1925 New South Wales state election
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{short description|State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1925}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1925 New South Wales state election
| country = New South Wales
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1922 New South Wales state election
| previous_year = 1922
| next_election = 1927 New South Wales state election
| next_year = 1927
| seats_for_election = All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
| election_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1925|05|30}}
| image1 = x200px
| leader1 = Jack Lang
| leader_since1 = 31 July 1923
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
| leaders_seat1 = Parramatta
| percentage1 = 46.19%
| swing1 = {{increase}}7.70
| last_election1 = 36 seats
| seats1 = 46 seats
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}9
| image2 = x200px
| leader2 = George Fuller
| leader_since2 = 14 April 1920
| party2 = Nationalist/Progressive coalition
| leaders_seat2 = Wollondilly
| percentage2 = 47.02%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}7.23
| last_election2 = 50 seats
| seats2 = 41 seats
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}9
| map_image = 1925 New South Wales state election.svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = Results of the election
| title = Premier
| before_election = George Fuller
| before_party = Nationalist/Progressive coalition
| after_election = Jack Lang
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
}}
The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. This was the last election to use STV to elect the NSW Assembly.
The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller.
It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalition.{{NSW Parliamentary Record |part=5B |access-date=20 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx |title=Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006 |publisher=New South Wales Parliament |access-date=4 December 2019}}
Key dates
| class="wikitable" |
| Date
! Event |
|---|
| 18 April 1925
| The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. |
| 27 April 1925
| Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. |
| 30 May 1925
| Polling day. |
| 17 June 1925
| First Lang ministry sworn in |
| 24 June 1925
| Opening of 27th Parliament. |
Results
{{see also|Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election}}
{{Australian elections/Title row
| title = New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925{{hsp}}{{cite NSW election |title=1925 election totals |year=1925 |district=Totals |access-date=31 July 2019}}
| house = Legislative Assembly
| series = New South Wales state election
| back = 1922
| forward = 1927
| enrolled = 1,339,080
| total_votes = 924,979
| turnout % = 69.08
| turnout chg = −0.93
| informal = 30,155
| informal % = 3.26
| informal chg = −0.37
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|government = yes
|party_id = Labor NSW
|votes = 413,275
|votes % = 46.19
|votes chg = +7.70
|seats = 46
|seats chg = +9{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Wammerawa|Wammerawa has been included as a second {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} seat from the 1922 election. The returning officer declared that William Ashford ({{Australian politics/name|Independent}}) had been elected 3rd,{{cite NSW election |title=1922 Wammerawa |year=1922 |district=Wammerawa |access-date=2020-10-29}} however the Elections and Qualifications Committee upheld a petition by Joseph Clark (Labor) and after re-counting the votes declared that Clark had been elected.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16015588 |title=Wammerawa: Mr Ashford ousted, Mr Clark elected, committee's decision |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 July 1922 |access-date=2020-10-29 |page=6 |via=Trove}}{{cite NSW election |title=1922 Wammerawa re-count |year=1922 |district=Wammerawa_2 |access-date=2020-10-29}}}}
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Nationalist
|votes = 339,306
|votes % = 37.92
|votes chg = −5.25
|seats = 32
|seats chg = −9
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Progressive (1920)
|votes = 81,450
|votes % = 9.10
|votes chg = −1.98
|seats = 9
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent
|votes = 23,454
|votes % = 2.62
|votes chg = −1.16
|seats = 1
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Protestant Labor
|votes = 22,843
|votes % = 2.55
|votes chg = +2.55
|seats = 1
|seats chg = +1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent Nationalist
|votes = 6,965
|votes % = 0.78
|votes chg = +0.78
|seats = 1
|seats chg = +1
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Independent Labor
|votes = 3,214
|votes % = 0.36
|votes chg = −0.52
|seats = 0
|seats chg = ±0
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Protestant Independent National
|votes = 1,883
|votes % = 0.21
|votes chg = +0.21
|seats = 0
