ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF LANG, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Kogarah, Livingstone, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,003 Votes cast: 10,285 85.7 Informal votes: 292 02.8 Formal votes: 9,993 97.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Edwards Prot 1,801 18.0 Francis McLEAN FT 7,449 74.5 James Mitchell 111 01.1 James Watson Lab 632 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,993 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitchell was an independent protectionist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Edward McLean (1863-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 1863, Sydney. Career: Primary education. Clerk, then accountant and businessman. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Marrickville 1894-1901. McLean contested Hume in 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Kogarah, Livingstone, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 majority: Free Trade over Protectionist 28.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,896 +224.1 Votes cast: 21,362 54.9 -30.8 Informal votes: 599 02.8 00.0 Formal votes: 20,763 97.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Cullam 5,552 26.7 Elliot JOHNSON + FT 10,527 50.7 -23.8 Thomas Keegan Lab 3,042 18.4 +08.4 Thomas Roseby Prot 1,642 07.9 -10.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,763 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cullam was an independent free trade candidate. 2. Keegan was NSW MLA for The Glebe 1910-13, Glebe 1913-20, Balmain 1921-27, Glebe 1927-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903 Born: 10 April 1862, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Career: Educated privately. Migrated 1883. "Gentleman" and artist. Active free trader and single taxer, Henry Georgeist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 =================================================================== Sydney suburban: Hurstville, Kogarah, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 majority: Free Trade over Independent 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,885 -25.7 Votes cast: 16,273 56.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 458 02.8 00.0 Formal votes: 15,815 97.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bennetts Lab 4,677 29.6 +11.2 Elliot JOHNSON * AS 11,138 70.4 +19.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,815 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Hurstville, Kogarah, Marrickville, Rockdale -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Anti-Socialist over Labour 20.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,456 +29.7 Votes cast: 25,608 68.4 +12.1 Informal votes: 285 01.1 -01.7 Formal votes: 25,325 98.9 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Crawford ALP 12,402 49.0 +19.4 Elliot JOHNSON * Lib 12,921 51.0 -19.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,325 01.0 19.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crawford was NSW MLA for Marrickville 1910-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.8 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 01.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,628 +19.1 Votes cast: 33,009 74.0 +05.6 Informal votes: 1,002 03.0 +01.9 Formal votes: 32,007 97.0 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elliot JOHNSON * Lib 18,293 57.1 +04.7 Hector Lamond ALP 13,714 42.9 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,007 07.1 04.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lamond, see Illawarra 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 9 July 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,237 +10.3 Votes cast: 31,586 64.2 -09.8 Informal votes: 639 02.0 -01.0 Formal votes: 30,947 98.0 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Elliot JOHNSON * Lib 16,556 53.5 -03.6 Hector Lamond ALP 14,391 46.5 +03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,947 03.5 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lamond, see Illawarra 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 7 October 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,373 +02.3 Votes cast: 36,606 72.7 +08.5 Informal votes: 1,030 02.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 35,576 97.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Evans ALP 14,081 39.6 -06.9 Hon Elliot JOHNSON * Nat 21,495 60.4 +06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,576 10.4 06.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 14 June 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 49,657 -01.2 Votes cast: 33,559 67.6 -05.1 Informal votes: 515 01.5 -01.3 Formal votes: 33,044 98.5 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Elliot JOHNSON * Nat 18,939 57.3 -03.1 Archibald Moate ALP 14,105 42.7 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,044 07.3 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919 Speaker of the House of Representatives -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 07.3 Effect of redistribution: 01.4 shift to Nationalist New notional majority: Nationalist over ALP 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,500 -14.4 Votes cast: 22,869 53.8 -13.8 Informal votes: 992 04.3 +02.8 Formal votes: 21,877 95.7 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Percy Evans 1,974 09.0 Hon Sir Elliot Johnson * Nat 10,786 49.3 -09.3 George Smith ALP 9,117 41.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Evans was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Evans's 1,974 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- JOHNSON * 1,125 57.0 11,911 54.4 Smith 849 43.0 9,966 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,974 21,877 04.4 04.