ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF WEST SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Forest Lodge, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,661 Votes cast: 9,300 63.4 Informal votes: 279 03.0 Formal votes: 9,021 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Beer Prot 2,062 22.9 James Hanrahan 307 03.4 Billy HUGHES Lab 6,652 73.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,021 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hanrahan was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. Hughes was also endorsed by the AFTLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901 Born: 25 September 1862, London, England (of Welsh parents). Career: Educated Wales and St Stephens School, London. Migrated 1884. Bushworker, waterside worker, bookseller. One of the founders of the Labour Party. Secretary Sydney Wharf Laborers Union 1899. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Lang Division of Sydney 1894-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Forest Lodge, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Protectionist 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,787 +75.9 Votes cast: 10,809 41.9 -21.5 Informal votes: 406 03.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 10,403 96.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy HUGHES * Lab 7,272 69.9 -03.7 William Warren FT 3,129 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,403 19.9 05.5 to FT -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Labour majority over Free Trade is compared with the Labour majority over the Protectionists in 1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903 Minister for External Affairs 27 April 1904 to 17 August 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,091 +08.9 Votes cast: 14,086 50.1 +08.2 Informal votes: 469 03.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 13,617 96.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Burns AS 6,056 44.5 Hon Billy HUGHES * Lab 7,561 55.5 -14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,617 05.5 14.4 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burns was a NSW MLC 1908-23. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 Attorney-General 13 November 1908 to 2 June 1909 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The official Deputy Leader of the Labour Party was Senator McGregor, but Hughes became in effect the deputy leader when Fisher became Leader on 30 October 1907. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Pyrmont, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,200 +11.1 Votes cast: 18,955 60.7 +10.6 Informal votes: 341 01.8 -01.5 Formal votes: 18,614 98.2 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stanley Cole Lib 4,986 26.8 -17.7 Henry Holland 628 03.4 Hon Billy HUGHES * ALP 13,000 69.8 +14.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,614 21.5 16.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cole was a NSW MLC 1927-34. 2. Holland was a Revolutionary Socialist candidate. He was Leader of the New Zealand Labour Party 1919-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 Attorney-General from 29 April 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was in effect the deputy leader of the ALP, though the official Deputy Leader was Senator McGregor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.5 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 01.3 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,542 +29.9 Votes cast: 26,183 64.6 +03.9 Informal votes: 1,406 05.4 +03.6 Formal votes: 24,777 94.6 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Billy HUGHES * ALP 17,658 71.3 -00.0 John Sutton Lib 7,119 28.7 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,777 21.3 01.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 Attorney-General to 24 June 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,585 -02.4 Votes cast: 21,692 54.8 -09,8 Informal votes: 731 03.4 -02.0 Formal votes: 20,961 96.6 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Finch Lib 5,187 24.7 -04.0 Hon Billy HUGHES * ALP 15,774 75.3 +04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,961 24.7 04.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Morris Hughes (1862-1952): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Attorney-General from 17 September 1914 Prime Minister from 27 October 1915 Minister for Trade and Customs 29 September 1916 to 18 September 1914 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party 18 September 1914 to 30 October 1915 Leader of the Australian Labor Party 30 October 1915 to 14 November 1916 Leader of the National Labor Party 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 Leader of the Nationalist Party from 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes was elected Leader of the ALP following the retirement of Fisher. He left the ALP in November 1916 over the issue of conscription and formed the National Labor Party. In February he and his followers merged with the Liberal Party to form the Nationalist Party, of which he became Leader. He contested Bendigo, Victoria, in 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 25.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,959 -09.2 Votes cast: 22,792 63.4 +08.6 Informal votes: 739 03.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 22,053 96.