New South Wales state election, 14 February 1953 Legislative Assembly << 1950– 1956 >>
Enrolled voters		1,953,953 [a]
Votes cast		1,548,877		Turnout	93.86	+1.11
Informal votes		39,416		Informal	2.48	+0.71
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	852,276	55.03	+8.28	57	+11
	Liberal	432,739	27.94	−9.57	22	−7
	Country	179,680	11.60	+2.63	14	−3
	Independent	38,822	2.51	+0.20	0	−
	Communist	21,421	1.38	+0.54	0	−
	Independent Labor	16,533	1.07	−0.58	1	− 1
	Lang Labor	7,046	0.48	−0.74	0	−
Total		1,588,293			94

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1953 New South Wales state election.

Results by electoral district

Albury

1953 New South Wales state election: Albury  ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Doug Padman	9,644	51.8
	Labor	Frank Finnan	8,988	48.2
Total formal votes			18,632	98.9
Informal votes			208	1.1
Turnout			18,840	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Armidale

1953 New South Wales state election: Armidale  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Cahill	8,595	50.04
	Country	Davis Hughes	8,582	49.96
Total formal votes			17,177	98.6
Informal votes			240	1.4
Turnout			17,417	95.1
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Ashfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Ashfield  ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Murden	10,753	50.3
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,631	49.7
Total formal votes			21,384	98.4
Informal votes			354	1.6
Turnout			21,738	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Athol Richardson ( Liberal) had held the seat at the 1950 election, however he was appointed to the Supreme Court and Jack Richardson ( Labor) won the seat at the 1952 by-election. ^[5]

Auburn

1953 New South Wales state election: Auburn  ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	12,095	62.0
	Lang Labor	Chris Lang	7,406	38.0
Total formal votes			19,501	96.1
Informal votes			786	3.9
Turnout			20,287	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Balmain

1953 New South Wales state election: Balmain  ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McMahon	17,887	79.1
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,267	14.5
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,459	6.4
Total formal votes			22,613	96.2
Informal votes			892	3.8
Turnout			23,505	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	18,617	82.3
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	3,996	17.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Bankstown

1953 New South Wales state election: Bankstown  ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Spence Powell	16,726	89.4
	Communist	Claude Jones	1,981	10.6
Total formal votes			18,707	92.5
Informal votes			1,517	7.5
Turnout			20,224	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Barwon

1953 New South Wales state election: Barwon  ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Geoff Crawford	8,274	53.8
	Labor	Gerard McInerney	7,118	46.2
Total formal votes			15,392	98.5
Informal votes			234	1.5
Turnout			15,626	93.0
	Country hold		Swing

Bathurst

1953 New South Wales state election: Bathurst  ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	unopposed
	Labor hold

Blacktown

1953 New South Wales state election: Blacktown  ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Freeman	14,424	61.2
	Liberal	George Walker	8,391	35.6
	Communist	Melville McCalman	756	3.2
Total formal votes			23,571	98.0
Informal votes			477	2.0
Turnout			24,048	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Freeman	15,088	64.0
	Liberal	George Walker	8,486	36.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Bondi

1953 New South Wales state election: Bondi  ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	12,904	59.6
	Liberal	Leslie Fingleton	8,757	40.4
Total formal votes			21,661	98.0
Informal votes			446	2.0
Turnout			22,107	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Bulli

1953 New South Wales state election: Bulli  ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	14,480	87.9
	Communist	Sara Phipps	1,994	12.1
Total formal votes			16,474	94.0
Informal votes			1,054	6.0
Turnout			17,528	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Burrinjuck

1953 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck  ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	10,809	59.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	5,812	32.0
	Independent	Barney Morton	1,212	6.7
	Independent	John Cusack	337	1.9
Total formal votes			18,170	98.9
Informal votes			205	1.1
Turnout			18,375	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	11,538	63.5
	Country	Robert Stewart	6,632	36.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Burwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood  ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	12,411	57.1
	Labor	William Weiss	9,311	42.9
Total formal votes			21,722	98.7
Informal votes			278	1.3
Turnout			22,000	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Byron