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 27 February 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,192 +13.4 Votes cast: 41,321 85.7 +31.9 Informal votes: 624 01.5 -02.8 Formal votes: 40,697 98.5 +02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Elliot JOHNSON * Nat 22,756 55.9 +06.6 George Smith ALP 17,941 44.1 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,697 05.9 01.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,638 -03.2 Votes cast: 43,314 92.9 +07.2 Informal votes: 2,314 05.3 +03.8 Formal votes: 41,000 94.7 -03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Elliot Johnson * Nat 19,082 46.5 -09.4 William LONG ALP 21,918 53.5 +09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,000 03.5 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Elliot Johnson (1862-1932): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925. Defeated 1928 Died 8 December 1932 > William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928 Born: 18 June 1885, Newcastle, NSW. Career: Primary education. Boilermaker, NSW Railways. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,493 +01.8 Votes cast: 44,784 94.3 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,150 02.6 -02.7 Formal votes: 43,634 97.4 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adam Dein Nat 14,736 33.8 -12.7 William LONG * ALP 28,898 66.2 +12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,634 16.2 12.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Dein, see Lang 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,951 -01.1 Votes cast: 44,570 94.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,355 03.0 +00.4 Formal votes: 43,215 97.0 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Bennett UAP 8,439 19.5 Adam Dein UAP 12,858 29.8 William Long * ALP 8,669 20.1 Daniel Mulcahy ALPN 13,249 30.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Mulcahy, see Lang 1934. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 50.8%, a decrease of 15.4% from the 66.2% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The combined UAP vote was 49.3%, an increase of 15.5% from the 33.8% polled by one Nationalist candidate (Dein) in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bennett's 8,439 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dein 7,839 92.9 20,697 47.9 Long * 502 05.9 9,171 21.2 Mulcahy 98 01.2 13,347 30.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,439 43,215 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Long's 9,171 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DEIN 2,707 29.5 23,404 54.2 Mulcahy 6,464 70.5 19,811 45.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,171 43,215 04.2 20.4 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Long (1885-1957): Elected 1928, 1929. Defeated 1931 Died 3 March 1957 > Adam Kemball Dein (1889-1969): Elected 1931 Born: 1889, Orange, NSW. Career: Educated public schools. Goldminer, farmer. Teacher, Sydney. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dein contested the Senate in 1934, after the 1934 redistribution weakened Lang for the UAP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 04.2 Effect of 1934 redistribution: 18.1 shift from UAP to ALP (NSW) New notional majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 13.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,519 +20.4 Votes cast: 54,319 96.1 +01.2 Informal votes: 2,597 04.8 +01.8 Formal votes: 51,722 95.2 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colin Barclay-Smith DSC 5,687 11.0 Allan Howie ALP 3,667 07.1 -14.3 Daniel Mulcahy + ALPN 21,398 41.4 +06.0 Rufus Naylor 1,347 02.6 Charles Robinson UAP 19,623 37.9 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,722 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Following the redistribution (which radically changed the seat) the ALP (NSW) is shown as the defending party. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 48.5%, a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 13.7% from the 50.8% polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Naylor's 1,347 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barclay-Smith 205 15.2 5,892 11.4 Howie 409 30.4 4,076 07.9 Mulcahy + 489 36.3 21,887 42.3 Robinson 244 18.1 19,867 38.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,347 51,722 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Howie's 4,076 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barclay-Smith 1,152 28.3 7,044 13.6 Mulcahy + 2,342 57.5 24,229 46.8 Robinson 582 14.3 20,449 39.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,076 51,722 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Barclay-Smith's 7,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MULCAHY + 5,317 75.5 29,546 57.1 Robinson 1,727 24.5 22,176 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,044 51,722 07.1 06.8 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the notional ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934 Born: 7 January 1882, Milltown, Ireland. Career: Educated Catholic schools, Ireland. Migrated in youth. Publican, Sydney. Waterloo Council, Sydney City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy joined the ALP Caucus when the federal ALP and the NSW branch were re-united in March 1936. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,308 +04.9 Votes cast: 57,798 97.5 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,437 02.5 -02.3 Formal votes: 56,361 97.5 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Calman UAP 25,547 45.3 +07.4 Ernest Carr DSC 2,435 04.3 -06.7 Daniel MULCAHY * ALP 28,379 50.