Electoral results for the district of Dulwich Hill

Dulwich Hill, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1913 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1913		Tom Hoskins	Liberal Reform
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		John Ness	Nationalist
1930		Frank Connors	Labor
1932		John Ness	United Australia
1935
1938		Guy Arkins	United Australia
1941		George Weir	Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1953 by		Cliff Mallam	Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	11,144	54.3	−3.3
	Liberal	Russell Carter	9,387	45.7	+3.3
Total formal votes			20,531	98.2	−0.4
Informal votes			381	1.8	+0.4
Turnout			20,912	91.2	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	12,703	57.6	+5.3
	Liberal	William Bellenger	9,340	42.4	−0.4
Total formal votes			22,043	98.6
Informal votes			302	1.4
Turnout			22,345	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	11,733	52.3
	Liberal	Joseph Hollis	9,601	42.8
	Democratic Labor	Owen Cahill	1,104	4.9
Total formal votes			22,438	98.4
Informal votes			372	1.6
Turnout			22,810	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	11,954	53.3
	Liberal	Joseph Hollis	10,484	46.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	10,507	52.7	−9.7
	Liberal	Lionel Corner	9,436	47.3	+9.7
Total formal votes			19,943	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			326	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			20,269	92.3	−1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.7

1953 by-election

1953 Dulwich Hill by-election
Saturday 20 June [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	10,886	53.01	-9.43
	Liberal	William Ness	9,182	44.71	+7.15
	Independent	John Sheehan	468	2.28
Total formal votes			20,536	98.50	+0.57
Informal votes			312	1.50	-0.57
Turnout			20,848	86.69	-6.88
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

George Weir (Labor) resigned to accept an appointment as a judge of the New South Wales Industrial Commission.[9]

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	13,626	62.4
	Liberal	Basil Mottershead	8,196	37.6
Total formal votes			21,822	97.9
Informal votes			461	2.1
Turnout			22,283	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	12,732	54.3
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	10,732	45.7
Total formal votes			23,464	98.7
Informal votes			300	1.3
Turnout			23,764	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	11,931	54.1	+9.8
	Liberal	John Adamson	10,105	45.9	+14.8
Total formal votes			22,036	98.7	+1.7
Informal votes			300	1.3	-1.7
Turnout			22,336	94.9	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.3

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	8,959	44.3	-12.6
	Democratic	Sidney Turner	6,297	31.1	-12.0
	Lang Labor	Henry Ritchie	3,181	15.7	+15.7
	Independent	John Laxton	1,798	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			20,235	97.0	-1.2
Informal votes			625	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			20,860	92.8	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Weir	11,408	56.4	-0.5
	Democratic	Sidney Turner	8,827	43.6	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	11,370	56.9
	United Australia	Guy Arkins	8,604	43.1
Total formal votes			19,974	98.2
Informal votes			363	1.8
Turnout			20,337	93.5
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Guy Arkins	7,364	36.7	-25.2
	Labor	Leslie Morrow	6,992	34.9	-3.2
	United Australia	Ronald McCredie	5,686	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			20,042	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			326	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			20,368	96.5	-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Guy Arkins	12,497	62.3	+0.4
	Labor	Leslie Morrow	7,545	37.7	-0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.4

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Ness	12,074	61.9	+16.8
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Connors	7,429	38.1	+6.2
Total formal votes			19,503	98.2	-0.7
Informal votes			359	1.8	+0.7
Turnout			19,862	96.7	+0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+0.4

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Ness	8,679	45.1	-3.1
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Connors	6,151	31.9	-19.5
	Independent UAP	Francis Pascoe	2,679	13.9	+13.9
	Federal Labor	William Long	1,746	9.1	+9.1
Total formal votes			19,255	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			206	1.1	-0.7
Turnout			19,461	96.2	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	John Ness	11,840	61.5	+13.2
	Labor (NSW)	Frank Connors	7,415	38.5	-13.2
	United Australia gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+13.2

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Connors	9,558	51.4
	Nationalist	John Ness	8,970	48.2
	Communist	Edna Kavanagh	75	0.4
Total formal votes			18,603	98.2
Informal votes			338	1.8
Turnout			18,941	94.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Ness	6,584	44.3
	Labor	Thomas Gilson	5,258	35.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Tom Hoskins	2,887	19.4
	Independent	Donald Croal	131	0.9
Total formal votes			14,860	97.8
Informal votes			331	2.2
Turnout			15,191	87.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	John Ness	8,427	59.8
	Labor	Thomas Gilson	5,662	40.2
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins	6,098	68.8	+9.3
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	2,765	31.2	-7.4
Total formal votes			8,863	99.5	+1.5
Informal votes			43	0.5	-1.5
Turnout			8,906	61.6	-10.0
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+9.3

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Tom Hoskins	5,316	59.5
	Labor	Arthur Jones	3,454	38.6
	Independent	Harrie McConnell	107	1.2
	National Progressive	Evan Prosser	61	0.7
Total formal votes			8,938	98.0
Informal votes			181	2.0
Turnout			9,119	71.6
	Liberal Reform hold

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