Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953 Legislative Assembly << 1950–1956 >>
Enrolled voters		1,953,953[1]
Votes cast		1,548,877		Turnout	93.86	+1.11
Informal votes		39,416		Informal	2.48	+0.71
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	852,276	55.03	+8.28	57	+11
	Liberal	432,739	27.94	−9.57	22	−7
	Country	179,680	11.60	+2.63	14	−3
	Independent	38,822	2.51	+0.20	0	−
	Communist	21,421	1.38	+0.54	0	−
	Independent Labor	16,533	1.07	−0.58	1	− 1
	Lang Labor	7,046	0.48	−0.74	0	−
Total		1,588,293			94

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1953 for districts from A to K.

Results by electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Albury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dudley Padman	9,644	51.8
	Labor	Frank Finnan	8,988	48.2
Total formal votes			18,632	98.9
Informal votes			208	1.1
Turnout			18,840	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1953: Armidale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cahill	8,595	50.04
	Country	Davis Hughes	8,582	49.96
Total formal votes			17,177	98.6
Informal votes			240	1.4
Turnout			17,417	95.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1953: Ashfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Murden	10,753	50.3
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,631	49.7
Total formal votes			21,384	98.4
Informal votes			354	1.6
Turnout			21,738	94.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1953: Auburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	12,095	62.0
	Lang Labor	James Lang	7,406	38.0
Total formal votes			19,501	96.1
Informal votes			786	3.9
Turnout			20,287	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1953: Balmain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	17,887	79.1
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,267	14.5
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,459	6.4
Total formal votes			22,613	96.2
Informal votes			892	3.8
Turnout			23,505	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	18,617	82.3
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,996	17.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bankstown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	16,726	89.4
	Communist	Claude Jones	1,981	10.6
Total formal votes			18,707	92.5
Informal votes			1,517	7.5
Turnout			20,224	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Barwon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Geoff Crawford	8,274	53.8
	Labor	Gerard McInerney	7,118	46.2
Total formal votes			15,392	98.5
Informal votes			234	1.5
Turnout			15,626	93.0
	Country hold		Swing

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bathurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1953: Blacktown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	14,424	61.2
	Liberal	George Walker	8,391	35.6
	Communist	Melville McCalman	756	3.2
Total formal votes			23,571	98.0
Informal votes			477	2.0
Turnout			24,048	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Freeman	15,088	64.0
	Liberal	George Walker	8,486	36.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Bondi

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bondi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	12,904	59.6
	Liberal	Leslie Fingleton	8,757	40.4
Total formal votes			21,661	98.0
Informal votes			446	2.0
Turnout			22,107	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulli

New South Wales state election, 1953: Bulli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	14,480	87.9
	Communist	Sara Phipps	1,994	12.1
Total formal votes			16,474	94.0
Informal votes			1,054	6.0
Turnout			17,528	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Burrinjuck

New South Wales state election, 1953: Burrinjuck

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	10,809	59.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	5,812	32.0
	Independent	Barney Morton	1,212	6.7
	Independent	John Cusack	337	1.9
Total formal votes			18,170	98.9
Informal votes			205	1.1
Turnout			18,375	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	11,538	63.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	6,632	36.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Burwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	12,411	57.1
	Labor	William Weiss	9,311	42.9
Total formal votes			21,722	98.7
Informal votes			278	1.3
Turnout			22,000	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1953: Byron

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Canterbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,025	66.5
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,146	29.1
	Communist	Roy Boyd	912	4.3
Total formal votes			21,083	98.1
Informal votes			418	1.9
Turnout			21,501	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,758	70.0
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,325	30.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1953: Casino

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Young	5,199	36.7
	Country	Ian Robinson	4,547	32.1
	Country	John Reid	3,152	22.2
	Country	William Cooke	1,275	9.0
Total formal votes			14,173	98.3
Informal votes			249	1.7
Turnout			14,422	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ian Robinson	8,560	60.4
	Labor	William Young	5,613	39.6
	Country hold		Swing

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1953: Castlereagh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,147	62.8
	Country	Keith Sullivan	6,023	37.2
Total formal votes			16,170	98.7
Informal votes			220	1.3
Turnout			16,390	90.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cessnock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Crook	15,145	85.6
	Communist	John Tapp	2,557	14.4
Total formal votes			17,702	95.1
Informal votes			908	4.9
Turnout			18,610	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1953: Clarence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,672	66.3
	Labor	George Russell	5,269	30.0
	Communist	Kenneth Harding	650	3.7
Total formal votes			17,591	97.9
Informal votes			378	2.1
Turnout			17,969	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,962	68.0
	Labor	George Russell	5,629	32.0
	Country hold		Swing

Cobar

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cobar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Wetherell	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Collaroy

New South Wales state election, 1953: Collaroy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Askin	12,722	63.3
	Labor	Evelyn Barron	7,360	36.7
Total formal votes			20,082	98.0
Informal votes			414	2.0
Turnout			20,496	92.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Concord

