Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 3 March 1956
Legislative Assembly
<< 1953–1959 >>

Enrolled voters 2,011,258[a]
Votes cast 1,722,628 Turnout 93.27 −0.59
Informal votes 28,805 Informal 1.67 −0.81
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 800,410 47.25 −8.05 50 −7
  Liberal 611,342 36.09 +8.15 27 +5
  Country 172,020 10.16 −1.44 15 +1
  Independent 53,019 3.13 +0.62 1 +1
  Communist 29,534 1.74 +0.36 0 −
  Independent Labor 14,950 1.88 −0.19 1 −
  Lang Labor 11,028 0.65 +0.17 0 −
  All others 1,502 0.09 +0.09 0 −
Total 1,693,823     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1956 New South Wales state election.[2]

Results by electoral district

Albury

1956 New South Wales state election: Albury [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Doug Padman 11,205 58.4 +6.6
Labor Robert White 7,988 41.6 −6.6
Total formal votes 19,193 99.1 +0.2
Informal votes 173 0.9 −0.2
Turnout 19,366 92.9 −1.0
Liberal hold Swing +6.6

Armidale

1956 New South Wales state election: Armidale [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Davis Hughes 9,107 52.3 +2.3
Labor Jim Cahill 8,312 47.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 17,419 98.8 +0.2
Informal votes 218 1.2 −0.2
Turnout 17,637 93.7 −1.4
Country gain from Labor Swing +2.3

Ashfield

1956 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Murden 12,134 60.3 +10.0
Labor James Brady 7,985 39.7 −10.0
Total formal votes 20,119 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 253 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 20,372 94.1 −0.6
Liberal hold Swing +10.0

Auburn

1956 New South Wales state election: Auburn [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Ryan 8,430 42.0 −20.0
Liberal John Steel 5,904 29.4 +29.4
Lang Labor Chris Lang 5,263 26.2 −11.8
Independent Edward Spensley 461 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 20,058 98.2 +2.1
Informal votes 365 1.8 −2.1
Turnout 20,423 94.3 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Ryan 13,177 65.7 +3.7
Liberal John Steel 6,881 34.3 +34.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Balmain

1956 New South Wales state election: Balmain [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McMahon 14,613 67.3 −11.8
Liberal Elton Lewis 5,643 26.0 +26.0
Communist Stanley Moran 1,461 6.7 +0.2
Total formal votes 21,717 98.3 +2.1
Informal votes 384 1.7 −2.1
Turnout 22,101 92.9 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John McMahon 15,928 75.3 −7.0
Liberal Elton Lewis 5,789 24.7 +24.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Bankstown

1956 New South Wales state election: Bankstown [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Spence Powell 14,268 59.4 −30.0
Liberal Reginald Allsop 8,767 36.5 +36.5
Communist Roy Boyd 981 4.1 −6.5
Total formal votes 24,016 98.2 +5.7
Informal votes 444 1.8 −5.7
Turnout 24,460 94.5 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Spence Powell 18,181 63.1 −26.3
Liberal Reginald Allsop 8,865 36.9 +36.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Barwon

1956 New South Wales state election: Barwon [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Geoff Crawford 8,733 59.0 +5.2
Labor Gerard McInerney 6,061 41.0 −5.2
Total formal votes 14,794 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 140 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 14,934 85.7 −7.3
Country hold Swing +5.2

Bathurst

1956 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gus Kelly 10,340 63.2 −36.8
Liberal Jack Toole 6,028 36.8 +36.8
Total formal votes 16,368 99.1
Informal votes 147 0.9
Turnout 16,515 95.5
Labor hold Swing N/A

Blacktown

1956 New South Wales state election: Blacktown [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 15,188 55.5 −5.7
Liberal Graham Cullis 12,189 44.5 +8.9
Total formal votes 27,377 98.4 +0.4
Informal votes 451 1.6 −0.4
Turnout 27,828 93.7 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Bondi

1956 New South Wales state election: Bondi [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Abe Landa 11,263 54.6 −5.0
Liberal Daniel Sutherland 9,360 45.4 +5.0
Total formal votes 20,623 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 353 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 20,976 92.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −5.0

