1922 New South Wales state election

April 2022 State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1922 June 2020 1922 New South Wales state election New South Wales parliamentary no 1920 New South Wales state election 1920 1925 New South Wales state election 1925 All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1922 03 25 152px James Dooley 5 October 1921 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Bathurst 38.48% 4.60 43 seats 36 seats 7 142px George Fuller 14 April 1920 Nationalist Party (Australia) Wollondilly 43.17% 13.25 28 seats 41 seats 13 1922 New South Wales state election.svg 400px Results of the election Premier James Dooley Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) George Fuller Nationalist/Progressive coalition The 1922 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 1922. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 26th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 25th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 17 February 1922 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier James Dooley.5B 20 April 2020https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/members/formermembers/pages/former-members-index.aspx Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006 New South Wales Parliament 4 December 2019 Key dates Date Event 17 February 1922 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 25 February 1922 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 25 March 1922 Polling day. 13 April 1922 Second Fuller ministry sworn in 19 April 1922 Writs returned. 26 April 1922 Opening of 25th Parliament. Results Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election {{Australian elections/Title row | table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; | title = 1922 New South Wales state election1922 election totals 1922 Totals 2 October 2019 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = New South Wales state election | back = 1920 | forward = 1925 | enrolled = 1,251,023 | total_votes = 875,464 | turnout % = 70.00 | turnout chg = +13.81 | informal = 31,771 | informal % = 3.63 | informal chg = −6.07 }} yes Nationalist 364,211 43.17 +13.25 41 +13 Labor NSW 324,677 38.48 −4.60 36 −7 yes Progressive (1920) 93,488 11.08 −4.04 9 −6 Independent Independent 31,880 3.78 −1.07 1 0 Democratic (1920) 14,354 1.70 −0.69 1 +1 Independent Labor 7,438 0.88 +0.88 0   Independent Ind. Coalitionist 5,727 0.68 +0.68 1 +1 Industrial Labor 1,674 0.20 +0.20 0   Soldier's Nationalist 244 0.03 +0.03 0   843,693 90 |} alt=|thumb|403x403px|Results of 1922Popular vote #ddd 495px 650px Nationalist Nationalist Party (Australia) 43.17 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 38.48 Progressive Progressive Party (1920) 11.05 Independent #888888 4.66 Democratic #4682BF 1.70 Ind. Coalitionist #888888 0.71 Others #DCDCDC 0.20 #ddd Parliamentary seats Nationalist Nationalist Party (Australia) 45.56 41 Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 40.00 36 Progressive Progressive Party (1920) 10.00 9 Independent #888888 2.22 2 Democratic #4682BF 1.11 2 Ind. Coalitionist #888888 1.11 1 Retiring members Candidates of the 1922 New South Wales state election Retiring Members yes Changing seats Seats changing hands Seat 1920 Swingswing Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections. 1922 Party Member ± ± Member Party Balmain   Labor NSW John Doyle -6.3 +12.6 +18.8 Robert Stopford Nationalist   Bathurst Valentine Johnston -6.4 +9.1 +11.7 Charles Rosenthal Byron Tom Swiney +3.0 +9.5 +21.9 William Missingham Progressive (1920)   Eastern Suburbs   Progressive (1920) James MacArthur-Onslow -5.6 +8.4 +11.1 Hyman Goldstein Nationalist     Labor NSW Daniel Dwyer -12.0 +11.5 +10.9 Cyril Fallon Democratic (1920)   Newcastle    Independent Arthur Gardiner -8.8 +17.0 +25.2 Walter Skelton Independent   North Shore    Independent Nationalist Alfred Reid +0.4 +5.5 +11.3 William Fell Ind. Coalitionist   Oxley   Progressive (1920) Richard Price -10.5 +11.5 +12.4 Theodore Hill Nationalist   Parramatta    Labor NSW Bill Ely -8.1 +11.6 +15.0 Thomas Morrow Sturt    Socialist Labor Percy Brookfield The member for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been elected under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party at the 1920 election for Sturt, however he formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article235730624 New labor organisation The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser New South Wales, Australia 5 February 1921 5 November 2019 4 Trove There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes at the 1920 election and thus he should be appointed.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28086807 Sturt vacancy The Sydney Morning Herald 22 April 1921 5 November 2019 9 Trove The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader and Premier John Storey nominated Jabez Wright who took his seat on 30 August 1921.1920 Sturt_1 1921 Sturt by-election 30 April 2019 :6 NA NA +0.7 Jabez Wright Labor NSW   Sydney   Labor NSW Michael Burke +1.0 +3.2 +7.3 Joseph Jackson Nationalist   Wammerawa Joseph Clark -9.0 +8.7 +8.3 Harold Thorby Progressive (1920)   Wollondilly John Cleary -9.2 +8.3 +7.3 Mark Morton Nationalist   Members changing party Seat 1920 ± 1922 Party Member % % Member Party Byron   Progressive (1920) Stephen Perdriau Stephen Perdriau Nationalist   Maitland Walter Bennett Walter Bennett Namoi Walter Wearne Walter Wearne Ryde   Independent Nationalist Edward Loxton Edward Loxton  Progressive (1920) Thomas Bavin Thomas Bavin St George  Thomas Ley Thomas Ley Wammerawa   Nationalist William Ashford William AshfordThe returning officer declared that William Ashford had been re-elected. The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee who declared that Joseph Clark had been elected instead.1922 Wammerawa re-count 1922 Wammerawa_2 2020-10-29 Independent   Western Suburbs   Progressive (1920) James Wilson James Wilson Nationalist   See also Candidates of the 1922 New South Wales state election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1922–1925 Notes References Category:Elections in New South Wales New South Wales state election Category:1920s in New South Wales New South Wales state election