Electoral results for the district of King (New South Wales)

King, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920 and the second from 1927 to 1973.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election	Member		Party
1904		Ernest Broughton	Liberal Reform
1907		Ernest Broughton	Liberal Reform
1910		James Morrish	Labor
1913		James Morrish	Labor / Nationalist
1917		Tom Smith	Labor

Election	Member		Party
1927		Daniel Clyne	Labor
1930			Labor
1932			Labor (NSW)
1935			Labor (NSW)
1938			Labor
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956		Albert Sloss	Labor
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: King ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	16,918	71.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Andrew Bush	4,628	19.5	−0.4
	Communist	Doris Jobling	1,146	4.8	−4.3
	Independent	Ernest Williams	1,060	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			23,752	94.1
Informal votes			1,478	5.9
Turnout			25,230	88.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	18,408	77.5	+1.1
	Liberal	Andrew Bush	5,344	22.5	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: King ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	16,197	67.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Alfred Van Der Poorten	4,804	19.9	−5.6
	Communist	Brian Crispin	2,195	9.1	+1.1
	Independent	Martyn Harper	920	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			24,116	95.6
Informal votes			1,106	4.4
Turnout			25,222	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	18,413	76.4	+3.3
	Liberal	Alfred Van Der Poorten	5,703	23.6	−3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: King ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	11,277	58.6	−5.1
	Liberal	John Partridge	6,445	33.5	+8.2
	Communist	Ron Maxwell	1,532	8.0	+3.9
Total formal votes			19,254	96.3	−0.6
Informal votes			742	3.7	+0.6
Turnout			19,996	89.8	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	12,503	64.9	−3.4
	Liberal	John Partridge	6,751	35.1	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: King ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	13,470	63.7	+3.6
	Liberal	Norah O'Kelly	5,345	25.3	−7.3
	Democratic Labor	William Doherty	1,481	7.0	+7.0
	Communist	Alfred Watt	868	4.1	−3.3
Total formal votes			21,164	96.9
Informal votes			682	3.1
Turnout			21,846	89.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	14,460	68.3	+2.4
	Liberal	Norah O'Kelly	6,704	31.7	−2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: King ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	13,105	65.1
	Liberal	Adrian Cook	5,539	27.5
	Communist	Ron Maxwell	1,482	7.4
Total formal votes			20,126	97.0
Informal votes			629	3.0
Turnout			20,755	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	14,291	71.0
	Liberal	Adrian Cook	5,835	29.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: King ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Sloss	10,700	56.6	−21.2
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,456	23.6	+1.4
	Lang Labor	Michael Callinan	2,568	13.6	+13.6
	Communist	Ron Maxwell	1,179	6.2	+6.2
Total formal votes			18,903	96.5	+0.3
Informal votes			690	3.5	−0.3
Turnout			19,593	90.0	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	13,610	72.0	−5.8
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	5,293	28.0	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: King ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	16,181	77.8
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,628	22.2
Total formal votes			20,809	96.2
Informal votes			830	3.8
Turnout			21,639	89.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: King ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,125	50.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	5,313	26.7
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,053	20.4
	Independent	Clare Peters	387	2.0
Total formal votes			19,878	96.9
Informal votes			639	3.1
Turnout			20,517	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Daniel Clyne		75.0 ^[a]
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher		25.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: King ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	9,104	44.8	−9.3
	Liberal	Roberta Galagher	4,859	23.9	+23.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	4,759	23.4	−22.5
	Communist	Frederick Haimes	1,602	7.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			20,324	95.8	+2.2
Informal votes			886	4.2	−2.2
Turnout			21,210	91.0	+6.1
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,305	50.7
	Liberal	Roberta Gallagher	5,071	24.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	4,948	24.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: King ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	9,647	54.1	−8.9
	Lang Labor	Horace Foley	8,175	45.9	+45.9
Total formal votes			17,822	93.6	−0.3
Informal votes			1,218	6.4	+0.3
Turnout			19,040	84.9	−0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: King ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	11,025	63.0
	State Labor	Albert Sloss	6,488	37.0
Total formal votes			17,513	93.9
Informal votes			1,137	6.1
Turnout			18,650	84.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: King ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	7,841	51.1	−0.5
	United Australia	Rowland Bowen	5,581	36.4	−7.2
	Independent	Josiah Trenerry	1,488	9.7	+9.7
	Independent	Patrick McDonnell	431	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			15,341	96.1	−0.7
Informal votes			626	3.9	+0.7
Turnout			15,967	90.9	−0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: King ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Daniel Clyne	7,867	51.6	+0.6
	United Australia	Geoffrey Robin	6,651	43.6	−0.1
	Communist	James Prentice	723	4.7	+2.6
Total formal votes			15,241	96.8	−0.9
Informal votes			495	3.2	+0.9
Turnout			15,736	91.7	−0.9
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: King ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Daniel Clyne	8,578	51.0	−16.2
	United Australia	Henry Manning	7,356	43.7	+12.7
	Federal Labor	Edgar Grover	547	3.3	+3.3
	Communist	Ted Tripp	354	2.1	+0.3
Total formal votes			16,835	97.7	+0.9
Informal votes			404	2.3	−0.9
Turnout			17,239	92.6	+5.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: King ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	10,469	67.2
	Nationalist	Ernest Hagon	4,829	31.0
	Communist	Robert Shayler	277	1.8
Total formal votes			15,575	96.8
Informal votes			522	3.2
Turnout			16,097	87.2
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: King ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Daniel Clyne	6,637	62.9
	Nationalist	George Overhill	3,914	37.1
Total formal votes			10,551	98.8
Informal votes			125	1.2
Turnout			10,676	65.3
	Labor win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: King ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Smith	2,907	53.0	−3.4
	Nationalist	James Morrish	2,485	45.3	+2.9
	Independent	Lindsay Thompson	48	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	James Jones	28	0.5	+0.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Ernie Judd	22	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			5,490	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			80	1.4	0.0
Turnout			5,570	48.5	−10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.4

