1922 New South Wales state election
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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader George Fuller James Dooley
Party Nationalist Labor
Leader since 14 April 1920 5 October 1921
Leader's seat Wollondilly Bathurst
Last election 28 seats 43 seats
Seats won 41 seats 36 seats
Seat change Increase13 Decrease7
Percentage 43.17% 38.48%
Swing Increase13.25 Decrease4.60
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

James Dooley
Labor

Elected Premier

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

The 1922 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 1922. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 26th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 25th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 17 February 1922 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier James Dooley.[1][2][3]

Key dates

Date Event
17 February 1922 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
25 February 1922 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
25 March 1922 Polling day.
13 April 1922 Second Fuller ministry sworn in
19 April 1922 Writs returned.
26 April 1922 Opening of 25th Parliament.

Results

See also: Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election


1922 New South Wales state election [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1920–1925 >>

Enrolled voters 1,251,023
Votes cast 875,464 Turnout 70.00 +13.81
Informal votes 31,771 Informal 3.63 −6.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 364,211 43.17 +13.25 41 +13
  Labor 324,677 38.48 −4.60 36 −7
  Progressive 93,488 11.08 −4.04 9 −6
  Independent 31,880 3.78 −1.07 1 0
  Democratic 14,354 1.70 −0.69 1 +1
  Independent Labor 7,438 0.88 +0.88 0  
  Ind. Coalitionist 5,727 0.68 +0.68 1 +1
  Industrial Labor 1,674 0.20 +0.20 0  
  Soldier's Nationalist 244 0.03 +0.03 0  
Total 843,693     90  
Results of 1922
Popular vote
Nationalist
 
 43.17%
Labor
 
 38.48%
Progressive
 
 11.05%
Independent
 
 4.66%
Democratic
 
 1.70%
Ind. Coalitionist
 
 0.71%
Others
 
 0.20%
Parliamentary seats
Nationalist
 
 41
Labor
 
 36
Progressive
 
 9
Independent
 
 2
Democratic
 
 2
Ind. Coalitionist
 
 1

Retiring members

Labor[edit]

Nationalist[edit]

Changing seats

Seats changing hands
Seat 1920 Swing [a] 1922
Party Member ± ± Member Party
Balmain   Labor John Doyle -6.3 +12.6 +18.8 Robert Stopford Nationalist  
Bathurst Valentine Johnston -6.4 +9.1 +11.7 Charles Rosenthal
Byron Tom Swiney +3.0 +9.5 +21.9 William Missingham Progressive  
Eastern Suburbs   Progressive James MacArthur-Onslow -5.6 +8.4 +11.1 Hyman Goldstein Nationalist  
  Labor Daniel Dwyer -12.0 +11.5 +10.9 Cyril Fallon Democratic  
Newcastle    Independent Arthur Gardiner -8.8 +17.0 +25.2 Walter Skelton Independent  
North Shore    Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid +0.4 +5.5 +11.3 William Fell Ind. Coalitionist  
Oxley   Progressive Richard Price -10.5 +11.5 +12.4 Theodore Hill Nationalist  
Parramatta    Labor Bill Ely -8.1 +11.6 +15.0 Thomas Morrow
Sturt    Socialist Labor Percy Brookfield  [b] NA NA +0.7 Jabez Wright Labor  
Sydney   Labor Michael Burke +1.0 +3.2 +7.3 Joseph Jackson Nationalist  
Wammerawa Joseph Clark -9.0 +8.7 +8.3 Harold Thorby Progressive  
Wollondilly John Cleary -9.2 +8.3 +7.3 Mark Morton Nationalist  
Members changing party
Seat 1920 ± 1922
Party Member % % Member Party
Byron   Progressive Stephen Perdriau Stephen Perdriau Nationalist  
Maitland Walter Bennett Walter Bennett
Namoi Walter Wearne Walter Wearne
Ryde   Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton Edward Loxton
  Progressive Thomas Bavin Thomas Bavin
St George  Thomas Ley Thomas Ley
Wammerawa   Nationalist William Ashford William Ashford [c] Independent  
Western Suburbs   Progressive James Wilson James Wilson Nationalist  

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.
  2. ^ The member for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been elected under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party at the 1920 election for Sturt, however he formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death.[4] There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes at the 1920 election and thus he should be appointed.[5] The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader and Premier John Storey nominated Jabez Wright who took his seat on 30 August 1921.[6]
  3. ^ The returning officer declared that William Ashford had been re-elected. The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee who declared that Joseph Clark had been elected instead.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1922 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "New labor organisation". The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ^ "Sturt vacancy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1921 Sturt by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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