Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 21 March 1959 Legislative Assembly << 1956–1962 >>
Enrolled voters		2,075,268
Votes cast		1,739,580		Turnout	94.00	+0.73
Informal votes		31,864		Informal	1.83	+0.16
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	838,836	49.12	+1.87	49	−1
	Liberal	603,718	35.35	−0.74	28	+1
	Country	148,738	8.71	−1.45	16	+1
	Independent	61,939	3.63	+0.50	1	−
	Communist	24,784	1.45	−0.29	0	−
	Democratic Labor	22,508	1.32	+1.32	0	−
	Independent Labor	7,193	0.42	−1.46	0	−1
Total		1,707,716			94

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1959 New South Wales state election.

Results by electoral district

Albury

1959 New South Wales state election: Albury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Padman	11,672	58.2
	Labor	Reginald Garland	6,368	31.8
	Democratic Labor	Lawrence Esler	1,988	10.0
Total formal votes			20,038	98.9
Informal votes			232	1.1
Turnout			20,270	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Doug Padman	12,871	64.2
	Labor	Reginald Garland	7,167	35.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Armidale

1959 New South Wales state election: Armidale 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Davis Hughes	9,956	56.3
	Labor	Percy Love	7,170	40.5
	Democratic Labor	Richard Stanley	568	3.2
Total formal votes			17,694	98.6
Informal votes			242	1.4
Turnout			17,936	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Davis Hughes	10,410	58.8
	Labor	Percy Love	7,284	41.2
	Country hold		Swing

Ashfield−Croydon

1959 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	8,207	37.4
	Labor	John McCartney	7,838	35.7
	Liberal	Richard Murden (defeated)	5,920	26.9
Total formal votes			21,965	98.7
Informal votes			284	1.3
Turnout			22,249	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hunter	13,607	61.9
	Labor	John McCartney	8,358	38.1
	Liberal notional hold

Ashfield, held by Richard Murden (Liberal) and Croydon, held by David Hunter (Liberal) were combined into one seat.

Auburn

1959 New South Wales state election: Auburn 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	15,321	64.6
	Liberal	John Steel	8,396	35.4
Total formal votes			23,717	98.1
Informal votes			460	1.9
Turnout			24,177	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Balmain

1959 New South Wales state election: Balmain 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	15,216	70.4
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,067	23.4
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,328	6.2
Total formal votes			21,611	97.7
Informal votes			511	2.3
Turnout			22,122	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	16,278	75.3
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,333	24.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Bankstown

1959 New South Wales state election: Bankstown 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	12,519	59.3
	Liberal	Fred Howe	7,066	33.5
	Independent	Charles Reid	842	4.0
	Communist	Jack Hughes	670	3.2
Total formal votes			21,097	97.9
Informal votes			448	2.1
Turnout			21,545	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Spence Powell	13,476	63.9
	Liberal	Fred Howe	7,621	36.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Barwon

1959 New South Wales state election: Barwon 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Geoff Crawford	9,789	60.7
	Labor	Thomas Burt	6,338	39.3
Total formal votes			16,127	99.0
Informal votes			168	1.0
Turnout			16,295	92.3
	Country hold		Swing

Bathurst

1959 New South Wales state election: Bathurst 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	9,789	59.4
	Liberal	Campbell Alexander	6,686	40.6
Total formal votes			16,475	99.1
Informal votes			143	0.9
Turnout			16,618	95.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Blacktown

1959 New South Wales state election: Blacktown 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alfred Dennis	13,519	49.9
	Labor	Jim Southee	12,044	44.5
	Democratic Labor	Francis Moffitt	834	3.1
	Independent	Frank Finlayson	691	2.6
Total formal votes			27,088	97.7
Informal votes			625	2.3
Turnout			27,713	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Alfred Dennis	14,650	54.1
	Labor	Jim Southee	12,438	45.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Bondi