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gideon Gillespie Nat 7,389 33.5 +08.8 Cornelius WALLACE + ALP 14,664 66.5 -08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,053 16.5 08.8 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornelius Wallace (1881-1921): Elected 1917 Born: 19 January 1881, Sydney Career: Primary education. Seaman. Organiser, Secretary NSW Seamen's Union. Wallace contested Nepean in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wallace agreed to vacate West Sydney to make way for the Premier of Queensland, Thomas Ryan. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 16.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,683 -14.7 Votes cast: 20,460 66.7 +03.3 Informal votes: 738 03.6 +00.4 Formal votes: 19,722 96.4 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas RYAN + ALP 14,234 72.2 +05.7 Richard Sleath Nat 5,488 27.8 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,722 22.2 05.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleath was NSW MLA for Wilcannia 1894-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Joseph Ryan (1876-1921): Elected 1919 Born: 1 July 1876, Port Fairy, Victoria. Career: Educated Xavier College, Melbourne and University of Melbourne. Teacher and barrister, Melbourne and Rockhampton, Queensland. State politics: Qld MLA for Barcoo 1909-19. Leader of the Opposition 1912-15. Premier, Chief Secretary and Attorney-General 1915-19, Secretary for Mines 1915. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deputy Leader of the Opposition 9 September 1920 to 1 August 1921 Assistant Leader of the Australian Labor Party 9 September 1920 to 1 August 1921 Died 1 August 1921 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan transferred to federal politics with the promise from members of the ALP Federal Executive of the party leadership if Tudor could be persuaded to resign. His own death forestalled this. He died in Barcaldine, Queensland, while campaigning in the Maranoa by- election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 3 SEPTEMBER 1921 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Blackwattle, Gipps, Golden Grove, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Thomas Ryan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 31,620 +03.1 Votes cast: 14,316 45.3 -21.4 Informal votes: 606 04.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 13,710 95.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Henry Nat 5,237 38.2 +10.4 William LAMBERT + ALP 7,857 57.3 -14.9 Timothy McCristal 430 03.1 John Powell 186 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,710 09.6 e 12.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Henry was NSW MLA for Clarence 1931-38. 2. McCristal was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Lambert (1885-1928): Elected 1921 By Born: 1885, near Orange, NSW. Career: Primary education. Shearer. Official, Australian Workers Union. President, NSW Branch 1917-21. Sydney City Council. Lord Mayor 1920-21. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 22.2 1921 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 09.6 e Effect of redistribution: 05.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 27.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,199 +31.0 Votes cast: 19,169 47.7 -10.0 Informal votes: 1,102 05.7 +02.1 Formal votes: 18,067 94.3 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bryde 3,631 20.1 William LAMBERT * ALP 13,359 73.9 -03.8 Arthur O'Donnell 1,077 06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,067 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Bryde was an independent Labor candidate. 2. O'Donnell was a Majority Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Lambert (1885-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 25.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,212 -02.5 Votes cast: 34,123 87.0 +39.3 Informal votes: 885 02.6 -03.1 Formal votes: 33,238 97.4 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LAMBERT * ALP 24,604 74.0 +00.1 Osterley Thompson Nat 8,634 26.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,238 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Lambert (1885-1928): Elected 1921 By, 1922, 1925 Died 6 September 1928 (no by-election held) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 24.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,961 -08.3 Votes cast: 32,865 91.4 +04.4 Informal votes: 1,930 05.9 +03.3 Formal votes: 30,935 94.1 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack BEASLEY + ALP 25,286 81.7 +07.7 Alfred Benjamin Nat 5,649 18.3 -07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,935 31.7 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928 Born: 9 November 1895, Werribee, Victoria. Career: Educated Sydney. Electrician with Sydney City Council. President Electrical Trades Union and Sydney Trades and Labor Council 1922-28. Member NSW ALP Executive. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 31.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,553 -01.1 Votes cast: 33,498 94.2 +02.8 Informal votes: 973 02.9 -03.0 Formal votes: 32,525 97.1 +03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack BEASLEY * ALP 28,121 86.5 +04.8 Osterley Thompson Nat 4,404 13.5 -04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,525 36.5 04.