Electoral results for the district of King (New South Wales)
Appearance
King, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920 and the second from 1927 to 1973.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1904 | Ernest Broughton | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | |||
1910 | James Morrish | Labor | |
1913 | Labor / Nationalist | ||
1917 | Tom Smith | Labor | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Daniel Clyne | Labor | |
1930 | |||
1932 | Labor (NSW) | ||
1935 | |||
1938 | Labor | ||
1941 | |||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | Albert Sloss | Labor | |
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,918 | 71.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 4,628 | 19.5 | −0.4 | |
Communist | Doris Jobling | 1,146 | 4.8 | −4.3 | |
Independent | Ernest Williams | 1,060 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,752 | 94.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,478 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 25,230 | 88.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,408 | 77.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 5,344 | 22.5 | −1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,197 | 67.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 4,804 | 19.9 | −5.6 | |
Communist | Brian Crispin | 2,195 | 9.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Martyn Harper | 920 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,116 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,106 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 25,222 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,413 | 76.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 5,703 | 23.6 | −3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 11,277 | 58.6 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | John Partridge | 6,445 | 33.5 | +8.2 | |
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,532 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,254 | 96.3 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 742 | 3.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,996 | 89.8 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 12,503 | 64.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | John Partridge | 6,751 | 35.1 | +3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.4 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,470 | 63.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 5,345 | 25.3 | −7.3 | |
Democratic Labor | William Doherty | 1,481 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Communist | Alfred Watt | 868 | 4.1 | −3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 21,164 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 682 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,846 | 89.9 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,460 | 68.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 6,704 | 31.7 | −2.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,105 | 65.1 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,539 | 27.5 | ||
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,482 | 7.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,126 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 629 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,755 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,291 | 71.0 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,835 | 29.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]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 |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 16,181 | 77.8 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,628 | 22.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,809 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 830 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,639 | 89.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,125 | 50.9 | ||
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 5,313 | 26.7 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,053 | 20.4 | ||
Independent | Clare Peters | 387 | 2.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,878 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 639 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 20,517 | 89.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 75.0 [a] | |||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 25.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,104 | 44.8 | −9.3 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,859 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,759 | 23.4 | −22.5 | |
Communist | Frederick Haimes | 1,602 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,324 | 95.8 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 886 | 4.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,210 | 91.0 | +6.1 | ||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,305 | 50.7 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Gallagher | 5,071 | 24.9 | ||
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,948 | 24.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,647 | 54.1 | −8.9 | |
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 8,175 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,822 | 93.6 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,218 | 6.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,040 | 84.9 | −0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 11,025 | 63.0 | ||
State Labor | Albert Sloss | 6,488 | 37.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,513 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,137 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 18,650 | 84.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 7,841 | 51.1 | −0.5 | |
United Australia | Rowland Bowen | 5,581 | 36.4 | −7.2 | |
Independent | Josiah Trenerry | 1,488 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Independent | Patrick McDonnell | 431 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 15,341 | 96.1 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 626 | 3.9 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 15,967 | 90.9 | −0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 7,867 | 51.6 | +0.6 | |
United Australia | Geoffrey Robin | 6,651 | 43.6 | −0.1 | |
Communist | James Prentice | 723 | 4.7 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 15,241 | 96.8 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 495 | 3.2 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,736 | 91.7 | −0.9 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 8,578 | 51.0 | −16.2 | |
United Australia | Henry Manning | 7,356 | 43.7 | +12.7 | |
Federal Labor | Edgar Grover | 547 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Communist | Ted Tripp | 354 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 16,835 | 97.7 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 404 | 2.3 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 17,239 | 92.6 | +5.4 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,469 | 67.2 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Hagon | 4,829 | 31.0 | ||
Communist | Robert Shayler | 277 | 1.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,575 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 522 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,097 | 87.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 6,637 | 62.9 | ||
Nationalist | George Overhill | 3,914 | 37.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,551 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,676 | 65.3 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Smith | 2,907 | 53.0 | −3.4 | |
Nationalist | James Morrish | 2,485 | 45.3 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 48 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | James Jones | 28 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Ind. Socialist Labor | Ernie Judd | 22 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,490 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,570 | 48.5 | −10.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.4 |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Morrish | 3,688 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Henry Manning | 2,775 | 42.4 | ||
Australasian Socialist | John Roche | 75 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,538 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,629 | 59.0 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Morrish | 3,133 | 54.6 | +6.0 | |
Liberal Reform | Neville Mayman | 2,566 | 44.7 | −6.7 | |
Independent | Robert Roberts | 17 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | James Jones | 10 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Philip Cullen | 5 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | Michael Egan | 5 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,736 | 97.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 2.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 5,881 | 62.5 | 0.0 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,461 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | John West | 2,331 | 48.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,792 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 120 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,912 | 62.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,154 | 48.6 | ||
Progressive | Patrick Quinn | 1,704 | 38.5 | ||
Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 385 | 8.7 | ||
Independent Labour | Daniel Green | 105 | 2.4 | ||
Independent | John Lawler | 57 | 1.3 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Parr | 15 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | James Jones | 9 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,429 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 122 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,551 | 47.9 | |||
Liberal Reform win | (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
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