Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election

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1917 New South Wales state election [1][2]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 1,109,830
Votes cast 616,146 Turnout 61.43 -6.81
Informal votes 6,332 Informal 1.02 –1.28
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist [a] 292,306 47.44 +1.17 52 +13
  Labor 262,655 42.63 −4.00 33 −16
  Independent 25,528 4.14 +1.86 3 +2
  Independent Labor 20,085 3.26 +1.88 1 0
  Ind. Nationalist 15,201 2.47 +0.03 1 +1
  Ind. Socialist Labor 371 0.06 –0.19 0 0
Total 616,146     90  

The 1917 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each. If a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 8 electorates proceeded to second round elections.[1]

Election results[edit]

Albury[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Albury[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Manning 3,395 50.0 +50.0
Labor George Bodkin 2,385 35.1 -9.3
Independent Labor John Cusack 1,011 14.9 +14.9
Total formal votes 6,791 98.6 +1.4
Informal votes 94 1.4 -1.4
Turnout 6,885 61.2 -8.7
1917 New South Wales state election: Albury - Second Round [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Manning 3,916 55.2 +55.2
Labor George Bodkin 3,177 44.8 -7.8
Total formal votes 7,093 99.8 +1.2
Informal votes 13 0.2 -1.2
Turnout 7,106 63.1 +1.9
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing

The sitting member John Cusack was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Alexandria[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Alexandria[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Simon Hickey 3,670 69.9 -0.1
Nationalist Sydney Smith 1,388 26.4 +26.4
Independent James Dixon 189 3.6 -16.6
Total formal votes 5,247 99.1 +1.9
Informal votes 50 0.9 -1.9
Turnout 5,297 53.9 -0.4
Labor hold Swing -0.1

Allowrie[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Allowrie[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Mark Morton 4,562 61.9 0.0
Labor William Gibbs 2,802 38.1 0.0
Total formal votes 7,364 99.2 +1.2
Informal votes 57 0.8 -1.2
Turnout 7,421 68.6 -7.1
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

Annandale[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Annandale[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Brien 3,762 51.0 -3.0
Independent Labor Arthur Griffith 3,608 49.0 +49.0
Total formal votes 7,370 99.0 +0.8
Informal votes 77 1.0 -0.8
Turnout 7,447 64.7 -9.2
Labor hold Swing -3.0

Sitting member Arthur Griffith was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Armidale[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Armidale[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Herbert Lane 3,459 56.5 +0.6
Labor John Andrews 2,661 43.5 -0.6
Total formal votes 6,120 99.2 +1.8
Informal votes 46 0.8 -1.8
Turnout 6,166 62.0 -11.5
Nationalist hold Swing +0.6

Ashburnham[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Grimm 4,169 54.9 +4.6
Labor John Lynch 3,423 45.1 -4.6
Total formal votes 7,592 99.0 +1.5
Informal votes 78 1.0 -1.5
Turnout 7,670 72.6 -4.9
Nationalist hold Swing +4.6

Ashfield[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Robson 6,697 76.4 +5.9
Labor George Boland 2,063 23.6 -3.1
Total formal votes 8,760 99.0 +1.7
Informal votes 87 1.0 -1.7
Turnout 8,847 58.3 -6.4
Nationalist hold Swing +5.9

Balmain[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Balmain[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Storey 3,838 54.3 -3.7
Nationalist Robert Stopford 3,055 43.2 +13.3
Independent Michael Moore 161 2.3 +2.3
Independent John Bell 20 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 7,074 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 62 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 7,136 62.7 -3.5
Labor hold Swing -3.7

Bathurst[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Bathurst[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Valentine Johnston 3,805 51.9 +1.7
Nationalist John Miller 3,114 42.4 -7.4
Independent John Sullivan 417 5.7 +5.7
Total formal votes 7,336 99.0 +2.0
Informal votes 75 1.0 -2.0
Turnout 7,411 72.3 -3.5
Labor hold Swing +1.7

The sitting member was Ernest Durack (Labor) who did not contest the election.