1959 New South Wales state election: Bondi 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	10,713	50.4
	Liberal	Carl Jeppesen	9,660	45.4
	Democratic Labor	Charles Massey	881	4.2
Total formal votes			21,254	98.0
Informal votes			429	2.0
Turnout			21,683	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Abe Landa	10,889	51.2
	Liberal	Carl Jeppesen	10,365	48.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulli

1959 New South Wales state election: Bulli 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rex Jackson	13,168	65.7
	Liberal	Donald Heggie	5,897	29.4
	Communist	Frederick Watson	965	4.8
Total formal votes			20,030	98.3
Informal votes			355	1.7
Turnout			20,385	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Jackson	13,940	69.6
	Liberal	Donald Heggie	6,090	30.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Burrinjuck

1959 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	10,097	55.6
	Country	Allan Johnson	8,078	44.4
Total formal votes			18,175	99.3
Informal votes			131	0.7
Turnout			18,306	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Burwood

1959 New South Wales state election: Burwood 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Doig	13,413	61.6
	Labor	John Cunningham	8,375	38.4
Total formal votes			21,788	97.6
Informal votes			525	2.4
Turnout			22,313	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Byron

1959 New South Wales state election: Byron 

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

Canterbury

1959 New South Wales state election: Canterbury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	13,353	58.6
	Liberal	William Dowd	9,417	41.4
Total formal votes			22,770	98.6
Informal votes			321	1.4
Turnout			23,091	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Casino

1959 New South Wales state election: Casino 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ian Robinson	unopposed
	Country hold

Castlereagh

1959 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,344	52.8
	Country	Calverley Brown	8,346	47.2
Total formal votes			17,690	99.0
Informal votes			172	1.0
Turnout			17,862	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Cessnock

1959 New South Wales state election: Cessnock 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Neilly	12,740	62.4
	Independent	Charles Haxton	5,972	29.2
	Communist	David Stevenson	1,710	8.4
Total formal votes			20,422	98.3
Informal votes			350	1.7
Turnout			20,772	95.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	George Neilly	13,595	66.6
	Independent	Charles Haxton	6,827	33.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

1959 New South Wales state election: Clarence 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Weiley	unopposed
	Country hold

Cobar

1959 New South Wales state election: Cobar 

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

Collaroy

1959 New South Wales state election: Collaroy 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Askin	17,868	71.1
	Labor	Erwin Eder	7,266	28.9
Total formal votes			25,134	98.4
Informal votes			402	1.6
Turnout			25,536	93.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Concord

1959 New South Wales state election: Concord 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,165	49.1
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	10,333	45.4
	Democratic Labor	Jack Kane	1,258	5.5
Total formal votes			22,756	98.3
Informal votes			400	1.7
Turnout			23,156	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,753	51.7
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	11,003	48.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Coogee

1959 New South Wales state election: Coogee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	10,309	49.3
	Labor	Lou Walsh	9,690	46.3
	Democratic Labor	Allan Carter	930	4.4
Total formal votes			20,929	98.3
Informal votes			364	1.7
Turnout			21,293	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	11,027	52.7
	Labor	Lou Walsh	9,902	47.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Cook's River

1959 New South Wales state election: Cook's River 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	16,111	70.9
	Liberal	Athol McCoy	5,507	24.2
	Independent	Charles Higbid	1,094	4.8
Total formal votes			22,712	98.3
Informal votes			392	1.7
Turnout			23,104	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	16,931	74.5
	Liberal	Athol McCoy	5,781	25.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Cronulla

1959 New South Wales state election: Cronulla 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	13,085	60.6
	Labor	Gordon Neilson	8,498	39.4
Total formal votes			21,583	98.9
Informal votes			249	1.1
Turnout			21,832	95.5
	Liberal notional hold

Ian Griffith (Liberal) was the member for Sutherland.

