ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DALLEY, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,110 Votes cast: 10,964 72.6 Informal votes: 131 01.2 Formal votes: 10,833 98.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaiah Cohen Prot 3,081 28.4 Sydney Law Lab 2,245 20.7 William WILKS FT 5,507 50.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,833 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Law was NSW MLA for Balmain South 1894-1904, Rozelle 1904-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901 Born: 1863, Sydney. Career: Educated public schools. Fuel merchant and land valuer. Prominent Free Trader and land reformer. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Balmain North 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,361 +127.4 Votes cast: 17,570 51.1 -21.5 Informal votes: 457 02.6 +01.3 Formal votes: 17,113 97.4 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Selina Anderson 3,036 17.7 William Burns 1,263 07.4 William WILKS * FT 12,814 74.9 +24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,113 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Anderson and Burns were independent protectionists. 2. Anderson was the first woman to stand for election to the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 28.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,058 -12.5 Votes cast: 19,194 63.9 +12.8 Informal votes: 481 02.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 18,713 97.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Howe Lab 8,850 47.3 Hon William WILKS * AS 9,863 52.7 -22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,713 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Howe, see Dalley 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,917 +16.2 Votes cast: 26,143 74.9 +11.0 Informal votes: 318 01.2 -01.3 Formal votes: 25,825 98.8 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HOWE ALP 14,610 56.6 +09.3 Hon William Wilks * Lib 11,215 43.4 -09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,825 06.6 09.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Wilks (1863-1940): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906. Defeated 1910 Later career: Land valuer, Melbourne. Died 5 February 1940 > Robert Howe (1861-1915): Elected 1910 Born: 1861, Newcastle, England. Career: Primary education. Migrated 1882. Patternmaker and engineer. Union official, Engineers Union. Secretary-General, Labor Federation of Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.6 Effect of 1912 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,702 +19.4 Votes cast: 30,868 74.0 -00.9 Informal votes: 519 01.7 +00.5 Formal votes: 30,349 98.3 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HOWE * ALP 17,520 57.7 +01.1 Harry Scott Lib 12,829 42.3 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,349 07.7 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Howe (1861-1915): Elected 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,699 +02.4 Votes cast: 25,000 58.5 -15.5 Informal votes: 587 02.3 +00.6 Formal votes: 24,413 97.7 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert HOWE * ALP 14,963 61.3 +03.6 John McEachern Lib 9,450 38.7 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,413 11.3 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Howe (1861-1915): Elected 1910, 1913, 1914 Died 2 April 1915 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 6 MAY 1915 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Robert Howe -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,200 -06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MAHONY ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- The enrolment is an approximate figure from The Australian Worker. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By Born: 1877, Ireland. Career: Migrated as child. Primary education. Grocer's assistant. Secretary Grocers' Assistants' Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.3 1915 by-election majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,302 -03.3 Votes cast: 29,855 72.3 +13.8 Informal votes: 845 02.8 +00.5 Formal votes: 29,010 97.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Albert Lane Nat 13,352 46.0 +07.3 William MAHONY * ALP 15,658 54.0 -07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,010 04.0 07.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lane, see Barton 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,328 -02.4 Votes cast: 27,855 69.1 -03.2 Informal votes: 657 02.4 -00.4 Formal votes: 27,198 97.6 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Clutton Nat 10,956 40.3 -05.7 William MAHONY * ALP 16,242 59.7 +05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,198 09.7 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,438 +05.2 Votes cast: 25,280 59.6 -09.5 Informal votes: 1,125 04.5 +02.1 Formal votes: 24,155 95.5 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MAHONY * ALP 16,104 66.7 +07.0 Herbert Mitchell 2,034 08.4 William Simpson Nat 6,017 24.9 -15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,155 20.9 e 11.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 =================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 23.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,329 -00.3 Votes cast: 38,958 92.0 +32.4 Informal votes: 801 02.1 -02.3 Formal votes: 38,157 97.9 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William MAHONY * ALP 24,455 64.1 -02.6 James Thomson Nat 13,702 35.9 +11.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,157 14.1 08.