Bega[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Bega[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Millard 3,452 58.4 +17.8
Labor John Webster 2,459 41.6 +9.0
Total formal votes 5,911 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 52 0.9 -0.6
Turnout 5,963 63.0 -13.2
Nationalist hold Swing +6.2

Belmore[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Belmore[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michael Burke 3,224 66.9 +16.0
Independent Labor Thomas Barlow 1,596 33.1 +33.1
Total formal votes 4,820 98.5 +1.9
Informal votes 71 1.5 -1.9
Turnout 4,891 48.1 -11.7
Labor hold Swing +16.0

The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premier William Holman.

Bingara[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Bingara[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George McDonald 3,113 51.5 +3.7
Labor Alfred McClelland 2,935 48.5 +0.7
Total formal votes 6,048 98.4 +1.0
Informal votes 95 1.6 -1.0
Turnout 6,143 65.5 -5.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor / Independent  

George McDonald had been elected as a Labor member in the 1913 election. He resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the behaviour of the Easter 1916 NSW Labor conference and retained the seat at the by-election as an Independent.[16]

Bondi[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Bondi[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Macarthur-Onslow unopposed
Nationalist hold  

Botany[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Botany[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Mutch 5,333 57.9 +18.1
Independent Labor Fred Page 3,882 42.1 -18.1
Total formal votes 9,215 99.1 +1.3
Informal votes 80 0.9 -1.3
Turnout 9,295 63.2 -1.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +18.1

Burrangong[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Burrangong[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Loughlin 3,925 51.1 +0.8
Nationalist George Burgess 3,760 48.9 +48.9
Total formal votes 7,685 99.0 +1.4
Informal votes 80 1.0 -1.4
Turnout 7,765 66.3 -1.2
Labor hold Swing +0.8

The sitting member George Burgess was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Burwood[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Burwood[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,125 77.0 +9.5
Labor Arthur Apsey 2,122 23.0 -9.5
Total formal votes 9,247 99.1 +1.8
Informal votes 83 0.9 -1.8
Turnout 9,330 60.1 -8.3
Nationalist hold Swing +9.5

Byron[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Byron[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Perry 2,572 38.6 -12.4
Independent Oliver Virtue 2,516 37.7 +37.7
Independent Patrick McMahon 1,055 15.8 +15.8
Independent Labor Percy Tighe 496 7.4 +7.4
Independent William McKeever 29 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 6,668 97.9 +0.4
Informal votes 142 2.1 -0.4
Turnout 6,810 57.8 -7.0
1917 New South Wales state election: Byron - Second Round [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Perry 3,445 52.2
Independent Oliver Virtue 3,153 47.8
Total formal votes 6,598 99.3 +1.4
Informal votes 43 0.7 -1.4
Turnout 6,641 56.3 -1.5
Nationalist hold  

Camden[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Camden[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Hunt 4,412 55.3 -7.8
Labor Frederick Parker 2,768 34.7 +3.9
Independent Arthur Bosley 688 8.6 +8.6
Independent Frederick Webster 115 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 7,983 99.0 +1.2
Informal votes 82 1.0 -1.2
Turnout 8,065 60.0 -5.6
Nationalist hold Swing -7.8

Camperdown[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Camperdown[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 3,930 65.9 -1.4
Nationalist William Weller 1,980 33.2 +0.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Arthur Reardon 56 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 5,966 98.8 +0.9
Informal votes 74 1.2 +0.9
Turnout 6,040 53.9 -12.7
Labor hold Swing -1.4

Canterbury[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Canterbury[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Cann 8,272 89.0 +37.0
Independent James Lee 1,020 11.0 +11.0
Total formal votes 9,292 98.9 +1.3
Informal votes 105 1.1 -1.3
Turnout 9,397 41.6 -30.2
Labor hold Swing +37.0

