Electoral results for the district of Woollahra

Woollahra, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Adrian Knox	Ind. Free Trade
1895			Free Trade
1898		John Garland	Free Trade
1901		William Latimer	Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1910
1913
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Maurice O'Sullivan	Labor
1930		Sir Daniel Levy	Nationalist
1932			United Australia
1935
1937 by		Harold Mason	Independent UAP
1938		Vernon Treatt	United Australia
1941
1944			Democratic
1947			Liberal
1950
1953
1956
1959

Election results

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	14,592	70.8	+3.2
	Independent	George Mason	6,007	29.2	+29.2
Total formal votes			20,599	95.3	−2.3
Informal votes			1,010	4.7	+2.3
Turnout			21,609	87.7	−0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	15,203	67.6
	Labor	Norman Jacobs	7,283	32.4
Total formal votes			22,486	97.6
Informal votes			546	2.4
Turnout			23,032	88.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	14,595	76.1
	Labor	William Harcourt	4,587	23.9
Total formal votes			19,182	98.3
Informal votes			324	1.7
Turnout			19,506	87.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Vernon Treatt	19,332	69.7	+19.2
	Labor	John Nolan	8,385	30.3	+30.3
Total formal votes			27,717	98.2	+1.5
Informal votes			508	1.8	-1.5
Turnout			28,225	90.1	+0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vernon Treatt	12,173	50.5	-17.2
	Independent	Reg Bartley	7,248	30.1	+30.1
	Independent Labor	Norman Jackson	4,682	19.4	+19.4
Total formal votes			24,103	96.7	-0.6
Informal votes			824	3.3	+0.6
Turnout			24,927	89.8	+3.7
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Vernon Treatt	15,010	67.7
	Labor	Jack Wright	7,168	32.3
Total formal votes			22,178	97.3
Informal votes			607	2.7
Turnout			22,785	86.1
	United Australia hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Vernon Treatt	9,512	53.6	-18.3
	United Australia	Arthur Butterell	8,227	46.4	+46.4
Total formal votes			17,739	93.6	-3.2
Informal votes			1,216	6.4	+3.2
Turnout			18,955	91.6	+0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

The sitting member Sir Daniel Levy (United Australia) died in 1937. The resulting by-election was won by Harold Mason (Independent UAP) however he did not contest the election and the seat was regained by Vernon Treatt (United Australia).

1937 by-election

1937 Woollahra state by-election

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Daniel Levy	11,900	71.9	-3.6
	Independent	Rupert Beale	4,660	28.1	+28.1
Total formal votes			16,560	96.8	-1.5
Informal votes			555	3.2	+1.5
Turnout			17,115	91.2	-1.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Daniel Levy	13,182	75.5	+16.4
	Labor (NSW)	Robert Stapleton	4,279	24.5	-6.7
Total formal votes			17,461	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			296	1.7	-0.6
Turnout			17,757	93.0	+5.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Daniel Levy	9,185	59.1
	Labor	Thomas Hodge	4,847	31.2
	Australian	John Waddell	1,520	9.8
Total formal votes			15,552	97.7
Informal votes			364	2.3
Turnout			15,916	87.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice O'Sullivan	6,589	51.4
	Nationalist	Frederick Davison	5,263	41.0
	Independent Labor	Septimus Alldis	974	7.6
Total formal votes			12,826	98.6
Informal votes			175	1.4
Turnout			13,001	84.0
	Labor win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Latimer	3,925	56.4	+11.8
	Labor	Chester Davies	3,034	43.6	+9.6
Total formal votes			6,959	98.9	-0.1
Informal votes			76	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			7,035	63.9	-4.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.2

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Latimer	3,552	44.6
	Labor	Daniel Dwyer	2,707	34.0
	Independent Liberal	Philip Morton	1,226	15.4
	Independent Labor	Francis Cowling	475	6.0
Total formal votes			7,960	99.0
Informal votes			80	1.0
Turnout			8,040	68.0

1913 New South Wales state election: Woollahra - Second Round
Saturday 13 December [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Latimer	4,058	50.2
	Labor	Daniel Dwyer	4,020	49.8
Total formal votes			8,078	99.5
Informal votes			38	0.5
Turnout			8,116	68.6
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Latimer	3,657	56.0
	Labour	James McCarthy	2,776	42.5
	Independent	Leo Robinson	99	1.5
Total formal votes			6,532	98.8
Informal votes			77	1.2
Turnout			6,609	69.7
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Latimer	3,072	70.2
	Labour	Robert Usher	1,306	29.8
Total formal votes			4,378	96.7
Informal votes			149	3.3
Turnout			4,527	55.3
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Latimer	2,272	74.5
	Independent	Robert Usher	776	25.5
Total formal votes			3,048	98.6
Informal votes			43	1.4
Turnout			3,091	39.0
	Liberal Reform hold

Woollahra lost part of the seat to Waverley and was expanded to include part of Paddington. William Latimer (Liberal Reform) was the member for Woollahra. The member for Paddington was Charles Oakes (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	William Latimer	1,041	56.3	+37.1
	Liberal Reform	John Garland	809	43.7	-2.9
Total formal votes			1,850	100.0	+0.3
Informal votes			0	0.0	-0.3
Turnout			1,850	61.0	+0.9
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Woollahra [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Garland	650	46.7
	National Federal	William Manning	476	34.2
	Ind. Free Trade	William Latimer	267	19.2
Total formal votes			1,393	99.7
Informal votes			4	0.3
Turnout			1,397	60.1
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Woollahra [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Adrian Knox	769	65.6
	Ind. Protectionist	John Gannon	324	27.6
	Ind. Free Trade	William Harding	80	6.8
Total formal votes			1,173	99.2
Informal votes			10	0.9
Turnout			1,183	54.9
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Woollahra [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	Adrian Knox	885	50.4
	Free Trade	John Neild	538	30.6
	Labour	Philip Moses	334	19.0
Total formal votes			1,757	99.9
Informal votes			1	0.1
Turnout			1,758	83.4
	Ind. Free Trade win		(new seat)

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