Results of the New South Wales state election, 1920

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1920.

This election took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system.

New South Wales state election, 20 March 1920[1][2]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,154,437
Votes cast 158,430 Turnout 19.17 −42.26
Informal votes 62,900 Informal 28.42 +27.40
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 68,175 43.03 +0.40 43 +10
  Nationalist 46,930 29.62 −17.82 28 −24
  Progressive 26,839 16.94 +16.94 15 +15
  Independent 7,300 4.61 +0.47 1 –2
  Ind. Nationalist 1,940 1.22 –1.25 2 0
  Ind. Socialist Labor 1,810 1.14 +1.08 1 +1
  All others 5,438 3.43 −2.30 0 –2
Total 585,809     90  

Results by electoral district

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1920: Balmain
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,147
Labor John Storey (elected 1) 7,527 24.4
Labor John Quirk (elected 3) 3,137 10.2
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 4) 2,821 9.1
Labor Tom Keegan 2,603 8.4
Labor John Doyle (elected 2) 2,336 7.6
Nationalist Robert Stopford 3,911 12.7
Nationalist Albert Smith (elected 5) 3,016 9.8
Soldiers and Citizens Ambrose Carmichael 2,590 8.4
Soldiers and Citizens George Saunders 100 0.3
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Shields 28 0.1
Democratic Charles Lawlor 2,252 7.3
Ind. Socialist Labor William Corcoran 81 0.3
Ind. Socialist Labor James Moroney 59 0.2
Ind. Socialist Labor Peter Christensen 26 0.1
Ind. Socialist Labor Herbert Weston 13 0.1
Independent Arthur Griffith 165 0.5
Independent Henry Levy 93 0.3
Independent Solomon Amein 60 0.2
Independent George Nielsen 60 0.2
Total formal votes 30,878 86.4
Informal votes 4,845 13.6
Turnout 35,723 54.3
Party total votes
Labor 18,424 59.7
Nationalist 6,927 22.4
Soldiers and Citizens 2,718 8.8
Democratic 2,252 7.3
Ind. Socialist Labor 179 0.6
Independent Arthur Griffith 165 0.5
Independent Henry Levy 93 0.3
Independent Solomon Amein 60 0.2
Independent George Nielsen 60 0.2

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1920: Bathurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,912
Labor James Dooley (elected 1) 7,380 31.2
Labor Valentine Johnston (elected 3) 5,224 22.1
Labor John Gilchrist 88 0.4
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick (elected 2) 6,029 25.5
Nationalist Henry Camfield 1,723 7.3
Progressive Arthur Brown 1,888 8.0
Progressive Albert Rogers 1,244 5.3
Independent James McIntyre 70 0.3
Total formal votes 23,646 94.8
Informal votes 1,285 5.2
Turnout 24,931 62.4
Party total votes
Labor 12,692 53.7
Nationalist 7,752 32.8
Progressive 3,132 13.2
Independent James McIntyre 70 0.3

Botany

New South Wales state election, 1920: Botany
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,749
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 1) 5,781 20.3
Labor Frank Burke (elected 2) 4,685 16.4
Labor William McKell (elected 3) 4,379 15.4
Labor Simon Hickey (elected 5) 2,883 10.1
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 1,351 4.7
Nationalist John Lee (elected 4) 4,499 15.8
Nationalist James Morrish 1,132 4.0
Democratic Edward Connell 2,179 7.7
Progressive Philip Strange-Mure 319 1.1
Progressive Charles Coghlan 183 0.6
Ind. Socialist Labor Annie Toohey 173 0.6
Ind. Socialist Labor Timothy McCristal 123 0.4
Ind. Socialist Labor Henry Denford 53 0.2
Ind. Socialist Labor John Jamieson 44 0.2
Independent Stanley McGowen 339 1.2
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Banks 255 0.9
Soldiers and Citizens Christopher Evers 60 0.2
Independent Patrick Quinn 33 0.1
Independent George Crowley 19 0.1
Total formal votes 28,490 84.5
Informal votes 5,215 15.5
Turnout 33,705 51.8
Party total votes
Labor 19,079 67.0
Nationalist 5,631 19.8
Democratic 2,179 7.7
Progressive 502 1.8
Ind. Socialist Labor 393 1.4
Independent Stanley McGowen 339 1.2
Soldiers and Citizens 315 1.1
Independent Patrick Quinn 33 0.1
Independent George Crowley 19 0.1

