Electoral results for the Division of North Sydney

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of North Sydney in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Dugald Thomson	Free Trade	1901–1910
	George Edwards	Commonwealth Liberal	1910–1911
	Granville Ryrie	Commonwealth Liberal	1911–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1922
	Billy Hughes	Nationalist	1922–1929
		Independent Nationalist	1929–1930
		Australian	1930–1931
		United Australia	1931–1945
		Liberal	1945–1949
	William Jack	Liberal	1949–1966
	Bill Graham	Liberal	1966–1980
	John Spender	Liberal	1980–1990
	Ted Mack	Independent	1990–1996
	Joe Hockey	Liberal	1996–2015
	Trent Zimmerman	Liberal	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: North Sydney^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Trent Zimmerman	47,614	51.49	−9.42
	Labor	Peter Hayes	15,537	16.80	−3.22
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	12,036	13.02	−2.50
	Independent	Stephen Ruff	11,829	12.79	+12.79
	Christian Democrats	Sharon Martin	1,894	2.05	+1.08
	Science	James Coffey	1,629	1.76	+1.76
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Leahy	1,289	1.39	+1.39
	Family First	Eddy Ku	649	0.70	+0.70
Total formal votes			92,477	95.24	+0.59
Informal votes			4,623	4.76	−0.59
Turnout			97,100	90.68	−1.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Trent Zimmerman	58,825	63.61	−2.10
	Labor	Peter Hayes	33,652	36.39	+2.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.10

North Sydney by-election, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Trent Zimmerman	36,690	48.20	−12.84
	Independent	Stephen Ruff	14,303	18.79	+18.79
	Greens	Arthur Chesterfield-Evans	11,959	15.71	+0.36
	Independent	Maryann Beregi	2,613	3.43	+3.43
	Sustainable Population	William Bourke	2,189	2.88	+2.88
	Christian Democrats	Silvana Nero	1,917	2.52	+1.51
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Kennard	1,591	2.09	+2.09
	Arts	Lou Pollard	1,400	1.84	+1.84
	Bullet Train	Tim Bohm	964	1.27	+1.27
	Voluntary Euthanasia	Kerry Bromson	815	1.07	+1.07
	Cyclists	Luke Freeman	815	1.07	+1.07
	Future	James Jansson	513	0.67	+0.67
	Palmer United	Robert Marks	352	0.46	−1.23
Total formal votes			76,121	93.08	−1.54
Informal votes			5,658	6.92	+1.54
Turnout			81,779	78.37	−13.88
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Trent Zimmerman	45,848	60.23	−5.66
	Independent	Stephen Ruff	30,273	39.77	+39.77
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Australian federal election, 2013: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	53,991	61.04	+1.33
	Labor	Peter Hayes	17,727	20.04	−2.08
	Greens	Alison Haines	13,579	15.35	−0.18
	Palmer United	Raheam Khan	1,493	1.69	+1.69
	Christian Democrats	Maureen Guthrie	892	1.01	+1.01
	Democratic Labour	Angus McCaffrey	766	0.87	+0.87
Total formal votes			88,448	94.62	−0.94
Informal votes			5,031	5.38	+0.94
Turnout			93,479	92.26	+0.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	58,274	65.89	+1.83
	Labor	Peter Hayes	30,174	34.11	−1.83
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.83

Australian federal election, 2010: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	51,179	59.71	+7.94
	Labor	Leta Webb	18,961	22.12	-13.15
	Greens	Andrew Robjohns	13,314	15.53	+5.97
	Democrats	Daniel Pearce	1,275	1.49	+1.45
	Family First	Daniel Le	980	1.14	+0.64
Total formal votes			85,709	95.56	-0.72
Informal votes			3,986	4.44	+0.72
Turnout			89,695	91.93	-2.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	54,901	64.06	+8.55
	Labor	Leta Webb	30,808	35.94	-8.55
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.55

