New South Wales state election, 1913

New South Wales state election, 1913
New South Wales
6 December 1913 (1913-12-06)

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Holman Charles Wade
Party Labor Liberal Reform
Leader since 30 June 1913 2 October 1907
Leader's seat Cootamundra Gordon
Last election 46 seats 37 seats
Seats won 49 seats 38 seats
Seat change Increase3 Increase1
Percentage 46.63% 44.70
Swing Decrease2.29 Increase1.67

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

William Holman
Labor

Elected Premier

William Holman
Labor

The 1913 New South Wales state election was held on 6 December 1913. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 23rd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. The 22nd parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 6 November 1913 by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, on the advice of the Premier William Holman.

Key dates

Date Event
6 November 1913 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
15 November 1913 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
6 December 1913 Polling day.
23 December 1913 Opening of 23rd Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 6 December 1913
Legislative Assembly
<< 1910 1917 >>

Enrolled voters 1,037,999
Votes cast 668,601 Turnout 68.24 0.81
Informal votes 15,751 Informal 2.30 +0.50
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 311,747 46.63 −2.29 49 +3
  Liberal Reform 298,899 44.70 +1.67 38 +1
  Independent Liberal 16,324 2.44 −3.42 0 −6
  Independent 15,223 2.28 +1.58 1 0
  Country Party Association 10,472 1.57 +1.57 1 +1
  Independent Labor 9,225 1.38 +0.59 1 +1
  Other 6,711 1.01 +0.30 0 0
Total 668,601     90  

Note that the Liberal Reform vote includes 22 candidates jointly endorsed by the Liberal Party and the Farmers and Settlers Association.

References

See also

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.