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,361 02.6 e 04.5 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Carr was member for Macquarie 1906-17. 2. The ALP vote of 50.4% was an increase of 1.9% from the combined vote of 48.5% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 3. The ALP majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the May 1940 split within the NSW ALP, Mulcahy resigned from the ALP Caucus and sat as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist). -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 02.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,137 +09.8 Votes cast: 63,436 97.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 2,064 03.3 +00.8 Formal votes: 61,372 96.7 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Calman UAP 5,626 09.2 John Metcalfe ALP 12,487 20.3 -30.1 Daniel Mulcahy * ALPNC 23,298 38.0 Arthur Robinson SL 3,738 06.1 Hon Bertram Stevens UAP 15,615 25.4 Stanley Willmott UAP 608 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Stevens was NSW MLA for Croydon 1927-40. He was Premier of NSW 1932-39. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 58.3%, an increase of 7.9% from the 50.4% polled by the ALP in 1937. 3. The combined UAP vote was 35.6%, a decrease of 9.7% from the 45.3% polled by one UAP candidate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Willmott's 608 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calman 343 56.4 5,969 09.7 Metcalfe 28 04.6 12,515 20.4 Mulcahy * 39 06.4 23,337 38.0 Robinson 43 07.1 3,781 06.2 Stevens 155 25.5 15,770 25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 608 61,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Robinson's 3,781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calman 240 06.3 6,209 10.1 Metcalfe 2,197 58.1 14,712 24.0 Mulcahy * 1,122 29.7 24,459 39.9 Stevens 222 05.9 15,992 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,781 61,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Calman's 6,209 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Metcalfe 1,902 30.6 16,614 27.1 Mulcahy * 594 09.6 25,053 40.8 Stevens 3,713 59.8 19,705 32.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,209 61,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Metcalfe's 16,614 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MULCAHY * 15,464 93.1 40,517 66.0 Stevens 1,150 06.9 20,855 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,614 61,372 16.0 13.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NC) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the UAP in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulcahy joined the ALP Caucus when the split in the NSW Branch of the ALP was resolved in March 1941. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP (NC) over UAP 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,316 +09.5 Votes cast: 69,691 97.7 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,881 02.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 67,810 97.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Harris UAP 16,649 24.6 John Metcalfe 3,899 05.7 Daniel MULCAHY * ALP 41,701 61.5 +41.2 Henry Mulcahy 1,249 01.8 Adam Ogston CPA 4,312 06.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,810 21.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 61.5% was an increase of 3.2% from the combined vote of 58.3% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NC) in 1940. 2. The UAP vote of 24.6% was a decrease of 11.0% from the 35.6% polled by two UAP candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,655 +08.9 Votes cast: 75,092 96.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 1,708 02.3 -00.4 Formal votes: 73,384 97.7 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidney Bell ALPN 4,995 06.8 Daniel MULCAHY * ALP 37,918 51.7 -09.8 Adam Ogston CPA 5,508 07.5 +01.1 John Paget Lib 24,963 34.0 +09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,384 14.6 e 06.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.6 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 03.5 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,415 -45.4 Votes cast: 41,522 97.9 +01.2 Informal votes: 827 02.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 40,695 98.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Boyd CPA 1,905 04.7 -02.8 Daniel MULCAHY * ALP 20,421 50.2 +00.3 Eric Willis Lib 18,369 45.1 +09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,695 04.7 e 06.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willis was NSW MLA for Earlwood 1950-77. He was Premier of NSW 1976. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 04.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,726 +03.1 Votes cast: 42,584 97.4 -00.5 Informal votes: 721 01.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 41,863 98.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Boyd CPA 1,968 04.7 +00.0 Robert Bruce Lib 18,951 45.3 +00.2 Daniel MULCAHY * ALP 20,944 50.0 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,863 03.2 e 01.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Mulcahy (1882-1953): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 Died 13 July 1953 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 29 AUGUST 1953 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Daniel Mulcahy -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,912 +02.7 Votes cast: 40,858 91.0 -06.4 Informal votes: 584 01.