The 1935 New South Wales state election was held on 11 May 1935. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 31st New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting.[1][2][3]
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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,528,713 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,255,419 (96.06%) (  0.34 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by division for the Legislative Assembly, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Composition of New South Wales Legislative Assembly following the election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The result of the election was:
- United Australia Party 38 seats
- Country Party 23 seats
- Australian Labor Party (NSW) 29 seats.
The UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens/Michael Bruxner had a majority of 32 (down 10) and continued in government throughout the term.[4]
Labor (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party were still divided at the 1935 election and Federal Labor ran candidates in 22 seats without success. The parties were re-united in 1936. Jack Lang remained party leader and Leader of the Opposition throughout the term of the parliament.[5]
Key dates
| Date | Event |
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| 10 February 1935 | Second Stevens ministry sworn in. |
| 12 April 1935 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. |
| 18 April 1935 | Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. |
| 11 May 1935 | Polling day. |
| 10 June 1935 | The writs were returned and the results formally declared. |
| 12 June 1935 | Opening of 31st Parliament. |
Results
New South Wales state election, 11 May 1935 | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 1,347,884[a] | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,255,419 | Turnout | 96.06 | −0.34 | ||
| Informal votes | 39,333 | Informal | 3.04 | 0.83 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor (NSW) | 532,486 | 42.42 | +2.26 | 29 | + 5 | |
| United Australia | 415,485 | 33.10 | –3.64 | 38 | – 5 | |
| Country | 162,178 | 12.92 | –0.24 | 23 | ± 0 | |
| Federal Labor | 59,694 | 4.75 | +0.51 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Communist | 19,105 | 1.52 | +0.60 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Ind. United Australia | 11,114 | 0.89 | +0.21 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Centre | 7,489 | 0.60 | +0.60 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independent Labor | 3,774 | 0.30 | +0.16 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Social Credit | 1,996 | 0.16 | +0.16 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Independents | 42,098 | 3.35 | +1.17 | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 1,255,419 | 90 | ||||
Retiring members
Labor
- William Brennan (Hamilton)
- Peter Connolly (Newcastle) — lost party endorsement
- Tom Keegan (Glebe)
United Australia
Changing seats
| Seats changing hands | ||||||
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| Seat | 1932 | 1935 | ||||
| Party | Member | Member | Party | |||
| Arncliffe | United Australia | Horace Harper | Joseph Cahill | Labor (NSW) | ||
| Bathurst | Country | Gordon Wilkins | Gus Kelly | |||
| Canterbury | United Australia | Edward Hocking | Arthur Tonge | |||
| Goulburn | Peter Loughlin | Jack Tully | ||||
| Mudgee | Country | David Spring | Bill Dunn | |||
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
- Nairn, Bede (1995). Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891–1949. Melbourne University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0522846963. OCLC 34416531.