The electoral history of Billy Hughes (1862–1952), the seventh prime minister of Australia, spanned 58 years across the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and House of Representatives.
In the Australian Parliament, Hughes represented the divisions of West Sydney, Bendigo, North Sydney and Bradfield, beginning in 1901 until his death in 1952. He also served as member for Sydney-Lang in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1894 until 1901.[1]
Hughes also participated in several leadership elections in the Australian Labor Party and United Australia Party.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
editSydney-Lang
edit1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 533 | 42.3 | ||
Free Trade | John Taylor | 428 | 33.9 | ||
Protectionist | Jack FitzGerald | 273 | 21.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Butler | 27 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,261 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 37 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,298 | 74.8 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 525 | 58.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Taylor | 283 | 31.6 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Henry Foran | 45 | 5.0 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Anderson | 42 | 4.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 895 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 908 | 55.9 | |||
Labour hold |
1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 544 | 53.6 | ||
National Federal | Joseph Chuck | 297 | 29.3 | ||
Independent | John Strachan | 164 | 16.2 | ||
Independent Federalist | David Fealy | 10 | 1.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,015 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,027 | 47.5 | |||
Labour hold |
House of Representatives
editWest Sydney
edit1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 6,652 | 73.7 | +73.7 | |
Protectionist | James Beer | 2,062 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Ind. Protectionist | James Hanrahan | 307 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 9,021 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 279 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 9,300 | 63.4 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
1903
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 7,272 | 69.9 | -3.7 | |
Free Trade | Edward Warren | 3,129 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
Total formal votes | 10,403 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 406 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 10,809 | 41.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.5 |
1906
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 7,561 | 55.5 | -14.4 | |
Anti-Socialist | James Burns | 6,056 | 44.5 | +14.4 | |
Total formal votes | 13,617 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 469 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,086 | 50.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | -14.4 |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Billy Hughes | 13,000 | 69.8 | +14.3 | |
Liberal | Stanley Cole | 4,986 | 26.8 | -17.7 | |
Socialist Labor | Harry Holland | 628 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,614 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 341 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,955 | 60.7 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +16.0 |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Billy Hughes | 17,658 | 71.3 | -0.0 | |
Liberal | John Sutton | 7,119 | 28.7 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 24,777 | 94.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,406 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 26,183 | 64.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.5 |
1914
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Billy Hughes | 15,774 | 75.3 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | Walter Finch | 5,187 | 24.7 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,961 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 731 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 21,692 | 54.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.0 |
Bendigo
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 16,272 | 57.4 | +12.5 | |
Labor | Alfred Hampson | 12,091 | 42.6 | −12.5 | |
Total formal votes | 28,363 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 618 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 28,981 | 89.7 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +12.5 |
1919
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 14,291 | 55.0 | −2.4 | |
Labor | Alfred Hampson | 11,676 | 45.0 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 25,967 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 186 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 26,153 | 82.8 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | −2.4 |
North Sydney
edit1922
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 16,475 | 58.2 | -11.2 | |
Constitutionalist | Albert Piddington | 11,812 | 41.8 | +41.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,287 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 775 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 29,062 | 65.5 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -11.2 |
1925
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 33,855 | 71.5 | +13.3 | |
Labor | Joe Lamaro | 13,500 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Total formal votes | 47,355 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 581 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 47,936 | 92.9 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +13.3 |
1928
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 32,734 | 66.2 | -5.3 | |
Labor | Ben Howe | 16,736 | 33.8 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 49,470 | 94.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,718 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 52,188 | 94.6 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -5.3 |
1929
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 33,263 | 61.2 | +61.2 | |
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 20,298 | 37.3 | -28.9 | |
Independent Labor | Clifford Banks | 618 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Socialist Labor | Ernie Judd | 180 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 54,359 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,169 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 55,528 | 95.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Ind. Nationalist | Billy Hughes | 66.1 | +66.1 | ||
