New South Wales state election, 1932

New South Wales state election, 1932

1930 ← 11 June 1932 (1932-06-11) → 1935

All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.   First party Second party   Leader Bertram Stevens Jack Lang Party UAP/Country coalition Labor (NSW) Leader since 5 April 1932 31 July 1923 Leader's seat Croydon Auburn Last election 35 seats 55 seats Seats won 66 seats 24 seats Seat change 31 31 Percentage 49.8% 40.1% Swing 9.8 15.0

Premier before election Jack Lang Labor (NSW) Elected Premier Bertram Stevens UAP/Country coalition

The 1932 New South Wales state election was held on 11 June 1932. This election was for all of the 90 seats in the 30th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting. It was a landslide victory for the UAP/Country Party coalition of Bertram Stevens, which had a majority of 42 in the Assembly.

The 29th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 18 May 1932 after the Governor, Sir Philip Game dismissed the Premier Jack Lang (see the crisis of 1931-32) and commissioned Bertram Stevens to form a caretaker government. Lang's government had a majority of 20 at the time of the dismissal.In this election, the Australian Labor Party (NSW) and the Federal Executive of the Australian Labor Party, which had separated in 1931 (see Lang Labor), endorsed separate candidates. The ALP (Federal) had candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. The parties were re-united in 1936.The campaign was marked by mass Labor Party public meetings including, allegedly, the largest public meeting in Australian history when Lang addressed 200,000 people at Moore Park on 5 June.

Key dates

Date	Event
18 May 1932	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
25 May 1932	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
11 June 1932	Polling day.
23 June 1932	Opening of 31st Parliament.

Results

New South Wales state election, 11 June 1932 Legislative Assembly << 1930 — 1935 >>
Enrolled Voters		1,418,141[1]
Votes Cast		1,336,827		Turnout	96.40	-1.46
Informal Votes		30,260		Informal	2.21	-0.04
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor (NSW)	536,897	40.1	- 15	24	- 31
	United Australia	491,124	36.7	+ 6.2	41	+ 18
	Country	175,862	13.1	+ 3.6	23	+ 11
	Joint UAP/Country Endorsement	23,020	1.7	+ 1.7	2	+ 2
	Labor	56,641	4.24	+ 4.24	0	± 0
	All others	53,283	4.16		0	± 0
Total		1,336,827			90

¹ There were 1,465,008 enrolled voters but 46,867 were enrolled in 3 electorates (one UAP and two Country) which were uncontested at the election.

References

• "Former members of the New South Wales Parliament, 1856-2006". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/V3ListFormerMembers. Retrieved 2009-01-11. 
• Antony Green. "NSW Elections Analysis". New South Wales Parliament. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/HomePage.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2009. 
• Nairn, Bede (1995)Jack Lang the 'Big Fella':Jack Lang and the Australian Labor Party 1891-1949

Melbourne University Press Melbourne ISBN 052284700

See also

Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1932–1935