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1920: Byron
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,103
Nationalist George Nesbitt (elected 1) 4,815 23.6
Nationalist William Zuill 1,901 9.3
Progressive Raymond Perdriau (elected 2) 3,384 16.6
Progressive William Missingham 2,092 10.2
Progressive Duncan Nicholson 750 3.7
Labor Tom Swiney (elected 3) 3,992 19.6
Labor Roger Ryan 257 1.3
Independent James McDougall 1,385 6.8
Independent Percy Tighe 1,119 5.5
Independent John Yates 646 3.2
Independent William McKeever 43 0.2
Independent Thomas Winterton 25 0.1
Total formal votes 20,409 93.1
Informal votes 1,516 6.9
Turnout 21,925 55.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 6,716 32.9
Progressive 6,226 30.5
Labor 4,249 20.7
Independent James McDougall 1,385 6.8
Independent Percy Tighe 1,119 5.5
Independent John Yates 646 3.2
Independent William McKeever 43 0.2
Independent Thomas Winterton 25 0.1

Cootamundra

New South Wales state election, 1920: Cootamundra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,325
Labor Greg McGirr (elected 1) 6,895 27.3
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 2) 6,498 25.7
Labor Charles Trefle 452 1.8
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 3) 3,537 14.0
Progressive John Fitzpatrick 1,831 7.2
Progressive Hugh Brown 1,681 6.7
Nationalist William Holman 4,199 16.6
Nationalist Arthur D'Arcy 204 0.8
Total formal votes 25,297 95.1
Informal votes 1,309 4.9
Turnout 26,606 66.9
Party total votes
Labor 13,845 54.7
Progressive 7,049 27.9
Nationalist 4,403 17.4

Cumberland

New South Wales state election, 1920: Cumberland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,655
Nationalist Bruce Walker (elected 2) 4,142 22.2
Nationalist Ernest Carr (elected 3) 2,520 13.5
Nationalist William FitzSimons 2,364 12.7
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 1) 4,315 23.2
Labor Albert Jones 1,096 5.9
Labor Francis Lagerlow 259 1.4
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Hely 442 2.4
Soldiers and Citizens William Armstrong 334 1.8
Independent William Crittenden 681 3.7
Total formal votes 18,617 92.4
Informal votes 1,539 7.6
Turnout 20,156 54.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 9,026 48.5
Labor 5,670 30.5
Progressive 2,464 13.2
Soldiers and Citizens 776 4.2
Independent William Crittenden 681 3.7

Eastern Suburbs

New South Wales state election, 1920: Eastern Suburbs
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,938
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 2) 4,432 15.0
Nationalist Charles Oakes (elected 1) 4,422 14.9
Nationalist Charles Williams 2,718 9.2
Nationalist Henry Rogers 1,190 4.0
Nationalist James Mullaney 51 0.2
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 4) 3,248 11.0
Labor James Fingleton (elected 3) 2,152 7.3
Labor Johnston Campbell 2,112 7.1
Labor Daniel Dwyer 1,263 4.3
Labor Walter Humphries 334 1.1
Progressive James Macarthur-Onslow (elected 5) 2,870 9.7
Progressive Arthur Doran 593 2.0
Independent William Ross 2,907 9.8
Soldiers and Citizens Grace Scobie 875 3.0
Soldiers and Citizens Frederick Winn-Walker 136 0.5
Soldiers and Citizens Alexander Hogan 111 0.4
Soldiers and Citizens Edgar Spencer 56 0.2
Independent Sidney Buckleton 152 0.5
Total formal votes 29,622 88.5
Informal votes 3,859 11.5
Turnout 33,481 51.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 12,813 43.3
Labor 9,109 30.8
Progressive 3,463 11.7
Independent William Ross 2,907 9.8
Soldiers and Citizens 1,178 4.0
Independent Sidney Buckleton 152 0.5