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	44,177	51.81	-4.42
	Labor	Mike Bailey	30,372	35.62	+8.35
	Greens	Ted Nixon	7,851	9.21	-3.12
	Climate Change	Barry Thompson	1,119	1.31	+1.31
	Christian Democrats	Arie Baalbergen	621	0.73	+0.73
	Independent	Marcus Aussie-Stone	526	0.62	+0.62
	Family First	John Cafferatta	352	0.41	+0.39
	CEC	Kundan Misra	245	0.29	+0.29
Total formal votes			85,263	96.53	+0.19
Informal votes			3,061	3.47	-0.19
Turnout			88,324	93.80	+0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	47,222	55.38	-4.66
	Labor	Mike Bailey	38,041	44.62	+4.66
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.66

Australian federal election, 2004: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	45,105	56.24	-0.72
	Labor	Fran Teirney	21,864	27.26	+2.79
	Greens	Ted Nixon	9,890	12.33	+4.67
	Independent	Edwina Mary Cowdery	1,884	2.35	+2.35
	Democrats	Jan de Voogd	1,456	1.82	-6.44
Total formal votes			80,199	96.35	+0.37
Informal votes			3,034	3.65	-0.37
Turnout			83,233	93.43	+0.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	48,145	60.03	-3.19
	Labor	Fran Teirney	32,054	39.97	+3.19
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.19

Australian federal election, 2001: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	44,995	56.96	+1.80
	Labor	Fran Teirney	19,325	24.47	-1.31
	Democrats	Bryan McGuire	6,528	8.26	+1.13
	Greens	Mike Steel	6,053	7.66	+3.81
	Christian Democrats	Colin Ward	1,227	1.55	+0.81
	Unity	Brian Lam	861	1.09	-2.92
Total formal votes			78,989	95.98	-0.70
Informal votes			3,310	4.02	+0.70
Turnout			82,299	93.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	49,934	63.21	+0.55
	Labor	Fran Teirney	29,055	36.79	-0.55
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.55

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	42,887	54.32	-2.97
	Labor	Julie Owens	20,403	25.84	+0.57
	Democrats	Anthony Spain	5,726	7.25	-2.72
	Unity	Henry Pong	3,727	4.72	+4.72
	Greens	Andrew Woodroffe	3,106	3.93	+0.12
	One Nation	John Hockley	2,270	2.88	+2.88
	Christian Democrats	Roger Bourne	698	0.88	+0.88
	Natural Law	Glenn Russell	136	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			78,953	96.72	-0.73
Informal votes			2,676	3.28	+0.73
Turnout			81,629	93.09	-2.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	49,124	62.22	-3.34
	Labor	Julie Owens	29,829	37.78	+3.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.34

Australian federal election, 1996: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	45,634	57.29	+11.35
	Labor	Julie Owens	20,132	25.27	+8.28
	Democrats	Linda Wade	7,947	9.98	+9.98
	Greens	George Carter	3,039	3.81	+3.81
	Independent	Richard Tanner	2,908	3.65	+3.65
Total formal votes			79,660	97.45	-0.51
Informal votes			2,081	2.55	+0.51
Turnout			81,741	95.14	+0.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Hockey	51,851	65.56	+17.36
	Labor	Julie Owens	27,244	34.44	+34.44
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+17.35

Australian federal election, 1993: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce McNeilly	34,490	45.94	+1.69
	Independent	Ted Mack	26,535	35.34	+0.99
	Labor	Richard Elstone	12,759	16.99	+2.66
	Independent	Stuart Carraill	877	1.17	+1.17
	Natural Law	Ian Stokes	422	0.56	+0.56
Total formal votes			75,083	97.97	-0.07
Informal votes			1,559	2.03	+0.07
Turnout			76,642	94.56
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Ted Mack	38,912	51.84	-1.49
	Liberal	Bruce McNeilly	36,154	48.16	+1.49
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.49

Australian federal election, 1990: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ted Mack	27,116	44.5	+44.5
	Liberal	John Spender	24,582	40.4	-18.1
	Labor	Chrissa Loukas	7,240	11.9	-17.6
	Democrats	Graeme MacLennan	1,940	3.2	-8.7
Total formal votes			60,878	98.2
Informal votes			1,111	1.8
Turnout			61,989	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Ted Mack	35,092	57.7	+57.7
	Liberal	John Spender	25,772	42.3	-21.9
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	+57.7

