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State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1992

1922 New South Wales state election 
Legislative Assembly
<< 1920–1925 >>

Enrolled voters 1,251,023
Votes cast 875,464 Turnout 70.00 +13.81
Informal votes 31,771 Informal 3.63 −6.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Nationalist 364,211 43.17 +13.25 41 +13
  Labor 324,677 38.48 −4.60 36 −7
  Progressive 93,488 11.08 −4.04 9 −6
  Independent 31,880 3.78 −1.07 1 0
  Democratic 14,354 1.70 −0.69 1 +1
  Independent Labor 7,438 0.88 +0.88 0  
  Ind. Coalitionist 5,727 0.68 +0.68 1 +1
  Industrial Labor 1,674 0.20 +0.20 0  
  Soldier's Nationalist 244 0.03 +0.03 0  
Total 843,693     90  

The 1922 New South Wales state election was for 90 seats representing 24 electoral districts, with each district returning between 3 and 5 members. This was the second election in New South Wales that took place under a modified Hare-Clark voting system. The average number of enrolled voters per member was 13,785, ranging from Sturt (10,386) to Ryde (15,722).

Results by electoral district

Balmain

1922 New South Wales state election: Balmain 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,380
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (elected 5) 5,950 13.4 +4.3
Labor John Quirk (elected 3) 5,903 13.3 +3.1
Labor Tom Keegan (elected 4) 5,679 12.8 +4.4
Labor John Doyle (defeated) 4,313 9.7 +2.1
Labor David Ryan 1,780 4.0 +4.0
Nationalist Robert Stopford (elected 2) 6,264 14.1 +1.4
Nationalist Albert Lane (elected 1) 5,258 11.9 +11.9
Nationalist Albert Smith (defeated) 3,294 7.4 −2.4
Nationalist Thomas Greentree 1,884 4.3 +4.3
Nationalist Alfred Henry 1,563 3.5 +3.5
Democratic John Sheehy 2,163 4.9 +4.9
Industrial Labor Henry Collins 64 0.1 +0.1
Industrial Labor John Hood 63 0.1 +0.1
Independent Solomon Amein 99 0.2 0.0
Total formal votes 44,277 95.9 +9.5
Informal votes 1,876 4.1 −9.5
Turnout 46,153 69.0 +14.7
Party total votes
Labor 23,625 53.4 −6.3
Nationalist 18,263 41.2 +18.8
Democratic 2,163 4.9 −2.4
Industrial Labor 127 0.3 +0.3
Independent Solomon Amein 99 0.2 0.0

Bathurst

1922 New South Wales state election: Bathurst 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,351
Labor James Dooley (elected 2) 7,708 26.2 −5.0
Labor Valentine Johnston (defeated) 5,745 19.5 −2.6
Labor Gus Kelly 337 1.2 +1.2
Nationalist John Fitzpatrick (elected 1) 8,449 28.7 +3.2
Nationalist Charles Rosenthal (elected 3) 3,808 12.9 +12.9
Nationalist Alfred Craig 816 2.8 +2.8
Progressive Arthur Brown 1,162 3.9 −4.1
Progressive Samuel Whitmee 903 3.1 +3.1
Progressive Alfred Birney 348 1.2 +1.2
Progressive Frederic Swann 125 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 29,401 96.3 +1.5
Informal votes 1,134 3.7 −1.5
Turnout 30,535 71.1 +8.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,790 46.9 −6.4
Nationalist 13,073 44.5 +11.7
Progressive 2,538 8.6 −4.6

Botany

1922 New South Wales state election: Botany 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Mutch (elected 4) 6,733 15.0 −5.3
Labor William McKell (elected 5) 6,176 13.8 −1.6
Labor Bill Ratcliffe (elected 3) 5,816 13.0 +8.3
Labor Frank Burke (elected 2) 4,722 10.5 −5.9
Labor Simon Hickey (defeated) 4,239 9.5 −0.6
Nationalist John Lee (elected 1) 9,365 20.9 +5.1
Nationalist David Alexander 1,362 3.0 +3.0
Nationalist William Pritchard 1,269 2.8 +2.8
Nationalist William Wassall 756 1.7 +1.7
Nationalist Albert Dunning 532 1.2 +1.2
Democratic Daniel McGrath 3,041 6.8 +6.8
Independent Fred Page 523 1.2 +1.2
Independent George Overhill 117 0.3 +0.3
Industrial Labor William Wallace 71 0.2 +0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron 63 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 44,785 95.0 +10.5
Informal votes 2,377 5.0 −10.5
Turnout 47,162 68.6 +16.8
Party total votes
Labor 27,686 61.8 −5.2
Nationalist 13,284 29.7 +9.9
Democratic 3,041 6.8 −0.8
Independent Fred Page 523 1.2 +1.2
Independent George Overhill 117 0.3 +0.3
Industrial Labor 71 0.2 +0.2
Independent Patrick Mulheron 63 0.1 +0.1