Bulli

1956 New South Wales state election: Bulli [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rex Jackson 11,812 60.8 −27.1
Liberal Donald Heggie 6,508 33.5 +33.5
Communist Bill McDougall 1,101 5.7 −6.4
Total formal votes 19,421 98.8 +4.8
Informal votes 227 1.2 −4.8
Turnout 19,648 93.7 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 12,803 65.9 −22.0
Liberal Donald Heggie 6,618 34.1 +34.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Burrinjuck

1956 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Sheahan 10,124 55.0 −4.5
Country Allan Johnson 8,278 45.0 +13.0
Total formal votes 18,402 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 153 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 18,555 95.6 0.0
Labor hold Swing +1.2

Burwood

1956 New South Wales state election: Burwood [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Leslie Parr unopposed
Liberal hold  

Byron

1956 New South Wales state election: Byron [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Stanley Stephens 11,394 70.3 −29.7
Independent Archibald Johnston 4,805 29.7 +29.7
Total formal votes 16,199 98.8
Informal votes 198 1.2
Turnout 16,397 92.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Canterbury

1956 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Tonge 12,032 59.4 −7.1
Liberal Cecil Ford 8,241 40.6 +11.5
Total formal votes 20,273 98.7 +0.6
Informal votes 275 1.3 −0.6
Turnout 20,548 94.0 0.0
Labor hold Swing −10.7

Casino

1956 New South Wales state election: Casino [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ian Robinson unopposed
Country hold  

Castlereagh

1956 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Renshaw 9,388 58.7 −4.1
Country Norman Brown 6,599 41.3 +4.1
Total formal votes 15,987 99.2 +0.5
Informal votes 134 0.8 −0.5
Turnout 16,121 84.8 −6.0
Labor hold Swing −4.1

Cessnock

1956 New South Wales state election: Cessnock [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Crook 13,374 69.5 −16.1
Liberal Harold Hawkes 3,760 19.5 +19.5
Communist David Stevenson 2,121 11.0 −3.4
Total formal votes 19,255 98.5 +3.4
Informal votes 295 1.5 −3.4
Turnout 19,550 96.5 +1.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Crook 15,283 79.4 −6.2
Liberal Harold Hawkes 3,972 20.6 +20.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

Clarence

1956 New South Wales state election: Clarence [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Weiley 11,202 64.7 −1.7
Country Garth Munro 6,124 35.3 +35.3
Total formal votes 17,326 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 313 1.8 −0.3
Turnout 17,639 93.5 −1.7
Country hold Swing N/A

Cobar

1956 New South Wales state election: Cobar [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold  

Collaroy

1956 New South Wales state election: Collaroy [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Askin 18,038 70.1 +6.8
Independent Gordon Jones 6,334 24.6 +24.6
Communist Elfrida Morcom 1,345 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 25,717 97.9 −0.1
Informal votes 557 2.1 +0.1
Turnout 26,274 93.5 +1.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Askin 18,374 71.4 +8.1
Independent Gordon Jones 7,343 28.6 +28.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Concord

1956 New South Wales state election: Concord [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,231 49.2 +3.9
Labor Thomas Murphy 9,833 47.2 −7.5
Communist Leslie Greenfield 749 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 20,813 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 375 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 21,188 94.1 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,450 50.2 −4.5
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,363 49.8 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

Coogee

1956 New South Wales state election: Coogee [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,072 51.1 +4.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,250 47.0 −6.2
Independent Tasman Crocker 375 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 19,697 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 334 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 20,031 92.6 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Kevin Ellis 10,260 52.1 +5.3
Labor Lou Walsh 9,437 47.9 −5.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.3

Cook's River

1956 New South Wales state election: Cook's River [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill 13,591 65.2 −34.8
Independent William Kendrick 4,135 19.8 +19.8
Liberal James Skehan 2,302 11.0 +11.0
Communist Edward Rowe 830 4.0 +4.0
Total formal votes 20,858 97.6
Informal votes 516 2.4
Turnout 21,374 94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Joseph Cahill 14,751 70.7 −29.3
Independent William Kendrick 6,107 29.3 +29.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Croydon

