Electoral results for the district of Neutral Bay
Election results for Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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Neutral Bay, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927 and abolished in 1962.[1][2][3][4]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | Reginald Weaver | Nationalist | |
| 1930 | |||
| 1931 | United Australia | ||
| 1932 | |||
| 1935 | |||
| 1938 | |||
| 1941 | |||
| 1944 | Democratic / Liberal | ||
| 1945 by | Ivan Black | Liberal | |
| 1947 | |||
| 1950 | |||
| 1951 by | |||
| 1953 | |||
| 1956 | |||
| 1959 | |||
Election results
Elections in the 1950s
1959
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
1956
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | 15,585 | 74.9 | −25.1 | |
| Labor | Donald Gray | 5,228 | 25.1 | +25.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,813 | 98.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 330 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 21,143 | 91.6 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1953
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
1951 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | unopposed | |||
| Liberal hold | |||||
1950
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | 13,791 | 72.8 | ||
| Labor | Frank McCullum | 5,161 | 27.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 18,952 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 264 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 19,216 | 91.2 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1940s
1947
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | 17,349 | 72.2 | +15.3 | |
| Independent | Jack Prior | 6,670 | 27.8 | +27.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,019 | 98.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 348 | 1.4 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 24,367 | 93.8 | +3.3 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1945 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Black | 10,839 | 56.4 | −0.5 | |
| Independent | Kenneth Bolton | 8,393 | 43.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 19,232 | 96.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 657 | 3.3 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 19,889 | 77.6 | −12.9 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Reginald Weaver (Liberal) died.[11]
1944
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Reginald Weaver | 12,700 | 56.9 | −43.1 | |
| Labor | George Manuel | 6,334 | 28.4 | +28.4 | |
| Liberal Democratic | James Rolle | 3,285 | 14.7 | +14.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,319 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 538 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 22,857 | 90.5 | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
1941
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | Reginald Weaver | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | |||||
Elections in the 1930s
1938
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | Reginald Weaver | unopposed | |||
| United Australia hold | |||||
1935
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | Reginald Weaver | 13,937 | 88.4 | +7.7 | |
| Independent | Peter Pollack | 1,825 | 11.6 | +11.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 15,762 | 93.5 | −4.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,092 | 6.5 | +4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 16,854 | 94.2 | −2.4 | ||
| United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1932
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Australia | Reginald Weaver | 12,845 | 80.7 | +15.3 | |
| Labor (NSW) | William McMullen | 3,072 | 19.3 | −8.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 15,917 | 98.3 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 276 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 16,193 | 96.6 | +3.4 | ||
| United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1930
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Reginald Weaver | 10,401 | 65.4 | ||
| Labor | John Green | 4,404 | 27.7 | ||
| Australian | Raymond Sullivan | 1,095 | 6.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 15,900 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 190 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 16,090 | 93.2 | |||
| Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
1927
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Reginald Weaver | 9,076 | 69.5 | ||
| Independent Labor | Alfred Waterhouse | 2,451 | 18.8 | ||
| Ind. Nationalist | Frederick Aarons | 1,533 | 11.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 13,060 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 184 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 13,244 | 80.8 | |||
| Nationalist win | (new seat) | ||||