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Mahony (1877-1962): Elected 1915 By, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Resigned seat 18 January 1927 (see By-elections) Died 28 August 1962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For the circumstances of Mahony's resignation, see By-elections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 16 FEBRUARY 1927 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of William Mahony -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 14.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,729 -03.8 Votes cast: 36,370 89.3 -02.7 Informal votes: 2,517 06.9 +04.8 Formal votes: 33,853 93.1 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Gee Nat 12,667 37.4 +01.5 Hon Edward THEODORE + ALP 21,186 62.6 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,853 12.6 01.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By Born: 29 May 1884, Adelaide. Career: Primary education. Labourer. To Western Australia goldfields 1900. To Queensland 1910, miner Chillagoe. Union activist, President Queensland Branch, Australian Workers Union 1913. State politics: Qld MLA for Woothakata 1909-12, Chillagoe 1912-25. Treasurer 1915-19, 1922-25, Secretary for Public Works 1915-19, 1922, Premier and Chief Secretary 1919-25, Secretary for Lands 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore had resigned as Premier of Queensland in 1925 to enter federal politics but had failed to win the seat of Herbert, Queensland, at the general election. Like his predecessor as Premier, Thomas Ryan, he was found a NSW seat in the hope that he would become federal ALP leader. In 1928 a Royal Commission found that Mahony had been bribed to resign his seat, probably at the instigation of Theodore, but this was never proved. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 14.1 1925 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,037 -00.7 Votes cast: 40,239 95.7 +03.7 Informal votes: 2,319 05.8 +03.7 Formal votes: 37,920 94.2 -03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Albert Gardiner 5,888 15.5 Hedley Rogers Nat 7,704 20.3 -15.6 Hon Edward THEODORE * ALP 24,328 64.2 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,920 19.3 e 05.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner was a Senator for NSW 1910-26 and 1928. He was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 5 February 1929 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 5 February 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 19.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,916 +02.1 Votes cast: 41,272 96.2 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,126 02.7 -03.1 Formal votes: 40,146 97.3 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Morrow Nat 8,870 22.1 +01.8 Hon Edward THEODORE * ALP 31,276 77.9 +13.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,146 22.9 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morrow was NSW MLA for Parramatta 1922-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929 Treasurer 22 October 1929 to 9 July 1930 Treasurer from 29 January 1931 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodore resigned as Treasurer following the finding of a Royal Commission that he had profited from the sale of a mine at Mungana (in which he had an interest) to the Queensland Government while he was Premier of Queensland. When it became apparent, however, that the Queensland Government did not intend laying charges against Theodore, Prime Minister Scullin reinstated him. This decision was opposed by Lyons and Fenton, and led them and four followers to leave the ALP Caucus and join with the Nationalist Party to form the UAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Rozelle -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,682 -02.9 Votes cast: 39,971 95.9 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,832 07.1 +04.4 Formal votes: 37,139 92.9 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Little 902 02.4 Sidney Massey UAP 10,459 28.2 +06.1 Sol Rosevear ALPN 17,835 48.0 John Sylvester CPA 671 01.8 Hon Edward Theodore * ALP 7,272 19.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 67.6%, a decrease of 10.3% from the 77.9% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. Little was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sylvester's 671 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Little 100 14.9 1,002 02.7 Massey 43 06.4 10,502 28.3 Rosevear 421 62.7 18,256 49.2 Theodore * 107 15.9 7,379 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 671 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Little's 1,002 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Massey 826 82.4 11,328 30.5 Rosevear 105 10.5 18,361 49.4 Theodore * 71 07.1 7,450 20.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,002 37,139 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Theodore's 7,450 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Massey 2,027 27.2 13,355 36.0 ROSEVEAR 5,423 72.8 23,784 64.