Electoral district of Neutral Bay

Neutral Bay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, replacing part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Neutral Bay. It was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Kirribilli.[1]

Members for Neutral Bay
Member Party Period
  Reginald Weaver [2] Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1943
  Democratic 1943–1945
  Liberal 1945
  Ivan Black [3] Liberal 1945–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black 15,585 74.9 −25.1
Labor Donald Gray 5,228 25.1 +25.1
Total formal votes 20,813 98.4
Informal votes 330 1.6
Turnout 21,143 91.6
Liberal hold SwingN/A

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black unopposed
Liberal hold Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black 13,791 72.8
Labor Frank McCullum 5,161 27.2
Total formal votes 18,952 98.6
Informal votes 264 1.4
Turnout 19,216 91.2
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black 17,349 72.2 +15.3
Independent Jack Prior 6,670 27.8 +27.8
Total formal votes 24,019 98.6 +1.0
Informal votes 348 1.4 -1.0
Turnout 24,367 93.8 +3.3
Liberal hold SwingN/A

1945 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1945 Neutral Bay state by-election § Results[edit]
1945 Neutral Bay by-election [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ivan Black 10,839 56.36
Independent Kenneth Bolton 8,393 43.64
Total formal votes 19,232 74.30
Informal votes 657 3.30
Turnout 19,889 77.60
Liberal hold Swing

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Reginald Weaver 12,700 56.9 -43.1
Labor George Manuel 6,334 28.4 +28.4
Liberal Democratic James Rolle 3,285 14.7 +14.7
Total formal votes 22,319 97.6
Informal votes 538 2.4
Turnout 22,857 90.5
Democratic hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver unopposed
United Australia hold  

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver 13,937 88.4 +7.7
Independent Peter Pollack 1,825 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 15,762 93.5 -4.8
Informal votes 1,092 6.5 +4.8
Turnout 16,854 94.2 -2.4
United Australia hold SwingN/A

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Reginald Weaver 12,845 80.7 +15.3
Labor (NSW) William McMullen 3,072 19.3 -8.4
Total formal votes 15,917 98.3 -0.5
Informal votes 276 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 16,193 96.6 +3.4
United Australia hold SwingN/A

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [15]
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

Elections in the 1920s

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Neutral Bay[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Neutral Bay [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Reginald Weaver 9,076 69.5
Independent Labor Alfred Waterhouse 2,451 18.8
Ind. Nationalist Frederick Aarons 1,533 11.7
Total formal votes 13,060 98.6
Informal votes 184 1.4
Turnout 13,244 80.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

References
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  2. "Mr Reginald Walter Darcy Weaver (1876 - 1945)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Mr Ivan Carlisle Black (1913-1990)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
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  8. Green, Antony. "1947 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. Green, Antony. "1945 Neutral Bay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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  11. Green, Antony. "1941 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. Green, Antony. "1938 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. Green, Antony. "1935 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. Green, Antony. "1932 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. Green, Antony. "1930 Neutral Bay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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