Electoral results for the district of Arncliffe

Arncliffe, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1930 and abolished in 1941.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1930		Joseph Cahill	Labor
1932		Horace Harper	United Australia
1935		Joseph Cahill	Labor (NSW)
1938			Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Arncliffe.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	9,885	51.9	+5.8
	United Australia	Ernest Barton	9,156	48.1	+4.2
Total formal votes			19,041	98.5	+1.0
Informal votes			297	1.5	−1.0
Turnout			19,338	97.2	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Arncliffe.[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	8,438	46.1	+0.5
	United Australia	Horace Harper	8,036	43.9	−4.4
	Federal Labor	Northey Du Maurier	959	5.2	0.0
	Independent	William Yewdall	666	3.6	+3.6
	Centre	Enoch Jones	199	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			18,298	97.5	−1.0
Informal votes			471	2.5	+1.0
Turnout			18,769	97.6	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	9,439	51.6	+3.1
	United Australia	Horace Harper	8,859	48.4	−3.1
	Labor (NSW) gain from United Australia		Swing	+3.1

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Arncliffe.[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Horace Harper	8,692	48.3	+15.7
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	8,208	45.6	−20.7
	Federal Labor	Patrick Coyne	932	5.2	+5.2
	Communist	Frederick Farrall	173	1.0	−0.2
Total formal votes			18,005	98.5	+0.6
Informal votes			282	1.5	−0.6
Turnout			18,287	97.6	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Horace Harper	9,280	51.5
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Cahill	8,725	48.5
	United Australia gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Arncliffe.[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Arncliffe ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	11,585	66.3
	Nationalist	David Rogers	5,696	32.6
	Communist	Frederick Farrall	204	1.2
Total formal votes			17,485	97.9
Informal votes			368	2.1
Turnout			17,853	95.4
	Labor win		(new seat)

Joseph Cahill (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of St George which was largely replaced by Arncliffe.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Arncliffe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1938 Arncliffe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1935 Arncliffe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1932 Arncliffe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1930 Arncliffe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.