The 1932 New South Wales state election was held on 11 June 1932. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 30th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. It was a landslide victory for the UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens, which had a majority of 42 in the Assembly.[1][2][3]
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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 1,465,008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 1,336,827 (96.40%) (  1.46 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by division for the Legislative Assembly, shaded by winning party's margin of victory. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Composition of New South Wales Legislative Assembly following the election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 29th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 May 1932 after the Governor, Sir Philip Game dismissed the Premier Jack Lang (see the crisis of 1931–32)[4] and commissioned Bertram Stevens to form a caretaker government.[5] Lang's government had a majority of 20 at the time of the dismissal. In this election, the Australian Labor Party (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party, which had separated in 1931 (see Lang Labor), endorsed separate candidates. The ALP (Federal) had candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. The parties were re-united in 1936. The campaign was marked by mass Labor Party public meetings including, allegedly, the largest public meeting in Australian history when Lang addressed 200,000 people at Moore Park on 5 June.
Key dates edit
| Date | Event |
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| 13 May 1932 | Third Lang ministry dismissed by the Governor of New South Wales, Philip Game and Bertram Stevens appointed Premier. |
| 16 May 1932 | Balance of first Stevens ministry appointed. |
| 18 May 1932 | The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election. |
| 25 May 1932 | Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. |
| 11 June 1932 | Polling day. |
| 23 June 1932 | Opening of 30th Parliament. |
Results edit
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New South Wales state election, 11 June 1932 | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 1,418,141[a] | |||||
| Votes cast | 1,336,827 | Turnout | 96.40 | –1.46 | ||
| Informal votes | 30,260 | Informal | 2.21 | –0.04 | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Labor (NSW) | 536,897 | 40.16 | –14.89 | 24 | –31 | |
| United Australia | 491,124 | 36.74 | +6.24 [b] | 41 | +18 | |
| Country | 175,862 | 13.16 | +3.60 | 23 | +11 | |
| Federal Labor | 56,641 | 4.24 | +4.24 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Country–UAP (joint endorsement) | 23,020 | 1.72 | +1.72 | 2 | +2 | |
| Communist | 12,351 | 0.92 | +0.13 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Country | 9,696 | 0.73 | +0.48 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Ind. United Australia | 9,088 | 0.68 | +0.61 [b] | 0 | ±0 | |
| All for Australia | 3,806 | 0.28 | +0.28 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independent Labor | 1,915 | 0.14 | –0.40 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Women's Candidate | 704 | 0.05 | +0.05 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Independents | 15,723 | 1.18 | +0.01 | 0 | ±0 | |
| Total | 1,336,827 | 90 | ||||
Changing seats edit
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Of the 1,465,008 enrolled voters, 46,867 were enrolled in three electorates that were uncontested at the election (one UAP-held and two Country-held).[1]
- ^ a b The swing figures for the United Australia Party (and independent UAP candidates) are calculated using the Nationalist Party's figures at the previous election.
- ^ Bill Ratcliffe retired.
- ^ Nationalist Richard Ball joined Country.
- ^ William Cameron (Nationalist) died and Malcolm Brown (Independent Country) won the resulting by-election, standing as a Country candidate at this election.
References edit
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1932 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ Nairn, Bede. "Lang, John Thomas (Jack) (1876–1975)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Ward, John M. "Stevens, Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale (1889–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
Bibliography edit
- Nairn, Bede (1995). Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891–1949. Melbourne University Press Melbourne. ISBN 0522846963. OCLC 34416531.