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1920: Goulburn
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,039
Labor John Bailey (elected 1) 7,175 35.6
Labor Frank Morgan 413 2.1
Labor Richard Macdonald 214 1.1
Nationalist Augustus James (elected 2) 3,981 19.7
Nationalist William Millard 1,943 9.6
Progressive Thomas Rutledge (elected 3) 2,361 11.7
Progressive Patrick Bourke 779 3.9
Progressive William Tomkins 736 3.6
Independent Percy Evans 2,023 10.0
Independent John Brogan 62 0.3
Independent Francis Grogan 39 0.2
Total formal votes 20,152 90.7
Informal votes 2,061 9.3
Turnout 22,213 58.3
Party total votes
Labor 7,802 38.7
Nationalist 5,924 29.4
Progressive 4,302 21.3
Independent Percy Evans 2,023 10.0
Independent John Brogan 62 0.3
Independent Francis Grogan 39 0.2

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1920: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,824
Labor Walter O'Hearn (elected 2) 3,477 18.0
Labor William Brennan 2,253 11.7
Labor Dionysius McGuire 1,419 7.4
Nationalist Charles Nicholson 3,439 17.8
Nationalist William Cameron (elected 3) 1,925 10.0
Nationalist Stephen Hungerford 824 4.3
Progressive Walter Bennett (elected 1) 3,418 17.7
Progressive William Roberts 1,199 6.2
Progressive Cecil Tindale 1,162 6.0
Independent Joseph Compton 121 0.6
Independent Thomas Hays 57 0.3
Total formal votes 19,294 91.5
Informal votes 1,785 8.5
Turnout 21,079 55.3
Party total votes
Labor 7,149 37.1
Nationalist 6,188 32.1
Progressive 5,779 30.0
Independent Joseph Compton 121 0.6
Independent Thomas Hays 57 0.3

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1920: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,959
Labor William O'Brien (elected 1) 4,833 24.4
Labor Edmund Clear 3,590 18.1
Labor Claude Thompson 676 3.4
Nationalist Richard Ball (elected 2) 3,957 19.9
Nationalist Arthur Manning 2,224 11.2
Progressive George Beeby (elected 3) 3,810 19.2
Progressive Matthew Kilpatrick 742 3.7
Total formal votes 19,832 93.7
Informal votes 1,326 6.3
Turnout 21,158 55.9
Party total votes
Labor 9,099 45.9
Nationalist 6,181 31.2
Progressive 4,552 23.0

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1920: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,267
Labor Martin Flannery (elected 1) 3,624 17.2
Labor Patrick McGirr 3,621 17.2
Labor George Bodkin 2,415 11.5
Progressive Ernest Buttenshaw (elected 2) 2,387 11.3
Progressive William Killen 1,554 7.4
Progressive William Adams 1,013 4.8
Progressive Herbert Cuthbert 274 1.3
Nationalist Arthur Grimm (elected 3) 3,622 17.2
Independent Andrew Stewart 2,020 9.6
Ind. Nationalist Patrick McGarry 512 2.4
Independent Herbert Hawkins 22 0.1
Total formal votes 21,064 90.7
Informal votes 2,161 9.3
Turnout 23,225 59.0
Party total votes
Labor 9,660 45.9
Progressive 5,228 24.8
Nationalist 3,622 17.2
Independent Andrew Stewart 2,020 9.6
Ind. Nationalist Patrick McGarry 512 2.4
Independent Herbert Hawkins 22 0.1

Namoi

New South Wales state election, 1920: Namoi
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,432
Labor Patrick Scully (elected 1) 8,007 36.9
Labor Thomas Boland 592 2.7
Labor William Scully 396 1.8
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 2) 2,848 13.1
Nationalist John Crane 2,605 12.0
Progressive Walter Wearne (elected 3) 3,244 14.9
Progressive Frank Heywood 969 4.5
Progressive Charles Woollett 754 3.5
Independent Robert Levien 2,309 10.6
Total formal votes 21,724 93.5
Informal votes 1,517 6.5
Turnout 23,241 61.7
Party total votes
Labor 8,995 41.4
Nationalist 5,453 25.1
Progressive 4,967 22.9
Independent Robert Levien 2,309 10.6