1956 New South Wales state election: Croydon [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 11,545 61.6 +6.7
Labor Frank Zions 7,185 38.4 −6.7
Total formal votes 18,730 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 234 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 18,964 93.0 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.7

Drummoyne

1956 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Walter Lawrence 10,881 51.3 +3.4
Labor Roy Jackson 10,316 48.7 −3.4
Total formal votes 21,197 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 360 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 21,557 95.0 0.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.4

Dubbo

1956 New South Wales state election: Dubbo [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Robertson 8,241 46.8 −5.2
Country Keith Sullivan 4,887 27.8 −20.2
Liberal Neville Magin 4,472 25.4 +25.4
Total formal votes 17,600 98.9 +0.7
Informal votes 200 1.1 −0.7
Turnout 17,800 93.2 −1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Robertson 9,018 51.2 −0.8
Country Keith Sullivan 8,582 48.8 +0.8
Labor hold Swing −0.8

Dulwich Hill

1956 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,507 52.7 −9.7
Liberal Lionel Corner 9,436 47.3 +9.7
Total formal votes 19,943 98.4 +0.5
Informal votes 326 1.6 −0.5
Turnout 20,269 92.3 −1.3
Labor hold Swing −9.7

Earlwood

1956 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Willis 14,561 58.0 +7.7
Labor David Connors 10,525 42.0 −7.7
Total formal votes 25,086 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 310 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 25,396 95.4 −0.1
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

East Hills

1956 New South Wales state election: East Hills [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joe Kelly 16,897 56.0 −13.9
Liberal Harold Stalker 10,515 34.9 +4.8
Independent Douglas Marshall 2,740 9.1 +9.1
Total formal votes 30,152 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 656 2.1 0.0
Turnout 30,808 93.8 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Joe Kelly 18,267 60.6 −9.3
Liberal Harold Stalker 11,885 39.4 +9.3
Labor hold Swing −9.3

Eastwood

1956 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Hearnshaw unopposed
Liberal hold  

Fairfield

1956 New South Wales state election: Fairfield [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 16,258 62.9 −28.4
Liberal Guy Holmes 8,541 33.0 +33.0
Communist Edwin Lipscombe 1,057 4.1 −4.6
Total formal votes 25,856 98.3 +8.0
Informal votes 456 1.7 −8.0
Turnout 26,312 93.3 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Earl 17,209 66.6 −24.7
Liberal Guy Holmes 8,647 33.4 +33.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Georges River

1956 New South Wales state election: Georges River [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,852 52.4 +11.0
Labor Frank O'Neill 10,765 43.9 −14.7
Communist Paul Mortier 907 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 24,524 98.5 +0.5
Informal votes 365 1.5 −0.5
Turnout 24,889 94.7 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,943 52.8 +11.4
Labor Frank O'Neill 11,581 47.2 −11.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.4

Gloucester

1956 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 10,307 65.4 +2.4
Labor Thomas Breen 5,440 34.6 −2.4
Total formal votes 15,747 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 206 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 15,953 92.0 −2.8
Country hold Swing +2.4

Gordon

1956 New South Wales state election: Gordon [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Fraser unopposed
Liberal hold  

Gosford

1956 New South Wales state election: Gosford [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Harold Jackson 11,096 56.8 +2.8
Labor Rupert Wallace 7,164 36.7 −9.3
Communist Alan Brackenreg 626 3.2 +3.2
Independent Roy Jackson 463 2.4 +2.4
Independent Leslie Moffat 174 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 19,523 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 356 1.8 −0.2
Turnout 19,879 93.4 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Harold Jackson 11,478 58.7 +4.7
Labor Rupert Wallace 8,045 41.3 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Goulburn

1956 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Tully 8,666 52.9 −9.7
Liberal Ray Bladwell 7,724 47.1 +9.7
Total formal votes 16,390 99.4 +1.2
Informal votes 97 0.6 −1.2
Turnout 16,487 95.2 −0.7
Labor hold Swing −9.7