1953 New South Wales state election: Byron  ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold

Canterbury

1953 New South Wales state election: Canterbury  ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,025	66.5
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,146	29.1
	Communist	Roy Boyd	912	4.3
Total formal votes			21,083	98.1
Informal votes			418	1.9
Turnout			21,501	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	14,758	70.0
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	6,325	30.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Casino

1953 New South Wales state election: Casino  ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Young	5,199	36.7
	Country	Ian Robinson	4,547	32.1
	Country	John Reid	3,152	22.2
	Country	William Cooke	1,275	9.0
Total formal votes			14,173	98.3
Informal votes			249	1.7
Turnout			14,422	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ian Robinson	8,560	60.4
	Labor	William Young	5,613	39.6
	Country hold		Swing

Castlereagh

1953 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh  ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,147	62.8
	Country	Keith Sullivan	6,023	37.2
Total formal votes			16,170	98.7
Informal votes			220	1.3
Turnout			16,390	90.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Cessnock

1953 New South Wales state election: Cessnock  ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Crook	15,145	85.6
	Communist	John Tapp	2,557	14.4
Total formal votes			17,702	95.1
Informal votes			908	4.9
Turnout			18,610	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

1953 New South Wales state election: Clarence  ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,672	66.3
	Labor	George Russell	5,269	30.0
	Communist	Kenneth Harding	650	3.7
Total formal votes			17,591	97.9
Informal votes			378	2.1
Turnout			17,969	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Cecil Wingfield	11,962	68.0
	Labor	George Russell	5,629	32.0
	Country hold		Swing

Cobar

1953 New South Wales state election: Cobar  ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest Wetherell	unopposed
	Labor hold

Collaroy

1953 New South Wales state election: Collaroy  ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Askin	12,722	63.3
	Labor	Evelyn Barron	7,360	36.7
Total formal votes			20,082	98.0
Informal votes			414	2.0
Turnout			20,496	92.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Concord

1953 New South Wales state election: Concord  ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,661	54.7
	Liberal	John Adamson	9,673	45.3
Total formal votes			21,334	98.1
Informal votes			421	1.9
Turnout			21,755	94.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Coogee

1953 New South Wales state election: Coogee  ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lou Walsh	11,099	53.2
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	9,776	46.8
Total formal votes			20,875	98.2
Informal votes			386	1.8
Turnout			21,261	93.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Cook's River

1953 New South Wales state election: Cook's River  ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	unopposed
	Labor hold

Croydon

1953 New South Wales state election: Croydon  ^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	10,844	54.9
	Labor	Kenneth Guthrie	8,924	45.1
Total formal votes			19,768	98.3
Informal votes			337	1.7
Turnout			20,105	93.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Drummoyne

1953 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne  ^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roy Jackson	11,551	52.1
	Liberal	Robert Dewley	10,622	47.9
Total formal votes			22,173	98.0
Informal votes			443	2.0
Turnout			22,616	95.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Dubbo

1953 New South Wales state election: Dubbo  ^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,831	52.0
	Country	Robert Medcalf	8,140	48.0
Total formal votes			16,971	98.2
Informal votes			302	1.8
Turnout			17,273	94.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Dulwich Hill

1953 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill  ^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Weir	13,626	62.4
	Liberal	Basil Mottershead	8,196	37.6
Total formal votes			21,822	97.9
Informal votes			461	2.1
Turnout			22,283	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Earlwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Earlwood  ^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,844	50.3
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	11,691	49.7
Total formal votes			23,535	98.3
Informal votes			401	1.7
Turnout			23,936	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

East Hills

1953 New South Wales state election: East Hills  ^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Williams	16,018	69.9
	Liberal	Armand Macquart	6,891	30.1
Total formal votes			22,909	97.9
Informal votes			489	2.1
Turnout			23,398	94.0
	Labor notional hold		Swing	N/A  [33]