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1920: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,475
Labor Hugh Connell (elected 1) 6,720 20.5
Labor John Estell (elected 3) 4,998 15.2
Labor William Kearsley (elected 4) 3,641 11.1
Labor David Murray 2,145 6.5
Labor Amram Lewis 1,381 4.2
Independent Arthur Gardiner (elected 2) 5,821 17.7
Nationalist John Fegan (elected 5) 2,113 6.4
Nationalist John Paton 1,840 5.6
Nationalist George O'Brien 289 0.9
Progressive Roland Green 1,064 3.2
Democratic Robert Mackenzie 947 2.9
Ind. Nationalist William Grahame 898 2.7
Ind. Socialist Labor Joseph Charlton 564 1.7
Ind. Socialist Labor David McNeill 140 0.4
Ind. Socialist Labor Thomas Johnston 68 0.2
Ind. Socialist Labor John McDonald 62 0.2
Ind. Socialist Labor William North 53 0.2
Independent Michael Dillon 91 0.3
Independent John Kingsborough 13 0.1
Total formal votes 32,848 87.6
Informal votes 4,648 12.4
Turnout 37,496 59.1
Party total votes
Labor 18,885 57.5
Independent Arthur Gardiner 5,821 17.7
Nationalist 4,242 12.9
Progressive 1,064 3.2
Democratic 947 2.9
Ind. Nationalist William Grahame 898 2.7
Ind. Socialist Labor 887 2.7
Independent Michael Dillon 91 0.3
Independent John Kingsborough 13 0.1

North Shore

New South Wales state election, 1920: North Shore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,211
Nationalist Reginald Weaver (elected 1) 4,786 15.3
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 3) 4,425 14.2
Nationalist Arthur Cocks (elected 4) 2,492 8.0
Nationalist Percy Colquhoun 1,873 6.0
Nationalist Richard Lambton 773 2.5
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 2,461 7.9
Labor Henry Willis 1,181 3.8
Labor Alexander Campbell 1,132 3.6
Labor Alfred Warton 557 1.8
Labor Albert Roberts 395 1.3
Progressive Arthur Walker 1,752 5.6
Progressive Frank Farnell 451 1.4
Progressive Francis Killeen 376 1.2
Progressive Archie Ogilvy 139 0.4
Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid (elected 5) 2,628 8.4
Democratic Timothy O'Donoghue 2,297 7.4
Women's Party (1920) Mary Booth 1,610 5.2
Soldiers and Citizens Edward Cortis 692 2.2
Soldiers and Citizens Richard Fitz-Gerald 341 1.1
Independent Edward Clark 879 2.8
Independent Frederick Clancy 20 0.1
Total formal votes 31,260 88.3
Informal votes 4,535 12.7
Turnout 35,795 56.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 14,349 45.9
Labor 5,726 18.3
Progressive 2,718 8.7
Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid 2,628 8.4
Democratic 2,297 7.4
Women's Party (1920) 1,610 5.2
Soldiers and Citizens 1,033 3.3
Independent Edward Clark 879 2.8
Independent Frederick Clancy 20 0.1

Northern Tableland

New South Wales state election, 1920: Northern Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,853
Progressive Michael Bruxner (elected 2) 4,553 23.5
Progressive David Drummond (elected 3) 1,949 10.0
Progressive Follet Thomas 1,506 7.8
Progressive John Crapp 864 4.5
Progressive Patrick Little 644 3.3
Labor Alfred McClelland (elected 1) 5,729 29.5
Labor Joseph Byrne 1,499 7.7
Nationalist Herbert Lane 2,199 11.3
Nationalist Leonard Francis 468 2.4
Total formal votes 19,411 93.6
Informal votes 1,320 6.4
Turnout 20,731 57.4
Party total votes
Progressive 9,516 49.0
Labor 7,228 37.2
Nationalist 2,667 13.7

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1920: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,773
Progressive George Briner (elected 1) 5,000 26.2
Progressive Richard Price (elected 3) 3,784 19.8
Progressive Theodore Hill 1,757 9.2
Labor Joseph Fitzgerald (elected 2) 4,430 23.2
Labor John Culbert 243 1.3
Labor Robert Pinkerton 77 0.4
Nationalist Henry Morton 3,437 18.0
Independent Edward Hill 273 1.4
Independent Eugene Rudder 87 0.5
Total formal votes 19,088 93.4
Informal votes 1,348 6.6
Turnout 20,436 53.2
Party total votes
Progressive 10,541 55.2
Labor 4,750 24.9
Nationalist 3,437 18.0
Independent Edward Hill 273 1.4
Independent Eugene Rudder 87 0.5