Byron

1922 New South Wales state election: Byron 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist George Nesbitt (elected 1) 8,672 28.8 +5.2
Nationalist Stephen Perdriau (elected 2) 6,813 22.6 +22.6
Nationalist John Williams 1,000 3.3 +3.3
Labor Tom Swiney (defeated) 6,782 22.5 +2.9
Labor Roger Kiely 277 0.9 +0.9
Labor Thomas Reidy 94 0.3 +0.3
Progressive William Missingham (elected 3) 3,084 10.2 0.0
Progressive William Zuill 2,740 9.1 +9.1
Progressive Stephen Blackman 632 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 30,094 97.2 +4.1
Informal votes 867 2.8 −4.1
Turnout 30,961 70.8 +15.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 16,485 54.8 +21.9
Labor 7,153 23.8 +3.0
Progressive 6,456 21.4 −9.1

Cootamundra

1922 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1) 6,258 22.6 −3.1
Labor James McGirr (elected 3) 5,577 20.1 −7.2
Labor Ken Hoad 2,097 7.6 +7.6
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2) 5,966 21.5 +7.5
Progressive Frederick Tout 2,455 8.9 +8.9
Progressive Thomas Hough 1,056 3.8 +3.8
Nationalist Arthur Manning 3,410 12.3 +12.3
Nationalist Alfred Wilcox 448 1.6 +1.6
Nationalist George O'Brien 268 1.0 +1.0
Independent William Lucas 170 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 27,705 96.4 +1.3
Informal votes 1,027 3.6 −1.3
Turnout 28,732 70.6 +3.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,932 50.3 −4.4
Progressive 9,477 34.2 +6.3
Nationalist 4,126 14.9 −2.5
Independent William Lucas 170 0.6 +0.6

Cumberland

1922 New South Wales state election: Cumberland 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William FitzSimons (elected 1) 7,498 25.8 +25.8
Nationalist Bruce Walker (elected 3) 6,701 23.0 +0.8
Nationalist Ernest Carr (defeated) 6,555 22.5 +9.0
Labor Voltaire Molesworth (elected 2) 7,434 25.6 +2.4
Labor Charles York 145 0.5 +0.5
Progressive Edwin Crowther 326 1.1 +1.1
Progressive Albert Smith 293 1.0 +1.0
Progressive Reuben Jenner 138 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 29,090 97.0 +4.6
Informal votes 883 3.0 −4.6
Turnout 29,973 70.0 +15.7
Party total votes
Nationalist 20,754 71.3 +22.8
Labor 7,579 26.1 −4.4
Progressive 757 2.6 −10.6

Eastern Suburbs

1922 New South Wales state election: Eastern Suburbs 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,537
Nationalist Charles Oakes (elected 1) 10,297 20.1 +5.2
Nationalist Harold Jaques (elected 3) 5,840 11.4 −3.6
Nationalist Hyman Goldstein (elected 4) 5,106 10.0 +10.0
Nationalist Millicent Preston-Stanley 4,012 7.8 +7.8
Nationalist William Foster 2,627 5.1 +5.1
Labor Bob O'Halloran (elected 2) 5,944 11.6 +0.6
Labor Daniel Dwyer (defeated) 1,620 3.2 −1.1
Labor Alfred Warton 859 1.7 +1.7
Labor Robert Campbell 697 1.4 +1.4
Labor Frank Green 480 0.9 +0.9
Democratic Cyril Fallon (elected 5) 5,581 10.9 +10.9
Progressive Joseph Barracluff 2,200 4.3 +4.3
Progressive Frederick Davison 265 0.5 +0.5
Progressive Donald McDonald 188 0.4 +0.4
Progressive Edwin Sautelle 181 0.4 +0.4
Progressive John Keenan 160 0.3 +0.3
Progressive Alfred Barber 65 0.1 +0.1
Progressive Alfred Finney 58 0.1 +0.1
Independent Richard Meagher 2,490 4.9 +4.9
Independent Labor Scott Campbell  2,242 4.4 +4.4
Soldier's Nationalist Frederick Marks 244 0.5 +0.5
Independent Labor John Hackett 47 0.1 +0.1
Independent Jack Lamier 13 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 51,216 97.0 +8.5
Informal votes 1,577 3.0 −8.5
Turnout 52,793 69.1 +18.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 27,882 54.4 +11.1
Labor 9,600 18.7 −12.0
Democratic 5,581 10.9 +10.9
Progressive 3,117 6.1 −5.6
Independent Richard Meagher 2,490 4.9 +4.9
Independent Labor Johnston Campbell 2,242 4.4 +4.4
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Marks 244 0.5 +0.5
Independent Labor John Hackett 47 0.1 +0.1
Independent Jack Lamier 13 0.03 +0.03

