1913 New South Wales state election

The 1913 New South Wales state election was held on 6 December 1913. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 23rd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. The 22nd parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 6 November 1913 by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, on the advice of the Premier William Holman.

1913 New South Wales state election
6 December 1913 (1913-12-06)
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Holman Charles Wade
Party Labor Liberal Reform
Leader since 30 June 1913 2 October 1907
Leader's seat Cootamundra Gordon
Last election 46 seats 37 seats
Seats won 49 seats 38 seats
Seat change 3 1
Percentage 46.63% 44.70
Swing 2.29 1.67
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

William Holman
Labor

 Elected Premier

William Holman
Labor

Key dates
Date Event
6 November 1913 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
15 November 1913 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
6 December 1913 Polling day.
23 December 1913 Opening of 23rd Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 6 December 1913 [1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1910–1917 >>

Enrolled voters 1,037,999
Votes cast 668,601 Turnout 68.24 0.81
Informal votes 15,751 Informal 2.30 +0.50
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 311,747 46.63 −2.29 49 +3
  Liberal Reform 298,899 44.70 +1.67 38 +1
  Independent Liberal 16,324 2.44 −3.42 0 −6
  Independent 15,223 2.28 +1.58 1 0
  Country Party Association 10,472 1.57 +1.57 1 +1
  Independent Labor 9,225 1.38 +0.59 1 +1
  National Progressive 5,062 0.76 +0.76 0 0
  Socialist Labor 913 0.14 +0.14 0 0
  Australasian Socialist 736 0.11 +0.11 0 0
Total 668,601     90  

Note that the Liberal Reform vote includes 22 candidates jointly endorsed by the Liberal Party and the Farmers and Settlers Association.

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1913 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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