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929 Assistant Minister Assisting the Minister for Industry 22 October 1929 to 3 March 1931 Leader of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) from 12 March 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the split between the federal ALP and the NSW Branch, Beasley was removed from the ministry in the Caucus ballot of 2 March. He then resigned from the ALP Caucus in March 1931 and became Leader of the breakway group supporting the NSW Branch of the ALP and known as the Australian Labor Party (NSW) or Lang Labor. He voted against the Scullin Government in the censure motion of 26 November 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, Surry Hills, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 36.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,066 -02.4 Votes cast: 32,315 92.2 -02.0 Informal votes: 1,372 04.2 +01.3 Formal votes: 30,943 95.8 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALPN 19,768 63.9 Arthur Butterell UAP 6,579 21.3 +07.8 James Donaldson ALP 4,596 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,943 25.1 e 11.4 to UAP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 78.8%, a decrease of 7.7% from the 86.5% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931 Leader of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 25.1 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 03.3 from ALP (NSW) to UAP New notional majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,151 +60.1 Votes cast: 53,401 95.1 +02.9 Informal votes: 2,571 04.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 50,830 95.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALPN 32,283 63.5 +07.9 Robert Brechin CPA 1,460 02.9 +01.7 Clarence Campbell ALP 3,398 06.7 -13.0 Frederick Taylor DSC 2,529 05.0 Henry Wood UAP 11,160 22.0 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,830 23.7 e 01.9 to ALPN -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934 Leader of the Australian Labor Party (NSW) to 10 March 1936 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 70.2%, a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 5.1% from the 78.8% polled by the two parties in 1931. 2. Beasley 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: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over UAP 23.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,341 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937 Leader of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) from 2 May 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the May 1940 split within the NSW ALP, Beasley resigned from the ALP Caucus and sat as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist), known as Lang Labor, of which he became leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,337 -01.8 Votes cast: 51,284 92.7 Informal votes: 2,610 05.1 Formal votes: 48,674 94.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALPNC 30,570 62.8 Peter Burke SL 1,983 04.1 Malinda Ivey 2,937 06.0 Stanley Moran 2,470 05.1 Henry Mulcahy ALP 10,714 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,674 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 84.8%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940 Minister for Supply and Development 7 October 1941 to 17 October 1942 Minister for Supply and Shipping from 17 October 1942 Leader of the Australian Labor Party (Non-Communist) to 10 March 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Beasley rejoined 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: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: ALP (NC) over ALP 14.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,881 -02.6 Votes cast: 51,108 94.9 +02.2 Informal votes: 1,748 03.4 -01.7 Formal votes: 49,360 96.6 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John BEASLEY * ALP 34,404 69.7 Horace Foley SL 9,166 18.6 +14.5 Malinda Ivey 957 01.9 Timothy McCristal 352 00.7 Eddington Sherwood OPA 4,481 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,360 29.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP vote of 69.7% was a decrease of 15.1% from the combined vote of 84.8% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NC) in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Albert Beasley (1895-1949): Elected 1928, 1929, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Minister for Supply and Shipping to 2 February 1945 Vice-President of the Executive Council 2 February 1945 to 13 July 1945 Minister for Defence 6 July 1945 to 14 August 1946 Resigned seat 14 August 1946 (no by-election held) Later career: High Commissioner to Britain 1946-49. Died in office. Died 2 September 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Balmain, Glebe, Newtown North, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over UAP 29.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,645 +10.7 Votes cast: 54,822 91.9 -03.0 Informal votes: 2,829 05.2 +01.8 Formal votes: 51,993 94.8 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melinda Ivey 2,063 04.0 John Mant Lib 6,300 12.1 Stanley Moran CPA 4,380 08.4 William O'CONNOR + ALP 29,417 56.6 -13.1 Thomas Ryan ALPN 7,671 14.8 Ronald Sarina 2,162 04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,993 27.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ryan was NSW MLA for Auburn 1956-65. 2. Sarina was a Protestant People's Party candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Paul O'Connor (1910-87): Elected 1946 Born: 21 September 1910. Career: Educated Catholic schools. Clerk. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. O'Connor contested Martin in 1949. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over ALP NC) 27.4 Effect of 1948 redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,302 -32.4 Votes cast: 36,793 91.3 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,168 03.2 -02.0 Formal votes: 35,625 96.8 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Horace Foley ALPN 8,872 24.9 +16.6 Daniel Minogue + ALP 17,732 49.8 -18.2 Stanley Moran CPA 1,786 05.0 +00.4 Basil Mottershead Lib 7,235 20.3 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,625 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moran's 1,786 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Foley 249 13.9 9,121 25.6 MINOGUE + 1,350 75.6 19,082 53.6 Mottershead 187 10.5 7,422 20.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 21.7% from the ALP to the ALP (NC). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949 Born: 18 July 1893, Ireland. Career: Educated Ireland. Salesman and publican, Sydney. Sydney City Council 1938-49, Sydney County Council 1949-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over ALPN 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,690 -06.5 Votes cast: 34,637 91.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,300 03.8 +00.6 Formal votes: 33,337 96.2 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Miles CPA 3,483 10.4 +05.4 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 21,123 63.4 +13.6 Basil Mottershead Lib 8,203 24.6 +04.3 Clare Peters 528 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,337 24.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peters was an independent Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darling Harbour, Glebe, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 24.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,018 -12.4 Votes cast: 30,698 93.0 +01.1 Informal votes: 1,432 04.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 29,266 95.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Micallef 6,264 21.4 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 21,226 72.5 +09.1 Lance Sharkey CPA 1,776 06.1 -04.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,266 28.0 e ------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharkey was the leader of the Communist Party. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 majority: Labor over Independent 28.0 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 02.3 shift to Labor New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 30.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,595 +32.0 Votes cast: 40,277 92.4 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,853 04.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 38,424 95.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 28,309 73.7 -01.1 Lance Sharkey CPA 2,364 06.2 +00.1 Frank Weaver Lib 7,751 20.2 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,424 29.3 e 01.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharkey was the leader of the Communist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 29.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,962 -08.3 Votes cast: 36,289 90.8 -01.6 Informal votes: 1,892 05.2 +00.6 Formal votes: 34,397 94.8 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan Charlesworth DLP 3,763 10.9 Adrian Cook Lib 6,535 19.0 -01.2 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 22,610 65.7 -08.0 Lance Sharkey CPA 1,489 04.3 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,397 21.6 e 07.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharkey was the leader of the Communist Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,832 -10.3 Votes cast: 32,642 91.1 +00.3 Informal votes: 1,477 04.5 -00.7 Formal votes: 31,165 95.5 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Doherty DLP 2,927 09.4 -01.5 Milovan Kovjanic Lib 4,555 14.6 -04.4 Ronald Maxwell CPA 1,746 05.6 +01.3 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 21,937 70.4 +04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 31,165 26.5 e 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 20.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 34,550 -03.6 Votes cast: 31,051 89.9 -01.2 Informal votes: 1,371 04.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 29,680 95.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Doherty DLP 5,352 18.0 +08.6 Charles Kilduff 813 02.7 Maurice Law 1,464 04.9 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 22,051 74.3 +03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,680 28.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Glebe, Golden Grove, King, Toxteth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 majority: Labor over DLP 28.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,768 -13.8 Votes cast: 27,209 91.4 -03.5 Informal votes: 1,593 05.9 +03.3 Formal votes: 25,616 94.1 -03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denise Clancy DLP 1,770 06.9 -11.1 Albert Curtin Lib 6,908 27.0 Ronald Maxwell CPA 1,115 04.4 Daniel MINOGUE * ALP 15,823 61.8 -13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,616 16.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Minogue (1893-1983): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 West Sydney was abolished at the 1968 redistribution. Minogue retired at the 1969 election. Died 7 January 1983 --------------------------------------------------------------------