Goulburn

1922 New South Wales state election: Goulburn 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,427
Labor John Bailey (elected 1) 7,329 28.5 −7.1
Labor Frank Morgan 2,080 8.1 +6.0
Labor Thomas Butler 176 0.7 +0.7
Progressive Thomas Rutledge (elected 3) 3,707 14.4 +2.7
Progressive John O'Reilly 2,820 11.0 +11.0
Progressive Edward Halliday 1,821 7.1 +7.1
Nationalist John Perkins (elected 2) 4,607 17.9 +17.9
Nationalist Henry Bate 3,078 12.0 +12.0
Independent Francis Grogan 76 0.3 +0.3
Independent Samuel Rose 12 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 25,706 96.0 +5.3
Informal votes 1,059 4.0 −5.3
Turnout 26,765 69.6 +11.3
Party total votes
Labor 9,585 37.3 −1.4
Progressive 8,348 32.5 +11.2
Nationalist 7,685 29.9 +0.5
Independent Francis Grogan 76 0.3 +0.3
Independent Samuel Rose 12 0.1 +0.1

Maitland

1922 New South Wales state election: Maitland 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,863
Nationalist Walter Bennett (elected 3) 5,410 19.7 +2.0
Nationalist William Cameron (elected 2) 4,784 17.4 +7.4
Nationalist George Walter 4,446 16.2 +16.2
Labor Walter O'Hearn (elected 1) 8,461 30.8 +12.8
Labor William Brennan 801 2.9 2.9
Labor John Culbert 117 0.4 +0.4
Progressive Benjamin Gelling 2,060 7.5 +7.5
Progressive Cecil Tindale 1,150 4.2 −1.8
Progressive Herbert Ralston 175 0.6 +0.6
Independent Patrick Ferry 47 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 27,451 96.0 +4.5
Informal votes 1,130 4.0 −4.5
Turnout 28,581 69.5 +14.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 14,640 53.3 +21.2
Labor 9,379 34.2 −2.9
Progressive 3,385 12.3 −17.6
Independent Patrick Ferry 47 0.2 +0.2

Murray

1922 New South Wales state election: Murray 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,162
Nationalist Richard Ball (elected 1) 7,933 32.2 +12.3
Nationalist Edward Collins 1,895 7.7 +7.7
Nationalist John Jelbart 342 1.4 +1.4
Labor William O'Brien (elected 2) 6,343 25.7 +1.3
Labor Patrick Quilty 2,137 8.7 +8.7
Labor Walter Boston 1,674 6.8 +6.8
Progressive Matthew Kilpatrick (elected 3) 3,043 12.3 +8.6
Progressive Ernest Field 738 3.0 +3.0
Progressive John Smithenbecker 539 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 24,644 95.8 +2.1
Informal votes 1,092 4.2 −2.1
Turnout 25,736 65.2 +9.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 10,170 41.3 +10.1
Labor 10,154 41.2 −4.7
Progressive 4,320 17.5 −5.4

Murrumbidgee

1922 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,322
Labor Martin Flannery (elected 1) 9,516 37.6 +20.4
Labor James Tully 600 2.4 +2.4
Labor James Lyons 214 0.9 +0.9
Progressive Ernest Buttenshaw (elected 2) 8,701 34.4 +23.1
Progressive George Wilson 544 2.1 +2.1
Progressive Henry Moulder 532 2.1 +2.1
Progressive James Milthorpe 506 2.0 +2.0
Nationalist Arthur Grimm (elected 3) 3,712 14.7 −2.5
Nationalist William Hall 723 2.9 +2.9
Nationalist John Macallister 86 0.3 +0.3
Independent James McMahon 151 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 25,285 95.0 +4.3
Informal votes 1,321 5.0 −4.3
Turnout 26,606 63.9 +4.9
Party total votes
Labor 10,330 40.9 −5.0
Progressive 10,283 40.7 +15.9
Nationalist 4,521 17.9 +0.7
Independent James McMahon 151 0.6 +0.6

