Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 New South Wales state election.

New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953
Legislative Assembly
<< 1950–1956 >>

Enrolled voters 1,953,953[lower-alpha 1]
Votes cast 1,548,877 Turnout 93.86 +1.11
Informal votes 39,416 Informal 2.48 +0.71
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 852,276 55.03 +8.28 57 +11
  Liberal 432,739 27.94 −9.57 22 −7
  Country 179,680 11.60 +2.63 14 −3
  Independent 38,822 2.51 +0.20 0 −
  Communist 21,421 1.38 +0.54 0 −
  Independent Labor 16,533 1.07 −0.58 1 − 1
  Lang Labor 7,046 0.48 −0.74 0 −
Total 1,588,293     94  

Results by electoral district

Albury
1953 New South Wales state election: Albury [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Doug Padman 9,644 51.8
Labor Frank Finnan 8,988 48.2
Total formal votes 18,632 98.9
Informal votes 208 1.1
Turnout 18,840 93.9
Liberal hold Swing

Armidale
1953 New South Wales state election: Armidale [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Cahill 8,595 50.04
Country Davis Hughes 8,582 49.96
Total formal votes 17,177 98.6
Informal votes 240 1.4
Turnout 17,417 95.1
Labor gain from Country Swing

Ashfield
1953 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Murden 10,753 50.3
Labor Jack Richardson 10,631 49.7
Total formal votes 21,384 98.4
Informal votes 354 1.6
Turnout 21,738 94.7
Liberal hold Swing

Athol Richardson (Liberal) had held the seat at the 1950 election, however he was appointed to the Supreme Court and Jack Richardson (Labor) won the seat at the 1952 by-election.[5]

Auburn
1953 New South Wales state election: Auburn [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edgar Dring 12,095 62.0
Lang Labor Chris Lang 7,406 38.0
Total formal votes 19,501 96.1
Informal votes 786 3.9
Turnout 20,287 94.4
Labor hold Swing

Balmain
1953 New South Wales state election: Balmain [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McMahon 17,887 79.1
Independent Arthur Doughty 3,267 14.5
Communist Stanley Moran 1,459 6.4
Total formal votes 22,613 96.2
Informal votes 892 3.8
Turnout 23,505 92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor John McMahon 18,617 82.3
Independent Arthur Doughty 3,996 17.7
Labor hold Swing

Bankstown
1953 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Spence Powell 16,726 89.4
Communist Claude Jones 1,981 10.6
Total formal votes 18,707 92.5
Informal votes 1,517 7.5
Turnout 20,224 93.6
Labor hold Swing

Barwon
1953 New South Wales state election: Barwon [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Geoff Crawford 8,274 53.8
Labor Gerard McInerney 7,118 46.2
Total formal votes 15,392 98.5
Informal votes 234 1.5
Turnout 15,626 93.0
Country hold Swing

Bathurst
1953 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gus Kelly unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Blacktown
1953 New South Wales state election: Blacktown [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 14,424 61.2
Liberal George Walker 8,391 35.6
Communist Melville McCalman 756 3.2
Total formal votes 23,571 98.0
Informal votes 477 2.0
Turnout 24,048 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Freeman 15,088 64.0
Liberal George Walker 8,486 36.0
Labor hold Swing

Bondi
1953 New South Wales state election: Bondi [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Abe Landa 12,904 59.6
Liberal Leslie Fingleton 8,757 40.4
Total formal votes 21,661 98.0
Informal votes 446 2.0
Turnout 22,107 93.3
Labor hold Swing

Bulli
1953 New South Wales state election: Bulli [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 14,480 87.9
Communist Sara Phipps 1,994 12.1
Total formal votes 16,474 94.0
Informal votes 1,054 6.0
Turnout 17,528 94.3
Labor hold Swing