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1920: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,119
Labor Jack Lang (elected 1) 10,134 49.5
Labor Bill Ely (elected 3) 477 2.3
Labor Edward Pomfret 128 0.6
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell (elected 2) 7,325 35.8
Nationalist Frederick Parkes 572 2.8
Democratic Alexander Finn 778 3.8
Soldiers and Citizens James Thomson 418 2.0
Soldiers and Citizens Francis Silverstone 179 0.9
Soldiers and Citizens Richard Yeend 97 0.5
Independent Harry Moss 366 1.8
Total formal votes 20,474 91.7
Informal votes 1,846 8.3
Turnout 22,320 57.1
Party total votes
Labor 10,739 52.5
Nationalist 7,897 38.6
Democratic 778 3.8
Soldiers and Citizens 694 3.4
Independent Harry Moss 366 1.8

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1920: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,344
Nationalist Thomas Henley (elected 1) 7,150 22.3
Nationalist David Anderson (elected 3) 2,697 8.4
Nationalist Sydney Herring 1,915 6.0
Nationalist Herbert Small 898 2.8
Labor William Hutchison 2,987 9.3
Labor Robert Greig (elected 5) 2,866 8.9
Labor Henry Douglass 1,648 5.1
Labor Vernon Jarvis 1,013 3.2
Labor Ernest Sheiles 597 1.9
Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton (elected 2) 5,319 16.6
Progressive Thomas Bavin (elected 4) 2,525 7.9
Progressive Benjamin Gelling 1,246 3.9
Soldiers and Citizens Maurice Dearn 354 1.1
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Laseron 241 0.8
Soldiers and Citizens David Morgan 198 0.6
Soldiers and Citizens John Pattison 149 0.5
Soldiers and Citizens Francis Russell 143 0.5
Independent Henry Bernard 93 0.3
Independent Robin Levick 22 0.1
Total formal votes 32,061 89.0
Informal votes 3,976 11.0
Turnout 36,037 57.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 12,660 39.5
Labor 9,111 28.4
Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton 5,319 16.6
Progressive 3,771 11.8
Soldiers and Citizens 1,085 3.4
Independent Henry Bernard 93 0.3
Independent Robin Levick 22 0.1

St George

New South Wales state election, 1920: St George
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,569
Labor George Cann (elected 1) 7,026 21.0
Labor Sam Toombs 3,384 10.1
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 5) 1,800 5.4
Labor William Gibbs 877 2.6
Labor Patrick Donovan 842 2.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 3) 5,103 15.3
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 4) 3,191 9.5
Nationalist Frederick Reed 2,497 7.5
Progressive Thomas Ley (elected 2) 4,440 13.3
Progressive Charles Rosenthal 1,485 4.4
Democratic William O'Driscoll 2,227 6.7
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Church 177 0.5
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Rider 69 0.2
Independent Joseph Andrew 222 0.7
Independent Sydney Cook 70 0.2
Total formal votes 33,410 90.4
Informal votes 3,545 9.6
Turnout 36,955 57.6
Party total votes
Labor 13,929 41.7
Nationalist 10,791 32.3
Progressive 5,925 17.7
Democratic 2,227 6.7
Soldiers and Citizens 246 0.7
Independent Joseph Andrew 222 0.7
Independent Sydney Cook 70 0.2

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1920: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 3,958
Labor Mat Davidson (elected 3) 3,824 24.2
Labor Jabez Wright 2,917 18.4
Labor Walter Webb 492 3.1
Ind. Socialist Labor Percy Brookfield (elected 1) 4,357 27.5
Nationalist Brian Doe (elected 2) 3,890 24.6
Nationalist Frank Wilkinson 207 1.3
Nationalist John Thorn 53 0.3
Independent Thomas Hynes 55 0.4
Independent John O'Reilly 34 0.2
Total formal votes 15,829 92.1
Informal votes 1,358 7.9
Turnout 17,187 49.7
Party total votes
Labor 7,233 45.7
Ind. Socialist Labor 4,357 27.5
Nationalist 4,150 26.2
Independent Thomas Hynes 55 0.4
Independent John O'Reilly 34 0.2

Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1920: Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 4,224
Labor John Birt (elected 2) 3,613 14.3
Labor Arthur Buckley (elected 4) 2,987 11.8
Labor Michael Burke (elected 5) 2,529 10.0
Labor Patrick Minahan (elected 3) 2,425 9.6
Labor Tom Smith 2,016 8.0
Nationalist Daniel Levy (elected 1) 4,599 18.1
Nationalist Joseph Jackson 2,513 9.9
Independent Richard Meagher 2,115 8.4
Democratic Patrick Cleary 1,654 6.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Ernie Judd 282 1.1
Ind. Socialist Labor Daisy Loughran 45 0.2
Soldiers and Citizens Charles Smith 134 0.5
Soldiers and Citizens James Ritchie 88 0.4
Soldiers and Citizens John Clasby 84 0.3
Independent William Thomas 119 0.5
Independent Alfred Bartlett 102 0.4
Independent Patrick Craddock 18 0.1
Independent Joseph Sydney 12 0.1
Independent Edwin Miller 3 0.0
Independent John O'Sullivan 3 0.0
Total formal votes 25,341 84.7
Informal votes 4,579 15.3
Turnout 29,920 44.4
Party total votes
Labor 13,570 53.5
Nationalist 7,112 28.1
Independent Richard Meagher 2,115 8.4
Democratic 1,654 6.5
Ind. Socialist Labor 327 1.3
Soldiers and Citizens 306 1.2
Independent William Thomas 119 0.5
Independent Alfred Bartlett 102 0.4
Independent Patrick Craddock 18 0.1
Independent Joseph Sydney 12 0.1
Independent Edwin Miller 3 0.0
Independent John O'Sullivan 3 0.0

Wammerawa

New South Wales state election, 1920: Wammerawa
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,610
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 8,912 39.7
Labor Joseph Clark (elected 3) 2,138 9.5
Labor William Webster 931 4.2
Nationalist William Ashford (elected 2) 5,166 23.0
Nationalist Sidney Skuthorpe 269 1.2
Progressive Harold Thorby 2,355 10.5
Progressive Neil McLennan 1,206 5.4
Progressive William Harris 1,137 5.1
Independent Sydney Webb 178 0.8
Independent William Kelk 109 0.5
Independent Edwin Utley 37 0.2
Total formal votes 22,438 92.1
Informal votes 1,920 7.9
Turnout 24,358 63.3
Party total votes
Labor 11,981 53.4
Nationalist 5,435 24.2
Progressive 4,698 20.9
Independent Sydney Webb 178 0.8
Independent William Kelk 109 0.5
Independent Edwin Utley 37 0.2

Western Suburbs

New South Wales state election, 1920: Western Suburbs
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,397
Labor Carlo Lazzarini (elected 1) 4,457 13.8
Labor Edward McTiernan (elected 2) 3,419 10.6
Labor Frederick McDonald 1,821 5.6
Labor Barney Olde 1,089 3.4
Labor John Sheils 993 3.1
Nationalist Tom Hoskins (elected 3) 4,236 13.1
Nationalist Sydney Shillington (elected 4) 3,643 11.2
Nationalist David Doull 2,064 6.4
Nationalist Henry Garling 1,759 5.4
Progressive James Wilson (elected 5) 2,423 7.5
Progressive Frederick Robins 237 0.7
Soldiers and Citizens John Ness 1,173 3.6
Soldiers and Citizens Stanley Gelling 216 0.7
Soldiers and Citizens Thomas McVittie 207 0.6
Soldiers and Citizens John Weekley 108 0.3
Democratic Daniel Noon 1,692 5.2
Independent Alexander Huie 1,268 3.9
Independent Peter Bowling 746 2.3
Independent Claude Sugden 16 0.1
Total formal votes 32,380 89.0
Informal votes 4,006 11.0
Turnout 36,386 57.8
Party total votes
Labor 11,779 36.4
Nationalist 11,702 36.1
Progressive 2,660 8.2
Soldiers and Citizens 1,704 5.3
Democratic 1,692 5.2
Independent Alexander Huie 1,268 3.9
Independent Peter Bowling 746 2.3
Independent Claude Sugden 16 0.1

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1920: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,562
Labor Billy Davies (elected 1) 8,440 37.9
Labor John Cleary (elected 3) 1,756 7.9
Labor Daniel Chalker 1,471 6.6
Nationalist George Fuller (elected 2) 6,267 28.2
Nationalist Mark Morton 3,935 17.7
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon 375 1.7
Total formal votes 22,244 94.1
Informal votes 1,401 5.9
Turnout 23,645 60.5
Party total votes
Labor 11,667 52.5
Nationalist 10,202 45.9
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon 375 1.7

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 1920 Election". Australian Politics and Elections Database. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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