Results of the New South Wales state election, 1959 (L–Z)

New South Wales state election, 21 March 1959[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 2,075,268
Votes cast 1,739,580 Turnout 94.00 +0.73
Informal votes 31,864 Informal 1.83 +0.16
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 838,836 49.12 +1.87 49 −1
  Liberal 603,718 35.35 −0.74 28 +1
  Country 148,738 8.71 −1.45 16 +1
  Independent 61,939 3.63 +0.50 1 −
  Communist 24,784 1.45 −0.29 0 −
  Democratic Labor 22,508 1.32 +1.32 0 −
  Independent Labor NSW 7,193 0.42 −1.46 0 −1
Total 1,707,716     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1959 for districts from L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1959: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Simpson 15,303 88.7
Communist John Tapp 1,942 11.3
Total formal votes 17,245 95.4
Informal votes 836 4.6
Turnout 18,081 94.8
Labor hold Swing

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1959: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,510 64.0
Liberal Dora Skelsey 8,737 36.0
Total formal votes 24,247 98.2
Informal votes 448 1.8
Turnout 24,695 95.2
Labor hold Swing

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1959: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ken McCaw 16,842 69.6
Labor Arthur Braddock 6,556 27.1
Democratic Labor Mary Gray 816 3.4
Total formal votes 24,214 98.5
Informal votes 360 1.5
Turnout 24,574 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ken McCaw 17,495 72.3
Labor Arthur Braddock 6,719 27.7
Liberal hold Swing

Leichhardt

New South Wales state election, 1959: Leichhardt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Reg Coady 12,726 61.6
Liberal Barney Morton 7,948 38.4
Total formal votes 20,674 98.3
Informal votes 358 1.7
Turnout 21,032 92.4
Labor hold Swing

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1959: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jack Easter 7,996 50.01
Independent Clyde Campbell 7,994 49.99
Total formal votes 15,990 98.3
Informal votes 273 1.7
Turnout 16,263 93.1
Country hold Swing

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1959: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Mannix 14,622 58.9
Liberal Ron Dunbier 10,200 41.1
Total formal votes 24,822 97.5
Informal votes 627 2.5
Turnout 25,449 93.7
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains

New South Wales state election, 1959: Liverpool Plains
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Roger Nott 8,694 51.7
Country Frank O'Keefe 7,933 47.2
Independent John Pender 195 1.2
Total formal votes 16,822 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 17,002 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 8,792 52.3
Country Frank O'Keefe 8,030 47.7
Labor hold Swing

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1959: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Milton Morris 8,552 52.2
Labor William Harvey 6,681 40.8
Democratic Labor Douglas Drinkwater 1,011 6.2
Independent Henry Ivins 138 0.8
Total formal votes 16,382 98.7
Informal votes 212 1.3
Turnout 16,594 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Milton Morris 9,430 57.6
Labor William Harvey 6,952 42.4
Liberal hold Swing

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1959: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Douglas Darby 15,078 63.1
Labor Geoffrey Mill 8,803 36.9
Total formal votes 23,881 98.4
Informal votes 395 1.6
Turnout 24,276 92.8
Liberal hold Swing

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1959: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Heffron 13,063 61.3
Liberal George Anthony 7,517 35.3
Communist Jim Baird 731 3.4
Total formal votes 21,311 98.4
Informal votes 343 1.6
Turnout 21,654 95.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Heffron 13,648 64.0
Liberal George Anthony 7,663 36.0
Labor hold Swing

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1959: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norm Ryan 14,546 69.0
Liberal Michael Lazar 6,542 31.0
Total formal votes 21,088 97.7
Informal votes 501 2.3
Turnout 21,589 93.9
Labor hold Swing

Merrylands

New South Wales state election, 1959: Merrylands
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Ferguson 14,785 56.0
Liberal Graham Cullis 11,636 44.0
Total formal votes 26,421 98.0
Informal votes 546 2.0
Turnout 26,967 94.7
Labor hold Swing

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1959: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Seiffert 8,890 57.6
Liberal Mark Flanagan 6,540 42.4
Total formal votes 15,430 98.5
Informal votes 242 1.5
Turnout 15,672 93.2
Labor hold Swing

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1959: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Pat Morton 20,595 90.2
Communist Bill Wood 2,247 9.8
Total formal votes 22,842 95.6
Informal votes 1,062 4.4
Turnout 23,904 92.7
Liberal hold Swing