Burrinjuck
1953 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Sheahan 10,809 59.5
Country Robert Stewart 5,812 32.0
Independent Barney Morton 1,212 6.7
Independent John Cusack 337 1.9
Total formal votes 18,170 98.9
Informal votes 205 1.1
Turnout 18,375 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Sheahan 11,538 63.5
Country Robert Stewart 6,632 36.5
Labor hold Swing

Burwood
1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 12,411 57.1
Labor William Weiss 9,311 42.9
Total formal votes 21,722 98.7
Informal votes 278 1.3
Turnout 22,000 93.2
Liberal hold Swing

Byron
1953 New South Wales state election: Byron [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Stanley Stephens unopposed
Country hold Swing

Canterbury
1953 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,025 66.5
Liberal Donald Arthur 6,146 29.1
Communist Roy Boyd 912 4.3
Total formal votes 21,083 98.1
Informal votes 418 1.9
Turnout 21,501 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Arthur Tonge 14,758 70.0
Liberal Donald Arthur 6,325 30.0
Labor hold Swing

Casino
1953 New South Wales state election: Casino [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Young 5,199 36.7
Country Ian Robinson 4,547 32.1
Country John Reid 3,152 22.2
Country William Cooke 1,275 9.0
Total formal votes 14,173 98.3
Informal votes 249 1.7
Turnout 14,422 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ian Robinson 8,560 60.4
Labor William Young 5,613 39.6
Country hold Swing

Castlereagh
1953 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Renshaw 10,147 62.8
Country Keith Sullivan 6,023 37.2
Total formal votes 16,170 98.7
Informal votes 220 1.3
Turnout 16,390 90.8
Labor hold Swing

Cessnock
1953 New South Wales state election: Cessnock [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Crook 15,145 85.6
Communist John Tapp 2,557 14.4
Total formal votes 17,702 95.1
Informal votes 908 4.9
Turnout 18,610 94.7
Labor hold Swing

Clarence
1953 New South Wales state election: Clarence [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Cecil Wingfield 11,672 66.3
Labor George Russell 5,269 30.0
Communist Kenneth Harding 650 3.7
Total formal votes 17,591 97.9
Informal votes 378 2.1
Turnout 17,969 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Cecil Wingfield 11,962 68.0
Labor George Russell 5,629 32.0
Country hold Swing

Cobar
1953 New South Wales state election: Cobar [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Collaroy
1953 New South Wales state election: Collaroy [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Askin 12,722 63.3
Labor Evelyn Barron 7,360 36.7
Total formal votes 20,082 98.0
Informal votes 414 2.0
Turnout 20,496 92.3
Liberal hold Swing

Concord
1953 New South Wales state election: Concord [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,661 54.7
Liberal John Adamson 9,673 45.3
Total formal votes 21,334 98.1
Informal votes 421 1.9
Turnout 21,755 94.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Coogee
1953 New South Wales state election: Coogee [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Lou Walsh 11,099 53.2
Liberal Kevin Ellis 9,776 46.8
Total formal votes 20,875 98.2
Informal votes 386 1.8
Turnout 21,261 93.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Cook's River
1953 New South Wales state election: Cook's River [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Croydon
1953 New South Wales state election: Croydon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 10,844 54.9
Labor Kenneth Guthrie 8,924 45.1
Total formal votes 19,768 98.3
Informal votes 337 1.7
Turnout 20,105 93.7
Liberal hold Swing

Drummoyne
1953 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roy Jackson 11,551 52.1
Liberal Robert Dewley 10,622 47.9
Total formal votes 22,173 98.0
Informal votes 443 2.0
Turnout 22,616 95.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Dubbo
1953 New South Wales state election: Dubbo [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Robertson 8,831 52.0
Country Robert Medcalf 8,140 48.0
Total formal votes 16,971 98.2
Informal votes 302 1.8
Turnout 17,273 94.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Dulwich Hill
1953 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [30]
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

Earlwood
1953 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Willis 11,844 50.3
Labor Arthur Higgins 11,691 49.7
Total formal votes 23,535 98.3
Informal votes 401 1.7
Turnout 23,936 95.5
Liberal hold Swing

