Results of the New South Wales state election, 1965 (L–Z)

New South Wales state election, 1 May 1965[1]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1962 — 1968 >>

Enrolled voters 2,256,568[1]
Votes cast 2,083,361 Turnout 93.91 −0.09
Informal votes 42,571 Informal 2.04 +0.50
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal 807,868 39.59 +4.74 31 +6
  Country 208,826 10.23 +0.86 16 +2
  Labor 883,824 43.31 −5.26 45 −9
  Independent 63,680 3.12 −0.01 1 +1
  Democratic Labor 43,109 2.11 −1.02 0 −
  Independent Liberal 20,400 1.00 −0.95 1 0
  Communist 13,082 0.64 +0.01 0 −
Total 2,040,789     94  

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1965 for districts from L to Z.

Results by electoral district

Lake Macquarie

New South Wales state election, 1965: Lake Macquarie
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jim Simpson 16,495 72.3 −3.3
Liberal John Wassell 6,306 27.7 +3.3
Total formal votes 22,801 98.2 −0.2
Informal votes 418 1.8 +0.2
Turnout 23,219 94.7 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −3.3

Lakemba

New South Wales state election, 1965: Lakemba
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Vince Durick 14,240 56.7 −3.8
Liberal Arthur Parry 10,865 43.3 +6.5
Total formal votes 25,105 98.4 −0.3
Informal votes 401 1.6 +0.3
Turnout 25,506 95.1 +0.3
Labor hold Swing −5.9

Lane Cove

New South Wales state election, 1965: Lane Cove
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ken McCaw 19,246 80.8 −19.2
Democratic Labor Edward Connolly 4,583 19.2 +19.2
Total formal votes 23,829 93.7
Informal votes 1,606 6.3
Turnout 25,435 92.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Lismore

New South Wales state election, 1965: Lismore
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Keith Compton 7,624 45.8 −9.7
Country Bruce Duncan 5,305 31.8 −10.6
Country Digby Wilson 2,323 13.9 +13.9
Liberal Alan Henderson 1,406 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 16,658 98.9 −0.3
Informal votes 182 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 16,840 94.6 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Bruce Duncan 8,685 52.1 +8.0
Labor Keith Compton 7,973 47.9 −8.0
Country gain from Labor Swing +8.0

Liverpool

New South Wales state election, 1965: Liverpool
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jack Mannix 19,906 55.2 −6.1
Liberal Warren Glenny 13,274 36.8 +3.1
Democratic Labor Harry Cole 2,278 6.3 +1.3
Communist Ronald Marriott 597 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 36,055 96.3 −1.3
Informal votes 1,375 3.7 +1.3
Turnout 37,430 92.5 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Mannix 20,661 57.3 −5.0
Liberal Warren Glenny 15,394 42.7 +5.0
Labor hold Swing −5.0

Maitland

New South Wales state election, 1965: Maitland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Milton Morris 13,158 64.2 +6.3
Labor Wallace Fitzgerald 7,344 35.8 −6.3
Total formal votes 20,502 98.9 −0.2
Informal votes 227 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 20,729 96.4 +0.5
Liberal hold Swing +6.3

Manly

New South Wales state election, 1965: Manly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Liberal Douglas Darby 13,728 53.9 +5.0
Liberal Barton Higgs 9,175 36.0 −4.0
Independent Albert Thompson 2,563 10.1 +10.1
Total formal votes 25,466 98.0 +0.7
Informal votes 531 2.0 −0.7
Turnout 25,997 92.2 −0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Liberal Douglas Darby 15,010 58.9 +3.0
Liberal Barton Higgs 10,456 41.1 −3.0
Independent Liberal hold Swing +3.0

Maroubra

New South Wales state election, 1965: Maroubra
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Bob Heffron 12,369 56.2 −11.7
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 7,932 36.1 +7.6
Independent Thomas Bamborough 1,152 5.2 +5.2
Communist Stanley Sharkey 540 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 21,993 97.8 −0.5
Informal votes 486 2.2 +0.5
Turnout 22,479 93.7 −0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bob Heffron 13,416 61.0 −8.7
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 8,577 39.0 +8.7
Labor hold Swing −8.7

Marrickville

New South Wales state election, 1965: Marrickville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Norm Ryan 13,448 63.7 −4.2
Liberal Neville Glass 7,654 36.3 +6.1
Total formal votes 21,102 97.3 −1.0
Informal votes 585 2.7 +1.0
Turnout 21,687 92.5 −0.2
Labor hold Swing −5.4