Namoi

1922 New South Wales state election: Namoi 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,483
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 2) 5,823 22.5 +9.4
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 3) 5,363 20.7 +5.8
Labor Patrick Scully (elected 1) 7,880 30.4 −6.5
Labor William Scully 1,602 6.2 +4.4
Labor Septimus Humphries 325 1.3 +1.3
Progressive Roland Green 1,906 7.3 +7.3
Progressive Albert Studdy 599 2.3 +2.3
Independent Robert Levien 2,433 9.4 −1.2
Total formal votes 25,931 96.0 +2.5
Informal votes 1,087 4.0 −2.5
Turnout 27,018 70.2 +8.5
Party total votes
Nationalist 11,186 43.1 +18.0
Labor 9,807 37.8 −3.6
Progressive 2,505 9.7 −13.2
Independent Robert Levien 2,433 9.4 −1.2

Newcastle

1922 New South Wales state election: Newcastle 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,688
Labor Jack Baddeley (elected 2) 11,850 22.7 +22.7
Labor David Murray (elected 4) 6,629 12.7 +6.2
Labor Hugh Connell (elected 3) 3,646 7.0 −13.5
Labor David Watson 2,356 4.5 +4.5
Labor Amram Lewis 1,529 2.9 −1.3
Independent Walter Skelton (elected 1) 13,132 25.2 +25.2
Nationalist Magnus Cromarty (elected 5) 2,833 5.4 +5.4
Nationalist John Fegan (defeated) 1,602 3.1 −3.3
Nationalist Harry Wheeler 1,260 2.4 +2.4
Nationalist Robert Kilgour 1,052 2.0 +2.0
Nationalist Kenneth Mathieson 516 1.0 +1.0
Independent Labor Arthur Gardiner (defeated) 4,644 8.9 −8.8
Independent Thomas Hoare 566 1.1 +1.1
Progressive George Jenner 295 0.6 +0.6
Progressive John Cram 151 0.3 +0.3
Independent James Gilligan 38 0.1 +0.1
Independent William Jeffery 27 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 52,126 96.7 +9.3
Informal votes 1,771 3.3 −9.3
Turnout 53,897 75.2 +16.1
Party total votes
Labor 26,010 49.9 −7.6
Independent Walter Skelton 13,132 25.2 +25.2
Nationalist 7,263 13.9 +1.0
Independent Labor Arthur Gardiner 4,644 8.9 −8.8
Independent Thomas Hoare 566 1.1 +1.1
Progressive 446 0.9 −2.3
Independent James Gilligan 38 0.1 +0.1
Independent William Jeffery 27 0.1 +0.1

North Shore

1922 New South Wales state election: North Shore 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,456
Nationalist Reginald Weaver (elected 1) 10,226 20.2 +4.9
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 4) 5,488 10.8 −3.4
Nationalist Arthur Cocks (elected 3) 5,483 10.8 +2.8
Nationalist Alfred Reid (defeated) 4,469 8.8
Nationalist Arthur Walker 2,493 4.9
Nationalist Albert Whatmore 2,088 4.12
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 8,302 16.4 +8.5
Labor James Donaldson 505 1.0 +1.0
Labor John Cochran 206 0.4 +0.4
Labor Arthur Tonge 63 +0.1 +0.1
Labor William Killingsworth 43 0.1 +0.1
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell (elected 5) 5,727 11.3 +11.3
Democratic Timothy O'Donoghue 3,569 7.0 −0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham 1,381 2.7 +2.7
Independent Edward Clark 633 1.3 −1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham 58 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 50,734 97.7 +10.4
Informal votes 1,205 2.3 −10.4
Turnout 51,939 72.8 +16.8
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,247 59.6 +13.7
Labor 9,119 18.0 −0.3
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell 5,727 11.3 +11.3
Democratic 3,569 7.0 −0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham 1,381 2.7 +2.7
Independent Edward Clark 633 1.3 −1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham 58 0.1 +0.1

