Electoral results for the district of Paddington (New South Wales)

Election results

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Paddington [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,570 66.4 −20.6
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,339 22.9 +22.9
Communist Bill Brown 2,035 10.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 18,944 97.1 +4.4
Informal votes 573 2.9 −4.4
Turnout 19,517 91.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 14,401 76.0 −11.0
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,543 24.0 +24.0
Labor hold SwingN/A

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Paddington [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 17,596 87.0
Communist Bill Brown 2,641 13.0
Total formal votes 20,237 92.7
Informal votes 1,581 7.3
Turnout 21,818 90.3
Labor hold Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Paddington [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,962 64.9
Liberal Bob Mutton 5,948 29.8
Communist Phyllis Johnson 1,051 5.3
Total formal votes 19,961 98.4
Informal votes 326 1.6
Turnout 20,287 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 69.0 [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Bob Mutton 31.0
Labor hold Swing

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Paddington [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,755 68.1 -31.9
Lang Labor Owen Cahill 2,972 15.9 +15.9
Protestant Labor Jonno Hodgson 1,634 8.7 +8.7
Communist Phyllis Johnson 1,357 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 18,718 96.2
Informal votes 739 3.8
Turnout 19,457 93.3
Labor hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Paddington [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan unopposed
Labor hold Swing

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Paddington [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 14,124 84.8
State Labor George Hales 2,529 15.2
Total formal votes 16,653 96.2
Informal votes 648 3.8
Turnout 17,301 87.8
Labor hold Swing

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Paddington [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 13,768 90.2 +23.7
Communist Lance Sharkey 1,503 9.8 +1.2
Total formal votes 15,271 92.3 -3.8
Informal votes 1,266 7.7 +3.8
Turnout 16,537 92.9 -0.5
Labor hold SwingN/A

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Paddington [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Maurice O'Sullivan 10,470 66.5 +8.5
Federal Labor Leslie Kirkwood 3,931 25.0 +21.1
Communist George Gowland 1,352 8.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 15,753 96.1 -0.4
Informal votes 635 3.9 +0.4
Turnout 16,388 93.4 -3.1
Labor (NSW) hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Paddington [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Maurice O'Sullivan 9,061 58.0 -19.6
United Australia Frank Graham 5,130 32.9 +12.6
Federal Labor George Laughlan 614 3.9 +3.9
Independent UAP Alfred Webb 501 3.2 +3.2
Communist George Fleming 305 2.0 +0.3
Total formal votes 15,611 96.5 -1.0
Informal votes 567 3.5 +1.0
Turnout 16,178 96.5 +5.4
Labor (NSW) hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Paddington [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,152 77.6
Nationalist Charles Robinson 3,231 20.6
Communist Bernard Richardson 272 1.7
Total formal votes 15,655 97.5
Informal votes 400 2.5
Turnout 16,055 91.1
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing
The sitting member was Daniel Levy (Nationalist) who successfully contested Woollahra

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Paddington [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Daniel Levy 7,913 55.3
Labor William Bates 6,390 44.7
Total formal votes 14,303 98.2
Informal votes 259 1.8
Turnout 14,562 81.6
Nationalist win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

July 1919 by-election

1919 Paddington state by-election 2

May 1919 by-election

1919 Paddington state by-election 1

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Paddington [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Osborne 4,512 57.1 +0.3
Nationalist Thomas Eslick 3,391 42.9 +0.4
Total formal votes 7,903 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 48 0.6 -1.2
Turnout 7,951 61.9 -4.1
Labor hold Swing+0.3

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Paddington [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Osborne 4,676 56.8
Liberal Reform Reginald Harris 3,498 42.5
Independent Charles Carter 35 0.4
Independent James Jones 27 0.3
Total formal votes 8,236 98.2
Informal votes 154 1.8
Turnout 8,390 66.0
Labor hold  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Paddington [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Osborne 3,783 50.80
Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 3,472 46.62
Independent Liberal Francis Meacle 192 2.58
Total formal votes 8,236 98.82
Informal votes 89 1.18
Turnout 7,536 70.29
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Paddington [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 2,978 56.4
Labour John Osborne 2,290 43.3
Independent Sidney Baird 17 0.3
Total formal votes 5,285 98.0
Informal votes 110 2.0
Turnout 5,395 57.6
Liberal Reform hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Paddington [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 2,576 63.8
Progressive Thomas Bartholomew Curran 1,459 36.2
Total formal votes 4,035 99.0
Informal votes 43 1.1
Turnout 4,078 46.2
Liberal Reform hold  
Paddington lost part of the district to Darlinghurst and Woolahra and was expanded to include parts of Randwick and the abolished seat of Sydney-Bligh. The member for Paddington was Charles Oakes (Liberal Reform). The member for Randwick was David Storey (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat. The member for Sydney-Bligh was Patrick Quinn (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested King.

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Paddington[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Paddington [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 878 38.0 -15.0
Progressive Thomas West 766 33.2 -13.0
Independent Robert Usher 459 19.9
Independent Thomas Meagher 111 4.8
Independent Frederick Harper 97 4.2
Total formal votes 2,311 99.5 +1.0
Informal votes 11 0.5 -1.0
Turnout 2,322 60.0 -1.5
Liberal Reform hold  
The sitting member was John Neild (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 as a Senator for NSW.