East Hills
1953 New South Wales state election: East Hills [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Williams 16,018 69.9
Liberal Armand Macquart 6,891 30.1
Total formal votes 22,909 97.9
Informal votes 489 2.1
Turnout 23,398 94.0
Labor hold Swing

Eastwood
1953 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw 12,757 59.0
Labor Francis Corcoran 5,525 25.6
Independent Francis Collings 3,335 15.4
Total formal votes 21,617 98.4
Informal votes 340 1.6
Turnout 21,957 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw 15,132 70.0
Labor Francis Corcoran 6,485 30.0
Liberal hold Swing

Fairfield
1953 New South Wales state election: Fairfield [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 17,322 91.3
Communist Edwin Lipscombe 1,642 8.7
Total formal votes 18,964 90.3
Informal votes 2,030 9.7
Turnout 20,994 93.2
Labor hold Swing

Georges River
1953 New South Wales state election: Georges River [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank O'Neill 12,310 58.6
Liberal Samuel Warren 8,711 41.4
Total formal votes 21,021 98.0
Informal votes 428 2.0
Turnout 21,449 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Gloucester
1953 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 9,696 63.0
Labor Percy Randle 5,694 37.0
Total formal votes 15,390 98.2
Informal votes 276 1.8
Turnout 15,666 94.8
Country hold Swing

Gordon
1953 New South Wales state election: Gordon [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Gosford
1953 New South Wales state election: Gosford [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Jackson 9,576 54.0
Labor Rupert Wallace 8,160 46.0
Total formal votes 17,736 98.0
Informal votes 359 2.0
Turnout 18,095 93.2
Liberal hold Swing

Goulburn
1953 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Tully 10,155 62.6
Liberal Pat Osborne 6,069 37.4
Total formal votes 16,224 98.2
Informal votes 290 1.8
Turnout 16,514 95.9
Labor hold Swing

Granville
1953 New South Wales state election: Granville [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Lamb 18,364 92.9
Communist Albert Williams 1,415 7.1
Total formal votes 19,779 92.0
Informal votes 1,729 8.0
Turnout 21,508 94.7
Labor hold Swing

Hamilton
1953 New South Wales state election: Hamilton [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Campbell 10,884 64.2
Liberal John Milne 6,063 35.8
Total formal votes 16,947 98.1
Informal votes 327 1.9
Turnout 17,274 94.8
Labor hold Swing

Hartley
1953 New South Wales state election: Hartley [42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 9,815 57.2
Labor James Punch 5,443 31.7
Communist John King 1,901 11.1
Total formal votes 17,159 96.5
Informal votes 625 3.5
Turnout 17,784 95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 10,765 62.7
Labor James Punch 6,394 37.3
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor SwingN/A

Hawkesbury
1953 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bernie Deane 9,149 57.2
Labor John Egan 6,848 42.8
Total formal votes 15,997 98.2
Informal votes 293 1.8
Turnout 16,290 92.6
Liberal hold Swing

Hornsby
1953 New South Wales state election: Hornsby [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sydney Storey 12,744 60.5
Independent Leslie Matthews 6,868 32.6
Independent Victor Taylor 1,438 6.8
Total formal votes 21,050 97.8
Informal votes 465 2.2
Turnout 21,515 92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Sydney Storey 13,463 63.9
Independent Leslie Matthews 7,587 36.1
Liberal hold Swing

Hurstville
1953 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Evatt 13,187 58.6
Liberal Bill Arthur 9,317 41.4
Total formal votes 22,504 98.2
Informal votes 404 1.8
Turnout 22,908 95.1
Labor hold Swing

Illawarra
1953 New South Wales state election: Illawarra [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Fowles unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Kahibah
1953 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joshua Arthur 11,093 65.0
Liberal Inglis Alexander 6,061 35.3
Total formal votes 17,154 95.8
Informal votes 759 4.2
Turnout 17,913 96.0
Labor hold Swing