Monaro

New South Wales state election, 1965: Monaro
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor John Seiffert 7,906 46.6 −10.9
Liberal Steve Mauger 5,862 34.5 −8.0
Country Keith Phillis 3,204 18.9 +18.9
Total formal votes 16,972 97.9 −1.0
Informal votes 371 2.1 +1.0
Turnout 17,343 94.4 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steve Mauger 8,620 50.8 +8.3
Labor John Seiffert 8,352 49.2 −8.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.3

Mosman

New South Wales state election, 1965: Mosman
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Pat Morton 19,268 82.3 +1.5
Democratic Labor Francis Hicks 4,143 17.7 −1.5
Total formal votes 23,411 93.9 −1.4
Informal votes 1,507 6.1 +1.4
Turnout 24,918 90.6 −1.0
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

Mudgee

New South Wales state election, 1965: Mudgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Leo Nott 8,115 50.6 −3.3
Liberal Richard Evans 4,509 28.1 +2.4
Country Emile Moufarrige 3,423 21.3 +3.0
Total formal votes 16,047 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 184 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 16,231 96.0 +0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 8,355 52.1 −3.5
Liberal Richard Evans 7,692 47.9 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

Murray

New South Wales state election, 1965: Murray
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Joe Lawson 13,378 73.4 +7.3
Labor George Xeros 4,839 26.6 −7.3
Total formal votes 18,217 99.1 −0.2
Informal votes 163 0.9 +0.2
Turnout 18,380 92.2 +1.3
Country hold Swing +7.3

Murrumbidgee

New South Wales state election, 1965: Murrumbidgee
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Al Grassby 9,670 49.2 −0.1
Country Eric Baldwin 6,612 33.6 +13.7
Liberal Michael Lowing 2,791 14.2 −10.8
Democratic Labor John Troy 592 3.0 −2.8
Total formal votes 19,665 98.1 +0.2
Informal votes 390 1.9 −0.2
Turnout 20,055 94.9 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Al Grassby 10,161 51.7 −0.9
Country Eric Baldwin 9,504 48.3 +0.9
Labor hold Swing −0.9

Nepean

New South Wales state election, 1965: Nepean
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Ron Dunbier 13,144 45.9 −3.3
Labor Alfred Bennett 13,078 45.7 −5.1
Independent Kathleen Whitten 1,573 5.5 +5.5
Democratic Labor Albert Perish 557 2.0 +2.0
Independent John Park 191 0.7 +0.7
Independent Ronald Sarina 76 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 28,619 96.5 −1.6
Informal votes 1,028 3.5 +1.6
Turnout 29,647 94.4 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ron Dunbier 14,550 50.8 +1.6
Labor Alfred Bennett 14,069 49.2 −1.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +1.6

Newcastle

New South Wales state election, 1965: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Hawkins 10,471 60.4 −1.9
Liberal Stewart Mordue 6,065 35.0 +1.3
Communist Mervyn Copley 798 4.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 17,334 98.6 −0.2
Informal votes 252 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 17,586 93.2 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Hawkins 11,109 64.1 −1.4
Liberal Stewart Mordue 6,225 35.9 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −1.4

Orange

New South Wales state election, 1965: Orange
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Charles Cutler 12,040 64.8 +4.5
Labor Kevin Whalan 6,549 35.2 −4.5
Total formal votes 18,589 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 182 1.0 0.0
Turnout 18,771 95.1 −0.6
Country hold Swing +4.5

Oxley

New South Wales state election, 1965: Oxley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Les Jordan 12,662 61.9 +20.6
Labor Joseph Andrews 7,383 36.1 +0.7
Independent Joe Cordner 397 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 20,442 99.0 0.0
Informal votes 198 1.0 0.0
Turnout 20,640 96.4 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Les Jordan 12,900 63.1 +1.8
Labor Joseph Andrews 7,542 36.9 −1.8
Liberal hold Swing +1.8

Parramatta

New South Wales state election, 1965: Parramatta
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Dan Mahoney 14,078 52.5 −5.3
Liberal Paul Bland 11,754 43.8 +1.6
Democratic Labor Hans Andreasson 981 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 26,813 98.5 −0.3
Informal votes 404 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 27,217 94.4 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Dan Mahoney 14,274 53.2 −4.6
Liberal Paul Bland 12,539 46.8 +4.6
Labor hold Swing −4.6

Phillip

New South Wales state election, 1965: Phillip
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Pat Hills 12,392 58.7 −9.7
Liberal Kenneth McKimm 6,794 32.2 +5.8
Communist Walter Buckley 1,570 7.4 +2.1
Independent John Walsh 360 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 21,116 96.1 −0.8
Informal votes 848 3.9 +0.8
Turnout 21,964 89.3 −0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 13,828 65.5 −7.1
Liberal Kenneth McKimm 7,288 34.5 +7.1
Labor hold Swing −7.1