New South Wales state election, 1953: Concord

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,661	54.7
	Liberal	John Adamson	9,673	45.3
Total formal votes			21,334	98.1
Informal votes			421	1.9
Turnout			21,755	94.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1953: Coogee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lou Walsh	11,099	53.2
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	9,776	46.8
Total formal votes			20,875	98.2
Informal votes			386	1.8
Turnout			21,261	93.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1953: Cook's River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Croydon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	10,844	54.9
	Labor	Kenneth Guthrie	8,924	45.1
Total formal votes			19,768	98.3
Informal votes			337	1.7
Turnout			20,105	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1953: Drummoyne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Jackson	11,551	52.1
	Liberal	Robert Dewley	10,622	47.9
Total formal votes			22,173	98.0
Informal votes			443	2.0
Turnout			22,616	95.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1953: Dubbo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,831	52.0
	Country	Robert Medcalf	8,140	48.0
Total formal votes			16,971	98.2
Informal votes			302	1.8
Turnout			17,273	94.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Dulwich Hill

New South Wales state election, 1953: Dulwich Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	13,626	62.4
	Liberal	Basil Mottershead	8,196	37.6
Total formal votes			21,822	97.9
Informal votes			461	2.1
Turnout			22,283	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Earlwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Earlwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,844	50.3
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	11,691	49.7
Total formal votes			23,535	98.3
Informal votes			401	1.7
Turnout			23,936	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

East Hills

New South Wales state election, 1953: East Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Williams	16,018	69.9
	Liberal	Armand Macquart	6,891	30.1
Total formal votes			22,909	97.9
Informal votes			489	2.1
Turnout			23,398	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Eastwood

New South Wales state election, 1953: Eastwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	12,757	59.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	5,525	25.6
	Independent	Francis Collings	3,335	15.4
Total formal votes			21,617	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,957	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	15,132	70.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	6,485	30.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

New South Wales state election, 1953: Fairfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,322	91.3
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	1,642	8.7
Total formal votes			18,964	90.3
Informal votes			2,030	9.7
Turnout			20,994	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1953: Georges River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank O'Neill	12,310	58.6
	Liberal	Samuel Warren	8,711	41.4
Total formal votes			21,021	98.0
Informal votes			428	2.0
Turnout			21,449	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gloucester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,696	63.0
	Labor	Percy Randle	5,694	37.0
Total formal votes			15,390	98.2
Informal votes			276	1.8
Turnout			15,666	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gordon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Fraser	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gosford

New South Wales state election, 1953: Gosford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	9,576	54.0
	Labor	Rupert Wallace	8,160	46.0
Total formal votes			17,736	98.0
Informal votes			359	2.0
Turnout			18,095	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1953: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	10,155	62.6
	Liberal	Pat Osborne	6,069	37.4
Total formal votes			16,224	98.2
Informal votes			290	1.8
Turnout			16,514	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1953: Granville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	18,364	92.9
	Communist	Albert Williams	1,415	7.1
Total formal votes			19,779	92.0
Informal votes			1,729	8.0
Turnout			21,508	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Hamilton

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hamilton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Campbell	10,884	64.2
	Liberal	John Milne	6,063	35.8
Total formal votes			16,947	98.1
Informal votes			327	1.9
Turnout			17,274	94.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Hartley

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hartley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,815	57.2
	Labor	James Punch	5,443	31.7
	Communist	John King	1,901	11.1
Total formal votes			17,159	96.5
Informal votes			625	3.5
Turnout			17,784	95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	10,765	62.7
	Labor	James Punch	6,394	37.3
	Independent Labor gain from Labor		Swing

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hawkesbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	9,149	57.2
	Labor	John Egan	6,848	42.8
Total formal votes			15,997	98.2
Informal votes			293	1.8
Turnout			16,290	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hornsby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	12,744	60.5
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	6,868	32.6
	Independent	Victor Taylor	1,438	6.8
Total formal votes			21,050	97.8
Informal votes			465	2.2
Turnout			21,515	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	13,463	63.9
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	7,587	36.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1953: Hurstville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Evatt	13,187	58.6
	Liberal	Bill Arthur	9,317	41.4
Total formal votes			22,504	98.2
Informal votes			404	1.8
Turnout			22,908	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1953: Illawarra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Fowles	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Kahibah

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kahibah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joshua Arthur	11,093	65.0
	Liberal	Inglis Alexander	6,061	35.3
Total formal votes			17,154	95.8
Informal votes			759	4.2
Turnout			17,913	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing

King

New South Wales state election, 1953: King

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	16,181	77.8
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,628	22.2
Total formal votes			20,809	96.2
Informal votes			830	3.8
Turnout			21,639	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kogarah

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	12,486	55.7
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	9,927	44.3
Total formal votes			22,413	98.2
Informal votes			405	1.8
Turnout			22,818	94.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Kurri Kurri

New South Wales state election, 1953: Kurri Kurri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

See also

• Results of the New South Wales state election, 1953 (L–Z)
• New South Wales state election, 1953
• Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1953
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956