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 NSW	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

References

↑ Green, Antony. "NSW 1956 Election Totals". NSW Elections. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
↑ 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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[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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