Electoral district of Western Suburbs

Western Suburbs was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's inner western suburbs. It was created as a five-member electorate with the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, replacing Ashfield, Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville and Petersham. It was abolished in 1927 and replaced by Ashfield, Burwood, Croydon, Marrickville, Leichhardt and Marrickville.

Members for Western Suburbs

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Carlo Lazzarini	Labor	1920–1927		Edward McTiernan	Labor	1920–1927		Tom Hoskins	Nationalist	1920–1927		Sydney Shillington	Nationalist	1920–1922		James Wilson	Progressive	1920–1922
													John Ness	Nationalist	1922–1927			Nationalist	1922–1925
																	Milton Jarvie	Nationalist	1925–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Western Suburbs[edit]

1925 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
Quota			8,320
	Nationalist	John Ness (elected 2)	9,016	18.1	+1.9
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins (elected 4)	6,975	14.0	-2.4
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie (elected 5)	3,980	8.0	+8.0
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	2,443	4.9	+4.9
	Nationalist	William Simpson	1,865	3.7	+0.6
	Labor	Edward McTiernan (elected 1)	11,239	22.5	+3.2
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini (elected 3)	7,697	15.4	+1.3
	Labor	Barney Olde	774	1.6	+1.6
	Labor	James Troy	649	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Roger Ryan	99	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Alexander Huie	3,976	8.0	+2.6
	Protestant Labor	Frederick Armstrong	578	1.2	+1.2
	Protestant Labor	Alfred Millington	490	1.0	+1.0
	Majority Labor	John Cain	133	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			49,914	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			1,253	2.5	-0.6
Turnout			51,167	70.7	-3.3
Party total votes
	Nationalist		24,279	48.6	-9.3
	Labor		20,458	41.0	+5.0
	Independent	Alexander Huie	3,976	8.0	+8.0
	Protestant Labor		1,068	2.1	+2.1
	Majority Labor		133	0.3	+0.3

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Western Suburbs[edit]

1922 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
Quota			8,274
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins (elected 3)	8,127	16.4	+3.3
	Nationalist	John Ness (elected 4)	8,055	16.2	+16.2
	Nationalist	James Wilson (elected 5)	7,082	14.3	+14.3
	Nationalist	Sydney Shillington	3,912	7.9	-3.3
	Nationalist	William Simpson	1,554	3.1	+3.1
	Labor	Edward McTiernan (elected 1)	9,598	19.3	+8.7
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini (elected 2)	6,986	14.1	+0.3
	Labor	James Stewart	672	1.4	+1.4
	Labor	Harold Macdonald	499	1.0	+1.0
	Labor	Joseph Smith	97	0.2	+0.2
	Progressive	Alexander Huie	2,670	5.4	+5.4
	Progressive	Clare Wilson	388	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			49,640	96.9	+7.9
Informal votes			1,582	3.1	-7.9
Turnout			51,222	74.0	+16.2
Party total votes
	Nationalist		28,730	57.9	+21.8
	Labor		17,852	36.0	-0.4
	Progressive		3,058	6.2	-2.0

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Western Suburbs[edit]

1920 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
Quota			5,397
	Labor	Carlo Lazzarini (elected 1)	4,457	13.8
	Labor	Edward McTiernan (elected 2)	3,419	10.6
	Labor	Frederick McDonald	1,821	5.6
	Labor	Barney Olde	1,089	3.4
	Labor	John Sheils	993	3.1
	Nationalist	Tom Hoskins (elected 3)	4,236	13.1
	Nationalist	Sydney Shillington (elected 4)	3,643	11.2
	Nationalist	David Doull	2,064	6.4
	Nationalist	Henry Garling	1,759	5.4
	Progressive	James Wilson (elected 5)	2,423	7.5
	Progressive	Frederick Robins	237	0.7
	Soldiers & Citizens	John Ness	1,173	3.6
	Soldiers & Citizens	Stanley Gelling	216	0.7
	Soldiers & Citizens	Thomas McVittie	207	0.6
	Soldiers & Citizens	John Weekley	108	0.3
	Democratic	Daniel Noon	1,692	5.2
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,268	3.9
	Independent	Peter Bowling	746	2.3
	Independent	Claude Sugden	16	0.1
Total formal votes			32,380	89.0
Informal votes			4,006	11.0
Turnout			36,386	57.8
Party total votes
	Labor		11,779	36.4
	Nationalist		11,702	36.1
	Progressive		2,660	8.2
	Soldiers & Citizens		1,704	5.3
	Democratic		1,692	5.2
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,268	3.9
	Independent	Peter Bowling	746	2.3
	Independent	Claude Sugden	16	0.1

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

1. Green, Antony. "1925 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
2. Green, Antony. "1922 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1920 Western Suburbs". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.