Drummoyne

1959 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Lawrence	12,170	52.2
	Labor	Roy Jackson	11,147	47.8
Total formal votes			23,317	98.4
Informal votes			373	1.6
Turnout			23,690	94.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Dubbo

1959 New South Wales state election: Dubbo 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,216	39.6
	Liberal	Les Ford	5,280	29.0
	Country	Roderick Mack	5,105	28.0
	Democratic Labor	Brian Adams	610	3.4
Total formal votes			18,211	98.7
Informal votes			241	1.3
Turnout			18,452	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Ford	10,398	57.1
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson (defeated)	7,813	42.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Dulwich Hill

1959 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill 

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

Earlwood

1959 New South Wales state election: Earlwood 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,377	58.4
	Labor	John Buckeridge	9,518	41.6
Total formal votes			22,895	98.8
Informal votes			274	1.2
Turnout			23,169	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

East Hills

1959 New South Wales state election: East Hills 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Kelly	16,578	64.7
	Liberal	Allan Young	6,768	26.4
	Independent	John Bennett	2,269	8.9
Total formal votes			25,615	98.1
Informal votes			498	1.9
Turnout			26,113	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Kelly	17,259	67.4
	Liberal	Allan Young	8,356	32.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Eastwood

1959 New South Wales state election: Eastwood 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	17,702	72.7
	Labor	William Browne	6,649	27.3
Total formal votes			24,351	98.8
Informal votes			298	1.2
Turnout			24,649	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

1959 New South Wales state election: Fairfield 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	16,877	66.4
	Liberal	David Fairs	7,733	30.4
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	800	3.2
Total formal votes			25,410	97.5
Informal votes			657	97.5
Turnout			26,067	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,517	68.9
	Liberal	David Fairs	7,893	31.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Georges River

1959 New South Wales state election: Georges River 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,919	52.3
	Labor	Albert Kealman	10,989	44.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	470	1.9
	Independent	Fitzgerald Mulholland	336	1.4
Total formal votes			24,714	98.5
Informal votes			382	1.5
Turnout			25,096	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	13,463	54.5
	Labor	Albert Kealman	11,251	45.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Gloucester

1959 New South Wales state election: Gloucester 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,490	57.2
	Independent	Alan Borthwick	7,109	42.8
Total formal votes			16,599	98.1
Informal votes			325	1.9
Turnout			16,924	94.5
	Country hold		Swing

Gordon

1959 New South Wales state election: Gordon 

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

Gosford

1959 New South Wales state election: Gosford 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	11,999	60.8
	Labor	Reginald Smith	7,746	39.2
Total formal votes			19,745	98.7
Informal votes			268	1.3
Turnout			20,013	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Goulburn

1959 New South Wales state election: Goulburn 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,135	49.9
	Liberal	Ray Bladwell	7,105	43.5
	Democratic Labor	Charles O'Brien	1,073	6.6
Total formal votes			16,313	99.1
Informal votes			142	0.9
Turnout			16,455	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,468	51.9
	Liberal	Ray Bladwell	7,845	48.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

1959 New South Wales state election: Granville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	15,273	67.9
	Liberal	Robert Leech	6,080	27.0
	Communist	Harold Ewer	1,137	5.1
Total formal votes			22,490	97.9
Informal votes			473	2.1
Turnout			22,963	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Lamb	16,183	72.0
	Liberal	Robert Leech	6,307	28.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Hamilton

1959 New South Wales state election: Hamilton 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert McCartney	9,937	55.5
	Liberal	Brian O'Loughlin	6,024	33.7
	Democratic Labor	John Daley	1,937	10.8
Total formal votes			17,898	98.1
Informal votes			339	1.9
Turnout			18,237	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert McCartney	10,324	57.7
	Liberal	Brian O'Loughlin	7,574	42.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Hartley

1959 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Robson	13,963	87.9
	Communist	Peter Carroll	1,931	12.1
Total formal votes			15,894	92.0
Informal votes			1,378	8.0
Turnout			17,272	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Hawkesbury

1959 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	11,371	57.7
	Labor	Kevin Dwyer	8,338	42.3
Total formal votes			19,709	98.8
Informal votes			240	1.2
Turnout			19,949	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hornsby