Northern Tableland

1922 New South Wales state election: Northern Tableland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,819
Progressive Michael Bruxner (elected 1) 9,094 39.1 +15.6
Progressive David Drummond (elected 3) 3,493 15.0 +5.0
Progressive James McIlveen 563 2.4 +2.4
Labor Alfred McClelland (elected 2) 6,276 27.0 −2.5
Labor Phillip Killey 704 3.0 +3.0
Labor Amos Clarke 422 1.8 +1.8
Nationalist David Doull 1,532 6.6 +6.6
Nationalist George Ring 872 3.7 +3.7
Nationalist Albert Head 318 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 23,274 95.4 +1.8
Informal votes 1,122 4.6 −1.8
Turnout 24,396 65.5 +8.1
Party total votes
Progressive 13,150 56.5 +7.5
Labor 7,402 31.8 −5.4
Nationalist 2,722 11.7 −2.0

Oxley

1922 New South Wales state election: Oxley 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,634
Progressive Roy Vincent (elected 2) 3,844 12.6 +12.6
Progressive Richard Price (defeated) 3,495 11.4 −8.4
Progressive Lewis Martin 2,116 6.9 +6.9
Progressive Harold Henderson 1,760 5.8 +5.8
Progressive Matthew Wallace 1,145 3.8 +3.8
Progressive Charles Algie 913 3.0 +3.0
Progressive Albert Whatson 366 1.2 +1.2
Nationalist Theodore Hill (elected 1) 3,914 12.8 +12.8
Nationalist Henry Morton 3,622 11.9 −6.1
Nationalist William McRae 1,748 5.7 +5.7
Labor Joseph Fitzgerald (elected 3) 4,234 13.9 −9.3
Labor Alfred O'Neill 2,498 8.2 +8.2
Labor Frederick Bennett 383 1.3 +1.3
Independent Patrick Moran 496 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 30,534 96.8 +3.4
Informal votes 1,002 3.2 −3.4
Turnout 31,536 73.0 +19.8
Party total votes
Progressive 13,639 44.7 −10.5
Nationalist 9,284 30.4 +12.4
Labor 7,115 23.3 −1.6
Independent Patrick Moran 496 1.6 +1.6

Parramatta

1922 New South Wales state election: Parramatta 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,837
Nationalist Albert Bruntnell (elected 1) 13,468 43.0 +7.2
Nationalist Leicester Simpson 2,164 6.9 +6.9
Nationalist Thomas Morrow (elected 3) 854 2.7 +2.7
Nationalist Charles Willoughby 330 1.0 +1.0
Labor Jack Lang (elected 2) 12,906 41.2 −8.3
Labor Bill Ely (defeated) 821 2.6 +0.3
Labor George Harrison 185 0.6 +0.6
Independent Labor Saxon Hurst 347 1.1 +1.1
Independent Labor James Boughey 158 0.5 +0.5
Independent John Blake 112 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 31,345 96.4 +4.7
Informal votes 1,183 3.6 −4.7
Turnout 32,528 71.4 +14.3
Party total votes
Nationalist 16,816 53.6 +15.0
Labor 13,912 44.4 −8.1
Independent Labor Saxon Hurst 347 1.1 +1.1
Independent Labor James Boughey 158 0.5 +0.5
Independent John Blake 112 0.4 +0.4

Ryde

1922 New South Wales state election: Ryde 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 9,454
Nationalist Thomas Henley (elected 1) 16,007 28.2 +5.9
Nationalist David Anderson (elected 2) 7,732 13.6 +5.2
Nationalist Edward Loxton (elected 3) 6,866 12.1 −4.5
Nationalist Thomas Bavin (elected 5) 4,946 8.7 +8.7
Nationalist Norman McIntosh 3,260 5.7 +5.7
Nationalist Herbert Small 2,066 3.6 +3.6
Labor Robert Greig (elected 4) 8,238 14.5 +5.9
Labor William Hutchison 4,969 8.8 −0.5
Labor John English 574 1.0 +1.0
Labor Thomas Maher 401 0.7 +0.7
Labor Alexander Mackie 323 0.6 +0.6
Progressive Ernest Thompson 923 1.6 +1.6
Independent John Pattison 415 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 56,720 97.1 +8.1
Informal votes 1,664 2.9 −8.1
Turnout 58,384 74.3 +17.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 40,877 72.1 +32.6
Labor 14,505 25.6 −2.8
Progressive Ernest Thompson 923 1.6 −10.2
Independent John Pattison 415 0.7 +0.7

