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New South Wales state election, 1956

Index New South Wales state election, 1956

The 1956 New South Wales state election was held on 3 March 1956. [1]

62 relations: Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1956, Clive Evatt, Daniel Mannix, Davis Hughes, Democratic Labor Party (historical), Douglas Cross, Eastern Suburbs railway line, Eddie Graham (politician), Electoral district of Armidale, Electoral district of Coogee, Electoral district of Cook's River, Electoral district of Drummoyne, Electoral district of Georges River, Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales), Electoral district of Kahibah, Electoral district of Mosman, Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales), Electoral district of Parramatta, Electoral district of Sutherland, Electoral district of Waratah (New South Wales), Frank O'Neill (politician), Frank Purdue, Governor of New South Wales, H. V. Evatt, Ian Griffith, Instant-runoff voting, Jack Stewart (New South Wales politician), Jim Cahill, Jim Chalmers (New South Wales politician), Jim Clough, Jim Robson (politician), Joseph Cahill, Joshua Arthur, Kahibah state by-election, 1953, Kevin Ellis (politician), Kevin Morgan (politician), Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Lou Walsh, Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959, Michael Bruxner, Murray Robson, National Party of Australia, National Party of Australia – NSW, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, New South Wales state election, 1953, Newcastle, New South Wales, Oxford University Press, ..., Pat Morton, Premier of New South Wales, Robert Cameron (New South Wales politician), Roy Jackson (politician), State Bank of New South Wales, Sydney Opera House, Tighes Hill, New South Wales, Tom Armstrong (politician), Tom Dalton, Vernon Treatt, Wal Fife, Walter Lawrence. Expand index (12 more) »

Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)

The Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), also known as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party.

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Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1956

This is a list of candidates of the 1956 New South Wales state election.

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Clive Evatt

Clive Raleigh Evatt (6 June 1900 – 15 September 1984) was an Australian politician, barrister and raconteur.

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Daniel Mannix

Dr Daniel Patrick Mannix (4 March 1864 – 6 November 1963) was an Irish-born Catholic bishop.

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Davis Hughes

Sir William Davis Hughes (24 November 1910 – 16 March 2003) was an Australian politician and bureaucrat.

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Democratic Labor Party (historical)

The Democratic Labor Party (DLP) was an Australian political party.

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Douglas Cross

Douglas Donald Cross (8 September 1892 – 9 July 1970) was an Australian politician.

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Eastern Suburbs railway line

The Eastern Suburbs Railway is a commuter railway line in Sydney constructed in the 1970s.

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Eddie Graham (politician)

Edgar Hugh Graham (19 January 1897 – 13 November 1957) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until his death.

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Electoral district of Armidale

Armidale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing New England, and named after and including Armidale.

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Electoral district of Coogee

Coogee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Electoral district of Cook's River

Cook's River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1941, partly replacing Arncliffe, and named after inner southwestern Sydney's Cooks River.

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Electoral district of Drummoyne

Drummoyne is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Electoral district of Georges River

Georges River was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1930 to 2007.

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Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales)

Hartley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 in the Lithgow area and named after the town of Hartley, near Lithgow.

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Electoral district of Kahibah

Kahibah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle and named after the Newcastle suburb of Kahibah.

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Electoral district of Mosman

Mosman was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1913 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Mosman.

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Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales)

Nepean was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859, and named after the Nepean River.

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Electoral district of Parramatta

Parramatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Electoral district of Sutherland

Sutherland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1971 before it was abolished.

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Electoral district of Waratah (New South Wales)

Waratah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member districts from part of the electoral district of Newcastle.

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Frank O'Neill (politician)

Frank O'Neill (1893–1975) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1953 and 1956.

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Frank Purdue

Frank Outen Jensen Purdue, (2 September 1899 – 24 December 1985) was an Australian politician.

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Governor of New South Wales

The Governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, in the state of New South Wales.

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H. V. Evatt

Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965), usually known as H. V. Evatt or Bert Evatt, and often as "Doc" Evatt on account of his Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree, was an Australian judge, lawyer, parliamentarian and writer. Evatt was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940; Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949; the third President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1948 to 1949, when he helped to draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Leader of the Australian Labor Party (and Leader of the Opposition) from 1951 to 1960; and Chief Justice of New South Wales from 1960 to 1962.