Raleigh

New South Wales state election, 1965: Raleigh
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Brown 10,972 64.2 +0.7
Labor Robert Melville 6,114 35.8 −0.7
Total formal votes 17,086 99.2 −0.1
Informal votes 143 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 17,229 96.7 +0.6
Country hold Swing +0.7

Randwick

New South Wales state election, 1965: Randwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Lionel Bowen 11,953 55.4 +0.2
Liberal Sidney Pitkethly 9,644 44.6 +5.2
Total formal votes 21,597 98.1 −0.5
Informal votes 422 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 22,019 92.0 −1.1
Labor hold Swing −1.0

Redfern

New South Wales state election, 1965: Redfern
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Fred Green 14,453 72.4 −9.4
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,811 24.1 +10.7
Communist Cecil Sharrock 703 3.5 −1.4
Total formal votes 19,967 96.6 −1.2
Informal votes 692 3.4 +1.2
Turnout 20,659 91.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 15,015 75.2 −10.5
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,952 24.8 +10.5
Labor hold Swing −10.5

Rockdale

New South Wales state election, 1965: Rockdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Brian Bannon 12,828 52.7 −2.1
Liberal Angus Bristow 10,749 44.2 +3.0
Independent Keith Richardson 763 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 24,340 98.2 −0.5
Informal votes 435 1.8 +0.5
Turnout 24,775 94.4 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 13,210 54.3 −1.3
Liberal Angus Bristow 11,130 45.7 +1.3
Labor hold Swing −1.3

Ryde

New South Wales state election, 1965: Ryde
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Frank Downing 14,386 52.1 −7.9
Liberal Henry Mitchell 12,297 44.5 +4.5
Democratic Labor Thomas Kennedy 948 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 27,631 98.3 −0.5
Informal votes 465 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 28,096 95.3 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Downing 14,576 52.8 −7.2
Liberal Henry Mitchell 13,055 47.2 +7.2
Labor hold Swing −7.2

South Coast

New South Wales state election, 1965: South Coast
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Jack Beale 15,465 68.1 +18.2
Independent Noel Williams 7,240 31.9 +31.9
Total formal votes 22,705 98.2 −0.9
Informal votes 425 1.8 +0.9
Turnout 23,130 94.4 0.0
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Sturt

New South Wales state election, 1965: Sturt
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Wattison 9,487 71.2 −3.8
Country Edward Brown 3,831 28.8 +3.8
Total formal votes 13,318 98.5 −0.5
Informal votes 196 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 13,514 88.6 +0.7
Labor hold Swing −3.8

Sutherland

New South Wales state election, 1965: Sutherland
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Tom Dalton 15,096 50.0 +3.7
Liberal Tim Walker 14,145 46.8 +10.3
Democratic Labor William Goslett 975 3.2 +1.6
Total formal votes 30,216 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 430 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 30,646 95.7 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tom Dalton 15,334 50.8 −4.7
Liberal Tim Walker 14,882 49.2 +4.7
Labor hold Swing −4.7

Tamworth

New South Wales state election, 1965: Tamworth
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Bill Chaffey 11,708 58.9 −2.6
Labor Stanley Cole 8,164 41.1 +2.6
Total formal votes 19,872 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 164 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 20,036 95.6 +0.5
Country hold Swing −2.6

Temora

New South Wales state election, 1965: Temora
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Jim Taylor 11,244 70.8 +6.9
Labor John Herridge 4,638 29.2 −6.9
Total formal votes 15,882 99.2 −0.1
Informal votes 122 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 16,004 96.1 +0.8
Country hold Swing +6.9

Tenterfield

New South Wales state election, 1965: Tenterfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Tim Bruxner 10,119 57.1 +6.4
Labor Eric Potter 7,614 42.9 −6.4
Total formal votes 17,733 98.9 −0.3
Informal votes 203 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 17,936 94.9 +0.6
Country hold Swing +6.4

The Hills

New South Wales state election, 1965: The Hills
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Max Ruddock 21,906 72.1 +15.8
Labor Alan Francis 8,470 27.9 +27.9
Total formal votes 30,376 98.3 +1.0
Informal votes 521 1.7 −1.0
Turnout 30,897 93.3 +0.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Upper Hunter

New South Wales state election, 1965: Upper Hunter
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Frank O'Keefe 10,797 63.7 +13.3
Labor Leslie Uhrig 6,162 36.3 −13.3
Total formal votes 16,959 99.1 −0.3
Informal votes 145 0.9 +0.3
Turnout 17,104 95.6 −0.4
Country hold Swing +13.3