Eastwood

1953 New South Wales state election: Eastwood  ^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	12,757	59.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	5,525	25.6
	Independent	Francis Collings	3,335	15.4
Total formal votes			21,617	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,957	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	15,132	70.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	6,485	30.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Fairfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Fairfield  ^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	17,322	91.3
	Communist	Edwin Lipscombe	1,642	8.7
Total formal votes			18,964	90.3
Informal votes			2,030	9.7
Turnout			20,994	93.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	N/A  [33]

Georges River

1953 New South Wales state election: Georges River  ^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank O'Neill	12,310	58.6
	Liberal	Samuel Warren	8,711	41.4
Total formal votes			21,021	98.0
Informal votes			428	2.0
Turnout			21,449	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Gloucester

1953 New South Wales state election: Gloucester  ^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,696	63.0
	Labor	Percy Randle	5,694	37.0
Total formal votes			15,390	98.2
Informal votes			276	1.8
Turnout			15,666	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

Gordon

1953 New South Wales state election: Gordon  ^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Fraser	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Gosford

1953 New South Wales state election: Gosford  ^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harold Jackson	9,576	54.0
	Labor	Rupert Wallace	8,160	46.0
Total formal votes			17,736	98.0
Informal votes			359	2.0
Turnout			18,095	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Goulburn

1953 New South Wales state election: Goulburn  ^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Tully	10,155	62.6
	Liberal	Pat Osborne	6,069	37.4
Total formal votes			16,224	98.2
Informal votes			290	1.8
Turnout			16,514	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

1953 New South Wales state election: Granville  ^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	18,364	92.9
	Communist	Albert Williams	1,415	7.1
Total formal votes			19,779	92.0
Informal votes			1,729	8.0
Turnout			21,508	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Hamilton

1953 New South Wales state election: Hamilton  ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Campbell	10,884	64.2
	Liberal	John Milne	6,063	35.8
Total formal votes			16,947	98.1
Informal votes			327	1.9
Turnout			17,274	94.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Hartley

1953 New South Wales state election: Hartley  ^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,815	57.2
	Labor	James Punch	5,443	31.7
	Communist	John King	1,901	11.1
Total formal votes			17,159	96.5
Informal votes			625	3.5
Turnout			17,784	95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	10,765	62.7
	Labor	James Punch	6,394	37.3
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

Hawkesbury

1953 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury  ^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	9,149	57.2
	Labor	John Egan	6,848	42.8
Total formal votes			15,997	98.2
Informal votes			293	1.8
Turnout			16,290	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hornsby

1953 New South Wales state election: Hornsby  ^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	12,744	60.5
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	6,868	32.6
	Independent	Victor Taylor	1,438	6.8
Total formal votes			21,050	97.8
Informal votes			465	2.2
Turnout			21,515	92.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	13,463	63.9
	Independent	Leslie Matthews	7,587	36.1
	Liberal hold		Swing

Hurstville

1953 New South Wales state election: Hurstville  ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clive Evatt	13,187	58.6
	Liberal	Bill Arthur	9,317	41.4
Total formal votes			22,504	98.2
Informal votes			404	1.8
Turnout			22,908	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Illawarra

1953 New South Wales state election: Illawarra  ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Howard Fowles	unopposed
	Labor hold

Kahibah

1953 New South Wales state election: Kahibah  ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joshua Arthur	11,093	64.7
	Liberal	Inglis Alexander	6,061	35.3
Total formal votes			17,154	95.8
Informal votes			759	4.2
Turnout			17,913	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing

King

1953 New South Wales state election: King  ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	16,181	77.8
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,628	22.2
Total formal votes			20,809	96.2
Informal votes			830	3.8
Turnout			21,639	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Kogarah

1953 New South Wales state election: Kogarah  ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	12,486	55.7
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	9,927	44.3
Total formal votes			22,413	98.2
Informal votes			405	1.8
Turnout			22,818	94.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Kurri Kurri

1953 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri  ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