Granville

1956 New South Wales state election: Granville [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Lamb 14,613 67.1 −25.8
Liberal Robert Mutton 6,314 29.0 +29.0
Communist Rupert Lockwood 865 4.0 −3.1
Total formal votes 21,792 98.0 +6.0
Informal votes 440 2.0 −6.0
Turnout 22,232 94.3 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Lamb 15,391 70.6 −22.3
Liberal Robert Mutton 6,401 29.4 +29.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Hamilton

1956 New South Wales state election: Hamilton [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Campbell 9,157 55.7 −8.5
Liberal Horace Smith 7,281 44.3 +8.5
Total formal votes 16,438 99.0 +0.9
Informal votes 157 1.0 −0.9
Turnout 16,595 94.8 0.0
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Hartley

1956 New South Wales state election: Hartley [42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Robson 7,595 44.7 +13.0
Independent Labor William Black 7,539 44.3 −12.9
Communist John King 825 4.9 −6.2
Independent Neville Weekes 545 3.2 +3.2
Independent Leslie Cant 498 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 17,002 96.0 −0.5
Informal votes 709 4.0 +0.5
Turnout 17,711 95.4 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jim Robson 8,567 50.4 +14.0
Independent Labor William Black 8,435 49.6 −14.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +14.0

The sitting member for Hartley, Jim Chalmers (Independent Labor), unsuccessfully contested Nepean.

Hawkesbury

1956 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bernie Deane 11,013 64.3 +7.1
Labor John Grinham 6,113 35.7 −7.1
Total formal votes 17,126 98.3 +0.1
Informal votes 298 1.7 −0.1
Turnout 17,424 91.4 −1.2
Liberal hold Swing +7.1

Hornsby

1956 New South Wales state election: Hornsby [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sydney Storey 16,665 69.1 +8.6
Labor Francis O'Connell 7,447 30.9 +30.9
Total formal votes 24,112 98.4 +0.6
Informal votes 402 1.6 −0.6
Turnout 24,514 93.1 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Hurstville

1956 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clive Evatt 11,459 51.4 −7.2
Liberal Hedley Mallard 9,982 44.8 +3.4
Independent Edward Merryfull 835 3.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 22,276 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 300 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 22,576 94.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Evatt 11,876 53.3 −5.3
Liberal Hedley Mallard 10,400 46.7 +5.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3

Illawarra

1956 New South Wales state election: Illawarra [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Howard Fowles 10,809 59.9 −40.1
Liberal Adrian O'Donnell 6,180 34.2 +34.2
Communist David Bowen 1,070 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 18,059 98.4
Informal votes 299 1.6
Turnout 18,358 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Howard Fowles 11,772 65.2 −34.8
Liberal Adrian O'Donnell 6,287 34.8 +34.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Kahibah

1956 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert McCartney 7,238 39.0 −25.7
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 6,195 33.4 +33.4
Liberal Joseph Richley 5,129 27.6 −7.7
Total formal votes 18,562 98.9 +3.1
Informal votes 213 1.1 −3.1
Turnout 18,775 95.9 −0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 10,618 57.2 +57.2
Labor Robert McCartney 7,944 42.8 −21.9
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A

Joshua Arthur (Labor) resigned as a result of the Royal Commission concerning his relationship with Reginald Doyle. Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) won the resulting by-election.[48]

King

1956 New South Wales state election: King [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Albert Sloss 10,700 56.6 −21.2
Liberal Roberta Galagher 4,456 23.6 +1.4
Lang Labor Michael Callinan 2,568 13.6 +13.6
Communist Ron Maxwell 1,179 6.2 +6.2
Total formal votes 18,903 96.5 +0.3
Informal votes 690 3.5 −0.3
Turnout 19,593 90.0 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Albert Sloss 13,610 72.0 −5.8
Liberal Roberta Galagher 5,293 28.0 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

Kogarah

1956 New South Wales state election: Kogarah [50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Crabtree 12,467 55.0 −0.7
Liberal Horace Harper 10,195 45.0 +0.7
Total formal votes 22,662 98.8 +0.6
Informal votes 276 1.2 −0.6
Turnout 22,938 94.1 −0.5
Labor hold Swing −0.7

