1925 New South Wales state election

April 2022 State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1925 June 2020 1925 New South Wales state election New South Wales parliamentary no 1922 New South Wales state election 1922 1927 New South Wales state election 1927 All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority yes 1925 05 30 x200px Jack Lang 31 July 1923 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) Parramatta 46.19% 7.70 36 seats 46 seats 9 x200px George Fuller 14 April 1920 Nationalist/Progressive coalition Wollondilly 47.02% 7.23 50 seats 41 seats 9 1925 New South Wales state election.svg 400px Results of the election Premier George Fuller Nationalist/Progressive coalition Jack Lang Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. This was the last election to use STV to elect the NSW Assembly. The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller. It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalition.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 18 April 1925 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 27 April 1925 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 30 May 1925 Polling day. 17 June 1925 First Lang ministry sworn in 24 June 1925 Opening of 27th Parliament. Results Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election alt=|thumb|403x403px|Results of 1925 {{Australian elections/Title row | table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; | title = New South Wales state election, 30 May 19251925 election totals 1925 Totals 31 July 2019 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = New South Wales state election | back = 1922 | forward = 1927 | enrolled = 1,339,080 | total_votes = 924,979 | turnout % = 69.08 | turnout chg = −0.93 | informal = 30,155 | informal % = 3.26 | informal chg = −0.37 }} yes Labor NSW 413,275 46.19 +7.70 46 +9Wammerawa Wammerawa has been included as a second Labor NSW seat from the 1922 election. The returning officer declared that William Ashford (Independent) had been elected 3rd,1922 Wammerawa 1922 Wammerawa 2020-10-29 however the Elections and Qualifications Committee upheld a petition by Joseph Clark (Labor) and after re-counting the votes declared that Clark had been elected.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16015588 Wammerawa: Mr Ashford ousted, Mr Clark elected, committee's decision The Sydney Morning Herald 27 July 1922 2020-10-29 6 Trove1922 Wammerawa re-count 1922 Wammerawa_2 2020-10-29 Nationalist 339,306 37.92 −5.25 32 −9 Progressive (1920) 81,450 9.10 −1.98 9 ±0 Independent 23,454 2.62 −1.16 1 ±0 Protestant Labor 22,843 2.55 +2.55 1 +1 Independent Nationalist 6,965 0.78 +0.78 1 +1 Independent Labor 3,214 0.36 −0.52 0 ±0 Protestant Independent National 1,883 0.21 +0.21 0   Young Australia Party 1,407 0.16 +0.16 0   Communist 831 0.09 +0.09 0   Majority Labor 196 0.02 +0.02 0   894,824 90 |} Popular vote #ddd 495px 650px Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 47.85 Nationalist Nationalist Party (Australia) 36.26 Progressive Progressive Party (1920) 9.10 Independent #888888 3.11 Protestant Labor #CD7F32 2.55 Ind. Nationalist #888888 0.99 Others #DCDCDC 0.14 #ddd Parliamentary seats Labor Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) 51.11 46 Nationalist Nationalist Party (Australia) 35.56 32 Progressive Progressive Party (1920) 10.00 9 Independent #888888 1.11 1 Protestant Labor #CD7F32 1.11 1 Ind. Nationalist #888888 1.11 1 Retiring members Candidates of the 1925 New South Wales state election Retiring Members yes Changing seats Seats changing handsWammerawa Seat 1922 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. 1925 Party Member ± ± Member Party Balmain   Nationalist Robert Stopford -11.3 +13.3 +15.2 H. V. Evatt Labor NSW   Bathurst Charles Rosenthal -6.4 +9.1 +11.7 Gus Kelly Byron George Nesbitt -41.2 +14.8 +9.0 Robert Gillies Stephen Perdriau +26.4 +32.2 Frederick Stuart Progressive (1920)  Eastern Suburbs  Democratic (1920) Cyril Fallon +0.2 +5.1 +10.4 Septimus Alldis  Labor NSW   Goulburn   Progressive (1920) Thomas Rutledge  -18.0 +13.6 +9.2 Paddy Stokes Newcastle    Nationalist Magnus Cromarty -0.5 +12.9 +25.2 George Booth North Shore  Arthur Cocks  -14.2 +12.0 +9.7 Alick Kay Independent   Parramatta  Thomas Morrow -6.8 +6.3 +5.7 Bill Ely Labor NSW  St George William Bagnall  -5.6 +5.6 +5.6 Joseph Cahill Wollondilly Mark Morton -7.8 +8.2 +8.5 Andrew Lysaght  Members changing party Seat 1922 ± 1925 Party Member % % Member Party Newcastle    Independent Walter Skelton Walter Skelton Protestant Labor   See also Candidates of the 1925 New South Wales state election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1925–1927 Notes References Bede Nairn 1986 The 'Big Fella': Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 369 0-522-84406-5 34416531 Category:Elections in New South Wales New South Wales state election Category:1920s in New South Wales New South Wales state election