New South Wales state election, 1925

New South Wales state election, 1925
New South Wales
30 May 1925 (1925-05-30)
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jack Lang George Fuller
Party Labor Nationalist/Progressive coalition
Leader since 31 July 1923 14 April 1920
Leader's seat Parramatta Wollondilly
Last election 36 seats 50 seats
Seats won 46 seats 41 seats
Seat change Increase10 Decrease9
Percentage 45.99% 48.54%
Swing Increase7.62 Decrease6.96

Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

George Fuller
Nationalist/Progressive coalition

 Elected Premier

Jack Lang
Labor

The 1925 New South Wales state election was held on 30 May 1925. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 27th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was conducted in multiple-member constituencies with compulsory preferential single transferable vote using the Hare Clark system. The 26th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 April 1925 by the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair, on the advice of the Premier Sir George Fuller.

It was a close win for the Labor Party Leader, Jack Lang, which had a majority of just one seat in the Assembly, defeating Fuller's Nationalist/Progressive Coalitiion.

Key dates

Date Event
18 April 1925 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
27 April 1925 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
30 May 1925 Polling day.
24 June 1925 Opening of 27th Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 30 May 1925
Legislative Assembly
<< 1922 — 1927 >>

Enrolled voters 1,339,080[1]
Votes cast 1,160,289 Turnout 86.64 −1.12
Informal votes 30,155 Informal 11.36 −1.14
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 108,225 45.99 +7.62 46 +10
  Nationalist 87,220 37.07 −5.01 32 −9
  Progressive 26,981 11.47 −1.95 9 ± 0
  Protestant Labor 4,965 2.11 +1.41 1 +1
  Independent 4,963 2.11 −1.26 1 −1
  Independent Nationalist 1,393 0.59 +0.08 1 ± 0
  All others 1,562 0.65 −0.64 0 ± 0
Total 894.824     90  

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