Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election

New South Wales state election, 25 October 1930 Legislative Assembly << 1927–1932 >>
Enrolled voters		1,428,648
Votes cast		1,325,945		Turnout	94.94	+12.4
Informal votes		30,478		Informal	2.25	+0.94
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	729,914	55.05	+12.05	55	+15
	Nationalist	404,405	30.50	–7.98	23	–10
	Country	126,779	9.56	+0.67	12	–1
	Australian	27,493	2.07	+2.07	0	±0
	Communist	10,445	0.79	+0.79	0	±0
	Independent Labor	7,186	0.54	–2.30	0	–2
	Independent Country	3,298	0.25	–0.13	0	±0
	Ind. Nationalist	977	0.07	–2.58	0	–2
	Independents	15,448	1.17	–1.95	0	±0
Total		1,325,945			90

The 1930 New South Wales state election was for 90 electoral districts each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. The principal change from the 1927 election was the division of the state into 3 zones, Sydney with forty-three districts, Newcastle with five, and the country with forty-two. While the average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 16,009, in the country zone the average was 13,028,, in Newcastle 18,933, and Sydney 18,580.

Results by electoral district

Albury

1930 New South Wales state election: Albury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Fitzgerald	5,943	51.7
	Ind. Nationalist	John Ross (defeated)	5,461	47.5
	Communist	William Ford	96	0.8
Total formal votes			11,500	98.0
Informal votes			230	2.0
Turnout			11,730	95.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

John Ross won the seat at the 1927 election as a Nationalist however he resigned from the party before the election, and contested the seat as an Independent Nationalist

Annandale

1930 New South Wales state election: Annandale 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Stuart-Robertson	12,246	77.5
	Nationalist	Osterley Thompson	3,194	20.2
	Communist	Mary Lamm	362	2.3
Total formal votes			15,802	97.6
Informal votes			383	2.4
Turnout			16,185	93.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Armidale

1930 New South Wales state election: Armidale 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	6,388	52.1
	Labor	Thomas Wilson	5,872	47.9
Total formal votes			12,260	97.0
Informal votes			380	3.0
Turnout			12,640	99.1
	Country hold		Swing

Arncliffe

1930 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	11,585	66.3
	Nationalist	David Rogers	5,696	32.6
	Communist	Frederick Farrall	204	1.2
Total formal votes			17,485	97.9
Informal votes			368	2.1
Turnout			17,853	95.4
	Labor win		(new seat)

Joseph Cahill (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of St George which was largely replaced by Arncliffe.

Ashburnham

1930 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Keast	5,941	49.3
	Nationalist	Edmund Best (defeated)	4,611	38.2
	Independent Country	David Kelly	1,512	12.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.5
Informal votes			179	1.5
Turnout			12,243	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Keast	6,084	50.4
	Nationalist	Edmund Best	5,980	49.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Ashfield

1930 New South Wales state election: Ashfield 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	6,736	43.0	-15.2
	Labor	Alfred Paddison	5,927	37.8	+11.9
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,616	10.3	-5.6
	Australian	George Treloar	1,388	8.9
Total formal votes			15,667	98.3	-0.9
Informal votes			276	1.7	+0.9
Turnout			15,943	93.9	+8.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	8,592	54.8
	Labor	Alfred Paddison	7,075	45.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Auburn

1930 New South Wales state election: Auburn 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Lang	13,174	75.8
	Nationalist	Sidney Massey	3,885	22.3
	Communist	Herbert Moxon	198	1.1
	Independent	Harry Meatheringham	126	0.7
Total formal votes			17,383	97.3
Informal votes			489	2.7
Turnout			17,872	95.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Balmain

1930 New South Wales state election: Balmain 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Quirk	12,408	76.0
	Nationalist	Ernest Hind	3,243	19.9
	Independent	William Murphy	448	2.7
	Communist	John Sylvester	233	1.4
Total formal votes			16,332	97.4
Informal votes			435	2.6
Turnout			16,767	95.5
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

The sitting member H. V. Evatt (Independent Labor) was appointed to the High Court.

Bankstown

1930 New South Wales state election: Bankstown 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGirr	12,709	69.3
	Nationalist	Edward Gill	5,286	28.8
	Communist	Oliver Griffin	192	1.1
	Independent	Frederick Wills	145	0.8
Total formal votes			18,332	96.6
Informal votes			645	3.4
Turnout			18,977	96.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Barwon

1930 New South Wales state election: Barwon 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe	6,719	49.9
	Country	Ben Wade	5,232	38.8
	Nationalist	George McDonald	1,359	10.1
	Communist	Colin Smith	156	1.2
Total formal votes			13,466	97.7
Informal votes			319	2.3
Turnout			13,785	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe	6,984	51.9
	Country	Ben Wade	6,482	48.1
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Bathurst

1930 New South Wales state election: Bathurst 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gus Kelly	7,487	60.2
	Nationalist	Arthur Brown	4,909	39.5
	Communist	Andrew Goldsmith	40	0.3
Total formal votes			12,436	98.1
Informal votes			235	1.9
Turnout			12,671	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Bondi

1930 New South Wales state election: Bondi 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Abe Landa	8,725	47.5
	Nationalist	Harold Jaques (defeated)	7,859	42.8
	Australian	Ashton Kurts	1,795	9.8
Total formal votes			18,379	98.7
Informal votes			242	1.3
Turnout			18,621	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Abe Landa	9,592	52.2
	Nationalist	Harold Jaques	8,787	47.8
	Labor gain from Ind. Nationalist		Swing

Sitting member Harold Jaques had won the 1927 election as an independent nationalist but rejoined the Nationalist party.

Botany

1930 New South Wales state election: Botany 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	12,230	63.5
	Independent Labor	Thomas Mutch (defeated)	6,862	35.6
	Communist	Frank Warner	167	0.9
Total formal votes			19,259	97.6
Informal votes			469	2.4
Turnout			19,728	95.2
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

Sitting member Thomas Mutch had been expelled from Labor in 1927, but had been re-elected as an Independent Labor candidate.

Bulli

1930 New South Wales state election: Bulli 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Lysaght	9,170	79.2
	Nationalist	Edward Holmes	2,077	17.9
	Communist	Evred Bostick	331	2.9
Total formal votes			11,578	98.3
Informal votes			201	1.7
Turnout			11,779	94.6
	Labor win		(new seat)

Andrew Lysaght (Labor) was the sitting member for Illawarra.

Burwood

1930 New South Wales state election: Burwood 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	7,821	44.2
	Labor	Francis Miller	6,937	39.2
	Australian	Stan Lloyd	2,813	15.9
	Communist	Frank Dodds	128	0.7
Total formal votes			17,699	97.5
Informal votes			460	2.5
Turnout			18,159	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	9,183	51.9
	Labor	Francis Miller	8,516	48.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Byron

1930 New South Wales state election: Byron 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	unopposed
	Country hold

Canterbury

1930 New South Wales state election: Canterbury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	11,827	68.4
	Nationalist	Arthur Gardiner	5,177	29.9
	Independent	Ioan Hill	288	1.7
Total formal votes			17,292	98.4
Informal votes			283	1.6
Turnout			17,575	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Casino

1930 New South Wales state election: Casino 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Herbert Young	3,335	29.2
	Country	John Reid	2,801	24.5
	Country	Elsmer Jones	1,464	12.8
	Country	Percy Swanson	1,363	11.9
	Country	Ernest Vincent	1,006	8.8
	Country	Malcolm Bulmer	790	6.9
	Independent	Samuel Sargent	350	3.1
	Independent Labor	Frederick Crowther	258	2.3
	Independent Labor	John Kelly	66	0.6
Total formal votes			11,433	93.7
Informal votes			765	6.3
Turnout			12,198	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	John Reid	7,337	64.2
	Labor	Herbert Young	4,096	35.8
	Country win		(new seat)

The 1929 redistribution increased the number of seats in the rural zone, and Casino was created from parts of Tenterfield and Clarence both of which were held by the Country Party.

Castlereagh

1930 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Clark	6,901	55.8
	Country	Robert Stanley	5,194	42.0
	Independent Country	Frederick Sargant	264	2.1
Total formal votes			12,359	97.8
Informal votes			278	2.2
Turnout			12,637	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

The sitting member was Harold Thorby (Country) who unsuccessfully contested Dubbo.

Cessnock

1930 New South Wales state election: Cessnock 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Baddeley	14,808	92.5
	Communist	Joseph Schelley	1,200	7.5
Total formal votes			16,008	93.8
Informal votes			1,058	6.2
Turnout			17,066
	Labor hold		Swing

Clarence

1930 New South Wales state election: Clarence 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Pollack	8,322	64.2
	Labor	Thomas Ledsam	4,638	35.8
Total formal votes			12,960	98.8
Informal votes			161	1.2
Turnout			13,121	97.0
	Country hold		Swing

Cobar

1930 New South Wales state election: Cobar 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mat Davidson	7,645	72.4
	Nationalist	John Lawson	2,750	26.0
	Communist	Edmund Rees	172	1.6
Total formal votes			10,567	97.3
Informal votes			288	2.7
Turnout			10,855	90.9
	Labor win		(new seat)

Cobar was a re-created seat, and comprised part of the districts of Sturt, Lachlan and Namoi. Mat Davidson (Labor) was the member for Murray.

Concord

1930 New South Wales state election: Concord 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry McDicken	10,702	61.5
	Nationalist	Frederick Stewart	6,708	38.5
Total formal votes			17,410	99.0
Informal votes			169	1.0
Turnout			17,579	97.1
	Labor win		(new seat)

Concord was a new seat, and comprised part of the district of Ryde and the abolished district of Eastwood. Henry McDicken (Labor) was the member for Ryde.

Coogee

1930 New South Wales state election: Coogee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Dunningham	9,881	53.4
	Labor	Mark Cochrane	8,429	45.6
	Independent	Rupert Treatt	95	0.5
	Independent	Walter Miller	86	0.5
Total formal votes			18,491	97.1
Informal votes			553	2.9
Turnout			19,044	94.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Cootamundra

1930 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Hoad	6,981	58.5
	Country	Bill Ross	4,866	40.8
	Communist	William Beverley	84	0.7
Total formal votes			11,931	98.3
Informal votes			209	1.7
Turnout			12,140	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Corowa

1930 New South Wales state election: Corowa 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Ball	6,750	61.3
	Labor	John Metcalfe	4,268	38.7
Total formal votes			11,018	98.8
Informal votes			135	1.2
Turnout			11,153	93.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Croydon

1930 New South Wales state election: Croydon 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Bertram Stevens	8,204	49.6
	Labor	Cecil Newsome	6,564	39.7
	Australian	Raymond Ritchie	1,683	10.2
	Communist	Samuel Aarons	96	0.6
Total formal votes			16,547	98.1
Informal votes			323	1.9
Turnout			16,870	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Bertram Stevens	9,006	54.4
	Labor	Cecil Newsome	7,541	45.6
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Drummoyne

1930 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David McLelland	9,887	56.0
	Nationalist	John Lee (defeated)	7,774	44.0
Total formal votes			17,661	99.0
Informal votes			179	1.0
Turnout			17,840	96.8
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Dubbo

1930 New South Wales state election: Dubbo 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alfred McClelland	6,615	51.0
	Country	Harold Thorby (defeated)	5,943	45.8
	Australian	Rodolph Purkis	412	3.2
Total formal votes			12,970	98.3
Informal votes			220	1.7
Turnout			13,190	94.7
	Labor win		(new seat)

Dubbo was a re-created district. Harold Thorby (Country) was the sitting member for Castlereagh.

Dulwich Hill

1930 New South Wales state election: Dulwich Hill 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Connors	9,558	51.4
	Nationalist	John Ness (defeated)	8,970	48.2
	Communist	Edna Kavanagh	75	0.4
Total formal votes			18,603	98.2
Informal votes			338	1.8
Turnout			18,941	94.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Georges River

1930 New South Wales state election: Georges River 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Kinsella	9,668	53.1
	Nationalist	Cecil Monro	6,814	37.4
	Australian	Hedley Mallard	1,569	8.6
	Communist	Patrick Drew	147	0.8
Total formal votes			18,198	98.2
Informal votes			333	1.8
Turnout			18,531	95.8
	Labor win		(new seat)

Glebe

1930 New South Wales state election: Glebe 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	11,955	78.6
	Nationalist	Arthur Butterell	3,083	20.3
	Communist	Herbert Huggett	166	1.1
Total formal votes			15,204	97.8
Informal votes			345	2.2
Turnout			15,549	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Gloucester

1930 New South Wales state election: Gloucester 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Bennett	8,731	70.7
	Labor	Willie Harris	3,622	29.3
Total formal votes			12,353	98.6
Informal votes			178	1.4
Turnout			12,531	94.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Gordon

1930 New South Wales state election: Gordon 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	13,951	77.8
	Labor	Albert Kitchen	3,840	21.4
	Communist	Esmonde Higgins	147	0.8
Total formal votes			17,938	98.2
Informal votes			323	1.8
Turnout			18,261	95.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Goulburn

1930 New South Wales state election: Goulburn 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Tully	7,093	60.5
	Nationalist	Joseph Hamlet	4,588	39.2
	Communist	George Hill	35	0.3
Total formal votes			11,716	98.6
Informal votes			164	1.4
Turnout			11,880	95.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Granville

1930 New South Wales state election: Granville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Ely	12,495	70.5
	Nationalist	Jack Argent	5,231	29.5
Total formal votes			17,726	98.7
Informal votes			225	1.3
Turnout			17,951	96.7
	Labor hold		Swing

Hamilton

1930 New South Wales state election: Hamilton 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hugh Connell	12,860	69.8
	Nationalist	Gordon Skelton	5,231	28.4
	Communist	Timothy Barry	325	1.8
Total formal votes			18,416	98.0
Informal votes			374	2.0
Turnout			18,790	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

The sitting member was James Smith (Labor) who did not contest the election. Hugh Connell (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Kahibah.

Hartley

1930 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	9,797	81.0
	Nationalist	Alfred Samuels	1,904	15.7
	Communist	Alfred Airey	400	3.3
Total formal votes			12,101	98.4
Informal votes			201	1.6
Turnout			12,302	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Hawkesbury

1930 New South Wales state election: Hawkesbury 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Bruce Walker Sr	7,846	65.0
	Labor	William Acason	4,216	35.0
Total formal votes			12,062	98.5
Informal votes			179	1.5
Turnout			12,241	96.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Hornsby

1930 New South Wales state election: Hornsby 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	James Shand	11,168	62.1
	Labor	George Osborne	6,594	36.6
	Communist	Samuel Frew	233	1.3
Total formal votes			17,995	97.6
Informal votes			435	2.4
Turnout			18,430	95.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Hurstville

1930 New South Wales state election: Hurstville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter Butler	11,511	63.2
	Nationalist	James Webb	6,561	36.0
	Communist	William Wright	132	0.7
Total formal votes			18,204	98.2
Informal votes			342	1.8
Turnout			18,546	96.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Illawarra

1930 New South Wales state election: Illawarra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	8,944	65.9
	Nationalist	William Howarth	4,405	32.4
	Communist	Joseph Nixon	231	1.7
Total formal votes			13,580	98.4
Informal votes			219	1.6
Turnout			13,799	96.2
	Labor hold		Swing

The sitting member was Andrew Lysaght (Labor) who successfully contested Bulli. Billy Davies (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Wollongong.

King

1930 New South Wales state election: King 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,469	67.2
	Nationalist	Ernest Hagon	4,829	31.0
	Communist	Robert Shayler	277	1.8
Total formal votes			15,575	96.8
Informal votes			522	3.2
Turnout			16,097	87.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Kogarah

1930 New South Wales state election: Kogarah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Gosling	12,090	65.1
	Nationalist	Humphrey Earl	6,351	34.2
	Communist	Thomas Wright	145	0.8
Total formal votes			18,586	98.5
Informal votes			283	1.5
Turnout			18,869	96.5
	Labor win		(new seat)

Mark Gosling (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Oatley.

Kurri Kurri

1930 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	16,157	95.2
	Communist	Harris Burnham	816	4.8
Total formal votes			16,973	91.9
Informal votes			1,488	8.1
Turnout			18,461	95.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Lachlan

1930 New South Wales state election: Lachlan 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ernest Buttenshaw	7,444	56.7
	Labor	David Tasker	5,743	41.7
	Communist	William Axelby	212	1.6
Total formal votes			13,129	98.0
Informal votes			265	2.0
Turnout			13,394	94.9
	Country hold		Swing

Lakemba

1930 New South Wales state election: Lakemba 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Stanley	11,861	68.8
	Nationalist	George Cann	4,517	26.2
	Australian	James Johnston	734	4.3
	Communist	Norman Jeffery	140	0.8
Total formal votes			17,252	97.1
Informal votes			512	2.9
Turnout			17,764	98.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Lane Cove

1930 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	10,419	58.6
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	5,195	29.2
	Australian	Henry Macourt	2,147	12.1
	Communist	George Smith	32	0.2
Total formal votes			17,793	98.6
Informal votes			245	1.4
Turnout			18,038	95.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Leichhardt

1930 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barney Olde	12,188	74.9
	Nationalist	Thomas Morrow	3,580	22.0
	Independent	Charles Shields	228	1.4
	Independent	Arthur Doughty	190	1.2
	Communist	Jane Mountjoy	90	0.6
Total formal votes			16,276	96.7
Informal votes			551	3.3
Turnout			16,827	96.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Lismore

1930 New South Wales state election: Lismore 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Missingham	7,674	63.4
	Labor	Jim Fredericks	4,381	36.2
	Communist	William Harkin	42	0.4
Total formal votes			12,097	97.9
Informal votes			265	2.1
Turnout			12,362	95.2
	Country hold		Swing

Liverpool Plains

1930 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harry Carter	6,013	50.4
	Labor	Thomas Egan	5,920	49.6
Total formal votes			11,933	98.1
Informal votes			227	1.9
Turnout			12,160	95.9
	Country hold		Swing

Maitland

1930 New South Wales state election: Maitland 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Walter O'Hearn	6,479	53.9
	Nationalist	Walter Howarth	5,499	45.7
	Communist	John Harvey	54	0.5
Total formal votes			12,032	98.5
Informal votes			184	1.5
Turnout			12,216	98.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Manly

1930 New South Wales state election: Manly 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Alfred Reid	9,332	51.5
	Labor	Samuel Bendeich	5,670	31.3
	Australian	Charles Gourlay	2,136	11.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Vincent Brady	977	5.4
Total formal votes			18,115	98.1
Informal votes			356	1.9
Turnout			18,471	95.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Marrickville

1930 New South Wales state election: Marrickville 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini	11,508	65.9
	Nationalist	Frederick Rushton	4,873	27.9
	Australian	Frank Wright	988	5.7
	Communist	Francis Wilson	89	0.5
Total formal votes			17,458	98.1
Informal votes			332	1.9
Turnout			17,790	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Monaro

1930 New South Wales state election: Monaro 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Hedges	6,292	50.5
	Labor	Paddy Stokes	6,156	49.5
Total formal votes			12,448	98.8
Informal votes			151	1.2
Turnout			12,599	97.4
	Country hold		Swing

Mosman

1930 New South Wales state election: Mosman 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Richard Arthur	10,194	63.9
	Labor	Morris Curotta	3,338	20.9
	Independent	Phillip Shipway	2,414	15.1
Total formal votes			15,946	98.5
Informal votes			243	1.5
Turnout			16,189	94.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Mudgee

1930 New South Wales state election: Mudgee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Dunn	7,538	61.0
	Country	Gordon Wilkins	4,741	38.4
	Communist	Patrick Walsh	76	0.6
Total formal votes			12,355	99.1
Informal votes			109	0.9
Turnout			12,464	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Murray

1930 New South Wales state election: Murray 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Donovan	5,299	48.9
	Country	Joe Lawson	3,468	32.0
	Country	Frederick Grabau	2,064	19.1
Total formal votes			10,831	96.5
Informal votes			395	3.5
Turnout			11,226	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Donovan	5,476	50.6
	Country	Joe Lawson	5,355	49.4
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

The sitting member for Murray, Mat Davidson (Labor) successfully contested Cobar.

Murrumbidgee

1930 New South Wales state election: Murrumbidgee 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Martin Flannery	7,507	56.7
	Country	John Kelly	5,554	42.0
	Communist	Arthur Battle	171	1.3
Total formal votes			13,232	98.0
Informal votes			268	2.0
Turnout			13,500	95.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Namoi

1930 New South Wales state election: Namoi 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Scully	7,286	57.3
	Country	William Waterford	5,430	42.7
Total formal votes			12,716	98.8
Informal votes			153	1.2
Turnout			12,869	95.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Nepean

1930 New South Wales state election: Nepean 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Joseph Jackson	7,510	57.7
	Labor	John Freeman	5,501	42.3
Total formal votes			13,011	98.9
Informal votes			148	1.1
Turnout			13,159	95.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Neutral Bay

1930 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Reginald Weaver	10,401	65.4
	Labor	John Green	4,404	27.7
	Australian	Raymond Sullivan	1,095	6.9
Total formal votes			15,900	98.8
Informal votes			190	1.2
Turnout			16,090	93.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Newcastle

1930 New South Wales state election: Newcastle 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Connolly	12,137	69.9
	Nationalist	Alfred Goninan	4,303	24.8
	Australian	Henry Short	742	4.3
	Communist	John Simpson	176	1.0
Total formal votes			17,358	97.7
Informal votes			415	2.3
Turnout			17,773	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Newtown

1930 New South Wales state election: Newtown 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Burke	13,395	83.9
	Nationalist	William Pickup	2,353	14.7
	Communist	Jack Kavanagh	224	1.4
Total formal votes			15,972	97.7
Informal votes			372	2.3
Turnout			16,344	95.2
	Labor hold		Swing

North Sydney

1930 New South Wales state election: North Sydney 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ben Howe	8,739	52.1
	Nationalist	Ernest Marks (defeated)	7,696	45.9
	Independent	Alfred Waterhouse	252	1.5
	Communist	John Loughran	45	0.3
	Independent	Thomas Taprell	32	0.2
Total formal votes			16,764	96.8
Informal votes			562	3.2
Turnout			17,326	94.0
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Orange

1930 New South Wales state election: Orange 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Folster	6,894	52.7
	Nationalist	Henry Leggo	6,192	47.3
Total formal votes			13,086	99.0
Informal votes			134	1.0
Turnout			13,220	96.7
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Oxley

1930 New South Wales state election: Oxley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	8,153	64.4
	Labor	Alphonsus Ticehurst	4,107	32.5
	Independent	Patrick Moran	222	1.8
	Communist	John Easton	168	1.3
Total formal votes			12,650	97.9
Informal votes			272	2.1
Turnout			12,922	96.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Paddington

1930 New South Wales state election: Paddington 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	12,152	77.6
	Nationalist	Charles Robinson	3,231	20.6
	Communist	Bernard Richardson	272	1.7
Total formal votes			15,655	97.5
Informal votes			400	2.5
Turnout			16,055	91.1
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

The sitting member was Daniel Levy (Nationalist) who successfully contested Woollahra

Parramatta

1930 New South Wales state election: Parramatta 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Byrne	10,351	56.2
	Nationalist	Herbert Lloyd (defeated)	7,945	43.2
	Communist	Wilfred Mountjoy	112	0.6
Total formal votes			18,408	98.0
Informal votes			379	2.0
Turnout			18,787	95.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Petersham

1930 New South Wales state election: Petersham 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joe Lamaro	10,365	61.4
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	6,367	37.7
	Communist	Annie Ford	138	0.8
Total formal votes			16,870	98.0
Informal votes			335	2.0
Turnout			17,205	93.5
	Labor win		(new seat)

Joe Lamaro (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Enmore which was largely replaced by Petersham.

Phillip

1930 New South Wales state election: Phillip 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Shannon	12,152	83.2
	Nationalist	William Adkins	2,167	14.8
	Communist	Edwin Hill	296	2.0
Total formal votes			14,615	97.4
Informal votes			397	2.6
Turnout			15,012	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing

Raleigh

1930 New South Wales state election: Raleigh 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	7,190	56.0
	Labor	Charles Booth	3,966	30.9
	Independent Country	Henry Wood	1,522	11.8
	Independent	Theodore McLennan	161	1.3
Total formal votes			12,839	97.7
Informal votes			302	2.3
Turnout			13,141	96.1
	Country hold		Swing

Randwick

1930 New South Wales state election: Randwick 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Flanagan	10,243	57.9
	Nationalist	Ernest Tresidder (defeated)	6,283	35.5
	Australian	Harold Smith	1,169	6.6
Total formal votes			17,695	98.6
Informal votes			252	1.4
Turnout			17,947	91.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Redfern

1930 New South Wales state election: Redfern 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	14,676	87.1
	Nationalist	James Correy	1,953	11.6
	Communist	Jean Thomson-Marsh	224	1.3
Total formal votes			16,853	97.9
Informal votes			353	2.1
Turnout			17,206	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

Ryde

1930 New South Wales state election: Ryde 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Evan Davies	9,162	50.0
	Nationalist	David Anderson (defeated)	6,410	35.0
	Australian	William Macduff	2,604	14.2
	Communist	Basil Williams	96	0.5
	Independent	William Featherstone	50	0.3
Total formal votes			18,322	97.3
Informal votes			513	2.7
Turnout			18,835	96.2
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

South Coast

1930 New South Wales state election: South Coast 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Henry Bate	7,374	58.6
	Labor	Thomas Robertson	4,285	34.1
	Independent	Edgar Maddrell	833	6.6
	Independent	Willie Hunt	86	0.7
Total formal votes			12,578	97.1
Informal votes			378	2.9
Turnout			12,956	96.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Sturt

1930 New South Wales state election: Sturt 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Horsington	9,349	93.2
	Communist	Leslie King	685	6.8
Total formal votes			10,034	87.8
Informal votes			1,394	12.2
Turnout			11,428	94.4
	Labor hold		Swing

Tamworth

1930 New South Wales state election: Tamworth 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Frank Chaffey	6,720	54.9
	Labor	Samuel Scully	5,296	43.3
	Independent	Francis Brennan	179	1.5
	Communist	Robert McCall	36	0.3
Total formal votes			12,231	97.9
Informal votes			265	2.1
Turnout			12,496	96.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Temora

1930 New South Wales state election: Temora 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hugh Main	5,826	50.6
	Labor	Frank Hawkins	5,360	46.6
	Independent	James King	328	2.8
Total formal votes			11,514	98.1
Informal votes			219	1.9
Turnout			11,733	96.0
	Country hold		Swing

Tenterfield

1930 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	7,161	59.3
	Labor	Alfred Cameron	4,908	40.7
Total formal votes			12,069	98.7
Informal votes			161	1.3
Turnout			12,230	96.4
	Country hold		Swing

Upper Hunter

1930 New South Wales state election: Upper Hunter 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Cameron	7,052	56.3
	Labor	Albert Burns	5,383	43.0
	Communist	Henry Scanlon	96	0.8
Total formal votes			12,531	96.8
Informal votes			417	3.2
Turnout			12,948	98.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Vaucluse

1930 New South Wales state election: Vaucluse 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Foster	12,107	70.3
	Labor	Thomas Foster	3,341	19.4
	Australian	John Garvan	1,780	10.3
Total formal votes			17,228	98.3
Informal votes			290	1.7
Turnout			17,518	92.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Wagga Wagga

1930 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	6,571	56.4
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	5,077	43.6
Total formal votes			11,648	98.9
Informal votes			132	1.1
Turnout			11,780	95.1
	Country hold		Swing

Waratah

1930 New South Wales state election: Waratah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Robert Cameron	13,890	77.1
	Nationalist	Harold Sharp	3,936	21.9
	Communist	David Martin	183	1.0
Total formal votes			18,009	98.0
Informal votes			369	2.0
Turnout			18,378	95.5
	Labor win		(new seat)

Robert Cameron (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Wallsend which was partly replaced by Waratah.

Waverley

1930 New South Wales state election: Waverley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Clementson	9,994	57.5
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins (defeated)	6,487	37.3
	Australian	George Overhill	901	5.2
Total formal votes			17,382	96.8
Informal votes			578	3.2
Turnout			17,960	93.3
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

Guy Arkins (Nationalist) was the sitting member for the aboslied district of Rockdale.

Willoughby

1930 New South Wales state election: Willoughby 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edward Sanders	8,072	48.4
	Labor	Francis Burke	6,604	39.6
	Australian	John Forsyth	2,017	12.1
Total formal votes			16,693	98.9
Informal votes			182	1.1
Turnout			16,875	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Edward Sanders	9,158	54.9
	Labor	Francis Burke	7,535	45.1
	Member changed to Nationalist from Ind. Nationalist		Swing

Wollondilly

1930 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	7,215	56.3
	Labor	Edward Burns	5,601	43.7
Total formal votes			12,816	98.5
Informal votes			190	1.5
Turnout			13,006	95.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Woollahra

1930 New South Wales state election: Woollahra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Daniel Levy	9,185	59.1
	Labor	Thomas Hodge	4,847	31.2
	Australian	John Waddell	1,520	9.8
Total formal votes			15,552	97.7
Informal votes			364	2.3
Turnout			15,916	87.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Yass

1930 New South Wales state election: Yass 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Webster	5,368	46.3
	Nationalist	George Ardill	3,296	28.4
	Country	Thomas Collins	2,942	25.3
Total formal votes			11,606	98.2
Informal votes			208	1.8
Turnout			11,814	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	George Ardill	5,876	50.6
	Labor	William Webster	5,730	49.4
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

Young

1930 New South Wales state election: Young 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	6,026	46.6
	Country	Albert Reid (defeated)	5,040	39.0
	Independent	Peter Loughlin	1,858	14.4
Total formal votes			12,924	98.7
Informal votes			170	1.3
Turnout			13,094	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	6,869	53.2
	Country	Albert Reid	6,055	46.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

See also

• Candidates of the 1930 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1930–1932