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Ian Griffith

Ian Ross Griffith (25 September 1925 – 8 November 1992) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1978.

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Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.

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Jack Stewart (New South Wales politician)

John Julius Thomas (Jack) Stewart (6 January 1910 – 19 September 1972) was an Australian politician.

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Jim Cahill

James Edward Cahill (15 April 1903 – 21 August 1978) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for one term from 1953 until 1956.

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Jim Chalmers (New South Wales politician)

Jim Chalmers (28 January 1901 – 11 November 1986) was an Australian politician.

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Jim Clough

James Arthur Clough (13 July 1916 – 20 May 2003) was an Australian politician.

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Jim Robson (politician)

James Hutchins Robson (23 September 1895 – 3 December 1975) was an Australian politician.

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Joseph Cahill

John Joseph Cahill (21 January 189122 October 1959), also known as Joe Cahill or J. J. Cahill, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, railway worker, trade unionist and Australian Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to his death in 1959.

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Joshua Arthur

Joshua George Arthur (27 January 1906 – 20 May 1974) was an Australian schoolteacher and politician who represented the Hamilton and Kahibah districts for the Australian Labor Party.

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Kahibah state by-election, 1953

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Kahibah on 31 October 1953.

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Kevin Ellis (politician)

Sir Kevin William Collin Ellis KBE (15 May 1908 – 22 November 1975) was an Australian politician, elected as a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.

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Kevin Morgan (politician)

Kevin Barry Morgan (1921–2003) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1953 and 1956.

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Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)

The Leader of the Opposition is a title held by the leader of the second-largest party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of New South Wales.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)

The Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), commonly known as the NSW Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales.

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Lou Walsh

Louis Andrew Walsh (29 March 1899 – 1 September 1978) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1953 and 1956 and again between 1962 and 1965.

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Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959

This is a list of members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1959, as elected at the 1956 state election.

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Michael Bruxner

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Michael Frederick Bruxner (25 March 1882 – 28 March 1970) was an Australian politician and soldier, serving for many years as Leader of the Country Party and its predecessors.

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Murray Robson

Lieutenant Colonel Ewan Murray Robson (7 March 1906 – 26 August 1974) was an Australian lawyer, soldier and a member of the New south Wales Parliament for over twenty years.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party.

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National Party of Australia – NSW

The National Party of Australia – N.S.W. is a political party in New South Wales, which forms the state branch of the federal Nationals.

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New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state.

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New South Wales state election, 1953

The 1953 New South Wales state election was held on 14 February 1953.

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Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the largest university press in the world, and the second oldest after Cambridge University Press.

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Pat Morton

Philip Henry (Pat) Morton (28 October 191018 January 1999) was an Australian businessman and politician.

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Premier of New South Wales

The Premier of New South Wales is the head of government in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Robert Cameron (New South Wales politician)

Robert Cameron, (29 October 1890 – 21 May 1970) was an Australian politician.

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Roy Jackson (politician)

Roy Stanley Jackson (1895–1964) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1953 and 1956.

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State Bank of New South Wales

The State Bank of New South Wales, until 1982 known as the Rural Bank of New South Wales, was a bank that was owned by the Government of New South Wales.

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Sydney Opera House

The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Tighes Hill, New South Wales

Tighes Hill is a north-western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales and was named after A.A.P. Tighe, an early resident, who in 1843 bought the estate.

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Tom Armstrong (politician)

Tom Armstrong (13 September 1903 – 16 March 1957) was an Australian politician.

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Tom Dalton

Thomas William Dalton (1 January 1904 – 16 August 1981) was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1956 and from 1959 until 1968.

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Vernon Treatt

Sir Vernon Haddon Treatt (15 May 1897 – 20 September 1984) was an Australian lawyer, soldier, Rhodes Scholar and politician.

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Wal Fife

Wallace Clyde Fife (2 October 1929 – 16 November 2017) was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales Government and Federal Government.

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Walter Lawrence

Walter Richard Lawrence MBE (3 January 1895 – 24 March 1966) was an Australian politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_state_election,_1956

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