1922 New South Wales state election

1922 New South Wales state election
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly; 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
	Results of the election
Premier before election; James Dooley; Labor	Elected Premier ; George Fuller; Nationalist/Progressive coalition

The 1922 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 1922. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 26th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in multiple member constituencies using the Hare Clark single transferable vote. The 25th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 17 February 1922 by the Governor, Sir Walter Edward Davidson, on the advice of the Premier James Dooley.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Key dates

Date	Event
17 February 1922	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
25 February 1922	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
25 March 1922	Polling day.
13 April 1922	Second Fuller ministry sworn in
19 April 1922	Writs returned.
26 April 1922	Opening of 25th Parliament.

1922 New South Wales state election ^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1920–1925 >>
Enrolled voters		1,251,023
Votes cast		875,464		Turnout	70.00	+13.81
Informal votes		31,771		Informal	3.63	−6.07
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Nationalist	364,211	43.17	+13.25	41	+13
	Labor	324,677	38.48	−4.60	36	−7
	Progressive	93,488	11.08	−4.04	9	−6
	Independent	31,880	3.78	−1.07	1	0
	Democratic	14,354	1.70	−0.69	1	+1
	Independent Labor	7,438	0.88	+0.88	0
	Ind. Coalitionist	5,727	0.68	+0.68	1	+1
	Industrial Labor	1,674	0.20	+0.20	0
	Soldier's Nationalist	244	0.03	+0.03	0
Total		843,693			90

Results of 1922

^ Swing is calculated using the Butler method, being the average of the winning party percentage-point gain and the losing party percentage-point loss. NA is used where one of the parties did not contest both elections.
^ The member for Sturt Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton on 22 March 1921. Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been elected under the banner of the Socialist Labor Party at the 1920 election for Sturt, however he formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death.^[4] There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes at the 1920 election and thus he should be appointed.^[5] The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader and Premier John Storey nominated Jabez Wright who took his seat on 30 August 1921.^[6]
^ The returning officer declared that William Ashford had been re-elected. The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee who declared that Joseph Clark had been elected instead.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1922 election totals". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "New labor organisation". The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1921. p. 4. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Sturt vacancy". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 April 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 5 November 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1921 Sturt by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.