Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1962 New South Wales state election.

Results by Electoral district

Albury

Armidale

Ashfield−Croydon

Auburn

Balmain

Bankstown

Barwon

Bass Hill

Bass Hill was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat.

Bathurst

Blacktown

• Blacktown became a notional Labor seat in the redistribution.

Bligh

• Bligh was a new seat created from the abolished districts of Paddington−Waverley, held by Keith Anderson (Labor) and Woollahra held by Vernon Treatt (Liberal). It was a notionally a marginal Liberal seat.

Bondi

Bulli

Burrinjuck

Burwood

Byron

Canterbury

Casino

Castlereagh

Cessnock

Clarence

Cobar

Collaroy

Concord

Coogee

Cook's River

Cronulla

Drummoyne

• Drummoyne became a notional Labor seat in the redistribution.

Dubbo

Dulwich Hill

Earlwood

East Hills

Eastwood

Fairfield

Georges River

Gloucester

Gordon

Stewart Fraser was the sitting member however he lost pre-selection.

Gosford

Goulburn

Granville

Hamilton

Hartley

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

Kahibah

King

Kirribilli

• Kirribilli was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat.

Kogarah

Kurri Kurri

Lake Macquarie

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Lismore

• The Country Party had won the 1959 election for Lismore by 2 votes, however it was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns. The resulting by-election was won by Keith Compton (Labor).

Liverpool

Maitland

Manly

Maroubra

Marrickville

Monaro

Mosman

Mudgee

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Nepean

Newcastle

Orange

Oxley

Parramatta

Phillip

Raleigh

Randwick

Redfern

Rockdale

Ryde

South Coast

Sturt

Sutherland

Tamworth

Temora

Tenterfield

The Hills

• The Hills was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat. Alfred Dennis was the sitting Liberal member for Blacktown.

Upper Hunter

Vaucluse

Wagga Wagga

Wakehurst

• Wakehurst was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat.

Waratah

Wentworthville

• Wentworthville was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat.

Willoughby

Wollondilly

Wollongong−Kembla

Wyong

• Wyong was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat.

Young

See also

• Candidates of the 1962 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965

Notes

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