1959 New South Wales state election: Hornsby 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	16,234	66.7
	Labor	Arthur Evans	8,087	33.3
Total formal votes			24,321	98.2
Informal votes			447	1.8
Turnout			24,768	92.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hurstville

1959 New South Wales state election: Hurstville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hedley Mallard	9,359	38.0
	Labor	Bill Rigby	7,680	31.2
	Independent	Clive Evatt (defeated)	7,193	29.2
	Independent	Edward Merryfull	378	1.5
Total formal votes			24,610	98.5
Informal votes			378	1.5
Turnout			24,988	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Rigby	13,244	53.8
	Liberal	Hedley Mallard	11,366	46.2
	Labor hold		Swing

The sitting member was Clive Evatt was expelled from Labor on 13 July 1956 and sat as an Independent.

Illawarra

1959 New South Wales state election: Illawarra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Fowles	14,503	69.0
	Independent	James Casey	4,463	21.2
	Communist	David Bowen	2,056	9.8
Total formal votes			21,022	96.5
Informal votes			765	3.5
Turnout			21,787	93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Howard Fowles	15,531	73.9
	Independent	James Casey	5,491	26.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Kahibah

1959 New South Wales state election: Kahibah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Stewart	11,908	63.7
	Liberal	Eric Cupit	6,790	36.3
Total formal votes			18,698	98.4
Informal votes			311	1.6
Turnout			19,009	95.5
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) died and Jack Stewart (Labor) won the resulting by-election.

King

1959 New South Wales state election: King 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	13,105	65.1
	Liberal	Adrian Cook	5,539	27.5
	Communist	Ron Maxwell	1,482	7.4
Total formal votes			20,126	97.0
Informal votes			629	3.0
Turnout			20,755	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	14,291	71.0
	Liberal	Adrian Cook	5,835	29.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Kogarah

1959 New South Wales state election: Kogarah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	12,079	53.3
	Liberal	Jeffrey Skehan	9,816	43.3
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Brosnan	404	1.8
	Communist	Leslie McPhillips	357	1.6
Total formal votes			22,656	98.6
Informal votes			329	1.4
Turnout			22,985	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	12,446	54.9
	Liberal	Jeffrey Skehan	10,210	45.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Kurri Kurri

1959 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	18,147	89.9
	Communist	Charles Dumbrell	2,042	10.1
Total formal votes			20,189	96.8
Informal votes			675	3.2
Turnout			20,864	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Lake Macquarie

1959 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Simpson	15,303	88.7
	Communist	John Tapp	1,942	11.3
Total formal votes			17,245	95.4
Informal votes			836	4.6
Turnout			18,081	94.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Lakemba

1959 New South Wales state election: Lakemba 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Wyatt	15,510	64.0
	Liberal	Dora Skelsey	8,737	36.0
Total formal votes			24,247	98.2
Informal votes			448	1.8
Turnout			24,695	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Lane Cove

1959 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,842	69.6
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,556	27.1
	Democratic Labor	Mary Gray	816	3.4
Total formal votes			24,214	98.5
Informal votes			360	1.5
Turnout			24,574	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	17,495	72.3
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,719	27.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leichhardt

1959 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Coady	12,726	61.6
	Liberal	Barney Morton	7,948	38.4
Total formal votes			20,674	98.3
Informal votes			358	1.7
Turnout			21,032	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Lismore

1959 New South Wales state election: Lismore 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Easter	7,996	50.01
	Independent	Clyde Campbell	7,994	49.99
Total formal votes			15,990	98.3
Informal votes			273	1.7
Turnout			16,263	93.1
	Country hold		Swing

Liverpool

1959 New South Wales state election: Liverpool 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Mannix	14,622	58.9
	Liberal	Ron Dunbier	10,200	41.1
Total formal votes			24,822	97.5
Informal votes			627	2.5
Turnout			25,449	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Liverpool Plains

