Electoral results for the district of Dulwich Hill
Appearance
Dulwich Hill, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1913 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1913 | Tom Hoskins | Liberal Reform | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | John Ness | Nationalist | |
1930 | Frank Connors | Labor | |
1932 | John Ness | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 | Guy Arkins | United Australia | |
1941 | George Weir | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1953 by | Cliff Mallam | Labor | |
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 11,144 | 54.3 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Russell Carter | 9,387 | 45.7 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 20,531 | 98.2 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 381 | 1.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,912 | 91.2 | −1.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.3 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 12,703 | 57.6 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | William Bellenger | 9,340 | 42.4 | −0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 22,043 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 302 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,345 | 92.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 11,733 | 52.3 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Hollis | 9,601 | 42.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | Owen Cahill | 1,104 | 4.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,438 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 372 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 22,810 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 11,954 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal | Joseph Hollis | 10,484 | 46.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Cliff Mallam | 10,507 | 52.7 | −9.7 | |
Liberal | Lionel Corner | 9,436 | 47.3 | +9.7 | |
Total formal votes | 19,943 | 98.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 326 | 1.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 20,269 | 92.3 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −9.7 |
1953 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 10,886 | 53.01 | −9.43 | |
Liberal | William Ness | 9,182 | 44.71 | +7.15 | |
Independent | John Sheehan | 468 | 2.28 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,536 | 98.50 | +0.57 | ||
Informal votes | 312 | 1.50 | −0.57 | ||
Turnout | 20,848 | 86.69 | −6.88 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1953
[edit]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 |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Weir | 12,732 | 54.3 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Parr | 10,732 | 45.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 23,464 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 300 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 23,764 | 91.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Weir | 11,931 | 54.1 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | John Adamson | 10,105 | 45.9 | +14.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,036 | 98.7 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 300 | 1.3 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 22,336 | 94.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Weir | 8,959 | 44.3 | −12.6 | |
Democratic | Sidney Turner | 6,297 | 31.1 | −12.0 | |
Lang Labor | Henry Ritchie | 3,181 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Independent | John Laxton | 1,798 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,235 | 97.0 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 625 | 3.0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,860 | 92.8 | −0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Weir | 11,408 | 56.4 | −0.5 | |
Democratic | Sidney Turner | 8,827 | 43.6 | +0.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.5 |
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Weir | 11,370 | 56.9 | ||
United Australia | Guy Arkins | 8,604 | 43.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,974 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 363 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,337 | 93.5 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Guy Arkins | 7,364 | 36.7 | −25.2 | |
Labor | Leslie Morrow | 6,992 | 34.9 | −3.2 | |
United Australia | Ronald McCredie | 5,686 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
Total formal votes | 20,042 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 326 | 1.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,368 | 96.5 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Guy Arkins | 12,497 | 62.3 | +0.4 | |
Labor | Leslie Morrow | 7,545 | 37.7 | −0.4 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | John Ness | 12,074 | 61.9 | +16.8 | |
Labor (NSW) | Frank Connors | 7,429 | 38.1 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 19,503 | 98.2 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 359 | 1.8 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 19,862 | 96.7 | +0.5 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +0.4 |
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | John Ness | 8,679 | 45.1 | −3.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | Frank Connors | 6,151 | 31.9 | −19.5 | |
Ind. United Australia | Francis Pascoe | 2,679 | 13.9 | +13.9 | |
Federal Labor | William Long | 1,746 | 9.1 | +9.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,255 | 98.9 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 206 | 1.1 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 19,461 | 96.2 | +2.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | John Ness | 11,840 | 61.5 | +13.2 | |
Labor (NSW) | Frank Connors | 7,415 | 38.5 | −13.2 | |
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | +13.2 |
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Frank Connors | 9,558 | 51.4 | ||
Nationalist | John Ness (defeated) | 8,970 | 48.2 | ||
Communist | Edna Kavanagh | 75 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,603 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 338 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,941 | 94.0 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Ness | 6,584 | 44.3 | ||
Labor | Thomas Gilson | 5,258 | 35.4 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Tom Hoskins (defeated) | 2,887 | 19.4 | ||
Independent | Donald Croal | 131 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,860 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 331 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 15,191 | 87.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | John Ness | 8,427 | 59.8 | ||
Labor | Thomas Gilson | 5,662 | 40.2 | ||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]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 |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Tom Hoskins | 5,316 | 59.5 | ||
Labor | Arthur Jones | 3,454 | 38.6 | ||
Independent | Harrie McConnell | 107 | 1.2 | ||
National Progressive | Evan Prosser | 61 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,938 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 181 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,119 | 71.6 | |||
Liberal Reform win | (new seat) |
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