King, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920 and the second from 1927 to 1973.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,918 | 71.2 | +4.0 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Bush | 4,628 | 19.5 | −0.4 | |
| Communist | Doris Jobling | 1,146 | 4.8 | −4.3 | |
| Independent | Ernest Williams | 1,060 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,752 | 94.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,478 | 5.9 | |||
| Turnout | 25,230 | 88.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,408 | 77.5 | +1.1 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Bush | 5,344 | 22.5 | −1.1 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 16,197 | 67.2 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 4,804 | 19.9 | −5.6 | |
| Communist | Brian Crispin | 2,195 | 9.1 | +1.1 | |
| Independent | Martyn Harper | 920 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,116 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,106 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 25,222 | 91.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 18,413 | 76.4 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Alfred Van Der Poorten | 5,703 | 23.6 | −3.3 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 11,277 | 58.6 | −5.1 | |
| Liberal | John Partridge | 6,445 | 33.5 | +8.2 | |
| Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,532 | 8.0 | +3.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,254 | 96.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 742 | 3.7 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 19,996 | 89.8 | −0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 12,503 | 64.9 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal | John Partridge | 6,751 | 35.1 | +3.4 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,470 | 63.7 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 5,345 | 25.3 | −7.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | William Doherty | 1,481 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Communist | Alfred Watt | 868 | 4.1 | −3.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,164 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 682 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 21,846 | 89.9 | 0.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,460 | 68.3 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | Norah O'Kelly | 6,704 | 31.7 | −2.4 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,105 | 65.1 | ||
| Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,539 | 27.5 | ||
| Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,482 | 7.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,126 | 97.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 629 | 3.0 | |||
| Turnout | 20,755 | 90.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 14,291 | 71.0 | ||
| Liberal | Adrian Cook | 5,835 | 29.0 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 10,700 | 56.6 | −21.2 | |
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,456 | 23.6 | +1.4 | |
| Lang Labor | Michael Callinan | 2,568 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
| Communist | Ron Maxwell | 1,179 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 18,903 | 96.5 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 690 | 3.5 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 19,593 | 90.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Albert Sloss | 13,610 | 72.0 | −5.8 | |
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 5,293 | 28.0 | +5.8 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −5.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 16,181 | 77.8 | ||
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,628 | 22.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,809 | 96.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 830 | 3.8 | |||
| Turnout | 21,639 | 89.1 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,125 | 50.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 5,313 | 26.7 | ||
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,053 | 20.4 | ||
| Independent | Clare Peters | 387 | 2.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 19,878 | 96.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 639 | 3.1 | |||
| Turnout | 20,517 | 89.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 75.0 [a] | |||
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 25.0 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,104 | 44.8 | −9.3 | |
| Liberal | Roberta Galagher | 4,859 | 23.9 | +23.9 | |
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,759 | 23.4 | −22.5 | |
| Communist | Frederick Haimes | 1,602 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,324 | 95.8 | +2.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 886 | 4.2 | −2.2 | ||
| Turnout | 21,210 | 91.0 | +6.1 | ||
| Afterdistribution of preferences | |||||
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,305 | 50.7 | ||
| Liberal | Roberta Gallagher | 5,071 | 24.9 | ||
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 4,948 | 24.4 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 9,647 | 54.1 | −8.9 | |
| Lang Labor | Horace Foley | 8,175 | 45.9 | +45.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,822 | 93.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,218 | 6.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 19,040 | 84.9 | −0.3 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 11,025 | 63.0 | ||
| State Labor | Albert Sloss | 6,488 | 37.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 17,513 | 93.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,137 | 6.1 | |||
| Turnout | 18,650 | 84.6 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 7,841 | 51.1 | −0.5 | |
| United Australia | Rowland Bowen | 5,581 | 36.4 | −7.2 | |
| Independent | Josiah Trenerry | 1,488 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
| Independent | Patrick McDonnell | 431 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 15,341 | 96.1 | −0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 626 | 3.9 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 15,967 | 90.9 | −0.8 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 7,867 | 51.6 | +0.6 | |
| United Australia | Geoffrey Robin | 6,651 | 43.6 | −0.1 | |
| Communist | James Prentice | 723 | 4.7 | +2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 15,241 | 96.8 | −0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 495 | 3.2 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 15,736 | 91.7 | −0.9 | ||
| Labor (NSW)hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor (NSW) | Daniel Clyne | 8,578 | 51.0 | −16.2 | |
| United Australia | Henry Manning | 7,356 | 43.7 | +12.7 | |
| Federal Labor | Edgar Grover | 547 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
| Communist | Ted Tripp | 354 | 2.1 | +0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,835 | 97.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 404 | 2.3 | −0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 17,239 | 92.6 | +5.4 | ||
| Labor (NSW)hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 10,469 | 67.2 | ||
| Nationalist | Ernest Hagon | 4,829 | 31.0 | ||
| Communist | Robert Shayler | 277 | 1.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 15,575 | 96.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 522 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 16,097 | 87.2 | |||
| Laborhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Daniel Clyne | 6,637 | 62.9 | ||
| Nationalist | George Overhill | 3,914 | 37.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 10,551 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 125 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 10,676 | 65.3 | |||
| Laborwin | (new seat) | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Smith | 2,907 | 53.0 | −3.4 | |
| Nationalist | James Morrish | 2,485 | 45.3 | +2.9 | |
| Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 48 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | James Jones | 28 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Ind. Socialist Labor | Ernie Judd | 22 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 5,490 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 80 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 5,570 | 48.5 | −10.5 | ||
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | James Morrish | 3,688 | 56.4 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Henry Manning | 2,775 | 42.4 | ||
| Australasian Socialist | John Roche | 75 | 1.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,538 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 91 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 6,629 | 59.0 | |||
| Laborhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Morrish | 3,133 | 54.6 | +6.0 | |
| Liberal Reform | Neville Mayman | 2,566 | 44.7 | −6.7 | |
| Independent | Robert Roberts | 17 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | James Jones | 10 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Philip Cullen | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| Independent | Michael Egan | 5 | 0.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,736 | 97.5 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 145 | 2.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 5,881 | 62.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Labourgain fromLiberal Reform | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,461 | 51.4 | ||
| Labour | John West | 2,331 | 48.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,792 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 120 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 4,912 | 62.5 | |||
| Liberal Reformhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Ernest Broughton | 2,154 | 48.6 | ||
| Progressive | Patrick Quinn | 1,704 | 38.5 | ||
| Independent | Lindsay Thompson | 385 | 8.7 | ||
| Independent Labour | Daniel Green | 105 | 2.4 | ||
| Independent | John Lawler | 57 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Henry Parr | 15 | 0.3 | ||
| Independent | James Jones | 9 | 0.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,429 | 97.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 122 | 2.7 | |||
| Turnout | 4,551 | 47.9 | |||
| Liberal Reformwin | (new seat) | ||||