1950 New South Wales state election

April 2022 State election for New South Wales, Australia in June 1950 June 2020 1950 New South Wales state election New South Wales parliamentary no Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950 1947 New South Wales state election 1947 1953 New South Wales state election 1953 Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953 1,919,479 All 94 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly48 Assembly seats were needed for a majority 1,611,349 (92.75%)(1.86 pp) 17 June 1950 170x170px Jim McGirr 6 February 1947 Labor E13940 Liverpool(contested; won) 753,268 46.75% 0.8% 52 seats, 45.95% 46 6 170x170px Vernon Treatt 20 March 1946 Liberal 1C4F9C Woollahra 604,428 37.51% 7.91% 18 seats, 29.60% 29 11 170x170px Michael Bruxner 27 April 1932 Country 006644 Tenterfield 144,573 8.97% 1.25% 15 seats, 10.22% 17 2 1950 New South Wales state election.svg 400px Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate Premier Jim McGirr Labor Jim McGirr Labor The 1950 New South Wales state election was held on 17 June 1950. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1949 redistribution. The election was for all of the 94 seats in the Legislative Assembly, which was an increase of 4 seats since the previous election. At the time of the election, Labor had been in power for 9 years, Jim McGirr had been the Premier for 3 years and Labor had lost power federally to the Liberal Party of Robert Menzies 6 months earlier. The NSW Labor Government, under McGirr, was beginning to show signs of age. Severe divisions had appeared in the party at the beginning of 1950 when the state executive expelled 4 members of the Assembly James Geraghty (North Sydney), John Seiffert (Monaro), Roy Heferen (Barwon) and Fred Stanley (Lakemba) from the parliamentary party for breaking party solidarity during the 1949 indirect election of the Legislative Council. They had apparently voted for Bill McNamara who was 9th on the Labor ticket.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18109645 Abolition move unlikely The Sydney Morning Herald 2 April 1949 5 December 2020 3 Trove All four served out the remainder of their terms as independents and stood in the election as Independent Labor candidates. An attempt by the caucus to overturn the expulsions led to resentment among party branch members which was reflected in the pre-selection defeat of four members who were standing for re-election; Baden Powell, Bob Gorman, Mary Quirk and Kevin Dwyer.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18476362 Defeat of five members in pre-selection Sun Herald 12 March 1950 Trove 11 January 2009 Two members of Lang Labor: Chris Lang (Auburn) and Lilian Fowler (Newtown) were still in the Assembly and they both stood for re-election. In contrast, the Liberal Party, which had been founded by in 1945, continued to consolidate its position as the pre-eminent conservative party. It was led by Vernon Treatt and presented a solid front to the electorate. The Liberals had won three seats from Labor at by-elections for Concord, Coogee and Kogarah.By-elections 1947−1950 1947 ByElections 2021-12-09 The Country Party was led by Michael Bruxner and remained closely aligned to the Liberals. Key dates Date Event 22 May 1950 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. 22 May 1950 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 17 June 1950 Polling day. 30 June 1950 Third McGirr ministry sworn in. 19 July 1950 Last day for the writs to be returned and the results formally declared. 12 July 1950 Opening of 36th Parliament. Results Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election The result of the election was a hung parliament. The balance of power lay with the two re-elected Independent Labor members, James Geraghty and John Seiffert, who had been expelled from the party for disloyalty during the previous parliament. As Seiffert had not stood against an endorsed Labor candidate for Monaro, he was readmitted to the party and together with the support of Geraghty, McGirr and Labor were able to stay in power. Labor gained the two Lang Labor seats. Of the other two seats held by expelled members, Labor re-gained Lakemba while the Country Party won Barwon. Labor also lost Hawkesbury to the Liberal Party and Mudgee and Dubbo to the Country Party. The sitting Independent members for South Coast and Gloucester had joined the Liberal Party and the Country Party respectively prior to this election. During the parliament there were 4 by-elections with the result of a net gain to Labor of 1 seat (Ashfield). The near loss of the election