Kurri Kurri

1956 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Booth 15,610 84.4
Liberal Stanley Mettam 2,897 15.6
Total formal votes 18,507 98.5
Informal votes 285 1.5
Turnout 18,792 95.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Lake Macquarie

1956 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie [52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Simpson 14,321 69.2 −30.8
Liberal Edward Farrell 4,756 23.0 +23.0
Communist William Quinn 1,619 7.8 +7.8
Total formal votes 20,696 98.5
Informal votes 311 1.5
Turnout 21,007 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Simpson 15,382 74.8 −25.2
Liberal Edward Farrell 5,314 25.2 +25.2
Labor hold Swing N/A

Lakemba

1956 New South Wales state election: Lakemba [53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stan Wyatt 13,874 60.2 −8.6
Liberal John Whelan 7,818 33.9 +2.7
Communist James Staples 1,365 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 23,057 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 416 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 23,473 94.8 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,102 65.5 −3.3
Liberal John Whelan 7,955 34.5 +3.3
Labor hold Swing −3.3

Lane Cove

1956 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ken McCaw 16,066 74.1 +8.7
Labor Geoffrey O'Donnell 5,605 25.9 −8.7
Total formal votes 21,671 98.6 +0.5
Informal votes 316 1.4 −0.5
Turnout 21,987 93.1 +0.1
Liberal hold Swing +8.7

Leichhardt

1956 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Reg Coady 14,145 68.9 −5.6
Liberal Barney Morton 6,386 31.1 +5.6
Total formal votes 20,531 97.8 +0.5
Informal votes 462 2.2 −0.5
Turnout 20,993 91.7 −0.9
Labor hold Swing −5.6

Lismore

1956 New South Wales state election: Lismore [56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Jack Easter 9,914 61.4 +25.5
Labor Archibald McEwan 4,039 25.0 −9.3
Independent Constance Wilson 2,190 13.6 +13.6
Total formal votes 16,143 99.3 +0.4
Informal votes 109 0.7 −0.4
Turnout 16,252 92.4 −2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jack Easter 11,009 68.2 +5.2
Labor Archibald McEwan 5,134 31.8 −5.2
Country hold Swing +5.2

Liverpool

1956 New South Wales state election: Liverpool [57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Mannix unopposed
Labor hold  

Liverpool Plains

1956 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,109 54.7 −4.3
Country Geoffrey Thomas 4,868 29.2 +0.9
Liberal Henry Gregson 2,609 15.7 +2.9
Independent John Pender 72 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 16,658 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 139 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 16,797 94.0 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,406 56.5 −3.5
Country Geoffrey Thomas 7,252 43.5 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

Maitland

1956 New South Wales state election: Maitland [59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Milton Morris 7,195 45.9 −7.9
Labor Cecil Robinson 6,580 42.0 −4.2
Independent Leonard Neville 918 5.9 +5.9
Independent Edward Fletcher 715 4.6 +4.6
Independent Henry Ivins 267 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 15,675 98.2 −0.4
Informal votes 289 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 15,964 95.8 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Milton Morris 8,778 56.0 +2.1
Labor Cecil Robinson 6,897 44.0 −2.1
Liberal hold Swing +2.1

Manly

1956 New South Wales state election: Manly [60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Darby 13,646 67.9 +5.3
Labor John Wilson 6,462 32.1 −5.3
Total formal votes 20,108 97.1 −1.2
Informal votes 589 2.9 +1.2
Turnout 20,697 94.4 +1.5
Liberal hold Swing +5.3

Maroubra

1956 New South Wales state election: Maroubra [61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Heffron 14,820 64.9 −35.1
Liberal Wallace Peacock 8,018 35.1 +35.1
Total formal votes 22,838 98.4
Informal votes 376 1.6
Turnout 23,214 93.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Marrickville