Castlereagh[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Guy Arkins 3,336 53.5 +53.5
Labor Joseph Clark 2,902 46.5 -5.9
Total formal votes 6,238 98.8 +1.8
Informal votes 78 1.2 -1.8
Turnout 6,316 61.8 -9.2
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member Guy Arkins was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Cessnock[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Cessnock[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Kearsley unopposed
Labor hold  

Clarence[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Clarence[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Zuill unopposed
Nationalist hold  

Cobar[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Cobar[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Charles Fern unopposed
Labor hold  

Cootamundra[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Holman 4,411 55.1 +55.1
Labor Patrick Minahan 3,590 44.9 -9.8
Total formal votes 8,001 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 51 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 8,052 70.3 -6.6
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member William Holman was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4] Patrick Minahan was the sitting member for Belmore however he lost preselection for that seat.

Corowa[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Corowa[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Richard Ball 3,996 67.7 +2.2
Labor Samuel Ringwood 1,909 32.3 -2.2
Total formal votes 5,905 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 34 0.6 -1.2
Turnout 5,939 53.9 -11.5
Nationalist hold Swing +2.2

Darling Harbour[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cochran 3,264 73.2 +8.3
Nationalist William Phillips 1,130 25.3 +25.3
Independent William McMahon 65 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 4,459 98.3 +2.7
Informal votes 77 1.7 -2.7
Turnout 4,536 46.8 -7.6
Labor hold Swing +8.3

Darlinghurst[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Daniel Levy 4,143 55.0 +2.2
Labor John Farrell 3,316 44.1 -3.1
Independent Percy Brunton 68 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 7,527 98.4 +1.7
Informal votes 124 1.6 -1.7
Turnout 7,651 55.3 -6.0
Nationalist hold Swing +2.2

Drummoyne[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alexander Graff 6,404 66.2 +10.0
Labor Bertie Sheiles 3,238 33.5 -4.9
Independent Walter Kirkaldy 35 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 9,677 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 120 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 9,797 62.3 -8.3
Nationalist hold Swing +2.2

Dulwich Hill[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Tom Hoskins 6,098 68.8 +9.3
Labor Joseph Cahill 2,765 31.2 -7.4
Total formal votes 8,863 99.5 +1.5
Informal votes 43 0.5 -1.5
Turnout 8,906 61.6 -10.0
Nationalist hold Swing +9.3

Durham[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Durham[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Brown 2,767 45.0 -5.4
Independent Walter Bennett 1,872 30.5 -11.8
Labor Walter O'Hearn 1,029 16.8 +9.5
Independent Daniel Ferry 475 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 6,143 98.7 +0.9
Informal votes 78 1.3 -0.9
Turnout 6,221 65.9 -8.0
1917 New South Wales state election: Durham - Second Round [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Walter Bennett 3,021 50.1
Nationalist William Brown 3,005 49.9
Total formal votes 6,026 99.4 +0.7
Informal votes 39 0.6 -0.7
Turnout 6,065 64.3 -1.6
Independent gain from Nationalist  

Enmore[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Enmore[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist David Hall 4,091 51.4 +1.6
Labor Thomas Burke 3,787 47.6 -1.2
Independent Andrew Macauley 45 0.6 +0.6
Ind. Socialist Labor Dominic Healy 30 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 7,953 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 80 1.0 -0.3
Turnout 8,033 63.2 -7.2
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member David Hall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Glebe[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Glebe[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Keegan 4,106 57.6 +0.4
Nationalist Walter Clutton 2,947 41.3 -1.5
Independent David Middleton 78 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 7,131 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 83 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 7,214 60.0 -13.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4

Gloucester[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Lewis Martin 2,671 40.8 +40.8
Independent Richard Price 2,390 36.5 -17.2
Labor Albert Jones 1,487 22.7 +2.1
Total formal votes 6,548 99.2 +1.2
Informal votes 54 0.8 -1.2
Turnout 6,602 65.9 -5.2
1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester - Second Round [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Price 3,815 56.0
Nationalist Lewis Martin 2,999 44.0
Total formal votes 6,814 99.7 +0.5
Informal votes 22 0.3 -0.5
Turnout 6,836 68.3 +2.4
Member changed to Independent from Farmers and Settlers / Nationalist  

Richard Price had been elected as a Farmers and Settlers member in the 1913 election. He joined the Nationalist Party however he was not endorsed by the party for the 1917 election and ran as an independent.

