Results of the New South Wales state election, 1962 (L–Z)

New South Wales state election, 3 March 1962[1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 2,173,768[1]
Votes cast 1,957,406 Turnout 94.00 +0.00
Informal votes 30,048 Informal 1.54 −0.29
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labor 936,047 48.57 −0.55 54 +5
  Liberal 671,716 34.85 −0.50 25 −3
  Country 180,640 9.37 +0.66 14 −2
  Independent 60,420 3.13 −0.50 0 −1
  Independent Liberal 37,555 1.95 +1.95 1 +1
  Democratic Labor 28,830 1.50 +0.18 0 −
  Communist 12,150 0.63 −0.82 0 −
Total 1,927,358     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1962 for districts from L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1962: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Simpson 15,316 75.6 −13.1
Liberal Reuben Hull 4,941 24.4 +24.4
Total formal votes 20,257 98.4
Informal votes 320 1.6
Turnout 20,577 94.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1962: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Stan Wyatt 15,454 60.5 −3.5
Liberal Russell Carter 9,415 36.8 +0.8
Communist Stanley Rust 682 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 25,551 98.7
Informal votes 324 1.3
Turnout 25,875 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stan Wyatt 16,000 62.6 −1.4
Liberal Russell Carter 9,551 37.4 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −1.4

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1962: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ken McCaw unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1962: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Keith Compton 9,268 55.5 +55.5
Country William Blair 7,087 42.4 −7.6
Democratic Labor John Antill 344 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 16,699 99.2
Informal votes 134 0.8
Turnout 16,833 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith Compton 9,337 55.9 +55.9
Country William Blair 7,362 44.1 −5.9
Labor gain from Country Swing N/A

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1962: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Mannix 15,398 61.3 +2.4
Liberal John Bridge 8,459 33.7 −7.4
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis 1,265 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 25,122 97.6
Informal votes 620 2.4
Turnout 25,742 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Mannix 15,651 62.3 +3.4
Liberal John Bridge 9,471 37.7 −3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1962: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Milton Morris 11,325 57.9 +5.7
Labor George Lyons 8,235 42.1 +1.3
Total formal votes 19,560 99.1
Informal votes 182 0.9
Turnout 19,742 95.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.3

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1962: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal Douglas Darby 12,049 48.9 +48.9
Liberal Harry Boyle 9,874 40.0 −23.1
Independent John Gillmer 2,743 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 24,666 97.3
Informal votes 694 2.7
Turnout 25,360 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Douglas Darby 13,799 55.9 +55.9
Liberal Harry Boyle 10,867 44.1 −19.0
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1962: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Heffron 14,493 67.9 +6.6
Liberal Alexander Alexander 6,074 28.5 −6.8
Independent Leslie Bond 775 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 21,342 98.3
Informal votes 371 1.7
Turnout 21,713 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Heffron 14,881 69.7 +5.7
Liberal Alexander Alexander 6,461 30.3 −5.7
Labor hold Swing +5.7

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1962: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norm Ryan 16,010 67.9 −1.1
Liberal Bruce Fry 7,117 30.2 −0.8
Independent William McCristal 465 2.0 +2.0
Total formal votes 23,592 98.3
Informal votes 418 1.7
Turnout 24,010 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Norm Ryan 16,302 69.1 +0.1
Liberal Bruce Fry 7,290 30.9 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1962: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Seiffert 9,217 57.5 −0.1
Liberal Jack McArthur 6,825 42.5 +0.1
Total formal votes 16,042 98.9
Informal votes 178 1.1
Turnout 16,220 93.2
Labor hold Swing −0.1

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1962: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Pat Morton 18,900 80.8 −9.4
Democratic Labor Reginald Lawson 4,504 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 23,404 95.3
Informal votes 1,147 4.7
Turnout 24,551 91.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1962: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leo Nott 8,772 53.9 +4.6
Liberal Albert Cox 4,187 25.7 −0.6
Country Edward Punch 2,988 18.3 −3.9
Democratic Labor Edward Byrnes 334 2.1 −0.1
Total formal votes 16,281 98.5
Informal votes 247 1.5
Turnout 16,528 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 9,048 55.6 +4.7
Liberal Albert Cox 7,233 44.4 −4.7
Labor hold Swing +4.7

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1962: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joe Lawson 11,764 66.1 +1.5
Labor John Hayes 6,034 33.9 −1.5
Total formal votes 17,798 99.3
Informal votes 132 0.7
Turnout 17,930 90.9
Country hold Swing +1.5

