Sitting Labor MPBob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[4] defeatingLang Labor candidate George Stanley, a first time candidate who never stood again.[5]
Sitting Labor MPBob Gorman was returned with a significantly reduced majority[6] defeatingLang Labor candidate Ross Pryor and Independent Arthur Hagen two first time candidates who never stood again.[7][8]
Sitting Labor MPBob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[9] defeating Independent candidate Stanley Moran who stood as a Communist in the1932 election in the seat ofGlebe[10] and first time New Social Order candidate Harry Blackwell who never stood again.[11]
Sitting State Labor MPBob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[13] defeating John Keegan who stood as the Federal Labor candidate in the1932 election in the seat ofGeorges River.[14]
In 1931, the New South Wales Labor Party split from Federal Labor to form theAustralian Labor Party (NSW) led byJack Lang. In this election, Federal Labor ran candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. Sitting MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a reduced majority[16] defeating four first time candidates: Leo Bolsdon from the UAP,[17] Communist Robert Brechin,[18] Independent Christopher Hade[8] and the Federal Labor candidate Percival McDonald.[19] Bolsdon and Hade never stood again. He also defeated Independent Harry Meatheringham standing in his sixth and final election.[20]
Sitting Labor MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a significant increased majority,[22] defeating Nationalist Osterley Thompson and Communist Mary Lamm, two first time candidates who never stood again.[23][24]
Sitting MP and senior cabinet minister on the Holman governmentArthur Griffith had left the Labor Party in the conscription split of 1916 but did not followWilliam Holman into theNationalist Party instead becoming an Independent Labor. In the election, Griffith was defeated byWilliam O'Brien,[27] a first time Labor candidate. When the seat was abolished in 1920, O'Brien went onto serve two terms as one of the MPs forMurray.[29]
This was Strachan's second attempt at running for office. He previously stood as an independent in the1898 election in the seat ofSydney-Lang.[31] Sitting Liberal Reform MP Albert Bruntnell was defeated by the sitting Labor MP forSturt,Arthur Griffith.[30]
The 6-term sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony retired and did not contest this election.[32] Former Liberal Reform MP forSurry Hills Albert Bruntnell, who ran for the seat ofAlexandria in1907 and lost,[33] defeated Labor's George Davidson, a first time candidate who did not stand again.[34]
This was Cohen's third and final attempt to win the seat of Annandale, this time standing as an Independent.[36] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned, for the fifth and final time, with a reduced majority.[35]
Annandale lost parts of the district toThe Glebe andRoxelle. It absorbed parts ofPetersham and the abolished seat ofNewtown-Camperdown. The member for Annandale wasWilliam Mahony (Liberal Reform). The member for Petersham wasJohn Cohen (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat while the member for Newtown-Camperdown wasJames Smith (Independent Progressive) who successfully contestedCamperdown.
This was Robertson's first and only attempt at state office.[38] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned with an increased majority, achieving over 60 percent of the vote for the first time.[37]
This was Kimber's first and only attempt at state office,[14] and was Cohen's second of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting MP William Mahony, from the newly formedLiberal Reform Party was returned with a slightly reduced majority. The results were subject re-count by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[39]
This was Cohen's first of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with a reduced majority.[40]
This was Skelton's second attempt at colonial office,[42] and Maxwell's and Williams' first.[43][44] All three unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with an increased and absolute majority.[41]
No sitting MPs contested in this election however this was Young's fifth,[46] and Pritchard's fourth election respectively.[7] Neither had held office previously. Duncan and Larkin were running for the first time.[47][48] All four unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. This is also Mahony's first attempt for colonial office.[49] He did not achieve an absolute majority but was declared the winner as this election wasfirst-past-the-post.[45]
Results ofNew South Wales State elections