Gordon[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Gordon[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton 3,822 35.2 +35.2
Nationalist Thomas Bavin 2,928 26.9 -42.0
Ind. Nationalist Robert Forsyth 2,753 25.3 +25.3
Ind. Nationalist Fitt Petrie 1,366 12.6 +12.6
Total formal votes 10,869 99.2 +1.1
Informal votes 89 0.8 -1.1
Turnout 10,958 62.7 -7.7
1917 New South Wales state election: Gordon - Second Round [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Bavin 5,612 50.2 -18.7
Ind. Nationalist Edward Loxton 5,573 49.8 +49.8
Total formal votes 11,185 99.7 +0.5
Informal votes 28 0.3 -0.5
Turnout 11,213 64.2 +1.5
Nationalist hold  

The sitting member was Charles Wade (Nationalist) who did not contest the election.

Gough[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Gough[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Follet Thomas 3,633 52.1 0.0
Labor Lou Cunningham 3,337 47.9 0.0
Total formal votes 6,970 98.5 +1.0
Informal votes 105 1.5 -1.0
Turnout 7,075 65.6 -12.9
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

Goulburn[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Goulburn[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Augustus James 4,290 51.4 -2.4
Labor Con Hogan 4,055 48.6 +2.4
Total formal votes 8,345 99.3 +1.8
Informal votes 56 0.7 -1.8
Turnout 8,401 65.1 -7.6
Nationalist hold Swing -2.4

Granville[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Granville[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Lang 6,707 50.8 -1.1
Nationalist Walter Duncan 6,066 45.9 -2.2
Independent Abraham Taylor 432 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 13,205 98.8 +1.5
Informal votes 155 1.2 -1.5
Turnout 13,360 67.7 -7.1
Labor hold Swing -1.1

Gwydir[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Crane 3,542 59.2 +4.4
Labor William Scully 2,440 40.8 -4.4
Total formal votes 5,982 99.4 +2.0
Informal votes 38 0.6 -2.0
Turnout 6,020 61.0 -2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +4.4

Hartley[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Hartley[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Dooley 4,970 52.0 -3.3
Nationalist James Ryan 4,582 48.0 +3.3
Total formal votes 9,552 98.7 +1.5
Informal votes 126 1.3 -1.5
Turnout 9,678 67.5 -3.9
Labor hold Swing -3.3

Hastings and Macleay[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Morton 4,528 64.4 +64.4
Labor Hercules Rowe 2,506 35.6 +35.6
Total formal votes 7,034 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 63 0.9 -0.7
Turnout 7,097 61.4 -17.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Independent  

Hawkesbury[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Brinsley Hall 3,395 46.0 -16.2
Independent Bruce Walker 2,011 27.2 +27.2
Labor Tom Arthur 1,981 26.8 +1.2
Total formal votes 7,387 98.9 +1.8
Informal votes 79 1.1 -1.8
Turnout 7,466 67.0 +3.9
1917 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury - Second Round [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Bruce Walker 3,600 50.2
Nationalist Brinsley Hall 3,568 49.8
Total formal votes 7,168 99.6 +0.7
Informal votes 26 0.4 -0.7
Turnout 7,194 64.5 +1.4
Independent gain from Nationalist  