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,450 37,139 14.0 08.9 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Granville Theodore (1884-1950): Elected 1927 By, 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Treasurer to 6 January 1932 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 16 February 1932 Later career: Director of Consolidated Press and goldmining companies. Director, Allied Works Council 1942-44. Died 28 February 1950 > John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931 Born: 4 April 1892, Sydney. Career: Primary education. Timberworker, Secretary Timberworkers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Leichhardt, Lewisham, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 14.0 Effect of 1934 redistribution: 09.3 shift from ALP (NSW) to UAP New notional majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,998 +41.5 Votes cast: 57,043 96.7 +01.8 Informal votes: 3,151 05.5 -01.6 Formal votes: 53,892 94.5 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jervis Blackman 997 01.8 Henry Giles DSC 2,079 03.9 Creighton McPhee CPA 689 01.3 +00.8 William Nicol UAP 20,655 38.3 -01.3 Sol Rosevear * ALPN 25,881 48.0 +09.5 William Thompson ALP 3,591 06.7 -13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 54.7%, a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 4.1% from the 67.6% polled by the two parties in 1931. 2. Blackman was an independent Labor candidate. 3. Giles was a Douglas Social Credit candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McPhee's 689 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blackman 67 09.7 1,064 02.0 Giles 146 21.2 2,225 04.1 Nicol 79 11.5 20,734 38.5 Rosevear * 330 47.9 26,211 48.6 Thompson 67 09.7 3,658 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 689 53,892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Blackman's 1,064 distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Giles 883 83.0 3,108 05.8 Nicol 81 07.6 20,815 38.6 Rosevear * 48 04.5 26,259 48.7 Thompson 52 04.9 3,710 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,064 53,892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Giles's 3,108 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicol 1,553 50.0 22,368 41.5 ROSEVEAR * 1,027 33.0 27,286 50.6 Thompson 528 17.0 4,238 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,108 53,892 07.8 e 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosevear joined the ALP Caucus when the federal ALP and the NSW branch were re-united in March 1936. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Leichhardt, Lewisham, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 07.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,768 +01.3 Votes cast: 57,912 96.9 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,305 02.3 -03.2 Formal votes: 56,607 97.7 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Brough UAP 23,961 42.3 +04.0 Sol ROSEVEAR * ALP 32,646 57.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,607 07.7 00.1 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 57.7% was an increase of 3.0% from the combined vote of 54.7% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 2. The UAP majority over the ALP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) from 2 May 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the May 1940 split within the NSW ALP,, Rosevear resigned from the ALP Caucus and sat as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist). -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Leichhardt, Lewisham, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,734 -00.1 Votes cast: 57,087 95.6 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,423 02.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 55,664 97.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cochrane ALP 18,643 33.5 -24.2 Hubert O'Connell UAP 14,736 26.5 -15.8 Sol Rosevear * ALPNC 20,721 37.2 Edmund Ryan SL 1,564 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,664 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cochrane was a NSW MLC 1950-64. 2. O'Connell was a NSW MLC 1967-71. 3. The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 70.7%, an increase of 13.0% from the 57.7% polled by the ALP in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ryan's 1,564 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cochrane 990 63.3 19,633 35.3 O'Connell 153 09.8 14,889 26.7 Rosevear * 421 26.9 21,142 38.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,564 55,664 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: O'Connell's 14,889 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cochrane 4,189 28.1 23,822 42.8 ROSEVEAR * 10,700 71.9 31,842 57.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,889 55,664 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) to 10 March 1941 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 22 June 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rosevear joined the ALP Caucus when the split in the NSW Branch of the ALP was resolved in March 1941. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Leichhardt, Lewisham, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: ALP (NC) over ALP 07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,102 +04.0 Votes cast: 60,838 98.0 +02.4 Informal votes: 1,864 03.1 +00.6 Formal votes: 58,974 96.9 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest de Faria OPA 10,760 18.2 Hon Sol ROSEVEAR * ALP 44,127 74.8 +41.3 Lance Sharkey CPA 4,087 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,974 31.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharkey was the leader of the Communist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP vote of 74.8% was an increase of 4.1% from the combined vote of 70.7% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NC) in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Leichhardt, Lewisham, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 31.