Electoral district of North Sydney

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

Members for North Sydney
Member Party Period
  Ernest Marks [2] Nationalist 1927–1930
  Ben Howe [3] Labor 1930–1932
  Hubert Primrose [4] United Australia 1932–1941
  James Geraghty [5] Labor 1941–1950
  Independent Labor 1950–1953
  Ray Maher [6] Labor 1953–1962

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ray Maher 10,694 49.8
Liberal Russell Newton 9,513 44.3
Democratic Labor Michael Fitzpatrick 899 4.2
Independent Francis Ferry 377 1.7
Total formal votes 21,483 97.6
Informal votes 526 2.4
Turnout 22,009 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,026 51.3
Liberal Russell Newton 10,457 48.7
Labor hold Swing

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ray Maher 9,827 48.6 +16.2
Liberal Peter Murphy 9,771 48.3 +13.4
Communist Bill Wood 637 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 20,235 98.5 +1.0
Informal votes 302 1.5 −1.0
Turnout 20,537 93.2 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 10,281 50.8 −5.2
Liberal Peter Murphy 9,954 49.2 +5.2
Labor hold Swing−5.2

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Trevor Humphries 7,377 34.9
Labor Ray Maher 6,842 32.4
Independent Labor James Geraghty 6,718 31.8
Independent Norman Jacobs 187 0.9
Total formal votes 21,124 97.5
Informal votes 551 2.5
Turnout 21,675 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ray Maher 11,837 56.0
Liberal Trevor Humphries 9,287 44.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Bjarne Halvorsen 8,367 41.6
Independent Labor James Geraghty 7,829 38.9
Labor Ray Maher 3,921 19.5
Total formal votes 20,117 98.5
Informal votes 301 1.5
Turnout 20,418 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor James Geraghty 11,354 56.4
Liberal Bjarne Halvorsen 8,763 43.6
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Geraghty 11,867 49.3 +3.6
Liberal William Travers 11,105 46.1 +11.9
Communist Bill Wood 1,100 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 24,072 98.6 +2.1
Informal votes 332 1.4 -2.1
Turnout 24,404 94.7 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Geraghty 12,717 52.8 -4.5
Liberal William Travers 11,355 47.2 +4.5
Labor hold Swing-4.5

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor James Geraghty 9,844 45.7 +1.7
Democratic William Harding 7,358 34.2 -9.9
Lang Labor Ainslie Beecraft 3,095 14.4 +14.4
Liberal Democratic Ebenezer Minnis 1,244 5.8 +5.8
Total formal votes 21,541 96.5 -1.6
Informal votes 782 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 22,323 94.6 +2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Geraghty 12,333 57.3 +3.4
Democratic William Harding 9,208 42.7 -3.4
Labor hold Swing+3.4

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Hubert Primrose 9,112 44.1
Labor James Geraghty 9,090 44.0
State Labor William Wilson 2,448 11.9
Total formal votes 20,650 98.1
Informal votes 399 1.9
Turnout 21,049 92.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor James Geraghty 11,122 53.9
United Australia Hubert Primrose 9,528 46.1
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Hubert Primrose 10,836 58.5 +2.9
Labor Henry Clayden 7,692 41.5 +4.4
Total formal votes 18,528 97.9 +0.4
Informal votes 399 2.1 -0.4
Turnout 18,927 94.7 -1.7
United Australia hold SwingN/A

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Hubert Primrose 9,773 55.6 -3.0
Labor (NSW) Ben Howe 6,518 37.1 +1.4
Independent UAP Leslie Dare 736 4.2 +4.2
Federal Labor Thomas Lavelle 537 3.1 -0.1
Total formal votes 17,564 97.5 -0.4
Informal votes 448 2.5 +0.4
Turnout 18,012 96.4 +0.1
United Australia hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Hubert Primrose 9,943 58.6 +12.7
Labor (NSW) Ben Howe 6,052 35.7 -16.4
Federal Labor Cecil Murphy 544 3.2 +3.2
Independent Lucy Gullett 332 2.0 +2.0
Independent Edward Clark 89 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 16,960 97.9 +1.1
Informal votes 367 2.1 -1.1
Turnout 17,327 96.3 +2.3
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ben Howe 8,739 52.1
Nationalist Ernest Marks 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

Elections in the 1920s

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § North Sydney[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: North Sydney [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Ernest Marks 6,704 53.2
Labor Ben Howe 5,850 46.4
Independent Harry Meatheringham 43 0.3
Total formal votes 12,597 98.9
Informal votes 144 1.1
Turnout 12,741 79.6
Nationalist win (new seat)
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