Hurstville[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Hurstville[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Thomas Ley 7,904 59.4 +10.0
Labor Sam Toombs 5,395 40.6 -5.8
Total formal votes 13,299 99.2 +1.5
Informal votes 111 0.8 -1.5
Turnout 13,410 68.2 -4.1
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +11.0

Kahibah[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Kahibah[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Edden 3,728 48.5 +15.1
Labor Hugh Connell 3,724 48.5 -16.9
Independent William Ellis 234 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 7,686 99.1 +1.7
Informal votes 67 0.9 -1.7
Turnout 7,753 63.2 -1.1
1917 New South Wales state election: Kahibah - Second Round [48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Edden 4,396 51.0
Labor Hugh Connell 4,216 49.0
Total formal votes 8,612 99.6 +0.5
Informal votes 36 0.4 -0.5
Turnout 8,648 70.5 +7.3
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member Alfred Edden was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

King[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: King[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Smith 2,907 53.0 -3.4
Nationalist James Morrish 2,485 45.3 +2.9
Independent Lindsay Thompson 48 0.9 +0.9
Independent James Jones 28 0.5 +0.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Ernie Judd 22 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 5,490 98.6 0.0
Informal votes 80 1.4 0.0
Turnout 5,570 48.5 -10.5
Labor hold Swing -3.4

The sitting member James Morrish was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Lachlan[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Lachlan[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Ernest Buttenshaw 3,639 52.0 +52.0
Labor Thomas Brown 3,362 48.0 -2.8
Total formal votes 7,001 98.5 +1.9
Informal votes 103 1.5 -1.9
Turnout 7,104 61.4 -7.1
Nationalist gain from Labor  

Leichhardt[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Campbell Carmichael unopposed
Labor hold  

Lismore[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Lismore[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Nesbitt 4,720 79.1 +8.3
Independent Labor Michael O'Halloran 1,250 20.9 +20.9
Total formal votes 5,970 99.1 +1.2
Informal votes 52 0.9 -1.2
Turnout 6,022 53.3 -16.7
Nationalist hold Swing +8.3

Liverpool Plains[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Ashford 3,593 52.9 +21.3
Labor Abraham Berry 3,194 47.1 -4.9
Total formal votes 6,787 99.0 +2.8
Informal votes 69 1.0 -2.8
Turnout 6,856 62.9 -6.7
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member William Ashford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Lyndhurst[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Lyndhurst[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Bushell 4,071 50.7 +1.8
Nationalist Thomas Waddell 3,967 49.3 -1.8
Total formal votes 8,038 98.9 +1.1
Informal votes 88 1.1 -1.1
Turnout 8,126 70.6 -1.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +1.8

Macquarie[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Macquarie[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Thrower 3,899 50.9 +0.5
Nationalist Murdock McLeod 3,769 49.1 -0.5
Total formal votes 7,668 99.0 +1.6
Informal votes 80 1.0 -1.6
Turnout 7,748 72.4 -7.3
Labor hold Swing +0.5

Maitland[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Maitland[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Nicholson 4,012 61.7 +11.1
Labor William Brennan 2,492 38.3 -11.1
Total formal votes 6,504 99.2 +1.6
Informal votes 52 0.8 -1.6
Turnout 6,556 64.8 -13.2
Nationalist hold Swing +11.1

Marrickville[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Marrickville[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carlo Lazzarini 4,085 51.3 -10.1
Nationalist Thomas Crawford 3,565 44.8 +8.8
Independent Frederick Hodges 295 3.7 +3.7
Independent Tedbar Barden 15 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 7,960 99.1 +1.1
Informal votes 72 0.9 -1.1
Turnout 8,032 61.0 -4.7
Labor hold Swing -10.1

The sitting member Thomas Crawford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Middle Harbour[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Richard Arthur 5,106 59.5 -5.1
Independent Alfred Reid 1,904 22.2 +22.2
Independent Arthur Keirle 1,568 18.3 +18.3
Total formal votes 8,578 98.8 +1.0
Informal votes 107 1.2 -1.0
Turnout 8,685 53.9 -13.2
Nationalist hold Swing -5.1