1956 New South Wales state election: Marrickville [62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Norm Ryan 12,093 61.4 −19.4
Liberal Ian Chisholm 6,352 32.2 +32.2
Communist Adam Ogston 652 3.3 +3.3
Republican William McCristal 602 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 19,699 97.7 +3.6
Informal votes 472 2.3 −3.6
Turnout 20,171 93.6 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Norm Ryan 12,981 65.9 −14.9
Liberal Ian Chisholm 6,718 34.1 +34.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

Monaro

1956 New South Wales state election: Monaro [63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Seiffert 8,709 58.4 −6.3
Liberal Ernest Smith 5,604 37.5 +2.2
Country Frederick Von Nida 613 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 14,926 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 161 1.1 −0.8
Turnout 15,087 93.0 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Seiffert 8,770 58.7 −6.0
Liberal Ernest Smith 8,156 41.3 +6.0
Labor hold Swing −6.0

Mosman

1956 New South Wales state election: Mosman [64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pat Morton 18,396 78.7 +3.1
Labor Malcolm Stuart−Robertson 4,968 21.3 −3.1
Total formal votes 23,364 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 391 1.7 −0.5
Turnout 23,755 93.3 +0.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.1

Mudgee

1956 New South Wales state election: Mudgee [65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Leo Nott 8,220 50.7 −2.3
Liberal Eric Hennessy 4,650 28.7 +28.7
Country Kenneth Masters 3,343 20.6 −26.4
Total formal votes 16,213 99.0 +0.6
Informal votes 160 1.0 −0.6
Turnout 16,373 94.2 −0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 8,554 52.8 −0.2
Liberal Eric Hennessy 7,659 47.2 +0.2
Labor hold Swing −0.2

Murray

1956 New South Wales state election: Murray [66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Joe Lawson 12,106 70.1 +11.9
Labor Willie Peters 5,164 29.9 −11.9
Total formal votes 17,270 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 122 0.7 −0.7
Turnout 17,392 86.8 −2.4
Country hold Swing +11.9

Murrumbidgee

1956 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee [67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Enticknap 9,644 55.5 −6.8
Country Michael Cudmore 7,721 44.5 +6.8
Total formal votes 17,365 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 223 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 17,588 89.1 −3.5
Labor hold Swing −6.8

Nepean

1956 New South Wales state election: Nepean [68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,335 54.0 +1.5
Labor Alfred Bennett 6,946 36.3 −11.2
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 1,216 6.4 +6.4
Communist Mel McCalman 635 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 19,132 98.1 0.0
Informal votes 379 1.9 0.0
Turnout 19,511 93.9 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bill Chapman 10,641 55.6 +3.0
Labor Alfred Bennett 8,491 44.4 −3.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

Neutral Bay

1956 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ivan Black 15,585 74.9 −25.1
Labor Donald Gray 5,228 25.1 +25.1
Total formal votes 20,813 98.4
Informal votes 330 1.6
Turnout 21,143 91.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Newcastle

1956 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hawkins 10,358 66.5 −26.1
Liberal Iris Hyde 4,410 28.3 +28.3
Communist Mervyn Copley 819 5.2 −2.2
Total formal votes 15,587 98.5 +3.6
Informal votes 239 1.5 −3.6
Turnout 15,826 93.8 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 11,095 71.2 −21.4
Liberal Iris Hyde 4,492 28.8 +28.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

North Sydney

1956 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ray Maher 9,827 48.6 +16.2
Liberal Peter Murphy 9,771 48.3 +13.4
Communist Bill Wood 637 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 20,235 98.5 +1.0
Informal votes 302 1.5 −1.0
Turnout 20,537 93.2 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 10,281 50.8 −5.2
Liberal Peter Murphy 9,954 49.2 +5.2
Labor hold Swing −5.2

Orange

1956 New South Wales state election: Orange [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Charles Cutler 10,863 59.7 +5.4
Labor Louie Cassey 7,137 39.2 −6.5
Communist Cecil Connors 194 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 18,194 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 166 0.9 −0.5
Turnout 18,360 95.4 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Charles Cutler 10,882 59.8 +5.5
Labor Louie Cassey 7,312 40.2 −5.5
Country hold Swing +5.5

