1913 New South Wales state election

1913 New South Wales state election

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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader William Holman Charles Wade
Party Labor Liberal Reform
Leader since 30 June 1913 2 October 1907
Leader's seat Cootamundra Gordon
Last election 46 seats 37 seats
Seats won 49 seats 38 seats
Seat change Increase3 Increase1
Percentage 46.63% 44.70
Swing Decrease2.29 Increase1.67

Legislative Assembly after the election

Premier before election

William Holman
Labor

Elected Premier

William Holman
Labor

The 1913 New South Wales state election was held on 6 December 1913. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 23rd 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. The 22nd parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 6 November 1913 by the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, on the advice of the Premier William Holman.[1][2][3]

There was a redistribution in 1912 as a result of the removal of the Australian Capital Territory from the state New South Wales and population growth in the Sydney metropolitan area. Labor won 7 of the 12 second round ballots.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Green 1913 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856–2006". New South Wales Parliament. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.