Monaro[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Monaro[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gus Miller 3,947 62.6 +6.0
Nationalist John Perkins 2,356 37.4 -5.1
Total formal votes 6,303 99.2 +2.0
Informal votes 52 0.8 -2.0
Turnout 6,355 65.7 -6.8
Labor hold Swing +6.0

Mosman[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Mosman[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Percy Colquhoun unopposed
Nationalist hold  

Mudgee[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Mudgee[61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Dunn unopposed
Labor hold  

Murray[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Murray[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Robert Scobie 2,926 58.6 +13.8
Labor Richard O'Halloran 2,010 40.3 -14.9
Independent Patrick Duffy 55 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 4,991 98.9 +1.0
Informal votes 56 1.1 -1.0
Turnout 5,047 52.2 -1.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member Robert Scobie was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Murrumbidgee[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee[63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Patrick McGarry 4,432 57.2 +9.0
Labor Arthur Cook 3,310 42.8 -9.0
Total formal votes 7,742 99.0 +1.4
Informal votes 79 1.0 -1.4
Turnout 7,821 58.7 -9.4
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member Patrick McGarry was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[64]

Namoi[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Walter Wearne 2,389 42.3 +42.3
Labor Thomas Egan 2,373 42.0 -11.3
Independent Labor George Black 883 15.6 +15.6
Total formal votes 5,645 98.0 +0.9
Informal votes 117 2.0 -0.9
Turnout 5,762 61.0 -2.7
1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi - Second Round [65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist Walter Wearne 3,112 55.3
Labor Thomas Egan 2,516 44.7
Total formal votes 5,628 99.6 +1.6
Informal votes 25 0.4 -1.6
Turnout 5,653 59.9 -1.1
Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor  

The sitting member George Black was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Newcastle[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Newcastle[66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Arthur Gardiner 5,303 69.2 +69.2
Labor Francis McCormack 2,358 30.8 -39.7
Total formal votes 7,661 99.3 +1.1
Informal votes 56 0.7 -1.1
Turnout 7,717 60.0 -9.6
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor  

The sitting member Arthur Gardiner was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Newtown[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Newtown[67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Burke 3,690 55.1 -10.5
Nationalist Robert Hollis 2,654 39.6 +7.3
Independent Tom Walsh 299 4.5 +4.5
Ind. Socialist Labor John Kilburn 51 0.8 -1.3
Total formal votes 6,694 98.8 +0.8
Informal votes 82 1.2 -0.8
Turnout 6,776 58.2 -4.0
Labor hold  

The sitting member Robert Hollis was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Orange[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Orange[68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick 4,363 52.5 -0.8
Labor James Tully 3,953 47.5 +0.8
Total formal votes 8,316 99.2 +1.3
Informal votes 64 0.8 -1.3
Turnout 8,380 71.6 -4.4
Nationalist hold Swing -0.8

Paddington[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Paddington[69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Osborne 4,512 57.1 +0.3
Nationalist Thomas Eslick 3,391 42.9 +0.4
Total formal votes 7,903 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 48 0.6 -1.2
Turnout 7,951 61.9 -4.1
Labor hold Swing +0.3

Parramatta[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Parramatta[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell 5,382 58.6 +10.7
Labor Jock Garden 3,772 41.1 -2.1
Independent John Strachan 26 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 9,180 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 105 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 9,285 64.9 -9.5
Nationalist hold Swing +10.7

Petersham[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Petersham[71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Cohen 4,441 61.7 -38.3
Labor James Bourke 2,253 31.3 +31.3
Independent John Lucas 507 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 7,201 99.3
Informal votes 49 0.7
Turnout 7,250 63.6
Nationalist hold Swing -38.3