1959 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Nott	8,694	51.7
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	7,933	47.2
	Independent	John Pender	195	1.2
Total formal votes			16,822	98.9
Informal votes			180	1.1
Turnout			17,002	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Nott	8,792	52.3
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	8,030	47.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Maitland

1959 New South Wales state election: Maitland 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Milton Morris	8,552	52.2
	Labor	William Harvey	6,681	40.8
	Democratic Labor	Douglas Drinkwater	1,011	6.2
	Independent	Henry Ivins	138	0.8
Total formal votes			16,382	98.7
Informal votes			212	1.3
Turnout			16,594	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Milton Morris	9,430	57.6
	Labor	William Harvey	6,952	42.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Manly

1959 New South Wales state election: Manly 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Darby	15,078	63.1
	Labor	Geoffrey Mill	8,803	36.9
Total formal votes			23,881	98.4
Informal votes			395	1.6
Turnout			24,276	92.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Maroubra

1959 New South Wales state election: Maroubra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	13,063	61.3
	Liberal	George Anthony	7,517	35.3
	Communist	Jim Baird	731	3.4
Total formal votes			21,311	98.4
Informal votes			343	1.6
Turnout			21,654	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Heffron	13,648	64.0
	Liberal	George Anthony	7,663	36.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Marrickville

1959 New South Wales state election: Marrickville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Norm Ryan	14,546	69.0
	Liberal	Michael Lazar	6,542	31.0
Total formal votes			21,088	97.7
Informal votes			501	2.3
Turnout			21,589	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Merrylands

1959 New South Wales state election: Merrylands 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ferguson	14,785	56.0
	Liberal	Graham Cullis	11,636	44.0
Total formal votes			26,421	98.0
Informal votes			546	2.0
Turnout			26,967	94.7
	Labor notional hold

Monaro

1959 New South Wales state election: Monaro 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Seiffert	8,890	57.6
	Liberal	Mark Flanagan	6,540	42.4
Total formal votes			15,430	98.5
Informal votes			242	1.5
Turnout			15,672	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Mosman

1959 New South Wales state election: Mosman 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Morton	20,595	90.2
	Communist	Bill Wood	2,247	9.8
Total formal votes			22,842	95.6
Informal votes			1,062	4.4
Turnout			23,904	92.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mudgee

1959 New South Wales state election: Mudgee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo Nott	7,929	49.3
	Liberal	Jack Ives	4,221	26.3
	Country	Norman Griffith	3,576	22.2
	Democratic Labor	Donald Bennett	347	2.2
Total formal votes			16,073	98.8
Informal votes			198	1.2
Turnout			16,271	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Leo Nott	8,174	50.9
	Liberal	Jack Ives	7,899	49.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray

1959 New South Wales state election: Murray 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joe Lawson	11,555	64.6
	Labor	John Hayes	6,334	35.4
Total formal votes			17,889	99.1
Informal votes			154	0.9
Turnout			18,043	90.7
	Country hold		Swing

Murrumbidgee

1959 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Enticknap	8,611	47.6
	Country	Verdon Letheren	5,903	32.6
	Independent	Sidney Braithwaite	2,774	15.3
	Democratic Labor	Francis O'Connell	798	4.4
Total formal votes			18,086	98.0
Informal votes			363	2.0
Turnout			18,449	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Enticknap	10,216	56.5
	Country	Verdon Letheren	7,870	43.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Nepean

1959 New South Wales state election: Nepean 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Chapman	12,284	60.3
	Labor	John Carvan	7,279	35.7
	Communist	Melville McCalman	817	4.0
Total formal votes			20,380	98.4
Informal votes			327	1.6
Turnout			20,707	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Chapman	12,447	61.1
	Labor	John Carvan	7,933	38.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Neutral Bay

1959 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Black	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Newcastle

1959 New South Wales state election: Newcastle 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	12,239	64.5
	Liberal	William Hutchinson	5,950	31.4
	Communist	Mervyn Copley	777	4.1
Total formal votes			18,966	98.5
Informal votes			286	1.5
Turnout			19,252	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	12,861	67.8
	Liberal	William Hutchinson	6,105	32.2
	Labor hold		Swing