King
1953 New South Wales state election: King [48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Daniel Clyne 16,181 77.8
Liberal Roberta Galagher 4,628 22.2
Total formal votes 20,809 96.2
Informal votes 830 3.8
Turnout 21,639 89.1
Labor hold Swing

Kogarah
1953 New South Wales state election: Kogarah [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,486 55.7
Liberal Douglas Cross 9,927 44.3
Total formal votes 22,413 98.2
Informal votes 405 1.8
Turnout 22,818 94.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Kurri Kurri
1953 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri [50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Booth unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lake Macquarie
1953 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Simpson unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Lakemba
1953 New South Wales state election: Lakemba [52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,008 68.8
Liberal George Chambers 6,813 31.2
Total formal votes 21,821 98.4
Informal votes 357 1.6
Turnout 22,178 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Lane Cove
1953 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken McCaw 13,514 65.4
Labor Alan Bagot 7,153 34.6
Total formal votes 20,667 98.1
Informal votes 390 1.9
Turnout 21,057 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Leichhardt
1953 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Claude Matthews 16,915 74.5
Liberal William Cole 5,794 25.5
Total formal votes 22,709 97.3
Informal votes 633 2.7
Turnout 23,342 92.6
Labor hold Swing

Lismore
1953 New South Wales state election: Lismore [55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Easter 5,775 35.9
Labor Donald Watson 5,520 34.3
Country William Frith 4,786 29.8
Total formal votes 16,081 98.9
Informal votes 185 1.1
Turnout 16,266 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jack Easter 10,132 63.0
Labor Donald Watson 5,949 37.0
Country hold Swing

Liverpool
1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool [56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Mannix 15,184 72.5
Liberal Madge Lee 5,752 27.5
Total formal votes 20,936 97.5
Informal votes 535 2.5
Turnout 21,471 93.7
Labor hold Swing

Liverpool Plains
1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,560 59.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,583 28.3
Liberal James Reeves 2,071 12.8
Total formal votes 16,214 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 16,394 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,728 60.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 6,486 40.0
Labor hold Swing

Maitland
1953 New South Wales state election: Maitland [58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Howarth 8,520 53.8
Labor Leonard Neville 7,302 46.2
Total formal votes 15,822 98.6
Informal votes 216 1.4
Turnout 16,038 96.6
Liberal hold Swing

Manly
1953 New South Wales state election: Manly [59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Darby 12,583 62.6
Labor Malcolm Stuart-Robertson 7,512 37.4
Total formal votes 20,095 98.3
Informal votes 346 1.7
Turnout 20,441 92.9
Liberal hold Swing

Maroubra
1953 New South Wales state election: Maroubra [60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Marrickville
1953 New South Wales state election: Marrickville [61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Phillip Ryan 16,893 80.8
Independent William McCristal 4,018 19.2
Total formal votes 20,911 94.1
Informal votes 1,320 5.9
Turnout 22,231 94.1
Labor hold Swing

Monaro
1953 New South Wales state election: Monaro [62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Seiffert 9,002 64.7
Liberal Ernest Smith 4,912 35.3
Total formal votes 13,914 98.1
Informal votes 272 1.9
Turnout 14,186 94.3
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing
  • Seiffert had been allowed to re-join the Labor Party after being re-elected as an Independent Labor MP in 1950.