Phillip[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Phillip[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Doyle 3,913 65.2 -18.1
Independent Labor Richard Meagher 2,056 34.3 +34.3
Ind. Socialist Labor James Slade 31 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 6,000 98.9 +1.4
Informal votes 66 1.1 -1.4
Turnout 6,066 61.4 +4.5
Labor hold Swing -18.1

The sitting member Richard Meagher was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Raleigh[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Raleigh[73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Briner 4,072 64.7 +64.7
Labor Francis Collins 2,221 35.3 +21.4
Total formal votes 6,293 99.2 +2.6
Informal votes 235 3.4 -2.6
Turnout 6,344 54.1 -9.8
Nationalist hold  

Randwick[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Randwick[74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist David Storey 7,340 60.1 +1.8
Labor Bob O'Halloran 4,879 39.9 +1.6
Total formal votes 12,219 99.0 +2.1
Informal votes 127 1.0 -2.1
Turnout 12,346 59.8 +2.8
Nationalist hold Swing +1.8

Redfern[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Redfern[75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 4,757 66.2 -2.2
Nationalist James McGowen 2,388 33.2 +3.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 42 0.6 -1.4
Total formal votes 7,187 99.1 +1.5
Informal votes 64 0.9 -1.5
Turnout 7,251 60.6 -1.4
Labor hold Swing -2.2

The sitting member James McGowen was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Rozelle[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Rozelle[76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Quirk 4,204 62.0 -4.1
Nationalist Alfred Reed 2,576 38.0 +4.1
Total formal votes 6,780 99.0 +0.4
Informal votes 69 1.0 -0.4
Turnout 6,849 60.4 -3.8
Labor hold Swing -4.1

The sitting member was James Mercer (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription,[4] and did not contest the election.

Ryde[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Ryde[77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Thompson 6,834 65.0 +0.4
Labor William Hutchison 2,610 24.8 -6.5
Independent Norman McIntosh 1,067 10.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 10,511 99.3 +1.6
Informal votes 73 0.7 -1.6
Turnout 10,584 60.0 -10.6
Nationalist hold Swing +0.4

St George[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: St George[78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Bagnall 7,414 64.9 +15.3
Labor Arthur Dengate 4,010 35.1 -10.0
Total formal votes 11,424 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 91 0.8 -0.3
Turnout 11,515 70.3 -4.5
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member William Bagnall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

St Leonards[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: St Leonards[79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Cocks 3,992 65.5 +11.4
Labor Robert Edwards 2,052 33.7 -10.0
Independent Frederick Clancy 53 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 6,097 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 80 1.3 -1.6
Turnout 6,177 51.4 -11.6
Nationalist hold Swing +11.4

Singleton[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Singleton[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Fallick 2,905 51.4 -1.4
Labor Richard Bramston 2,505 44.3 +4.2
Independent Valdemar Olling 131 2.3 +2.3
Independent Leslie Hewitt 114 2.0 -5.2
Total formal votes 5,655 98.5 +2.1
Informal votes 88 1.5 -2.1
Turnout 5,743 56.8 -9.7
Nationalist hold Swing -1.4

Sturt[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Sturt[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Percy Brookfield 4,013 57.1
Ind. Nationalist Francis Harvey 3,020 42.9
Total formal votes 7,033 99.5
Informal votes 36 0.5
Turnout 7,069 62.3
Labor hold  

Surry Hills[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills[82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Buckley 3,585 65.5 -0.1
Nationalist Percy Daly 1,550 28.3 +28.3
Independent Thomas Kohan 272 5.0 +5.0
Independent John Eaton 39 0.7 +0.7
Ind. Socialist Labor Ludwig Klausen 26 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 5,472 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 66 1.2 -0.5
Turnout 5,538 47.1 -12.9
Labor hold Swing -0.1

The sitting member Henry Hoyle (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription,[4] and did not contest the election.