St George

1922 New South Wales state election: St George 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,832
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1) 10,071 19.0 +19.0
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 2) 8,717 16.4 +6.9
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 4) 4,829 9.1 −6.2
Nationalist John Ewen 2,636 5.0 +5.0
Nationalist Francis Farrar 1,371 2.6 +2.6
Nationalist John Willson 694 1.3 +1.3
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 3) 8,423 15.9 +10.5
Labor George Cann (elected 5) 6,818 12.9 −8.1
Labor Sam Toombs 4,852 9.2 −0.9
Labor Patrick Donovan 1,586 3.0 +0.5
Labor Arthur Jones 610 1.2 +1.2
Progressive Reginald McDonald 1,999 3.8 +3.8
Progressive John Cordell 126 0.2 +0.2
Progressive John Wilson 80 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Cooper 98 0.2 +0.2
Independent Henry Short 62 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Gager 17 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 52,989 96.4 +6.0
Informal votes 1,963 3.6 −6.0
Turnout 54,952 73.5 +15.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,318 53.4 +21.1
Labor 22,289 42.1 +0.4
Progressive 2,205 4.2 −13.5
Independent John Cooper 98 0.2 +0.2
Independent Henry Short 62 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Gager 17 0.03 +0.03

Sturt

1922 New South Wales state election: Sturt 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 4,371
Labor Mat Davidson (elected 1) 5,472 31.3 +7.1
Labor Jabez Wright (elected 3) 1,922 11.0 −7.4
Labor Ted Horsington 708 4.1 +4.1
Nationalist Brian Doe (elected 2) 3,401 19.5 −5.1
Nationalist William Daish 1,670 9.5 +9.5
Nationalist John Wicks 707 4.0 +4.0
Industrial Labor Donald Grant 1,378 7.9 +7.9
Independent Ernest Wetherell 856 4.9 +4.9
Independent William Couch 785 4.5 +4.5
Progressive Walter O'Grady 505 2.9 +2.9
Independent Charles Dooley 76 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 17,480 94.5 +2.4
Informal votes 1,013 5.5 −2.4
Turnout 18,493 59.4 +9.7
Party total votes
Labor 8,102 46.4 +0.7
Nationalist 5,778 33.0 +6.8
Industrial Labor 1,378 7.9 +7.9
Independent Ernest Wetherell 856 4.9 +4.9
Independent William Couch 785 4.5 +4.5
Progressive 505 2.9 +2.9
Independent Charles Dooley 76 0.4 +0.4

Sydney

1922 New South Wales state election: Sydney 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,351
Labor Greg McGirr (elected 1) 6,304 16.6 +16.6
Labor John Birt (elected 4) 5,433 14.3 0.0
Labor Patrick Minahan (elected 5) 3,756 9.9 +0.3
Labor Michael Burke (defeated) 3,589 9.4 −0.6
Labor George Mullins 1,718 4.5 +4.5
Nationalist Joseph Jackson (elected 2) 4,864 12.8 +2.9
Nationalist Daniel Levy (elected 3) 3,178 8.3 −9.8
Nationalist Richard Caldwell 1,929 5.1 +5.1
Nationalist Ernest Salmon 1,672 4.4 +4.4
Nationalist Ernest Marks 1,618 4.2 +4.2
Nationalist William Nicholls 247 0.6 +0.6
Independent Ben Fuller 3,000 7.9 +7.9
Independent Edward Price 227 0.6 +0.6
Independent Henry Jones 166 0.4 +0.4
Industrial Labor William McCristal 98 0.3 +0.3
Independent Richard Allen 83 0.2 +0.2
Independent Sydney Brown 48 0.1 +0.1
Independent Alfred Bartlett 36 0.1 +0.1
Independent Albert Clifton 28 0.1 +0.1
Independent Charles Tuck 28 0.1 +0.1
Independent Edwin Miller 25 0.1 +0.1
Independent William Pickup 19 0.1 +0.1
Independent Solomon Rosenberg 14 0.04 +0.04
Independent Robert Williams 11 0.03 +0.03
Independent Ernest Llewelyn 11 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 38,102 95.7 +11.0
Informal votes 1,714 4.3 −11.0
Turnout 39,816 58.1 +13.7
Party total votes
Labor 20,800 54.6 +1.0
Nationalist 13,508 35.4 +7.3
Independent Ben Fuller 3,000 7.9 +7.9
Independent Edward Price 227 0.6 +0.6
Independent Henry Jones 166 0.4 +0.4
Industrial Labor 98 0.3 +0.3
Independent Richard Allen 83 0.2 +0.2
Independent Sydney Brown 48 0.1 +0.1
Independent Alfred Bartlett 36 0.1 +0.1
Independent Albert Clifton 28 0.1 +0.1
Independent Charles Tuck 28 0.1 +0.1
Independent Edwin Miller 25 0.1 +0.1
Independent William Pickup 19 0.1 +0.1
Independent Solomon Rosenberg 14 0.04 +0.04
Independent Robert Williams 11 0.03 +0.03
Independent Ernest Llewelyn 11 0.03 +0.03