Oxley

1956 New South Wales state election: Oxley [73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Les Jordan 10,695 58.6 +3.4
Labor William Kennewell 6,769 37.1 +0.8
Independent Joe Cordner 780 4.3 +2.5
Total formal votes 18,244 99.1 +0.6
Informal votes 174 0.9 −0.6
Turnout 18,418 93.1 −3.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Les Jordan 11,085 60.8 +0.1
Labor William Kennewell 7,159 39.2 −0.1
Country hold Swing +0.1

Paddington

1956 New South Wales state election: Paddington [74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 12,570 66.4 −20.6
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,339 22.9 +22.9
Communist Bill Brown 2,035 10.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 18,944 97.1 +4.4
Informal votes 573 2.9 −4.4
Turnout 19,517 91.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice O'Sullivan 14,401 76.0 −11.0
Liberal Rodney Craigie 4,543 24.0 +24.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Parramatta

1956 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jim Clough 13,423 52.1 +4.3
Labor Kevin Morgan 12,344 47.9 −2.8
Total formal votes 25,767 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 381 1.5 −0.3
Turnout 26,148 94.1 −0.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +3.6

Phillip

1956 New South Wales state election: Phillip [76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pat Hills 14,287 75.6 −24.4
Lang Labor Francis Mohan 3,197 16.9 +16.9
Communist Robert Webster 1,407 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 18,791 95.8
Informal votes 832 4.2
Turnout 19,723 92.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 15,342 81.2 −18.8
Lang Labor Francis Mohan 3,549 18.8 +18.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

Raleigh

1956 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Radford Gamack unopposed
Country hold  

Randwick

1956 New South Wales state election: Randwick [78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Gollan 10,281 52.6 −11.1
Liberal Charles De Monchaux 8,777 44.9 +8.6
Communist Kenneth O'Hara 498 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 19,556 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 411 2.0 −0.3
Turnout 19,903 93.2 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Gollan 10,729 54.9 −8.8
Liberal Charles De Monchaux 8,827 45.1 +8.8
Labor hold Swing −8.8

Redfern

1956 New South Wales state election: Redfern [79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 16,584 90.4 −2.3
Communist Arthur Shipton 1,754 9.6 +2.3
Total formal votes 18,338 93.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,265 6.5 +0.4
Turnout 19,603 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −2.3

Rockdale

1956 New South Wales state election: Rockdale [80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 11,469 51.3 −9.2
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 10,890 48.7 +9.2
Total formal votes 22,359 98.3 +0.8
Informal votes 387 1.7 −0.8
Turnout 22,746 94.1 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −9.2

Ryde

1956 New South Wales state election: Ryde [81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Downing 12,001 50.1 −4.4
Liberal Francis Collings 11,959 49.9 +4.4
Total formal votes 23,960 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 436 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 24,396 94.6 −0.6
Labor hold Swing −4.4

South Coast

1956 New South Wales state election: South Coast [82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 11,795 68.5 +7.7
Labor Allan Beaton 5,416 31.5 −7.7
Total formal votes 17,211 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 132 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 17,343 94.1 +0.2
Liberal hold Swing +7.7

Sturt

1956 New South Wales state election: Sturt [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Wattison 10,107 70.0 −30.0
Independent John Fox 2,858 19.8 +19.8
Communist William Flynn 1,468 10.2 +10.2
Total formal votes 14,433 98.0
Informal votes 287 2.0
Turnout 14,720 87.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor William Wattison 10,841 75.1 −24.9
Independent John Fox 3,592 24.9 +24.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sutherland

1956 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ian Griffith 14,812 52.5 +5.8
Labor Tom Dalton 13,388 47.5 −5.8
Total formal votes 28,200 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 377 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 28,577 94.6 +0.7
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.8

Tamworth

1956 New South Wales state election: Tamworth [85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Chaffey 11,203 61.8 +7.2
Labor Arthur Foran 6,921 38.2 −7.2
Total formal votes 18,124 99.1 +0.1
Informal votes 163 0.9 −0.1
Turnout 18,287 92.8 −3.1
Country hold Swing +7.2