Lake Macquarie

1953 New South Wales state election: Lake Macquarie  ^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Simpson	unopposed
	Labor hold

Lakemba

1953 New South Wales state election: Lakemba  ^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Wyatt	15,008	68.8
	Liberal	George Chambers	6,813	31.2
Total formal votes			21,821	98.4
Informal votes			357	1.6
Turnout			22,178	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Lane Cove

1953 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove  ^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	13,514	65.4
	Labor	Alan Bagot	7,153	34.6
Total formal votes			20,667	98.1
Informal votes			390	1.9
Turnout			21,057	93.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Leichhardt

1953 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt  ^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Claude Matthews	16,915	74.5
	Liberal	William Cole	5,794	25.5
Total formal votes			22,709	97.3
Informal votes			633	2.7
Turnout			23,342	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Lismore

1953 New South Wales state election: Lismore  ^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Easter	5,775	35.9
	Labor	Donald Watson	5,520	34.3
	Country	William Frith	4,786	29.8
Total formal votes			16,081	98.9
Informal votes			185	1.1
Turnout			16,266	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jack Easter	10,132	63.0
	Labor	Donald Watson	5,949	37.0
	Country hold		Swing

Liverpool

1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool  ^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Mannix	15,184	72.5
	Liberal	Madge Lee	5,752	27.5
Total formal votes			20,936	97.5
Informal votes			535	2.5
Turnout			21,471	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Liverpool Plains

1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains  ^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Nott	9,560	59.0
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	4,583	28.3
	Liberal	James Reeves	2,071	12.8
Total formal votes			16,214	98.9
Informal votes			180	1.1
Turnout			16,394	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Nott	9,728	60.0
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	6,486	40.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Maitland

1953 New South Wales state election: Maitland  ^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Howarth	8,520	53.8
	Labor	Leonard Neville	7,302	46.2
Total formal votes			15,822	98.6
Informal votes			216	1.4
Turnout			16,038	96.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

Manly

1953 New South Wales state election: Manly  ^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Douglas Darby	12,583	62.6
	Labor	Malcolm Stuart-Robertson	7,512	37.4
Total formal votes			20,095	98.3
Informal votes			346	1.7
Turnout			20,441	92.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Maroubra

1953 New South Wales state election: Maroubra  ^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor hold

Marrickville

1953 New South Wales state election: Marrickville  ^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phillip Ryan	16,893	80.8
	Independent	William McCristal	4,018	19.2
Total formal votes			20,911	94.1
Informal votes			1,320	5.9
Turnout			22,231	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Monaro

1953 New South Wales state election: Monaro  ^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Seiffert	9,002	64.7
	Liberal	Ernest Smith	4,912	35.3
Total formal votes			13,914	98.1
Informal votes			272	1.9
Turnout			14,186	94.3
	Member changed to Labor from Independent Labor		Swing

• Seiffert had been allowed to re-join the Labor Party after being re-elected as an Independent Labor MP in 1950.

Mosman

1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman  ^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Morton	16,951	75.6
	Labor	Edna Ryan	5,474	24.4
Total formal votes			22,425	97.8
Informal votes			503	2.2
Turnout			22,928	92.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Mudgee

1953 New South Wales state election: Mudgee  ^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Leo Nott	8,817	53.0
	Country	Frederick Cooke	7,818	47.0
Total formal votes			16,635	98.4
Informal votes			262	1.6
Turnout			16,897	95.0
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Murray

1953 New South Wales state election: Murray  ^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Joe Lawson	9,593	58.2
	Labor	Francis Holden	6,877	41.8
Total formal votes			16,470	98.6
Informal votes			239	1.4
Turnout			16,709	89.2
	Country hold		Swing

Murrumbidgee

1953 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee  ^[67]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Enticknap	10,388	62.3
	Country	Richard Cuthbert	6,296	37.7
Total formal votes			16,684	98.2
Informal votes			313	1.8
Turnout			16,997	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Nepean