Mosman
1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman [63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Morton 16,951 75.6
Labor Edna Ryan 5,474 24.4
Total formal votes 22,425 97.8
Informal votes 503 2.2
Turnout 22,928 92.5
Liberal hold Swing

Mudgee
1953 New South Wales state election: Mudgee [64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Nott 8,817 53.0
Country Frederick Cooke 7,818 47.0
Total formal votes 16,635 98.4
Informal votes 262 1.6
Turnout 16,897 95.0
Labor gain from Country Swing

Murray
1953 New South Wales state election: Murray [65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joe Lawson 9,593 58.2
Labor Francis Holden 6,877 41.8
Total formal votes 16,470 98.6
Informal votes 239 1.4
Turnout 16,709 89.2
Country hold Swing

Murrumbidgee
1953 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Enticknap 10,388 62.3
Country Richard Cuthbert 6,296 37.7
Total formal votes 16,684 98.2
Informal votes 313 1.8
Turnout 16,997 92.6
Labor hold Swing

Nepean
1953 New South Wales state election: Nepean [67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joseph Jackson 9,097 52.5
Labor Alexander Liston 8,213 47.5
Total formal votes 17,310 98.1
Informal votes 335 1.9
Turnout 17,645 93.0
Liberal hold Swing

Neutral Bay
1953 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Newcastle
1953 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hawkins 14,970 92.6
Communist Douglas Olive 1,202 7.4
Total formal votes 16,172 94.9
Informal votes 866 5.1
Turnout 17,038 94.7
Labor hold Swing

North Sydney
1953 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Trevor Humphries 7,377 34.9
Labor Ray Maher 6,842 32.4
Independent Labor James Geraghty 6,718 31.8
Independent Norman Jacobs 187 0.9
Total formal votes 21,124 97.5
Informal votes 551 2.5
Turnout 21,675 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,837 56.0
Liberal Trevor Humphries 9,287 44.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

Orange
1953 New South Wales state election: Orange [71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Cutler 9,801 54.3
Labor Louie Cassey 8,248 45.7
Total formal votes 18,049 98.6
Informal votes 260 1.4
Turnout 18,309 95.6
Country hold Swing

Oxley
1953 New South Wales state election: Oxley [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Les Jordan 9,839 55.2
Labor William Kennewell 6,480 36.3
Independent Alan Borthwick 1,190 6.7
Independent Joseph Cordner 327 1.8
Total formal votes 17,836 98.5
Informal votes 273 1.5
Turnout 18,109 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 10,826 60.7
Labor William Kennewell 7,010 39.3
Country hold Swing

Paddington
1953 New South Wales state election: Paddington [73]
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

Parramatta
1953 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Moran 11,403 50.7
Liberal Arthur Butterell 10,746 47.8
Independent Edward Harding 333 1.5
Total formal votes 22,482 98.2
Informal votes 410 1.8
Turnout 22,892 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Moran 11,578 51.5
Liberal Arthur Butterell 10,904 48.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Phillip
1953 New South Wales state election: Phillip [75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Raleigh
1953 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clyde Reid 7,121 37.6
Country Radford Gamack 6,918 36.5
Independent Gordon Patterson 3,828 20.2
Country William Burns 1,092 5.8
Total formal votes 18,959 98.4
Informal votes 317 1.6
Turnout 19,276 96.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Radford Gamack 11,150 58.8
Labor Clyde Reid 7,809 41.2
Country hold Swing

Randwick
1953 New South Wales state election: Randwick [77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gollan 13,003 63.7
Liberal George Goodwin 7,399 36.3
Total formal votes 20,402 98.0
Informal votes 411 2.0
Turnout 20,813 93.3
Labor hold Swing

Redfern
1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern [78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,484 92.7
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,464 7.3
Total formal votes 19,948 93.9
Informal votes 1,295 6.1
Turnout 21,243 92.2
Labor hold Swing

Rockdale
1953 New South Wales state election: Rockdale [79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 14,041 60.5
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 9,165 39.5
Total formal votes 23,206 97.9
Informal votes 489 2.1
Turnout 23,695 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Ryde
1953 New South Wales state election: Ryde [80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Downing 12,121 54.5
Liberal Ken Anderson 10,114 45.5
Total formal votes 22,235 98.1
Informal votes 428 1.9
Turnout 22,663 95.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