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1962: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor George Enticknap 9,128 49.3 +1.7
Liberal Sidney Braithwaite 4,631 25.0 +25.0
Country Alfred Tiffen 3,689 19.9 −12.7
Democratic Labor Stanley Axtill 1,083 5.8 +1.4
Total formal votes 18,531 97.9
Informal votes 405 2.1
Turnout 18,936 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Enticknap 9,751 52.6 −3.9
Liberal Sidney Braithwaite 8,780 47.4 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1962: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Alfred Bennett 12,267 50.8 +10.1
Liberal Bill Chapman 11,892 49.2 −6.1
Total formal votes 24,159 98.1
Informal votes 467 1.9
Turnout 24,626 94.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.0

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1962: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Hawkins 11,642 62.3 −2.2
Liberal Kevin Doyle 6,310 33.7 +2.3
Communist Mervyn Copley 750 4.0 −0.1
Total formal votes 18,702 98.8
Informal votes 232 1.2
Turnout 18,934 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 12,242 65.5 −2.3
Liberal Kevin Doyle 6,460 34.5 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −2.3

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1962: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Cutler 11,148 60.3 −0.7
Labor Allan Reed 7,328 39.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 18,476 99.0
Informal votes 183 1.0
Turnout 18,659 95.7
Country hold Swing −0.7

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1962: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Les Jordan 8,311 41.3 +41.3
Labor Joseph Andrews 7,117 35.4 +35.4
Country Bruce Cowan 4,440 22.1 −45.1
Independent William Kennewell 254 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 20,122 99.0
Informal votes 194 1.0
Turnout 20,316 96.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Les Jordan 12,325 61.2 +61.2
Labor Joseph Andrews 7,797 38.8 +38.8
Liberal gain from Country Swing N/A

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1962: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Dan Mahoney 14,373 57.8 +3.9
Liberal Marion Hearnshaw 10,479 42.2 −0.6
Total formal votes 24,852 98.8
Informal votes 297 1.2
Turnout 25,149 94.7
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1962: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Pat Hills 15,665 68.4 +3.0
Liberal Jean Wood 6,040 26.4 −2.4
Communist Joy Williams 1,212 5.3 −0.4
Total formal votes 22,917 96.9
Informal votes 741 3.1
Turnout 23,658 89.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 16,635 72.6 +2.8
Liberal Jean Wood 6,282 27.4 −2.8
Labor hold Swing +2.8

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1962: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Brown 10,960 63.5 +27.7
Labor Trevor Owens 6,302 36.5 +1.4
Total formal votes 17,262 99.3
Informal votes 116 0.7
Turnout 17,378 96.1
Country hold Swing +3.2

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1962: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lionel Bowen 12,300 55.2 −1.4
Liberal Adrian Molloy 8,780 39.4 −1.7
Democratic Labor Charles De Monchaux 1,215 5.4 +3.0
Total formal votes 22,295 98.6
Informal votes 326 1.4
Turnout 22,621 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lionel Bowen 12,543 56.3 −0.7
Liberal Adrian Molloy 9,752 43.7 +0.7
Labor hold Swing −0.7

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1962: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Green 18,284 81.8 +2.3
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 2,987 13.4 −3.5
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,090 4.9 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,361 97.8
Informal votes 503 2.2
Turnout 22,864 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 19,156 85.7 +3.5
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 3,205 14.3 −3.5
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1962: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Brian Bannon 13,544 54.8 +8.7
Liberal Sidney Alewood 10,185 41.2 −2.1
Democratic Labor Brian Adams 1,006 4.1 +0.7
Total formal votes 24,735 98.7
Informal votes 330 1.3
Turnout 25,065 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 13,745 55.6 +4.2
Liberal Sidney Alewood 10,990 44.4 −4.2
Labor hold Swing +4.2

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1962: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Downing 15,827 60.0 +8.5
Liberal Edward Hall 10,555 40.0 −5.0
Total formal votes 26,382 98.8
Informal votes 318 1.2
Turnout 26,700 95.3
Labor hold Swing +7.8

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1962: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jack Beale 10,807 49.9 −15.6
Labor John Seiffert 7,407 34.2 +34.2
Independent Liberal Charles Shirley 3,436 15.9 +15.9
Total formal votes 21,650 99.1
Informal votes 203 0.9
Turnout 21,853 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jack Beale 13,289 61.4 −4.1
Labor John Seiffert 8,361 38.6 +38.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1962: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wattison 10,284 75.0 +7.0
Country Edward Brown 3,424 25.0 +4.6
Total formal votes 13,708 99.0
Informal votes 143 1.0
Turnout 13,851 87.9
Labor hold Swing +2.9

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1962: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Dalton 12,697 46.3 −3.9
Liberal Noel Walker 10,021 36.5 −9.2
Independent Keith Bates 4,173 15.2 +15.2
Democratic Labor Malcolm Towner 450 1.6 +0.3
Independent John Mantova 86 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 27,427 98.9
Informal votes 304 1.1
Turnout 27,731 96.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Dalton 15,207 55.5 +2.7
Liberal Noel Walker 12,220 44.5 −2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1962: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Chaffey 11,679 61.4 −38.6
Labor Norman Turner 7,328 38.6 +38.6
Total formal votes 19,007 99.1
Informal votes 173 0.9
Turnout 19,180 95.1
Country hold Swing N/A

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1962: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Taylor 10,094 63.9 −36.1
Labor Lyle Hoad 5,708 36.1 +36.1
Total formal votes 15,802 99.3
Informal votes 105 0.7
Turnout 15,907 95.3
Country hold Swing N/A

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1962: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tim Bruxner 8,940 50.7 −17.3
Labor Eric Potter 8,675 49.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 17,615 99.2
Informal votes 147 0.8
Turnout 17,762 94.3
Country hold Swing −17.3

The Hills

New South Wales state election, 1962: The Hills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Max Ruddock 13,781 56.3
Independent Liberal Alfred Dennis 10,704 43.7 +43.7
Total formal votes 24,485 97.3
Informal votes 681 2.7
Turnout 25,166 93.2
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1962: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank O'Keefe 8,651 50.4 +10.4
Labor Geoffrey Heuston 8,517 49.6 +8.8
Total formal votes 17,168 99.4
Informal votes 97 0.6
Turnout 17,265 96.0
Country hold Swing −2.1

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1962: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Geoffrey Cox 17,840 79.0 −21.0
Democratic Labor Valerie Olsen 4,754 21.0 +21.0
Total formal votes 22,594 93.3
Informal votes 1,625 6.7
Turnout 24,219 90.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Wal Fife 10,259 57.2 +2.3
Labor Leonard Brown 6,659 37.1 −0.9
Democratic Labor Anthony Abbey 1,027 5.7 −1.4
Total formal votes 17,945 98.9
Informal votes 197 1.1
Turnout 18,142 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wal Fife 11,081 61.7 +1.1
Labor Leonard Brown 6,864 38.3 −1.1
Liberal hold Swing +1.1

Wakehurst

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wakehurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Dick Healey 11,689 51.7 −9.4
Labor John Fisher 8,062 35.6 −3.3
Independent Edgar Wilson 1,440 6.4 +6.4
Independent Beverley Job 792 3.5 +3.5
Democratic Labor Philip Cohen 638 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 22,621 97.9
Informal votes 491 2.1
Turnout 23,112 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Healey 13,315 58.9 −2.2
Labor John Fisher 9,306 41.1 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing −2.2

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1962: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Edward Greaves 10,024 52.7 +6.0
Independent Frank Purdue 8,998 47.3 −6.0
Total formal votes 19,022 98.8
Informal votes 224 1.2
Turnout 19,246 95.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing +6.0

Wentworthville

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wentworthville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Quinn 12,362 51.2 −4.7
Liberal Graham Cullis 7,204 29.8 −14.3
Independent Montague Bennett 4,604 19.0 +19.0
Total formal votes 24,170 98.4
Informal votes 390 1.6
Turnout 24,560 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,664 60.7 +4.8
Liberal Graham Cullis 9,506 39.3 −4.8
Labor hold Swing +4.8

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1962: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Brain unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Tom Lewis 12,825 56.9 +0.2
Labor Jack Wharton 9,719 43.1 −0.2
Total formal votes 22,544 99.0
Informal votes 234 1.0
Turnout 22,778 94.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.2

Wollongong−Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wollongong−Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Rex Connor 12,236 58.5 +0.1
Liberal Jack Hough 8,698 41.5 −0.1
Total formal votes 20,934 98.4
Informal votes 344 1.6
Turnout 21,278 93.6
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Wyong

New South Wales state election, 1962: Wyong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ray Maher 10,431 53.3
Liberal Kenneth Charters 7,797 39.8
Democratic Labor Hugh Ansell 727 3.7
Independent Harold Turnbull 615 3.1
Total formal votes 19,570 98.5
Informal votes 293 1.5
Turnout 19,863 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 10,883 55.6
Liberal Kenneth Charters 8,687 44.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

Young

New South Wales state election, 1962: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Freudenstein 9,991 53.6 +19.1
Labor Peter Kelly 7,800 41.8 +2.9
Democratic Labor Ronald Silk 862 4.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 18,653 99.2
Informal votes 150 0.8
Turnout 18,803 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 10,681 57.3 −1.0
Labor Peter Kelly 7,972 42.7 +1.0
Country hold Swing +1.0

See also

References

  1. ↑ Antony Green. "1962 New South Wales state election". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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