1935 New South Wales state election
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.
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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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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.
The ALP (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party were still divided at the 1935 election and the ALP (Federal) 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.
Key dates
Date | Event |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | |||||
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 | – 3 | |
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 | |
Independent UAP | 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 | ||||
See also
Notes
- There were 1,528,713 enrolled voters but 180,829 were enrolled in 11 electorates (five UAP, four Country and two Labor) which were uncontested at the election.[1]
References
- Green, Antony. "1935 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.