South Coast
1953 New South Wales state election: South Coast [81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 9,874 60.8
Labor Alfred Berriman 6,376 39.2
Total formal votes 16,250 98.8
Informal votes 195 1.2
Turnout 16,445 93.9
Liberal hold Swing

Sturt
1953 New South Wales state election: Sturt [82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Wattison unopposed
Labor hold Swing

Sutherland
1953 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tom Dalton 11,382 53.3
Liberal Cecil Monro 9,957 46.7
Total formal votes 21,339 98.4
Informal votes 336 1.6
Turnout 21,675 93.9
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

Tamworth
1953 New South Wales state election: Tamworth [84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Chaffey 9,741 54.6
Labor William Scully 8,084 45.4
Total formal votes 17,825 99.0
Informal votes 179 1.0
Turnout 18,004 95.9
Country hold Swing

Temora
1953 New South Wales state election: Temora [85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Doug Dickson 9,524 61.2
Labor Hector Skidmore 6,028 38.8
Total formal votes 15,552 98.8
Informal votes 184 1.2
Turnout 15,736 94.1
Country hold Swing

Tenterfield
1953 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 8,585 60.1
Labor Frederick Cowley 5,688 39.9
Total formal votes 14,273 98.6
Informal votes 201 1.4
Turnout 14,474 93.8
Country hold Swing

Upper Hunter
1953 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter [87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country D'Arcy Rose 8,791 55.3
Labor George McGuirk 7,093 44.7
Total formal votes 15,884 99.1
Informal votes 144 0.9
Turnout 16,028 95.7
Country hold Swing

Vaucluse
1953 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse [88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Robson unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Wagga Wagga
1953 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga [89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Graham 10,292 64.2
Liberal Wal Fife 4,350 27.1
Country William Wright 1,279 8.0
Communist Leslie Kelton 107 0.7
Total formal votes 16,028 98.1
Informal votes 314 1.9
Turnout 16,342 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Eddie Graham 10,578 66.0
Liberal Wal Fife 5,450 34.0
Labor hold Swing

Waratah
1953 New South Wales state election: Waratah [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,187 67.9
Independent Alfred Hodge 5,760 32.1
Total formal votes 17,947 97.1
Informal votes 527 2.9
Turnout 18,474 95.9
Labor hold Swing

Waverley
1953 New South Wales state election: Waverley [91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 14,354 68.5
Liberal Ben Doig 6,604 31.5
Total formal votes 20,958 97.9
Informal votes 456 2.1
Turnout 21,414 91.1
Labor hold Swing

Willoughby
1953 New South Wales state election: Willoughby [92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Brain 14,524 64.6
Labor Joseph McNally 7,949 35.4
Total formal votes 22,473 98.4
Informal votes 356 1.6
Turnout 22,829 93.8
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly
1953 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Blake Pelly 9,747 56.9
Labor Albert Hughes 7,392 43.1
Total formal votes 17,139 98.6
Informal votes 248 1.4
Turnout 17,387 94.2
Liberal hold Swing

Wollongong-Kembla
1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla [94]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,073 54.9
Independent George Parker 6,722 40.6
Communist William Harkness 740 4.5
Total formal votes 16,535 96.9
Informal votes 524 3.1
Turnout 17,059 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 9,443 57.1
Independent George Parker 7,092 42.9
Labor hold Swing

Woollahra
1953 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [95]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Treatt 15,203 67.6
Labor Norman Jacobs 7,283 32.4
Total formal votes 22,486 97.6
Informal votes 546 2.4
Turnout 23,032 88.4
Liberal hold Swing

Young
1953 New South Wales state election: Young [96]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 10,802 57.2
Country Reg Hailstone 8,086 42.8
Total formal votes 18,888 99.1
Informal votes 161 0.9
Turnout 19,049 95.6

See also

Notes
  1. There were 1,692,231 enrolled voters in 81 contested electorates and 261,722 were enrolled in 13 uncontested electorates (9 Labor, 3 Liberal and 1 Country ).[1]

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