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1959: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leo Nott 7,929 49.3
Liberal Jack Ives 4,221 26.3
Country Norman Griffith 3,576 22.2
Democratic Labor Donald Bennett 347 2.2
Total formal votes 16,073 98.8
Informal votes 198 1.2
Turnout 16,271 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 8,174 50.9
Liberal Jack Ives 7,899 49.1
Labor hold Swing

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1959: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joe Lawson 11,555 64.6
Labor John Hayes 6,334 35.4
Total formal votes 17,889 99.1
Informal votes 154 0.9
Turnout 18,043 90.7
Country hold Swing

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1959: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Enticknap 8,611 47.6
Country Verdon Letheren 5,903 32.6
Independent Sidney Braithwaite 2,774 15.3
Democratic Labor Francis O'Connell 798 4.4
Total formal votes 18,086 98.0
Informal votes 363 2.0
Turnout 18,449 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Enticknap 10,216 56.5
Country Verdon Letheren 7,870 43.5
Labor hold Swing

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1959: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,284 60.3
Labor John Carvan 7,279 35.7
Communist Melville McCalman 817 4.0
Total formal votes 20,380 98.4
Informal votes 327 1.6
Turnout 20,707 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 12,447 61.1
Labor John Carvan 7,933 38.9
Liberal hold Swing

Neutral Bay

New South Wales state election, 1959: Neutral Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1959: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Hawkins 12,239 64.5
Liberal William Hutchinson 5,950 31.4
Communist Mervyn Copley 777 4.1
Total formal votes 18,966 98.5
Informal votes 286 1.5
Turnout 19,252 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 12,861 67.8
Liberal William Hutchinson 6,105 32.2
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney

New South Wales state election, 1959: North Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ray Maher 10,694 49.8
Liberal Russell Newton 9,513 44.3
Democratic Labor Michael Fitzpatrick 899 4.2
Independent Francis Ferry 377 1.7
Total formal votes 21,483 97.6
Informal votes 526 2.4
Turnout 22,009 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,026 51.3
Liberal Russell Newton 10,457 48.7
Labor hold Swing

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1959: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Cutler 11,155 61.0
Labor Lloyd Stapleton 7,119 39.0
Total formal votes 18,274 99.1
Informal votes 163 0.9
Turnout 18,437 94.8
Country hold Swing

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1959: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Les Jordan 13,029 67.2
Independent Duncan Kennedy 4,774 24.6
Independent Joseph Cordner 1,597 8.2
Total formal votes 19,400 98.7
Informal votes 256 1.3
Turnout 19,656 96.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 13,828 71.3
Independent Duncan Kennedy 5,572 28.7
Country hold Swing

Paddington−Waverley

New South Wales state election, 1959: Paddington−Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Ferguson 13,235 62.7
Liberal Jack Cole 6,490 30.7
Independent Cyril Hutchings 737 3.5
Communist Bernard Rosen 657 3.1
Total formal votes 21,119 97.1
Informal votes 622 2.9
Turnout 21,741 90.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ferguson 14,130 66.9
Liberal Jack Cole 6,989 33.1
Labor hold Swing

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1959: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Dan Mahoney 13,647 53.9
Liberal William Pickard 10,850 42.8
Democratic Labor Carlyle Dalgleish 842 3.3
Total formal votes 25,339 98.6
Informal votes 354 1.4
Turnout 25,693 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Mahoney 13,815 54.5
Liberal William Pickard 11,524 45.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1959: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Pat Hills 15,487 69.4
Liberal Warwick Dunkley 5,539 24.8
Communist Ernie Thornton 1,276 5.7
Total formal votes 22,302 96.7
Informal votes 771 3.3
Turnout 23,073 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 16,508 74.0
Liberal Warwick Dunkley 5,794 26.0
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1959: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Bailey 7,775 40.1
Country Jim Brown 5,967 30.8
Independent Country Radford Gamack 5,639 29.1
Total formal votes 19,381 99.0
Informal votes 189 1.0
Turnout 19,570 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Brown 10,776 55.6
Labor William Bailey 8,605 44.4
Country hold Swing

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1959: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Gollan 11,938 56.6
Liberal Graham Price 8,667 41.1
Democratic Labor Cecil Russell 503 2.4
Total formal votes 21,108 98.4
Informal votes 340 1.6
Turnout 21,448 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Gollan 12,039 57.0
Liberal Graham Price 9,069 43.0
Labor hold Swing