Wammerawa

1922 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,571
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 6,854 26.1 −13.6
Labor Joseph Clark (defeated) 4,810 18.3 +8.8
Labor William Webster 821 3.1 −1.1
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 2) 2,855 10.9 +0.4
Progressive Gordon Wilkins 2,522 9.6 +9.6
Progressive George Oram 930 3.5 +3.5
Progressive James Berryman 726 2.8 +2.8
Progressive Edward Scully 366 1.4 +1.4
Progressive Edward Kater 266 1.0 +1.0
Nationalist Percy Shortland 1,386 5.3 +5.3
Nationalist John Macdonald 1,314 5.0 +5.0
Nationalist John Wark 516 2.0 +2.0
Independent William Ashford (elected 3) 2,891 11.0 +11.0
Independent Arthur Heany 23 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 26,280 96.3 +4.2
Informal votes 1,001 3.7 −4.2
Turnout 27,281 71.3 +8.0
Party total votes
Labor 12,485 47.5 −5.9
Progressive 7,665 29.2 +8.3
Nationalist 3,216 12.2 −12.0
Independent William Ashford 2,891 11.0 +11.0
Independent Arthur Heany 23 0.1 +0.1

Petition and recount

Joseph Clark petitioned the Governor against the return of William Ashford, alleging that the returning officer made an error in calculating the transfer value for the distribution of surplus to quota votes. The Committee of Elections and Qualifications upheld the petition, overturning the election of Ashford and declaring that Clark was elected as the member for Wammerawa.

Western Suburbs

1922 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,274
Nationalist Tom Hoskins (elected 3) 8,127 16.4 +3.3
Nationalist John Ness (elected 4) 8,055 16.2 +16.2
Nationalist James Wilson (elected 5) 7,082 14.3 +14.3
Nationalist Sydney Shillington (defeated) 3,912 7.9 −3.3
Nationalist William Simpson 1,554 3.1 +3.1
Labor Edward McTiernan (elected 1) 9,598 19.3 +8.7
Labor Carlo Lazzarini (elected 2) 6,986 14.1 +0.3
Labor James Stewart 672 1.4 +1.4
Labor Harold Macdonald 499 1.0 +1.0
Labor Joseph Smith 97 0.2 +0.2
Progressive Alexander Huie 2,670 5.4 +5.4
Progressive Clare Wilson 388 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 49,640 96.9 +7.9
Informal votes 1,582 3.1 −7.9
Turnout 51,222 74.0 +16.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,730 57.9 +21.8
Labor 17,852 36.0 −0.4
Progressive 3,058 6.2 −2.0

Wollondilly

1922 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,222
Nationalist Sir George Fuller (elected 1) 11,507 39.8 +11.6
Nationalist Mark Morton (elected 3) 3,229 11.2 −6.5
Nationalist Samuel Emmett 647 2.2 +2.2
Labor Billy Davies (elected 2) 8,208 28.4 −9.5
Labor John Cleary (defeated) 4,158 14.4 +6.5
Labor Walter Thompson 100 0.4 +0.4
Progressive William Howarth 711 2.5 +2.5
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon 324 1.1 −0.6
Total formal votes 28,884 96.3 +2.2
Informal votes 1,121 3.7 −2.2
Turnout 30,005 75.4 +14.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 15,383 53.2 +7.3
Labor 12,466 43.2 −9.2
Progressive 711 2.5 +2.5
Independent Arthur Silvey-Reardon 324 1.1 −0.6

See also

Notes

  1. Scott Campbell had been nominated by the Labor Party for the 1920 election however his endorsement was withdrawn before the polling day because he signed a pledge for the unconditional release of twelve imprisoned members of the Industrial Workers of the World.

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