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 40,274 98.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roy Boyd CPA 1,082 02.7 -02.0 Thomas Brosnan 275 00.7 Frank STEWART * ALP 21,699 53.9 +03.9 Herbert Thorncraft Lib 17,218 42.8 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,274 06.7 e 03.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 by Born: 20 February 1923, Sydney. Career: Educated Catholic schools. State public servant. Military Service 1941-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.2 e 1953 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 06.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,928 +02.7 Votes cast: 43,468 96.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 487 01.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 42,981 98.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Spicer Lib 19,509 45.4 +00.1 Frank STEWART * ALP 23,472 54.6 +04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 42,981 04.6 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 04.6 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 11.0 shift to Labor New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,087 +00.4 Votes cast: 43,066 95.5 -01.3 Informal votes: 1,341 03.1 +02.0 Formal votes: 41,725 96.9 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace Peacock Lib 16,550 39.7 +05.9 Frank STEWART * ALP 25,175 60.3 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,725 10.3 05.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,600 +05.6 Votes cast: 45,719 96.0 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,321 02.9 -00.2 Formal votes: 44,398 97.1 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hugh Bygott Lib 15,539 35.0 -04.7 Kevin Davis DLP 1,944 04.4 Frank STEWART * ALP 26,915 60.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,398 11.5 e 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,792 +00.4 Votes cast: 45,587 95.4 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,228 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 44,359 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Ball 2,043 04.6 Edward Byrnes DLP 1,162 02.6 -01.8 Russell Carter Lib 12,775 28.8 -06.2 Frank STEWART * ALP 28,379 64.0 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,359 16.3 e 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,731 -02.2 Votes cast: 44,687 95.6 +00.2 Informal votes: 671 01.5 -01.2 Formal votes: 44,016 98.5 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Ball 1,626 03.7 Russell Carter Lib 17,208 39.1 +10.3 Frank STEWART * ALP 25,182 57.2 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,016 08.6 e 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 06.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,075 +02.9 Votes cast: 45,660 95.0 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,361 03.0 +01.5 Formal votes: 44,299 97.0 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernard Atkinson DLP 2,450 05.5 Graham Crawford Lib 19,432 43.9 +04.8 Frank STEWART * ALP 22,417 50.6 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,299 01.5 e 05.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 01.5 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.3 shift to ALP New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,268 +15.0 Votes cast: 52,373 94.8 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,414 02.7 -00.3 Formal votes: 50,959 97.3 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dominique Droulers DLP 1,754 03.4 -02.1 Stanley Duncan Lib 17,144 33.6 -10.0 Jack Mundey CPA 696 01.4 Frank STEWART * ALP 29,748 58.4 +07.5 Ernest Tripet 1,617 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,959 11.7 e 09.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,110 +01.5 Votes cast: 53,147 94.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,006 01.9 -00.8 Formal votes: 52,141 98.1 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Burke DLP 2,167 04.2 +00.8 Stanley Duncan Lib 16,700 32.0 -01.6 Frank STEWART * ALP 33,274 63.8 +05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,141 14.4 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Minister for Tourism and Recreation from 19 December 1972 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 30 November 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,394 +13.0 Votes cast: 58,832 92.8 -01.9 Informal votes: 1,136 01.9 00.0 Formal votes: 57,696 98.1 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Edgell AP 2,558 04.4 Barry Peffer Lib 17,795 30.8 -01.2 Hon Frank STEWART * ALP 37,343 64.7 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,696 16.7 e 02.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 Minister for Tourism and Recreation to 11 November 1975 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 11 November 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Belmore, Campsie, Lakemba, Punchbowl -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 62,908 -00.8 Votes cast: 59,463 94.5 -01.7 Informal votes: 1,477 02.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 57,986 97.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Aussie-Stone 960 01.7 Donald Carruthers Lib 22,793 39.3 +08.5 Douglas Morgan 1,402 02.4 Hon Frank STEWART * ALP 31,960 55.1 -09.6 John Stewart 871 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,986 07.4 e 09.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Eugene Stewart (1923-79): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Lang was abolished at the 1977 redistribution. Stewart contested Grayndler in 1977. --------------------------------------------------------------------