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1959: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Green 15,520 76.5
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,032 19.9
Communist Arthur Shipton 744 3.7
Total formal votes 20,296 97.4
Informal votes 540 2.6
Turnout 20,836 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 16,115 79.4
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,181 20.6
Labor hold Swing

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1959: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Brian Bannon 10,035 46.1
Liberal Ronald Hislop 9,426 43.3
Independent Arthur Henderson 1,587 7.3
Democratic Labor Wesley Johns 742 3.4
Total formal votes 21,790 98.0
Informal votes 449 2.0
Turnout 22,239 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 11,208 51.4
Liberal Ronald Hislop 10,582 48.6
Labor hold Swing

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1959: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Downing 13,454 51.5
Liberal Ian Millar 11,768 45.0
Democratic Labor Francis Bull 925 3.5
Total formal votes 26,147 98.7
Informal votes 352 1.3
Turnout 26,499 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Downing 13,639 52.2
Liberal Ian Millar 12,508 47.8
Labor hold Swing

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1959: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jack Beale 11,501 65.5
Independent Douglas Glass 6,049 34.5
Total formal votes 17,550 98.8
Informal votes 204 1.2
Turnout 17,754 94.8
Liberal hold Swing

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1959: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wattison 10,034 68.0
Country Edward Brown 3,016 20.4
Democratic Labor Imre Mailath 1,277 8.6
Communist Edward Craill 435 3.0
Total formal votes 14,762 98.3
Informal votes 262 1.7
Turnout 15,024 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Wattison 10,637 72.1
Country Edward Brown 4,125 27.9
Labor hold Swing

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1959: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Dalton 11,845 50.2
Liberal Keith Bates 10,783 45.7
Communist Alexander Elphinston 680 2.9
Democratic Labor Peter Keogh 299 1.3
Total formal votes 23,607 98.5
Informal votes 351 1.5
Turnout 23,958 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Dalton 12,449 52.7
Liberal Keith Bates 11,158 47.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1959: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Chaffey unopposed
Country hold Swing

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1959: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Doug Dickson unopposed
Country hold Swing

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1959: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Michael Bruxner 9,280 68.1
Labor Herbert Pottie 4,352 31.9
Total formal votes 13,632 98.9
Informal votes 156 1.1
Turnout 13,788 91.9
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1959: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Geoffrey Heuston 6,564 40.8
Country Leon Punch 6,430 40.0
Independent George Adams 2,025 12.6
Independent John Moore 1,066 6.6
Total formal votes 16,085 98.4
Informal votes 263 1.6
Turnout 16,348 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 8,442 52.5
Labor Geoffrey Heuston 7,643 47.5
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1959: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Geoffrey Cox unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1959: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Wal Fife 9,571 54.9
Labor Dudley Graham 6,615 38.0
Democratic Labor Robert Harris 1,239 7.1
Total formal votes 17,425 98.8
Informal votes 207 1.2
Turnout 17,632 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wal Fife 10,562 60.6
Labor Dudley Graham 6,863 39.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1959: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Frank Purdue 9,472 53.3
Labor Edward Greaves 8,292 46.7
Total formal votes 17,764 98.9
Informal votes 197 1.1
Turnout 17,961 96.1
Independent hold Swing

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1959: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Brain unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1959: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Tom Lewis 12,591 60.9
Labor Ernest Seager 8,091 39.1
Total formal votes 20,682 98.6
Informal votes 284 1.4
Turnout 20,966 95.3
Liberal hold Swing

Wollongong−Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1959: Wollongong−Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Rex Connor 11,515 58.4
Liberal Jack Hough 8,211 41.6
Total formal votes 19,726 97.6
Informal votes 475 2.4
Turnout 20,201 93.7
Labor hold Swing

Woollahra

New South Wales state election, 1959: Woollahra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Vernon Treatt unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Young

New South Wales state election, 1959: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernest McDermott 7,322 38.9
Country George Freudenstein 6,495 34.5
Liberal Raymond Oliver 4,245 22.6
Democratic Labor John Hogan 743 4.0
Total formal votes 18,805 99.0
Informal votes 195 1.0
Turnout 19,000 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 10,967 58.3
Labor Ernest McDermott 7,838 41.7
Country gain from Labor Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1959 New South Wales state election". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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