1953 New South Wales state election: Nepean  ^[68]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Jackson	9,097	52.5
	Labor	Alexander Liston	8,213	47.5
Total formal votes			17,310	98.1
Informal votes			335	1.9
Turnout			17,645	93.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Neutral Bay

1953 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay  ^[69]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Black	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Newcastle

1953 New South Wales state election: Newcastle  ^[70]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	14,970	92.6
	Communist	Douglas Olive	1,202	7.4
Total formal votes			16,172	94.9
Informal votes			866	5.1
Turnout			17,038	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing

North Sydney

1953 New South Wales state election: North Sydney  ^[71]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Trevor Humphries	7,377	34.9
	Labor	Ray Maher	6,842	32.4
	Independent Labor	James Geraghty	6,718	31.8
	Independent	Norman Jacobs	187	0.9
Total formal votes			21,124	97.5
Informal votes			551	2.5
Turnout			21,675	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ray Maher	11,837	56.0
	Liberal	Trevor Humphries	9,287	44.0
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

Orange

1953 New South Wales state election: Orange  ^[72]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Charles Cutler	9,801	54.3
	Labor	Louie Cassey	8,248	45.7
Total formal votes			18,049	98.6
Informal votes			260	1.4
Turnout			18,309	95.6
	Country hold		Swing

Oxley

1953 New South Wales state election: Oxley  ^[73]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Les Jordan	9,839	55.2
	Labor	William Kennewell	6,480	36.3
	Independent	Alan Borthwick	1,190	6.7
	Independent	Joseph Cordner	327	1.8
Total formal votes			17,836	98.5
Informal votes			273	1.5
Turnout			18,109	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Les Jordan	10,826	60.7
	Labor	William Kennewell	7,010	39.3
	Country hold		Swing

Paddington

1953 New South Wales state election: Paddington  ^[74]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	17,596	87.0
	Communist	Bill Brown	2,641	13.0
Total formal votes			20,237	92.7
Informal votes			1,581	7.3
Turnout			21,818	90.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Parramatta

1953 New South Wales state election: Parramatta  ^[75]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Moran	11,403	50.7
	Liberal	Arthur Butterell	10,746	47.8
	Independent	Edward Harding	333	1.5
Total formal votes			22,482	98.2
Informal votes			410	1.8
Turnout			22,892	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Moran	11,578	51.5
	Liberal	Arthur Butterell	10,904	48.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Phillip

1953 New South Wales state election: Phillip  ^[76]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Shannon	unopposed
	Labor hold

Raleigh

1953 New South Wales state election: Raleigh  ^[77]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clyde Reid	7,121	37.6
	Country	Radford Gamack	6,918	36.5
	Independent	Gordon Patterson	3,828	20.2
	Country	William Burns	1,092	5.8
Total formal votes			18,959	98.4
Informal votes			317	1.6
Turnout			19,276	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Radford Gamack	11,150	58.8
	Labor	Clyde Reid	7,809	41.2
	Country hold		Swing

Randwick

1953 New South Wales state election: Randwick  ^[78]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	13,003	63.7
	Liberal	George Goodwin	7,399	36.3
Total formal votes			20,402	98.0
Informal votes			411	2.0
Turnout			20,813	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Redfern

1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern  ^[79]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	18,484	92.7
	Communist	Henry Hatfield	1,464	7.3
Total formal votes			19,948	93.9
Informal votes			1,295	6.1
Turnout			21,243	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Rockdale

1953 New South Wales state election: Rockdale  ^[80]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McGrath	14,041	60.5
	Liberal	Harold Heslehurst	9,165	39.5
Total formal votes			23,206	97.9
Informal votes			489	2.1
Turnout			23,695	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Ryde

1953 New South Wales state election: Ryde  ^[81]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Downing	12,121	54.5
	Liberal	Ken Anderson	10,114	45.5
Total formal votes			22,235	98.1
Informal votes			428	1.9
Turnout			22,663	95.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