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,738 +05.9 Votes cast: 62,325 94.8 -03.2 Informal votes: 1,531 02.5 -00.6 Formal votes: 60,794 97.5 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Falvey ALPN 7,549 12.4 Hon Sol ROSEVEAR * ALP 38,571 63.4 -11.4 Leslie Webster Lib 14,674 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,794 23.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.7 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 26.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,167 -38.9 Votes cast: 38,802 96.6 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,111 02.9 +00.4 Formal votes: 37,691 97.1 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sol ROSEVEAR * ALP 27,501 73.0 +09.6 Charles Shields Lib 10,190 27.0 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,691 23.0 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 21 February 1950 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 23.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,526 -01.6 Votes cast: 37,932 96.0 -00.6 Informal votes: 877 02.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 37,055 97.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Laffin Lib 12,204 32.9 +05.9 Hon Sol ROSEVEAR * ALP 24,851 67.1 -05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,055 17.1 05.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Solomon Rosevear (1892-1953): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Died 31 March 1953 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 9 MAY 1953 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Sol Rosevear -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,737 -04.5 Votes cast: 35,382 93.8 -02.2 Informal votes: 1,618 04.6 -02.3 Formal votes: 33,764 95.4 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cole 8,285 24.5 Arthur GREENUP + ALP 23,812 70.5 +03.4 John Sheean CPA 1,667 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,764 25.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Edward Greenup (1915-80): Elected 1953 by Born: 1915, Sydney Career: Primary education. Shop assistant at 14. Organiser and President, Shop Assistants' Union. State politics: NSW MLA for Newtown-Annandale 1950-52 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.1 1953 by-election majority: ALP over Independent 25.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,177 -08.5 Votes cast: 34,499 95.4 -00.6 Informal votes: 594 01.7 -00.6 Formal votes: 33,905 98.3 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Florence Davis CPA 1,803 05.3 Arthur GREENUP * ALP 24,292 71.6 +04.5 Robert Stafford Lib 7,810 23.0 -09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,905 26.6 e 09.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Edward Greenup (1915-80): Elected 1953 By, 1954 Greenup retired at the 1955 election after losing Labor preselection. Died 3 August 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 26.6 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.3 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 26.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,123 +22.0 Votes cast: 41,705 94.5 -00.9 Informal votes: 1,482 03.6 +01.9 Formal votes: 40,223 96.4 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William O'CONNOR * ALP 28,913 71.9 +00.2 Ernest Thornton CPA 2,377 05.9 +00.8 Stanley Tyler Lib 8,933 22.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,223 27.2 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Connor was member for West Sydney 1946-49 and for Martin 1949-55. Martin had been abolished by the 1955 redistribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 27.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,846 -07.4 Votes cast: 38,175 93.5 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,430 03.7 +00.1 Formal votes: 36,745 96.3 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elton Lewis Lib 10,664 29.0 +06.8 William O'CONNOR * ALP 26,081 71.0 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,745 21.0 06.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,640 -07.8 Votes cast: 35,437 94.1 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,464 04.1 +00.4 Formal votes: 33,973 95.9 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Lawson DLP 2,331 06.9 Arthur Nesbitt Lib 6,343 18.7 -10.3 William O'CONNOR * ALP 24,127 71.0 +00.0 Mavis Robertson CPA 1,172 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,973 25.3 e 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 25.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,398 -00.6 Votes cast: 35,004 93.6 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,333 03.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 33,671 96.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Keogh DLP 9,118 27.1 +20.2 William O'CONNOR * ALP 24,553 72.9 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,671 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Annandale, Balmain, Leichhardt, Petersham North -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Labor over DLP 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,934 -06.6 Votes cast: 32,639 93.4 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,615 04.9 +01.1 Formal votes: 31,024 95.1 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Kavanagh DLP 2,377 07.7 -19.4 Elton Lewis Lib 9,709 31.3 William O'CONNOR * ALP 18,938 61.0 -11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,024 12.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Dalley was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. O'Connor retired at the 1969 election. Died 18 September 1987 --------------------------------------------------------------------