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Neild 973 53.0
National Federal Thomas West 848 46.2
Ind. Free Trade Arthur Fletcher 15 0.8
Total formal votes 1,836 98.6
Informal votes 27 1.5
Turnout 1,863 61.5
Member changed to Free Trade from Ind. Free Trade  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade John Neild 613 39.3
Ind. Free Trade Thomas West 476 30.5
Free Trade William Shipway 424 27.2
Labour Arthur Fletcher 47 3.0
Total formal votes 1,560 99.1
Informal votes 15 1.0
Turnout 1,575 63.8
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Shipway 731 36.7
Protectionist John White 420 21.1
Ind. Free Trade Thomas West 390 19.6
Labour Stephen Byrne 309 15.5
Ind. Free Trade James Dillon 77 3.9
Ind. Protectionist Roger Kirby 38 1.9
Ind. Free Trade Maitland Whysall 15 0.8
Ind. Protectionist John Robinson 7 0.4
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Godfrey 4 0.2
Ind. Free Trade William Cowper 2 0.1
Total formal votes 1,993 97.7
Informal votes 48 2.4
Turnout 2,041 81.4
Free Trade win (previously 4 members)

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Wednesday 17 June [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Neild (elected 1) 3,275 14.7
Ind. Free Trade Jack Want (re-elected 2) 3,092 13.9
Free Trade James Marks (elected 3) 2,776 12.5
Free Trade Alfred Allen (re-elected 4) 2,698 12.1
Labour George Dyson 2,604 11.7
Free Trade Robert King (defeated) 2,076 9.3
Free Trade Charles Hellmrich 1,667 7.5
Protectionist William Martin 1,552 7.0
Protectionist William Allen 1,353 6.1
Protectionist James Roberts 1,162 5.2
Total formal votes 22,255 99.1
Informal votes 192 0.9
Turnout 7,115 68.4
  Free Trade hold 3
  Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade
Jack Want whilst a Free Trader, did not support the Free Trade government of Sir Henry Parkes.[24]

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Saturday 2 February [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Jack Want (elected 1) 3,209 15.8
Free Trade Alfred Allen (elected 2) 2,949 14.5
Free Trade John Shepherd (elected 3) 2,520 12.4
Free Trade Robert King (elected 4) 2,220 10.9
Protectionist John McLaughlin 2,139 10.5
Protectionist William Allen 1,886 9.3
Protectionist John Neild 1,806 8.9
Protectionist John Walsh 1,798 8.9
Protectionist Robert Watkins 1,761 8.7
Total formal votes 20,288 98.8
Informal votes 245 1.2
Turnout 5,670 61.0
  Free Trade hold 3 and win 1 (1 new seat)
William Allen (Protectionist) had won a seat at a by-election in 1888 however was unable to retain it at this election. John Neild had been elected as a Free Trade member in 1887 however changed to the Protectionist party for this election.

1888 by-election

1888 Paddington colonial by-election

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Wednesday 9 February [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Neild (re-elected 1) 2,601 22.3
Free Trade Alfred Allen (elected 2) 2,271 19.5
Free Trade William Trickett (re-elected 3) 2,230 19.1
Free Trade John McLaughlin 2,139 18.3
Free Trade John Shepherd (defeated) 1,630 14.0
Protectionist William Allen 715 6.1
Independent Edwin Bottrell 89 0.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.7
Informal votes 151 1.3
Turnout 5,159 66.6
John Shepherd was the member for East Macquarie. John McLaughlin also unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Wednesday 9 February [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Neild (re-elected 1) 2,601 22.3
Free Trade Alfred Allen (elected 2) 2,271 19.5
Free Trade William Trickett (re-elected 3) 2,230 19.1
Free Trade John McLaughlin 2,139 18.3
Free Trade John Shepherd (defeated) 1,630 14.0
Protectionist William Allen 715 6.1
Independent Edwin Bottrell 89 0.8
Total formal votes 11,675 98.7
Informal votes 151 1.3
Turnout 5,159 66.6
John Shepherd was the member for East Macquarie. John McLaughlin also unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.

1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Friday 16 October [27]
Candidate Votes %
John Neild (elected 1) 2,033 20.6
William Trickett (re-elected 2) 1,628 16.5
Robert Butcher (re-elected 3) 1,514 15.3
John McLaughlin (defeated) 1,487 15.0
Alfred Allen 1,451 14.7
Charles Hellmrich 1,363 13.8
Charles Cansdell 418 4.2
Total formal votes 9,894 98.3
Informal votes 176 1.8
Turnout 4,356 64.7

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Saturday 2 December [28]
Candidate Votes %
William Trickett (re-elected 1) 1,602 36.6
Robert Butcher (elected 2) 1,061 24.2
John Neild 616 14.1
Ebenezer Vickery 573 13.1
William Allen 531 12.1
Total formal votes 4,383 97.3
Informal votes 120 2.7
Turnout 2,768 60.9

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Thursday 18 November [29]
Candidate Votes %
William Trickett (elected 1) 1,590 39.8
William Hezlet (re-elected 2) 1,212 30.4
William Allen 688 17.2
J Carroll 502 12.6
Total formal votes 3,992 98.9
Informal votes 46 1.1
Turnout 2,599 64.3
  (1 new seat)

1880 by-election

1880 Paddington colonial by-election

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Friday 26 October [30]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected) unopposed  

1874
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Thursday 10 December 1874 [31]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected) unopposed

1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Tuesday 20 February [32]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected) unopposed

1869
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Monday 6 December 1869 [33]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected) unopposed

1864
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Wednesday 23 November 1864 [34]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected) 650 67.9
Henry Mort 307 32.1
Total formal votes 957 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 957 51.4

1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Saturday 8 December [35]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (elected) unopposed  

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Paddington[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Paddington
Friday 10 June [36]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Cooper (re-elected) 528 52.0
William Windeyer 487 48.0
Total formal votes 1,015 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,015 58.4

Notes
  1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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