Nationalist | Lewis Nott | 33.9 | -32.3 | ||
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist | Swing | +32.3 |
1931
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 22,317 | 40.8 | +1.3 | |
United Australia | Norman Cowper | 19,724 | 36.0 | +36.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Norman Nelson | 12,696 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Total formal votes | 54,737 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 920 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 55,657 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 57.5 | +23.6 | ||
United Australia | Norman Cowper | 42.5 | +42.5 | ||
United Australia gain from Independent | Swing | +23.6 |
1934
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 35,532 | 65.1 | -12.2 | |
Labor (NSW) | Stan Taylor | 12,684 | 23.2 | +0.6 | |
Social Credit | Vincent Kelly | 6,385 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Total formal votes | 54,601 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,112 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 55,713 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 71.0 | +13.5 | ||
Labor (NSW) | Stan Taylor | 29.0 | +29.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +13.5 |
1937
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 38,386 | 65.9 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Henry Clayden | 16,254 | 27.9 | +27.9 | |
Social Credit | Percival Minahan | 3,568 | 6.1 | -5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 58,208 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,344 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 59,552 | 97.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 69.0 | -2.0 | ||
Labor | Henry Clayden | 31.0 | +31.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -2.0 |
1940
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 38,381 | 61.3 | -4.6 | |
State Labor | William Wilson | 10,965 | 17.5 | +17.5 | |
Labor | James Dooley | 9,704 | 15.5 | -12.4 | |
Labor (N-C) | John Steel | 3,526 | 5.6 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 62,576 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,170 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 63,746 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 67.6 | -1.4 | ||
State Labor | William Wilson | 32.4 | +32.4 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.4 |
1943
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 29,962 | 44.1 | -17.2 | |
Labor | Leo Haylen | 24,989 | 35.7 | +20.2 | |
Independent | Patrick Williams | 6,132 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Independent | Eric Bentley | 3,349 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Communist | Jack Miles | 2,821 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
One Parliament | Jack Lewis | 938 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Oliver Partington | 455 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 67,946 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 3,323 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 71,269 | 98.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 36,066 | 53.1 | -14.5 | |
Labor | Leo Haylen | 31,880 | 46.9 | +46.9 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -14.5 |
1946
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Billy Hughes | 40,845 | 55.9 | +11.8 | |
Labor | Leo Haylen | 32,247 | 44.1 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 73,092 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,503 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 74,595 | 96.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Bradfield
edit1949
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Billy Hughes | 28,428 | 71.4 | −3.8 | |
Labor | Ken Gee | 8,645 | 21.7 | −3.0 | |
Independent | Edward Price | 2,764 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 39,837 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 722 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 40,559 | 95.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Billy Hughes | 74.9 | −0.3 | ||
Labor | Ken Gee | 25.1 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal notional hold | Swing | −0.3 |
1951
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Billy Hughes | 32,469 | 78.7 | +7.3 | |
Labor | Hugh Milne | 8,784 | 21.3 | −0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 41,253 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 762 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 42,015 | 95.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Leadership elections
editUnited Australia Party
edit1939
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Robert Menzies | N/A | |||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | N/A | |||
United Australia | Richard Casey | withdrew | |||
United Australia | Thomas White | withdrew | |||
Second ballot result | |||||
United Australia | Robert Menzies | 22 | 50.00 | ||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 22 | 50.00 | ||
Turnout | 44 | 100.0 | |||
Final ballot result | |||||
United Australia | Robert Menzies | 23 | 54.80 | +4.80 | |
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 19 | 45.20 | −4.80 | |
Turnout | 42 | 95.50 | −4.50 |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Billy Hughes | ? | |||
United Australia | Allan McDonald | ? | |||
United Australia | Percy Spender | ? | |||
Second ballot result | |||||
United Australia | Billy Hughes | 16? | |||
United Australia | Allan McDonald | 15? |
References
edit- ^ Fitzhardinge 1979, p. 670.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Sydney-Lang". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "1949 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ "1951 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
- ^ "Mr. Menzies Leader of U.A.P." The Argus. No. 28, 909. Victoria, Australia. 19 April 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Mr. Menzies to be Prime Minister". The Advertiser. South Australia, Australia. 19 April 1939. p. 23. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Page 1963, p. 274.
Sources
edit- Fitzhardinge, L. F. (1979). William Morris Hughes: A Political Biography. Vol. 2: The Little Digger, 1914–1952. Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0207132453.
- Page, Earle (1963). Truant Surgeon: The Inside Story of Forty Years of Australian Political Life. Angus & Robertson.