
Turnout 18,307 95.7 −0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frank Purdue 10,129 56.0 +56.0
Labor Harry Sheedy 7,943 44.0 −23.9
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Waverley

New South Wales state election, 1956: Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ferguson 11,373 58.6 −9.9
Liberal John Steinwede 7,145 36.8 +5.3
Communist Eddie Maher 900 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 19,418 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 425 2.1 0.0
Turnout 19,843 90.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ferguson 12,183 62.7 −5.8
Liberal John Steinwede 7,235 37.3 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1956: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Brain 15,682 72.0 +7.4
Labor Anthony Coates 6,086 28.0 −7.4
Total formal votes 21,768 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 271 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 22,039 92.9 −0.9
Liberal hold Swing +7.4

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1956: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Blake Pelly 11,675 65.2 +8.3
Labor Ernest Seager 6,220 34.8 −8.3
Total formal votes 17,895 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 204 1.1 −0.3
Turnout 18,099 94.6 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing +8.3

Wollongong−Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1956: Wollongong−Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Rex Connor 9,636 55.2 +0.3
Liberal Robert Albert 6,027 34.5 +34.5
Independent George Parker 1,785 10.2 −30.4
Total formal votes 17,448 98.3 +1.4
Informal votes 293 1.7 −1.4
Turnout 17,741 93.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 10,528 60.3 +4.3
Liberal Robert Albert 6,920 39.7 +39.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Woollahra

New South Wales state election, 1956: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Vernon Treatt 14,592 70.8 +3.2
Independent George Mason 6,007 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 20,599 95.3 −2.3
Informal votes 1,010 4.7 +2.3
Turnout 21,609 87.7 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Young

New South Wales state election, 1956: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Cahill 9,371 49.0 −8.2
Liberal Raymond Oliver 4,904 25.6 +25.6
Country George Freudenstein 4,858 25.4 −17.4
Total formal votes 19,133 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 151 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 19,284 95.1 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 9,746 50.9 −6.3
Liberal Raymond Oliver 9,387 49.1 +6.3
Labor hold Swing −6.3

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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