New South Wales state election, 1910

New South Wales state election, 1910
New South Wales
14 October 1910 (1910-10-14)
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader James McGowen Charles Wade
Party Labor Electoral League Liberal Reform
Leader since August 1894 2 October 1907
Leader's seat Redfern Gordon
Last election 32 seats 45 seats
Seats won 46 seats 37 seats
Seat change Increase14 Decrease8
Percentage 48.92% 43.03
Swing Increase15.61 Decrease2.88

Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election

Charles Wade
Liberal Reform

 Elected Premier

James McGowen
Labour

Men and women voters and polling booths, 1910.

The 1910 New South Wales state election was held on 14 October 1910 for all of the 90 seats in the 22nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 21st parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 14 September 1910 by the Governor, Lord Chelmsford, on the advice of the Premier Charles Wade.

The election saw the Labor Electoral League form government for the first time, winning 46 of the 90 seats in the Assembly.

Key dates

Date Event
14 September 1910 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
23 September 1910 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
14 October 1910 Polling day.
15 November 1910 Opening of 22nd Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 14 October 1910
Legislative Assembly
<< 1907 — 1913 >>

Enrolled voters 867,695
Votes cast 572,500 Turnout 69.05 +2.33
Informal votes 10,514 Informal 1.80 −1.07
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Labour 280,056 48.92 +15.61 46 +4
  Liberal Reform 246,360 43.03 −2.88 37 −8
  Independent Liberal 33,529 5.86 +0.15 6 +2
  Independent Labour 4,527 0.79 +0.79 0 0
  Farmers and Settlers 4,039 0.71 +0.71 0 0
  Independent 3,989 0.70 −9.45 1 −3
Total 572,500     90  

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