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Spender	36,290	58.5	+1.5
	Labor	Eddie Britt	18,303	29.5	-3.1
	Democrats	Rod Dominish	7,396	11.9	+1.5
Total formal votes			61,989	96.2
Informal votes			2,461	3.8
Turnout			64,450	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Spender	39,815	64.2	+3.2
	Labor	Eddie Britt	22,174	35.8	-3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Australian federal election, 1984: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Spender	34,579	57.0	-1.8
	Labor	Philip Kelso	19,780	32.6	-0.4
	Democrats	Rod Dominish	6,331	10.4	+2.3
Total formal votes			60,690	95.0
Informal votes			3,190	5.0
Turnout			63,880	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Spender	37,020	61.0	-0.6
	Labor	Philip Kelso	23,666	39.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Australian federal election, 1983: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Spender	35,544	57.6	-2.4
	Labor	Kirk McKenzie	21,096	34.2	+3.0
	Democrats	Rodney Dominish	5,024	8.1	+2.3
Total formal votes			61,664	98.1
Informal votes			1,214	1.9
Turnout			62,878	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Spender		60.4	-4.1
	Labor	Kirk McKenzie		39.6	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Australian federal election, 1980: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Spender	37,016	60.0	+1.4
	Labor	Maxine Broughton	19,223	31.2	+5.0
	Democrats	Anita Stiller	3,573	5.8	-5.2
	Progress	Peter Corrie	1,131	1.8	-0.8
	Independent	Josephine Chisholm-Mallett	737	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			61,680	97.8
Informal votes			1,410	2.2
Turnout			63,090	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Spender		64.5	-2.8
	Labor	Maxine Broughton		35.5	+2.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.8

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	38,176	58.6	-5.2
	Labor	Maurice May	17,111	26.2	-6.5
	Democrats	John Pierce	7,153	11.0	+11.0
	Progress	Peter Corrie	1,672	2.6	-0.2
	Independent	John Maher	1,073	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			65,185	97.7
Informal votes			1,503	2.3
Turnout			66,688	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		67.3	+0.9
	Labor	Maurice May		32.7	-0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Australian federal election, 1975: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	35,009	63.8	+6.9
	Labor	Patrick Healy	17,959	32.7	-4.8
	Workers	Peter Sawyer	1,564	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Romualds Kemps	362	0.7	+0.1
Total formal votes			54,894	98.3
Informal votes			944	1.7
Turnout			55,838	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		66.4	+7.5
	Labor	Patrick Healy		33.6	-7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

Australian federal election, 1974: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	30,155	56.9	+6.3
	Labor	Patrick Healy	19,883	37.5	+1.3
	Australia Party	James Feros	2,609	4.9	-3.2
	Independent	Romualds Kemps	326	0.6	+0.1
Total formal votes			52,973	97.8
Informal votes			1,202	2.2
Turnout			54,175	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		58.9	+0.5
	Labor	Patrick Healy		41.1	-0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

Australian federal election, 1972: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	26,043	50.6	-6.9
	Labor	Brian Maguire	18,666	36.2	+0.6
	Australia Party	James Feros	4,197	8.1	+8.1
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	2,351	4.6	-0.4
	Independent	Romualds Kemps	247	0.5	-1.4
Total formal votes			51,504	98.2
Informal votes			919	1.8
Turnout			52,423	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		58.4	-4.1
	Labor	Brian Maguire		41.6	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	29,933	57.5	-4.5
	Labor	Mervyn Page	18,524	35.6	+13.4
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Lawson	2,622	5.0	-1.7
	Independent	Romualds Kemps	984	1.9	+1.7
Total formal votes			52,063	97.7
Informal votes			1,206	2.3
Turnout			53,269	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		62.5	-8.3
	Labor	Mervyn Page		37.5	+8.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.3