weakened McGirr's position and he was replaced as premier by Joseph Cahill in April 1952. Treatt remained the Leader of the Opposition during the period of this parliament and Bruxner continued as the Leader of the Country Party, a position he had held since 1932. {{Australian elections/Title row | table style = float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em; | title = New South Wales state election, 17 June 1950 | house = Legislative Assembly | series = New South Wales state election | back = 1947 | forward = 1953 | enrolled = 1,919,479There were 1,768,801 enrolled voters in 86 contested electorates and 150,878 were enrolled in 8 uncontested electorates (5 Country, 2 Liberal and 1 Labor).1950 election totals 1950 Totals 9 August 2019 | total_votes = 1,611,349 | turnout % = 92.75 | turnout chg = −1,86 | informal = 28,964 | informal % = 1.77 | informal chg = −0.22 }} yes Labor NSW 753,268 46.75 +0.8 46 −6 Liberal NSW 604,428 37.51 +5.8 29 +10 Country NSW 144,573 8.97 −1.3 17 +2 Independent 37,229 2.31 −3.6 0 −2 Independent Labor 26,596 1.65 +0.8 2 +2 Lang Labor 19,683 1.22 −2.8 0 −2 Communist 13,589 0.84 −0.9 0 0 Independent Country 6,445 0.40 +0.40 0 0 Independent Liberal 5,538 0.34 −0.2 0 0 1,611,349 94 |} The final two party preferred result was Labor 51% to Coalition 49%.December 2018 Retiring members Candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election Retiring Members yes Seats changing party representation Seat 1947 1950 Party Member Member Party Annandale   Labor NSW Bob Gorman za Seat abolished Ashburnham   Labor NSW Edgar Dring za Seat abolished Auburn   Lang Labor Chris Lang politician Edgar Dring Labor NSW   Barwon  Labor NSW Roy HeferenRoy Heferen had been expelled from Labor as a result of voting against the party ticket in the 1949 election for the Legislative Council and contested the seat as an independent labor candidate. Geoff Crawford Country   Botany   Labor NSW Robert Heffron za Seat abolished Burrinjuck za New seatBurrinjuck was a new seat, largely replacing Yass, held by Labor (Bill Sheahan). Bill Sheahan politician Labor NSW   Collaroy zg New seatCollaroy was a notional Liberal seat created out of the districts of Hornsby and Manly, both of which were held by the Liberal party. Robert Askin Liberal NSW   ConcordConcord was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1949 caused by the death of Labor's Bill Carlton.   Labor NSW John Adamson New South Wales politician Liberal NSW   CoogeeCoogee was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1948 caused by the death of Labor's Lou Cunningham.   Labor NSW Kevin Ellis politician Liberal NSW   Corowa   Country NSW Ebenezer Kendell zc Seat abolished Darlinghurst za New seatNotional Lab New seat notionally Labor. Frank Finnan Labor NSW   Dubbo   Labor NSW Clarrie Robertson Robert Medcalf Country NSW   Earlwood zg New seatNotional Lib New seat notionally Liberal. Eric Willis Liberal NSW   Eastwood zg New seatNotional Lib Eric Hearnshaw Liberal NSW   Gloucester   Independent Ray Fitzgerald politician Country NSW   Gosford zg New seatNotional Lib Harold Jackson politician Liberal NSW   HawkesburyThe redistribution made Hawkesbury a notional Liberal seat.   Labor NSW Frank Finnan Bernie Deane Liberal NSW   Kahibah za New seatNotional Lab Joshua Arthur Labor NSW   KogarahKogarah was won by the Liberal Party at a by-election in 1948 caused by the death of Labor's William Currey.   Labor NSW Douglas Cross Liberal NSW   Lachlan   Country NSW Robert Medcalf zc Seat abolished Lake Macquarie za New seatNotional Lab Jim Simpson Australian politician Labor NSW   Liverpool za New seatNotional Lab Jim McGirr Labor NSW   Maroubra za New seatMaroubra was a new seat, largely replacing Botany, held by Labor (Bob Heffron). Bob Heffron Labor NSW   Monaro   Labor NSW John Seiffert Independent Labor NSW   Mudgee   Labor NSW Bill Dunn Australian politician Frederick Cooke Country NSW   Namoi   Labor NSW Raymond Hamilton politician za Seat abolished Newtown   Lang Labor Lilian Fowler zlg Seat abolished Newtown-Annandale za New seatNotional Lab Arthur Greenup Labor NSW   North Sydney   Labor NSW James Geraghty Australian politician Independent Labor NSW   South Coast   Independent Jack Beale Liberal NSW   Sutherland zz New seat Cecil Monro Liberal NSW   Yass   Labor NSW Bill Sheahan politician za Seat abolished See also Candidates of the 1950 New South Wales state election Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953 Notes References Category:Elections in New South Wales Category:1950 elections in Australia Category:1950s in New South Wales Category:June 1950 in Australia