North Sydney

1959 New South Wales state election: North Sydney 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ray Maher	10,694	49.8
	Liberal	Russell Newton	9,513	44.3
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	899	4.2
	Independent	Francis Ferry	377	1.7
Total formal votes			21,483	97.6
Informal votes			526	2.4
Turnout			22,009	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Maher	11,026	51.3
	Liberal	Russell Newton	10,457	48.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Orange

1959 New South Wales state election: Orange 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Cutler	11,155	61.0
	Labor	Lloyd Stapleton	7,119	39.0
Total formal votes			18,274	99.1
Informal votes			163	0.9
Turnout			18,437	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

Oxley

1959 New South Wales state election: Oxley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Les Jordan	13,029	67.2
	Independent	Duncan Kennedy	4,774	24.6
	Independent	Joseph Cordner	1,597	8.2
Total formal votes			19,400	98.7
Informal votes			256	1.3
Turnout			19,656	96.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Les Jordan	13,828	71.3
	Independent	Duncan Kennedy	5,572	28.7
	Country hold		Swing

Paddington−Waverley

1959 New South Wales state election: Paddington−Waverley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ferguson	13,235	62.7
	Liberal	Jack Cole	6,490	30.7
	Independent	Cyril Hutchings	737	3.5
	Communist	Bernard Rosen	657	3.1
Total formal votes			21,119	97.1
Informal votes			622	2.9
Turnout			21,741	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Ferguson	14,130	66.9
	Liberal	Jack Cole	6,989	33.1
	Labor notional hold

The Labor held seats of Paddington and Waverley were combined into one seat.

Parramatta

1959 New South Wales state election: Parramatta 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dan Mahoney	13,647	53.9
	Liberal	William Pickard	10,850	42.8
	Democratic Labor	Carlyle Dalgleish	842	3.3
Total formal votes			25,339	98.6
Informal votes			354	1.4
Turnout			25,693	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dan Mahoney	13,815	54.5
	Liberal	William Pickard	11,524	45.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Phillip

1959 New South Wales state election: Phillip 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hills	15,487	69.4
	Liberal	Warwick Dunkley	5,539	24.8
	Communist	Ernie Thornton	1,276	5.7
Total formal votes			22,302	96.7
Informal votes			771	3.3
Turnout			23,073	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hills	16,508	74.0
	Liberal	Warwick Dunkley	5,794	26.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Raleigh

1959 New South Wales state election: Raleigh 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Bailey	7,775	40.1
	Country	Jim Brown	5,967	30.8
	Independent Country	Radford Gamack (defeated)	5,639	29.1
Total formal votes			19,381	99.0
Informal votes			189	1.0
Turnout			19,570	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Brown	10,776	55.6
	Labor	William Bailey	8,605	44.4
	Country hold		Swing

The sitting member Radford Gamack had been elected as a Country member, but contested this election as an independent.

Randwick

1959 New South Wales state election: Randwick 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	11,938	56.6
	Liberal	Graham Price	8,667	41.1
	Democratic Labor	Cecil Russell	503	2.4
Total formal votes			21,108	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,448	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Gollan	12,039	57.0
	Liberal	Graham Price	9,069	43.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Redfern

1959 New South Wales state election: Redfern 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	15,520	76.5
	Liberal	Mary Beckett	4,032	19.9
	Communist	Arthur Shipton	744	3.7
Total formal votes			20,296	97.4
Informal votes			540	2.6
Turnout			20,836	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green	16,115	79.4
	Liberal	Mary Beckett	4,181	20.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockdale

1959 New South Wales state election: Rockdale 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	10,035	46.1
	Liberal	Ronald Hislop	9,426	43.3
	Independent	Arthur Henderson	1,587	7.3
	Democratic Labor	Wesley Johns	742	3.4
Total formal votes			21,790	98.0
Informal votes			449	2.0
Turnout			22,239	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	11,208	51.4
	Liberal	Ronald Hislop	10,582	48.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Ryde