Australian federal election, 1966: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bill Graham	21,477	59.8	+0.5
	Labor	Jack Grahame	8,776	24.4	-11.0
	Democratic Labor	Edmund Bateman	2,391	6.7	+1.3
	Liberal Reform Group	Frederick Simpson	1,940	5.4	+5.4
	Independent	Joyce Duncan	720	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Nicholas Gorshenin	391	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	David Wall	161	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Romualds Kemps	62	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			35,918	95.5
Informal votes			1,694	4.5
Turnout			37,612	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bill Graham		68.6	+5.8
	Labor	Jack Grahame		31.4	-5.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.8

Australian federal election, 1963: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	22,492	59.3	+9.6
	Labor	Maurice Isaacs	13,417	35.4	-5.5
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	2,035	5.4	-4.0
Total formal votes			37,944	98.5
Informal votes			575	1.5
Turnout			38,519	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Jack		62.8	+8.8
	Labor	Maurice Isaacs		37.2	-8.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.8

Australian federal election, 1961: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	18,959	49.7	-7.4
	Labor	Maurice Isaacs	15,610	40.9	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	3,575	9.4	+1.8
Total formal votes			38,144	97.9
Informal votes			805	2.1
Turnout			38,949	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Jack	20,608	54.0	-9.7
	Labor	Maurice Isaacs	17,536	46.0	+9.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.7

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	22,273	57.1	-5.2
	Labor	Jack Stephens	13,344	34.2	-3.5
	Democratic Labor	Gregory McGirr	2,968	7.6	+7.6
	Independent	Edward McGregor	400	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			38,985	96.7
Informal votes			1,336	3.3
Turnout			40,321	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Jack		63.7	+1.4
	Labor	Jack Stephens		36.3	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

Australian federal election, 1955: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	25,359	62.3	?
	Labor	Joseph McNally	15,322	37.7	?
Total formal votes			40,681	97.2
Informal votes			1,179	2.8
Turnout			41,860	95.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	?

Australian federal election, 1954: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	19,780	53.9	-4.1
	Labor	Leo Haylen	16,916	46.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			36,696	98.7
Informal votes			486	1.3
Turnout			37,182	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

Australian federal election, 1951: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	22,110	58.0	+7.1
	Labor	Eileen Powell	15,984	42.0	+0.3
Total formal votes			38,094	98.3
Informal votes			643	1.7
Turnout			38,737	96.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	William Jack	19,650	50.9	+3.3
	Labor	Leo Haylen	16,094	41.7	-10.7
	Independent	Patrick Williams	1,642	4.3	+4.3
	Lang Labor	Norman Ferguson	1,642	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			38,591	97.9
Informal votes			831	2.1
Turnout			39,422	97.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	William Jack		53.3	+5.7
	Labor	Leo Haylen		46.7	-5.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.7

Australian federal election, 1946: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Billy Hughes	40,845	55.9	+11.8
	Labor	Leo Haylen	32,247	44.1	+8.4
Total formal votes			73,092	98.0
Informal votes			1,503	2.0
Turnout			74,595	96.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

Australian federal election, 1943: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	29,962	44.1	-17.2
	Labor	Leo Haylen	24,989	35.7	+20.2
	Independent	Patrick Williams	6,132	9.0	+9.0
	Independent	Eric Bentley	3,349	4.9	+4.9
	Communist	Jack Miles	2,821	4.2	+4.2
	One Parliament	Jack Lewis	938	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Oliver Partington	455	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			67,946	95.3
Informal votes			3,323	4.7
Turnout			71,269	98.4
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	36,066	53.1	-14.5
	Labor	Leo Haylen	31,880	46.9	+46.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	-14.5

Australian federal election, 1940: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	38,381	61.3	-4.6
	State Labor	William Wilson	10,965	17.5	+17.5
	Labor	James Dooley	9,704	15.5	-12.4
	Labor (N-C)	John Steel	3,526	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			62,576	98.2
Informal votes			1,170	1.8
Turnout			63,746	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes		67.6	-1.4
	State Labor	William Wilson		32.4	+32.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	38,386	65.9	+0.8
	Labor	Henry Clayden	16,254	27.9	+27.9
	Social Credit	Percival Minahan	3,568	6.1	-5.6
Total formal votes			58,208	97.7
Informal votes			1,344	2.3
Turnout			59,552	97.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes		69.0	-2.0
	Labor	Henry Clayden		31.0	+31.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	-2.0

