1913 New South Wales state election

State election for New South Wales, Australia in December 1913

1913 New South Wales state election

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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party

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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  | 3  | 1
Percentage  | 46.63%  | 44.70
Swing  | 2.29  | 1.67

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Legislative Assembly after the election

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| Premier before election

William Holman
Labor

| Elected Premier

William Holman
Labor

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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.[1][2][3]

There was a redistribution in 1912 as a result of the removal of the Australian Capital Territory from the state New South Wales and population growth in the Sydney metropolitan area. Labor won 7 of the 12 second round ballots.[4]

## Key dates

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Date | Event

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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

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See also: Results of the New South Wales state election, 1913

New South Wales state election, 6 December 1913 [1]
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 | 219,525  | 32.83  | +10.2  | 28  | -9
| Farmers and Settlers [a] | 79,374  | 11.87  | +11.16  | 10  | +10
| 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
| Others  | 6,711  | 1.01  | +1.01  | 0  | \-
Total  | 668,601  |  |  | 90  |

| Popular vote

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Labor |

| 46.63%
Liberal Reform |

| 32.83%
Farmers |

| 11.87%
Ind. Liberal |

| 2.44%
Independent |

| 2.28%
Country |

| 1.57%
Ind. Labor |

| 1.38%
Others |

| 1.01%
Parliamentary seats
Labor |

| 49
Liberal Reform |

| 28
Farmers |

| 10
Ind. Liberal |

| 0
Independent |

| 1
Country |

| 1
Ind. Labor |

| 1

## Changing seats

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Seats changing hands

Seat  | 1910 | Swing [b] | 1913
Party  | Member  | Note  | Margin [c] | Margin [c] | Member  | Party
Albury |  | Independent Liberal | Gordon McLaurin | Defeated  | 11.0  | 2.2 | 15.4  | John Cusack [d] | Labor |
Annandale |  | Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | Defeated  | 2.4  | 3.4 | 9.2  | Arthur Griffith [e]
Ashburnham |  | Labor | John Lynch | Defeated  | 6.9  | -3.2 | 0.6  | Arthur Grimm  | Farmers and Settlers |
Bathurst |  | Liberal Reform | John Miller | Defeated as Farmers and Settlers | 6.0  | -2.8 | 0.4  | Ernest Durack | Labor |
Belubula | Thomas Waddell | District abolished. Won Lyndhurst as Farmers and Settlers
Blayney |  | Labor | George Beeby | District abolished. Defeated for Waverley as National Progressive
Bondi | New district  | NA | 31.4  | James Macarthur-Onslow [f] | Liberal Reform |
Botany |  | Labor | Fred Page | Changed party  | 28.0  | NA | 20.4  | Fred Page | Independent Labor |
Broken Hill | John Cann | District abolished. Won Sturt
Byron | New district  | NA | 15.1  | John Perry [g] | Liberal Reform |
Canterbury |  | Liberal Reform | Varney Parkes | Defeated for Hurstville | 11.4  | -1.2 | 9.0  | Henry Peters | Labor |
Cessnock | New district  | NA | 78.1  | William Kearsley [h]
The Clyde |  | Liberal Reform | William Millard | District abolished. Won Bega
Corowa | Richard Ball | Changed party  | 23.0  | 4.0 | 31.0  | Richard Ball | Farmers and Settlers |
The Darling |  | Labor | John Meehan | District abolished. Retired
Deniliquin | Henry Peters | District abolished. Won Canterbury
Drummoyne | New district  | NA | 17.8  | George Richards | Liberal Reform |
Dulwich Hill | New district  | NA | 20.9  | Tom Hoskins
Durham |  | Liberal Reform | William Brown | Changed party  | 17.7  | 3.6 | 8.1  | Richard Ball | Farmers and Settlers |
Enmore | New district  | NA | 7.8  | David Hall | Labor |
Gloucester |  | Liberal Reform | Richard Price | Changed party  | 37.8  | -2.4 | 33.1  | Richard Price | Farmers and Settlers |
Gough | Follett Thomas | Changed party  | 1.5  | 1.3 | 4.2  | Follett Thomas
Granville | John Nobbs | Defeated  | 17.7  | -7.0 | 3.8  | Jack Lang | Labor |
Gwydir |  | Labor | George Jones | Defeated  | 26.0  | -8.2 | 9.6  | John Crane | Farmers and Settlers |
Hurstville | New district  | NA | 3.2  | Sam Toombs | Labor |
Lane Cove |  | Liberal Reform | David Fell | District abolished. Retired
Lismore | New district  | NA | 11.0  | George Nesbitt | Farmers and Settlers |
Lyndhurst | New district  | NA | 2.2  | Thomas Waddell [i]
Maitland |  | Independent Liberal | John Gillies [j] | Won by Liberal Reform at by-election.  | 27.8  | NA | 1.2  | Charles Nicholson | Liberal Reform |
Mosman | New district  | NA | 50.6  | Percy Colquhoun
Northumberland |  | Labor | William Kearsley | District abolished. Won Cessnock
Pyrmont | John McNeill | District abolished. Retired
Queanbeyan | John Cusack | District abolished. Won Albury
Raleigh |  | Independent Liberal | George Briner | Changed party  | 56.6  | NA | 18.2  | George Briner | Country Party Association |
Randwick | David Storey | Changed party  | 18.8  | 19.4 | 20.0  | David Storey | Liberal Reform |
The Richmond |  | Liberal Reform | John Perry | District abolished. Won Byron
Rous | George Hindmarsh | District abolished. Retired
Ryde | New district  | NA | 33.3  | William Thompson | Liberal Reform |
St George |  | Liberal Reform | William Taylor | Retired  | 17.0  | 9.5 | 2.0  | William Bagnall | Labor |
Sherbrooke | John Hunt | District abolished. Won Camden
Tamworth |  | Independent Liberal | Robert Levien | Defeated  | 21.8  | NA | 2.0  | Frank Chaffey | Farmers and Settlers |
Upper Hunter |  | Liberal Reform | Henry Willis | Defeated as Independent Liberal | 3.7  | NA | 8.6  | Mac Abbott
Wagga Wagga | New district  | NA | 2.4  | Walter Boston | Labor |
Wallsend | New district  | NA | 70.2  | John Estell [k]
Waverley |  | Liberal Reform | James Macarthur-Onslow | Won Bondi | 14.9  | 7.8 | 0.6  | James Fingleton
Waratah |  | Labor | John Estell | District abolished. Won Wallsend
Willoughby | New district  | NA | 3.2  | Edward Larkin | Labor |
Willyama | New district  | NA | 55.9  | Jabez Wright
Wynyard |  | Independent Liberal | Robert Donaldson | District abolished. Defeated as Country Party Association for Yass

## See also

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* Candidates of the 1913 New South Wales state election
* Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1913–1917

## Notes

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1. ^ Members of Farmers and Settlers were also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
2. ^ Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the 1913 winning party percentage-point gain and the 1910 losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.
3. ^ a b Margin is calculated as the difference in vote percentage between the successful party and the second party.
4. ^ Previously the member for the abolished district of Queanbeyan.
5. ^ Previously the member for Sturt.
6. ^ Previously the member for Waverley.
7. ^ Previously the member for the abolished district of The Richmond.
8. ^ Previously the member for Northumberland.
9. ^ Previously the member for the abolished district of Belubula.
10. ^ John Gillies (Independent Liberal) died in 1911. The by-election in October 1911 was won by Charles Nicholson (Liberal Reform) who retained the seat at the 1913 general election.
11. ^ Previously the member for the abolished district of Waratah.

## References

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1. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
3. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
4. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

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