Temora

1956 New South Wales state election: Temora [86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Doug Dickson 10,039 64.4 +3.2
Labor Hector Skidmore 5,549 35.6 −3.2
Total formal votes 15,588 99.0 +0.2
Informal votes 152 1.0 −0.2
Turnout 15,740 91.9 −2.2
Country hold Swing +3.2

Tenterfield

1956 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner unopposed
Country hold  

Upper Hunter

1956 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter [88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country D'Arcy Rose 9,166 57.0 +1.7
Labor Albert Khan 6,907 43.0 −1.7
Total formal votes 16,073 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 99 0.6 −0.3
Turnout 16,172 94.6 −1.1
Country hold Swing +1.7

Vaucluse

1956 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse [89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Robson 14,865 71.4 −28.6
Independent Alfred Elboz 5,950 28.6 +28.6
Total formal votes 20,815 97.3
Informal votes 575 2.7
Turnout 21,390 90.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wagga Wagga

1956 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Eddie Graham 10,250 60.3 −3.9
Liberal Wal Fife 6,743 39.7 +3.9
Total formal votes 16,993 99.2 +1.1
Informal votes 144 0.8 −1.1
Turnout 17,137 93.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −5.7

Waratah

1956 New South Wales state election: Waratah [91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frank Purdue 8,829 48.8 +48.8
Labor Harry Sheedy 6,608 36.6 −31.3
Independent Harry Edwards 2,201 12.2 +12.2
Communist Thomas Graham 434 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 18,072 98.7 +1.6
Informal votes 235 1.3 −1.6
Turnout 18,307 95.7 −0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frank Purdue 10,129 56.0 +56.0
Labor Harry Sheedy 7,943 44.0 −23.9
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

Waverley

1956 New South Wales state election: Waverley [92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ferguson 11,373 58.6 −9.9
Liberal John Steinwede 7,145 36.8 +5.3
Communist Eddie Maher 900 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 19,418 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 425 2.1 0.0
Turnout 19,843 90.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ferguson 12,183 62.7 −5.8
Liberal John Steinwede 7,235 37.3 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

Willoughby

1956 New South Wales state election: Willoughby [93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Brain 15,682 72.0 +7.4
Labor Anthony Coates 6,086 28.0 −7.4
Total formal votes 21,768 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 271 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 22,039 92.9 −0.9
Liberal hold Swing +7.4

Wollondilly

1956 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [94]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Blake Pelly 11,675 65.2 +8.3
Labor Ernest Seager 6,220 34.8 −8.3
Total formal votes 17,895 98.9 +0.3
Informal votes 204 1.1 −0.3
Turnout 18,099 94.6 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing +8.3

Wollongong−Kembla

1956 New South Wales state election: Wollongong−Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Rex Connor 9,636 55.2 +0.3
Liberal Robert Albert 6,027 34.5 +34.5
Independent George Parker 1,785 10.2 −30.4
Total formal votes 17,448 98.3 +1.4
Informal votes 293 1.7 −1.4
Turnout 17,741 93.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Connor 10,528 60.3 +4.3
Liberal Robert Albert 6,920 39.7 +39.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

Woollahra

1956 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [95]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Vernon Treatt 14,592 70.8 +3.2
Independent George Mason 6,007 29.2 +29.2
Total formal votes 20,599 95.3 −2.3
Informal votes 1,010 4.7 +2.3
Turnout 21,609 87.7 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Young

1956 New South Wales state election: Young [96]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 9,371 49.0 −8.2
Liberal Raymond Oliver 4,904 25.6 +25.6
Country George Freudenstein 4,858 25.4 −17.4
Total formal votes 19,133 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 151 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 19,284 95.1 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 9,746 50.9 −6.3
Liberal Raymond Oliver 9,387 49.1 +6.3
Labor hold Swing −6.3

See also

Notes

  1. ^ There were 1,846,859 enrolled voters in 86 contested electorates and 164,399 were enrolled in 8 uncontested electorates (2 Labor, 3 Liberal and 3 Country ).[1]

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