Tamworth[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Tamworth[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Frank Chaffey 3,682 53.1 +53.1
Independent Robert Levien 3,246 46.9 +15.6
Total formal votes 6,928 99.1 +2.1
Informal votes 65 0.9 -2.1
Turnout 6,993 68.1 -6.1
Nationalist hold  

Tenterfield[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Lee 4,090 70.7
Labor William Sturgess 1,691 29.3
Total formal votes 5,781 99.1
Informal votes 50 0.9
Turnout 5,831 54.3
Nationalist hold  

Upper Hunter[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter[85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Mac Abbott 3,811 55.7 +5.6
Labor Robert Kennedy 3,034 44.3 +2.8
Total formal votes 6,845 99.0 +2.0
Informal votes 66 1.0 -2.0
Turnout 6,911 60.7 -11.7
Nationalist hold Swing +5.6

Wagga Wagga[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga[86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Beeby 3,777 52.8 +4.0
Labor Walter Boston 3,371 47.2 -4.0
Total formal votes 7,148 98.7 +1.3
Informal votes 97 1.3 -1.3
Turnout 7,245 68.8 -4.5
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +4.0

Wallsend[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Wallsend[87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Estell unopposed
Labor hold  

Waverley[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Waverley[88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Oakes 5,136 56.7 +13.8
Labor James Fingleton 3,919 43.3 +5.7
Total formal votes 9,055 99.2 +1.7
Informal votes 69 0.8 -1.7
Turnout 9,124 63.9 -6.0
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +7.0

Wickham[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Wickham[89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Grahame 4,982 53.9 +22.1
Labor Christopher Pattinson 4,260 46.1 -22.1
Total formal votes 9,242 99.2 +0.9
Informal votes 77 0.8 -0.9
Turnout 9,319 63.1 -10.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  

The sitting member William Grahame was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[64]

Willoughby[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Willoughby[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Reginald Weaver 4,646 51.7 +20.6
Labor John Chambers 2,398 26.7 -15.9
Independent John Haynes 1,526 17.0 +17.0
Independent Frederick Cowdroy 407 4.5 +4.5
Independent William Shepherd 13 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 8,990 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 96 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 9,086 63.6 -8.0
Nationalist gain from Independent Swing +20.6

Willyama[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Willyama[91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jabez Wright 3,381 64.6 -8.7
Ind. Nationalist Brian Doe 1,851 35.4 +35.4
Total formal votes 5,232 99.5 +1.8
Informal votes 24 0.5 -1.8
Turnout 5,256 59.2 -3.6
Labor hold Swing -8.7

Wollondilly[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Fuller 4,425 56.8 -0.8
Labor Daniel Chalker 3,364 43.2 +9.3
Total formal votes 7,789 99.1 +1.9
Informal votes 71 0.9 -1.9
Turnout 7,860 65.6 -0.8
Nationalist hold Swing -0.8

Wollongong[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollongong[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Davies 4,857 55.3 -16.3
Nationalist John Nicholson 3,809 43.4 +19.8
Ind. Socialist Labor Joseph Charlton 113 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 8,779 98.7 +1.7
Informal votes 118 1.3 -1.7
Turnout 8,897 63.0 +2.4
Labor hold Swing -16.3

The sitting member John Nicholson was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[4]

Woollahra[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Woollahra[94]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Latimer 3,925 56.4 +11.8
Labor Chester Davies 3,034 43.6 +9.6
Total formal votes 6,959 98.9 -0.1
Informal votes 76 1.1 +0.1
Turnout 7,035 63.9 -4.1
Nationalist hold Swing +6.2

Yass[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Yass[95]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Greg McGirr 4,524 57.8 +7.1
Nationalist Patrick Bourke 3,308 42.2 +9.3
Total formal votes 7,832 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 100 1.3 -1.6
Turnout 7,932 70.0 -5.1
Labor hold Swing +7.1

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Compared to the combined vote of Liberal Reform, Farmers and Settlers and Country Party Association at the 1913 election.

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