# Electoral results for the district of Hamilton (New South Wales)

Hamilton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1894 and from 1904 until 1920.
| Election | Member | Party |
| 1927 | David Murray | Labor |
| 1928 by | James Smith | Labor |
| 1930 | Hugh Connell | Labor |
| 1932 | Hugh Connell | Labor (NSW) |
| 1934 by | William Brennan | Labor (NSW) |
| 1935 | Joshua Arthur | Labor (NSW) |
| 1938 | Joshua Arthur | Labor |
| 1941 | Joshua Arthur | Labor |
| 1944 | Joshua Arthur | Labor |
| 1947 | Joshua Arthur | Labor |
| 1950 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 1953 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 1956 | George Campbell | Labor |
| 1959 | Robert McCartney | Labor |
| 1962 | Robert McCartney | Labor |
| 1965 | Robert McCartney | Labor |
| 1968 | Robert McCartney | Labor |

## Election results
### Elections in the 1960s
#### 1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 12,458 | 60.1 | -4.2 |
| | Liberal | James Reeves | 8,286 | 39.9 | +4.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,744 | 97.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 434 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,178 | 94.3 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -4.2 | |

#### 1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 12,262 | 64.3 | +4.5 |
| | Liberal | Richard Nathan | 6,805 | 35.7 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,067 | 98.4 | −0.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 311 | 1.6 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,378 | 94.7 | 0.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 | |

#### 1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 11,251 | 59.8 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal | Alwyn Watkins | 6,538 | 34.7 | +1.0 |
| | Democratic Labor | Robert Burke | 1,030 | 5.5 | −5.3 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,819 | 98.5 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 289 | 1.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,108 | 94.7 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 11,457 | 60.9 | +3.2 |
| | Liberal | Alwyn Watkins | 7,362 | 39.1 | −3.2 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 | |

### Elections in the 1950s
#### 1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 9,937 | 55.5 |
| | Liberal | Brian O'Loughlin | 6,024 | 33.7 |
| | Democratic Labor | John Daley | 1,937 | 10.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,898 | 98.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 339 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,237 | 94.8 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Robert McCartney | 10,324 | 57.7 |
| | Liberal | Brian O'Loughlin | 7,574 | 42.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

#### 1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | George Campbell | 9,157 | 55.7 | −8.5 |
| | Liberal | Horace Smith | 7,281 | 44.3 | +8.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,438 | 99.0 | +0.9 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 157 | 1.0 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,595 | 94.8 | 0.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 | |

#### 1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | George Campbell | 10,884 | 64.2 |
| | Liberal | John Milne | 6,063 | 35.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,947 | 98.1 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 327 | 1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 17,274 | 94.8 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

#### 1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | George Campbell | 8,046 | 49.1 |
| | Liberal | Harry Quinlan | 7,026 | 42.9 |
| | Independent | Oscar Newton | 1,315 | 8.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 16,387 | 98.8 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 198 | 1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,585 | 95.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | George Campbell | 8,445 | 51.5 |
| | Liberal | Harry Quinlan | 7,942 | 48.5 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1940s
#### 1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Joshua Arthur | 13,830 | 57.6 | -19.2 |
| | Liberal | Oscar Newton | 6,776 | 28.2 | +28.2 |
| | Independent | Harold Scott-Daisley | 1,901 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| | Lang Labor | William Lambert | 1,512 | 6.3 | -16.9 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,019 | 98.7 | +3.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 322 | 1.3 | −3.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,341 | 95.4 | +3.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

#### 1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Joshua Arthur | 16,562 | 76.8 | -8.1 |
| | Lang Labor | William Campbell | 5,017 | 23.2 | +23.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,579 | 95.5 | −1.2 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,007 | 4.5 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,586 | 92.1 | −2.0 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

#### 1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Joshua Arthur | 17,944 | 84.9 |
| | Independent | Arthur Clarke | 3,200 | 15.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,144 | 96.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 730 | 3.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,874 | 94.1 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1930s
#### 1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Joshua Arthur | unopposed | | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | | | |

#### 1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor (NSW) | Joshua Arthur | 9,824 | 48.7 | -1.5 |
| | United Australia | Ernest Richardson | 9,044 | 44.8 | +44.8 |
| | Federal Labor | John Doyle | 1,317 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,185 | 98.3 | +0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 351 | 1.7 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,536 | 96.5 | −0.6 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor (NSW) | Joshua Arthur | 10,622 | 52.6 | |
| | United Australia | Ernest Richardson | 9,563 | 47.4 | |
| | Labor (NSW) hold | Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A | |

#### 1934 by-election

1934 Hamilton by-election Saturday, 24 February :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor (NSW) | William Brennan | 9,391 | 51.5 | +1.3 |
| | United Australia | Gordon Skelton | 7,445 | 40.8 | +13.3 |
| | Communist | Sidney Bethune | 1,220 | 6.7 | +5.7 |
| | Independent | William Stott | 176 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,232 | 97.2 | −0.5 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 527 | 2.8 | +0.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,759 | 91.9 | −5.2 |
| | Labor (NSW) hold | Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.
* The by-election was triggered by the death of Hugh Connell, (Labor).

#### 1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor (NSW) | Hugh Connell | 9,514 | 50.2 | -19.6 |
| | Independent | Gordon Skelton | 5,219 | 27.5 | +27.5 |
| | All for Australia | Harold O'Neill | 3,806 | 20.1 | +20.1 |
| | Independent | Robert Anderson | 241 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| | Communist | William Townsend | 185 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,965 | 97.7 | −0.3 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 451 | 2.3 | +0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,416 | 97.1 | +1.8 |
| | Labor (NSW) hold | Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A | |
* Preferences were not distributed.

#### 1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labor | Hugh Connell | 12,860 | 69.8 |
| | Nationalist | Gordon Skelton | 5,231 | 28.4 |
| | Communist | Timothy Barry | 325 | 1.8 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,416 | 98.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 374 | 2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,790 | 95.3 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |

### Elections in the 1920s
#### 1928 by-election

1928 Hamilton by-election Saturday 8 September :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | James Smith | 5,851 | 48.0 | -10.6 |
| | Protestant Labor | Walter Skelton | 4,851 | 38.8 | +31.5 |
| | Nationalist | Henry Cornish | 1,468 | 12.0 | -8.5 |
| | Independent | James Iceton | 23 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 12,193 | 98.9 | +1.0 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 140 | 1.1 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,333 | 70.9 | −14.1 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | James Smith | 5,968 | 51.2 | |
| | Protestant Labor | Walter Skelton | 5,684 | 48.8 | |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |

#### 1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Hamilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | David Murray | 8,508 | 58.6 | |
| | Nationalist | Edward Sanders | 2,977 | 20.5 | |
| | Independent | George Jenner | 1,750 | 12.1 | |
| | Protestant Labor | James Pendlebury | 1,204 | 8.3 | |
| | Independent | John Wilson | 72 | 0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,511 | 97.9 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 304 | 2.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,815 | 85.0 | |
| | Labor win | Labor win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |