Electoral district of King (New South Wales)
King was an electoral district in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It largely replaced Sydney-King, losing a part to Darling Harbour. It was expanded to include parts of Sydney-Fitzroy and Sydney-Bligh. It also included Lord Howe Island, Montague Island and South Solitary Island.
In 1920 NSW introduced proportional representation and the district was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney. NMSW returned to single member electorates in 1927 and King was recreated. It was abolished in 1973 and partly replaced by Heffron.[2][3][4]
Members for King
First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Ernest Broughton | Liberal Reform | 1904–1910 | |
James Morrish | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
Tom Smith | Labor | 1917–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–1973) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Daniel Clyne | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
Labor (NSW) | 1932–1938 | ||
Labor | 1938–1956 | ||
Albert Sloss | Labor | 1956–1973 |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,918 | 71.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 4,628 | 19.5 | -0.4 | |
Communist | Doris Jobling | 1,146 | 4.8 | -4.3 | |
Independent | Ernest Williams | 1,060 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,752 | 94.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,478 | 5.9 | |||
Turnout | 25,230 | 88.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,408 | 77.5 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Andrew Bush | 5,344 | 22.5 | -1.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,197 | 67.2 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 4,804 | 19.9 | -5.6 | |
Communist | Brian Crispin | 2,195 | 9.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Martyn Harper | 920 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,116 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,106 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 25,222 | 91.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,413 | 76.4 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 5,703 | 23.6 | -3.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 |
1965
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Albert Sloss | 11,277 | 58.6 | −5.1 | |
Liberal | John Partridge | 6,445 | 33.5 | +8.2 | |
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,532 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 19,254 | 96.3 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 742 | 3.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 19,996 | 89.8 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 12,503 | 64.9 | −3.4 | |
Liberal | John Partridge | 6,751 | 35.1 | +3.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.4 |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,470 | 63.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 5,345 | 25.3 | −7.3 | |
Democratic Labor | William Doherty | 1,481 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Communist | Alfred Watt | 868 | 4.1 | −3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 21,164 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 682 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,846 | 89.9 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,460 | 68.3 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 6,704 | 31.7 | −2.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
1959
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,105 | 65.1 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,539 | 27.5 | ||
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,482 | 7.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,126 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 629 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,755 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,291 | 71.0 | ||
Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,835 | 29.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Sloss | 10,700 | 56.6 | −21.2 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,456 | 23.6 | +1.4 | |
Lang Labor | Michael Callinan | 2,568 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,179 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,903 | 96.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 690 | 3.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,593 | 90.0 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,610 | 72.0 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 5,293 | 28.0 | +5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.8 |
1953
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 16,181 | 77.8 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,628 | 22.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,809 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 830 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 21,639 | 89.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,125 | 50.9 | ||
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 5,313 | 26.7 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,053 | 20.4 | ||
Independent | Clare Peters | 387 | 2.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,878 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 639 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 20,517 | 89.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 75.0 | |||
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 25.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
Elections in the 1940s
1947
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,104 | 44.8 | -9.3 | |
Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,859 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,759 | 23.4 | -22.5 | |
Communist | Frederick Haimes | 1,602 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,324 | 95.8 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 886 | 4.2 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,210 | 91.0 | +6.1 | ||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,305 | 50.7 | ||
Liberal | Roberta Gallagher | 5,071 | 24.9 | ||
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,948 | 24.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,647 | 54.1 | -8.9 | |
Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 8,175 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,822 | 93.6 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,218 | 6.4 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,040 | 84.9 | -0.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1941
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 11,025 | 63.0 | ||
State Labor | Albert Sloss | 6,488 | 37.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,513 | 93.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,137 | 6.1 | |||
Turnout | 18,650 | 84.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Daniel Clyne | 7,841 | 51.1 | -0.5 | |
United Australia | Rowland Bowen | 5,581 | 36.4 | -7.2 | |
Independent | Josiah Trenerry | 1,488 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
Independent | Patrick McDonnell | 431 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 15,341 | 96.1 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 626 | 3.9 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 15,967 | 90.9 | -0.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 7,867 | 51.6 | +0.6 | |
United Australia | Geoffrey Robin | 6,651 | 43.6 | -0.1 | |
Communist | James Prentice | 723 | 4.7 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 15,241 | 96.8 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 495 | 3.2 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,736 | 91.7 | -0.9 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 8,578 | 51.0 | -16.2 | |
United Australia | Henry Manning | 7,356 | 43.7 | +12.7 | |
Federal Labor | Edgar Grover | 547 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Communist | Ted Tripp | 354 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 16,835 | 97.7 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 404 | 2.3 | -0.9 | ||
Turnout | 17,239 | 92.6 | +5.4 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
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 |
Elections in the 1920s
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Daniel Clyne | 6,637 | 62.9 | ||
Nationalist | George Overhill | 3,914 | 37.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,551 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 125 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 10,676 | 65.3 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
1920 - 1927
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Tom Smith | 2,907 | 53.0 | -3.4 | |
Nationalist | James Morrish | 2,485 | 45.3 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 48 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Independent | James Jones | 28 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Ind. Socialist Labor | Ernie Judd | 22 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,490 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,570 | 48.5 | -10.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.4 |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Morrish | 3,688 | 56.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Henry Manning | 2,775 | 42.4 | ||
Australasian Socialist | John Roche | 75 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,538 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,629 | 59.0 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | James Morrish | 3,133 | 54.62 | ||
Liberal Reform | Neville Mayman | 2,566 | 44.74 | ||
Independent | Robert Roberts | 17 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | James Jones | 10 | 0.17 | ||
Independent | Philip Cullen | 5 | 0.09 | ||
Independent | Michael Egan | 5 | 0.09 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,736 | 97.53 | |||
Informal votes | 145 | 2.47 | |||
Turnout | 5,881 | 62.53 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,461 | 51.4 | ||
Labour | John West | 2,331 | 48.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,792 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 120 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,912 | 62.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,154 | 48.6 | ||
Progressive | Patrick Quinn | 1,704 | 38.5 | ||
Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 385 | 8.7 | ||
Independent Labour | Daniel Green | 105 | 2.4 | ||
Independent | John Lawler | 57 | 1.3 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Parr | 15 | 0.3 | ||
Independent | James Jones | 9 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,429 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 122 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,551 | 47.9 | |||
Liberal Reform win | (new seat) |
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