Vaucluse

New South Wales state election, 1965: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,319 75.0 −4.0
Independent Kevin McDermott 2,996 13.0 +13.0
Democratic Labor Edward Byrnes 2,781 12.0 −9.0
Total formal votes 23,096 95.0 +1.7
Informal votes 1,221 5.0 −1.7
Turnout 24,317 90.6 +0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Keith Doyle 18,709 81.0 +9.7
Independent Kevin McDermott 4,387 19.0 −9.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wagga Wagga

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wagga Wagga
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Wal Fife 12,122 65.1 +7.9
Labor John Skeers 5,374 28.9 −8.2
Democratic Labor Anthony Abbey 1,128 6.1 +0.4
Total formal votes 18,624 98.6 −0.3
Informal votes 260 1.4 +0.3
Turnout 18,884 94.7 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Wal Fife 13,024 69.9 +8.2
Labor John Skeers 5,600 30.1 −8.2
Liberal hold Swing +8.2

Wakehurst

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wakehurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Dick Healey 17,285 63.6 +11.9
Labor Geoffrey Mill 8,912 32.8 −2.8
Independent Frederick Jones 981 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 27,178 98.4 +0.5
Informal votes 434 1.6 −0.5
Turnout 27,612 92.7 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Dick Healey 18,070 66.5 +7.6
Labor Geoffrey Mill 9,108 33.5 −7.6
Liberal hold Swing +7.6

Waratah

New South Wales state election, 1965: Waratah
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Sam Jones 8,748 48.2 −4.5
Independent Frank Purdue 8,173 45.0 −2.3
Democratic Labor Herbert Collins 824 4.5 +4.5
Independent Brian Morgan 403 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 18,148 98.0 −0.8
Informal votes 363 2.0 +0.8
Turnout 18,511 95.7 +0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Sam Jones 9,217 50.8 −1.9
Independent Frank Purdue 8,931 49.2 +1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9

Wentworthville

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wentworthville
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,197 50.9 −0.3
Liberal Ralph Stewart 12,300 44.1 +14.3
Democratic Labor Arthur Byrnes 1,139 4.1 +4.1
Independent Albert Hahn 260 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 27,896 97.4 −1.0
Informal votes 733 2.6 +1.0
Turnout 28,629 94.8 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,555 52.2 −8.5
Liberal Ralph Stewart 13,341 47.8 +8.5
Labor hold Swing −8.5

Willoughby

New South Wales state election, 1965: Willoughby
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal George Brain 17,897 70.7 −29.3
Labor Eddie Britt 7,399 29.3 +29.3
Total formal votes 25,296 98.1
Informal votes 490 1.9
Turnout 25,786 92.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Wollondilly

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wollondilly
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Tom Lewis 14,933 58.8 +1.9
Labor Patrick O'Halloran 9,050 35.7 −7.4
Independent James Downing 1,405 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 25,388 98.7 −0.3
Informal votes 341 1.3 +0.3
Turnout 25,729 95.1 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Lewis 15,636 61.6 +4.7
Labor Patrick O'Halloran 9,752 38.4 −4.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.7

Wollongong−Kembla

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wollongong−Kembla
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Doug Porter 9,805 46.7 −11.8
Liberal Jack Hough 9,539 45.4 +3.9
Independent Andrew Gibson 903 4.3 +4.3
Independent Peter Barnes 760 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 21,007 97.2 −1.2
Informal votes 613 2.8 +1.2
Turnout 21,620 94.8 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jack Hough 10,697 50.9 +9.4
Labor Doug Porter 10,310 49.1 −9.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.4

Wyong

New South Wales state election, 1965: Wyong
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Harry Jensen 12,273 55.6 +2.3
Liberal Kenneth Charters 8,928 40.4 +0.6
Democratic Labor Hugh Ansell 888 4.0 +0.3
Total formal votes 22,089 98.7 +0.2
Informal votes 298 1.3 −0.2
Turnout 22,387 94.9 +0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Harry Jensen 12,451 56.4 +0.8
Liberal Kenneth Charters 9,638 43.6 −0.8
Labor hold Swing +0.8

Young

New South Wales state election, 1965: Young
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country George Freudenstein 11,987 62.5 +8.9
Labor Robert Rygate 7,192 37.5 −4.3
Total formal votes 19,179 99.1 −0.1
Informal votes 167 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 19,346 95.8 −0.1
Country hold Swing +5.2

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 New South Wales state election". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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