1959 New South Wales state election: Ryde 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Downing	13,454	51.5
	Liberal	Ian Millar	11,768	45.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Bull	925	3.5
Total formal votes			26,147	98.7
Informal votes			352	1.3
Turnout			26,499	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Downing	13,639	52.2
	Liberal	Ian Millar	12,508	47.8
	Labor hold		Swing

South Coast

1959 New South Wales state election: South Coast 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Beale	11,501	65.5
	Independent	Douglas Glass	6,049	34.5
Total formal votes			17,550	98.8
Informal votes			204	1.2
Turnout			17,754	94.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sturt

1959 New South Wales state election: Sturt 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wattison	10,034	68.0
	Country	Edward Brown	3,016	20.4
	Democratic Labor	George Mailath	1,277	8.6
	Communist	Edward Craill	435	3.0
Total formal votes			14,762	98.3
Informal votes			262	1.7
Turnout			15,024	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Wattison	10,637	72.1
	Country	Edward Brown	4,125	27.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Sutherland

1959 New South Wales state election: Sutherland 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Dalton	11,845	50.2
	Liberal	Keith Bates	10,783	45.7
	Communist	Alexander Elphinston	680	2.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter Keogh	299	1.3
Total formal votes			23,607	98.5
Informal votes			351	1.5
Turnout			23,958	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Dalton	12,449	52.7
	Liberal	Keith Bates	11,158	47.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

The sitting member Ian Griffith (Liberal) successfully contested Cronulla.

Tamworth

1959 New South Wales state election: Tamworth 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	unopposed
	Country hold

Temora

1959 New South Wales state election: Temora 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	unopposed
	Country hold

Tenterfield

1959 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	9,280	68.1
	Labor	Herbert Pottie	4,352	31.9
Total formal votes			13,632	98.9
Informal votes			156	1.1
Turnout			13,788	91.9
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Hunter

1959 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoffrey Heuston	6,564	40.8
	Country	Leon Punch	6,430	40.0
	Independent	George Adams	2,025	12.6
	Independent	John Moore	1,066	6.6
Total formal votes			16,085	98.4
Informal votes			263	1.6
Turnout			16,348	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	8,442	52.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Heuston	7,643	47.5
	Country hold		Swing

Vaucluse

1959 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cox	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Wagga Wagga

1959 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	9,571	54.9
	Labor	Dudley Graham	6,615	38.0
	Democratic Labor	Robert Harris	1,239	7.1
Total formal votes			17,425	98.8
Informal votes			207	1.2
Turnout			17,632	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	10,562	60.6
	Labor	Dudley Graham	6,863	39.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Eddie Graham (Labor) died and Wal Fife (Liberal) won the resulting by-election.

Waratah

1959 New South Wales state election: Waratah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Purdue	9,472	53.3
	Labor	Edward Greaves	8,292	46.7
Total formal votes			17,764	98.9
Informal votes			197	1.1
Turnout			17,961	96.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Willoughby

1959 New South Wales state election: Willoughby 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Brain	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Wollondilly

1959 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	12,591	60.9
	Labor	Ernest Seager	8,091	39.1
Total formal votes			20,682	98.6
Informal votes			284	1.4
Turnout			20,966	95.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wollongong−Kembla

1959 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rex Connor	11,515	58.4
	Liberal	Jack Hough	8,211	41.6
Total formal votes			19,726	97.6
Informal votes			475	2.4
Turnout			20,201	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Woollahra

1959 New South Wales state election: Woollahra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Young

1959 New South Wales state election: Young 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	7,322	38.9
	Country	George Freudenstein	6,495	34.5
	Liberal	Raymond Oliver	4,245	22.6
	Democratic Labor	John Hogan	743	4.0
Total formal votes			18,805	99.0
Informal votes			195	1.0
Turnout			19,000	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	10,967	58.3
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	7,838	41.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

See also

• Candidates of the 1959 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962