The sitting member James Morrish was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[21]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: King ^[22]^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	James Morrish	3,688	56.4
	Liberal Reform	Henry Manning	2,775	42.4
	Australasian Socialist	John Roche	75	1.2
Total formal votes			6,538	98.6
Informal votes			91	1.4
Turnout			6,629	59.0
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: King ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Morrish	3,133	54.6	+6.0
	Liberal Reform	Neville Mayman	2,566	44.7	−6.7
	Independent	Robert Roberts	17	0.3
	Independent	James Jones	10	0.2
	Independent	Philip Cullen	5	0.1
	Independent	Michael Egan	5	0.1
Total formal votes			5,736	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			145	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			5,881	62.5	0.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: King ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Ernest Broughton	2,461	51.4
	Labour	John West	2,331	48.6
Total formal votes			4,792	97.6
Informal votes			120	2.4
Turnout			4,912	62.5
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: King ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Ernest Broughton	2,154	48.6
	Progressive	Patrick Quinn	1,704	38.5
	Independent	Lindsay Thompson	385	8.7
	Independent Labour	Daniel Green	105	2.4
	Independent	John Lawler	57	1.3
	Independent Liberal	Henry Parr	15	0.3
	Independent	James Jones	9	0.2
Total formal votes			4,429	97.3
Informal votes			122	2.7
Turnout			4,551	47.9
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

King was a new seat which largely replaced the abolished seat of Sydney-King less a part lost to Darling Harbour. It was expanded to include parts of Sydney-Bligh and Sydney-Fitzroy. The member for Sydney-King was Ernest Broughton (Progressive), however he stood as a Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Sydney-Bligh was Patrick Quinn (Progressive). The member for Sydney-Fitzroy was Daniel Levy (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested Darlinghurst.

Notes

^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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^ Green, Antony. "1968 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1965 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1962 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1959 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1956 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1953 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1950 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1947 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1944 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1941 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1938 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1935 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1932 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1930 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1927 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1917 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
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^ Green, Antony. "1904 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[2pp-12] Two party preferred vote was estimated.

[Green_King-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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[Results_of_the_1968_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1968_King-5] Green, Antony. "1968 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1965_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1965_King-6] Green, Antony. "1965 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1962_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1962_King-7] Green, Antony. "1962 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1959_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1959_King-8] Green, Antony. "1959 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1956_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1956_King-9] Green, Antony. "1956 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1953_King-10] Green, Antony. "1953 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1950_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1950_King-11] Green, Antony. "1950 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1947_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1947_King-13] Green, Antony. "1947 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1944_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1944_King-14] Green, Antony. "1944 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1941_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1941_King-15] Green, Antony. "1941 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1938_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1938_King-16] Green, Antony. "1938 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1935_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1935_King-17] Green, Antony. "1935 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1932_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1932_King-18] Green, Antony. "1932 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1930_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1930_King-19] Green, Antony. "1930 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1927_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1927_King-20] Green, Antony. "1927 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_King-21] Green, Antony. "1917 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_King-23] Green, Antony. "1913 King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

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