South Coast

1953 New South Wales state election: South Coast  ^[82]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Beale	9,874	60.8
	Labor	Alfred Berriman	6,376	39.2
Total formal votes			16,250	98.8
Informal votes			195	1.2
Turnout			16,445	93.9
	Liberal hold		Swing

Sturt

1953 New South Wales state election: Sturt  ^[83]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Wattison	unopposed
	Labor hold

Sutherland

1953 New South Wales state election: Sutherland  ^[84]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Dalton	11,382	53.3
	Liberal	Cecil Monro	9,957	46.7
Total formal votes			21,339	98.4
Informal votes			336	1.6
Turnout			21,675	93.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

Tamworth

1953 New South Wales state election: Tamworth  ^[85]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	9,741	54.6
	Labor	William Scully	8,084	45.4
Total formal votes			17,825	99.0
Informal votes			179	1.0
Turnout			18,004	95.9
	Country hold		Swing

Temora

1953 New South Wales state election: Temora  ^[86]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Doug Dickson	9,524	61.2
	Labor	Hector Skidmore	6,028	38.8
Total formal votes			15,552	98.8
Informal votes			184	1.2
Turnout			15,736	94.1
	Country hold		Swing

Tenterfield

1953 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield  ^[87]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	8,585	60.1
	Labor	Frederick Cowley	5,688	39.9
Total formal votes			14,273	98.6
Informal votes			201	1.4
Turnout			14,474	93.8
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Hunter

1953 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter  ^[88]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	8,791	55.3
	Labor	George McGuirk	7,093	44.7
Total formal votes			15,884	99.1
Informal votes			144	0.9
Turnout			16,028	95.7
	Country hold		Swing

Vaucluse

1953 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse  ^[89]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Murray Robson	unopposed
	Liberal hold

Wagga Wagga

1953 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga  ^[90]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	10,292	64.2
	Liberal	Wal Fife	4,350	27.1
	Country	William Wright	1,279	8.0
	Communist	Leslie Kelton	107	0.7
Total formal votes			16,028	98.1
Informal votes			314	1.9
Turnout			16,342	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Graham	10,578	66.0
	Liberal	Wal Fife	5,450	34.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Waratah

1953 New South Wales state election: Waratah  ^[91]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Cameron	12,187	67.9
	Independent	Alfred Hodge	5,760	32.1
Total formal votes			17,947	97.1
Informal votes			527	2.9
Turnout			18,474	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Waverley

1953 New South Wales state election: Waverley  ^[92]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	14,354	68.5
	Liberal	Ben Doig	6,604	31.5
Total formal votes			20,958	97.9
Informal votes			456	2.1
Turnout			21,414	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Willoughby

1953 New South Wales state election: Willoughby  ^[93]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Brain	14,524	64.6
	Labor	Joseph McNally	7,949	35.4
Total formal votes			22,473	98.4
Informal votes			356	1.6
Turnout			22,829	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wollondilly

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly  ^[94]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Blake Pelly	9,747	56.9
	Labor	Albert Hughes	7,392	43.1
Total formal votes			17,139	98.6
Informal votes			248	1.4
Turnout			17,387	94.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Wollongong-Kembla

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollongong-Kembla  ^[95]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rex Connor	9,073	54.9
	Independent	George Parker	6,722	40.6
	Communist	William Harkness	740	4.5
Total formal votes			16,535	96.9
Informal votes			524	3.1
Turnout			17,059	94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Connor	9,443	57.1
	Independent	George Parker	7,092	42.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Woollahra

1953 New South Wales state election: Woollahra  ^[96]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	15,203	67.6
	Labor	Norman Jacobs	7,283	32.4
Total formal votes			22,486	97.6
Informal votes			546	2.4
Turnout			23,032	88.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

Young

1953 New South Wales state election: Young  ^[97]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	10,802	57.2
	Country	Reg Hailstone	8,086	42.8
Total formal votes			18,888	99.1
Informal votes			161	0.9
Turnout			19,049	95.6

See also

• Candidates of the 1953 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956

Notes

References