Australian federal election, 1934: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	12,684	65.1	-12.2
	Labor (NSW)	Stan Taylor	12,684	23.2	+0.6
	Social Credit	Vincent Kelly	6,385	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			54,601	98.0
Informal votes			1,112	2.0
Turnout			55,713	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes		71.0	+13.5
	Labor (NSW)	Stan Taylor		29.0	+29.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	+13.5

Australian federal election, 1931: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Billy Hughes	22,317	40.8	+1.3
	United Australia	Norman Cowper	19,724	36.0	+36.0
	Labor (NSW)	Norman Nelson	12,696	23.2	+23.2
Total formal votes			54,737	98.3
Informal votes			920	1.7
Turnout			55,657	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Billy Hughes		57.5	+23.6
	United Australia	Norman Cowper		42.5	+42.5
	United Australia gain from Independent		Swing	+23.6

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ind. Nationalist	Billy Hughes	33,263	61.2	+61.2
	Nationalist	Lewis Nott	20,298	37.3	-28.9
	Independent Labor	Clifford Banks	618	1.1	+1.1
	Socialist	Ernie Judd	180	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			54,359	97.9
Informal votes			1,169	2.1
Turnout			55,528	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Ind. Nationalist	Billy Hughes		66.1	+66.1
	Nationalist	Lewis Nott		33.9	-32.3
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist		Swing	+32.3

Australian federal election, 1928: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes	32,734	66.2	-5.3
	Labor	Ben Howe	16,736	33.8	+5.3
Total formal votes			49,470	94.8
Informal votes			2,718	5.2
Turnout			52,188	94.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-5.3

Australian federal election, 1925: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes	33,855	71.5	+13.3
	Labor	Joe Lamaro	13,500	28.5	+28.5
Total formal votes			47,355	98.8
Informal votes			581	1.2
Turnout			47,936	92.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+13.3

Australian federal election, 1922: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Billy Hughes	16,475	58.2	-11.2
	Constitutionalist	Albert Piddington	11,812	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			28,287	97.3
Informal votes			775	2.7
Turnout			29,062	65.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-11.2

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Sir Granville Ryrie	26,438	75.5	-24.5
	Labor	Cecil Murphy	8,558	24.5	+24.5
Total formal votes			34,996	98.2
Informal votes			643	1.8
Turnout			35,639	66.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-24.5

Australian federal election, 1917: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Granville Ryrie	unopposed
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1914: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Granville Ryrie	19,810	67.6	-1.5
	Labor	Roland Bradley	9,507	32.4	+1.5
Total formal votes			29,317	97.2
Informal votes			853	2.8
Turnout			30,170	63.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Australian federal election, 1913: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Granville Ryrie	21,639	69.1	+1.8
	Labor	Martin Shannon	9,659	30.9	-0.5
Total formal votes			31,298	95.4
Informal votes			1,511	4.6
Turnout			32,809	73.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

North Sydney by-election, 1911

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Granville Ryrie	11,687	72.5	+7.3
	Labour	Stephen O'Brien	4,437	27.5	-6.1
Total formal votes			16,124	99.5
Informal votes			86	0.5
Turnout			16,210	41.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

Australian federal election, 1910: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Edwards	15,233	65.2	-34.8
	Labour	Percy Tighe	7,850	33.6	+33.6
	Young Australia	John Steel	294	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			23,377	98.7
Informal votes			300	1.3
Turnout			23,677	61.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-33.6

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Anti-Socialist	Dugald Thomson	unopposed
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1903: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Dugald Thomson	unopposed
	Free Trade hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1901: North Sydney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Dugald Thomson	6,584	60.4	+60.4
	Ind. Free Trade	Edward Clark	4,315	39.6	+39.6
Total formal votes			10,899	98.7
Informal votes			145	1.3
Turnout			11,044	73.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

1. North Sydney, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos