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.

1935 New South Wales state election

11 May 1935
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
Leader Bertram Stevens Jack Lang Party UAP/Country coalition Labor (NSW) Leader since 5 April 1932 31 July 1923 Leader's seat Croydon Auburn Last election 64 seats 24 seats Seats won 61 seats 29 seats Seat change 3 5 Percentage 46.0% 42.8% Swing 5.6 2.3
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Bertram Stevens UAP/Country coalition Elected Premier Bertram Stevens UAP/Country coalition\

Campaigning in 1934

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
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 Legislative Assembly << 1932–1938 >>
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

• Candidates of the 1935 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1935–1938

Notes

1. 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

1. Green, Antony. "1935 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.

• Nairn, Bede (1995) Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949 Melbourne University Press Melbourne ISBN 0-522-84700-5 OCLC 34416531