|seats chg =
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Young Australia Party
|votes = 1,407
|votes % = 0.16
|votes chg = +0.16
|seats = 0
|seats chg =
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Communist
|votes = 831
|votes % = 0.09
|votes chg = +0.09
|seats = 0
|seats chg =
}}
{{Australian elections/Party summary|
|party_id = Majority Labor
|votes = 196
|votes % = 0.02
|votes chg = +0.02
|seats = 0
|seats chg =
}}
{{Australian elections/Total row |
|total_votes = 894,824
|total_seats = 90
}}
|}
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=495px|barwidth=650px|bars={{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)}}|47.85}}
{{bar percent|Nationalist|{{party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}|36.26}}
{{bar percent|Progressive|{{party color|Progressive Party (1920)}}|9.10}}
{{bar percent|Independent|#888888|3.11}}
{{bar percent|Protestant Labor|#CD7F32|2.55}}
{{bar percent|Ind. Nationalist|#888888|0.99}}
{{bar percent|Others|#DCDCDC|0.14}}
{{ bar box break | titlebar=#ddd | title=Parliamentary seats }}
{{bar percent|Labor|{{party color|Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)}}|51.11|46}}
{{bar percent|Nationalist|{{party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}|35.56|32}}
{{bar percent|Progressive|{{party color|Progressive Party (1920)}}|10.00|9}}
{{bar percent|Independent|#888888|1.11|1}}
{{bar percent|Protestant Labor|#CD7F32|1.11|1}}
{{bar percent|Ind. Nationalist|#888888|1.11|1}}}}
Retiring members
{{Excerpt|Candidates of the 1925 New South Wales state election|section=Retiring Members|subsections=yes}}
Changing seats
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan="10" | Seats changing hands{{hsp}}{{efn|name=Wammerawa}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | Seat
! colspan="4" | 1922 ! rowspan="2" | Swing{{hsp}}{{efn|name=swing|Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.}} ! colspan="4" | 1925 |
| colspan="2" | Party
! Member ! ± ! ± ! Member ! colspan="2" | Party |
| Balmain
| rowspan="4" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | rowspan="4" | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}} | style="text-align:right;" | -11.3 | style="text-align:right;" | +13.3 | style="text-align:right;" | +15.2 | rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | |
| Bathurst
| style="text-align:right;" | -6.4 | style="text-align:right;" | +9.1 | style="text-align:right;" | +11.7 |
| rowspan="2" | Byron
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;" | -41.2 | style="text-align:right;" | +14.8 | style="text-align:right;" | +9.0 |
| Stephen Perdriau
| style="text-align:right;" | +26.4 | style="text-align:right;" | +32.2 | {{Australian politics/name|Progressive (1920)}} | {{Australian party style|Progressive (1920)}} | |
| Eastern Suburbs
| {{Australian party style|Democratic (1920)}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Democratic (1920)}} | style="text-align:right;" | +0.2 | style="text-align:right;" | +5.1 | style="text-align:right;" | +10.4 | rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | |
| Goulburn
| {{Australian party style|Progressive (1920)}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Progressive (1920)}} | style="text-align:right;" | -18.0 | style="text-align:right;" | +13.6 | style="text-align:right;" | +9.2 |
| Newcastle
| rowspan="5" {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | rowspan="5" | {{Australian politics/name|Nationalist}} | style="text-align:right;" | -0.5 | style="text-align:right;" | +12.9 | style="text-align:right;" | +25.2 |
| North Shore
| style="text-align:right;" | -14.2 | style="text-align:right;" | +12.0 | style="text-align:right;" | +9.7 | {{Australian party style|Independent}} | |
| Parramatta
| style="text-align:right;" | -6.8 | style="text-align:right;" | +6.3 | style="text-align:right;" | +5.7 | Bill Ely | rowspan="3" | {{Australian politics/name|Labor NSW}} | rowspan="3" {{Australian party style|Labor NSW}} | |
| St George
| style="text-align:right;" | -5.6 | style="text-align:right;" | +5.6 | style="text-align:right;" | +5.6 |
| Wollondilly
| style="text-align:right;" | -7.8 | style="text-align:right;" | +8.2 | style="text-align:right;" | +8.5 |
| colspan="10" | Members changing party |
| rowspan="2" | Seat
! colspan="4" | 1922 ! rowspan="2" | ± ! colspan="4" | 1925 |
| colspan="2" | Party
! Member ! % ! % ! Member ! colspan="2" | Party |
| Newcastle
| {{Australian party style|Independent}} | | {{Australian politics/name|Independent}} | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | style="text-align:right;"| | {{Australian politics/name|Protestant Labor}} | {{Australian party style|Protestant Labor}} | |
See also
Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |first=Bede |last=Nairn |year=1986 |title=The 'Big Fella': Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949 |location=Melbourne |publisher=Melbourne University Press |pages=369 |isbn=0-522-84406-5 |oclc=34416531}}
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