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West sydney — Australian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

West sydney was won by Daniel Minogue (Labor) at the 1966 federal election, with a margin of 8,915 votes over Albert Curtin after preferences. This page covers every federal election in West sydney from 1901 to 1966.

Australia uses instant-runoff (preferential) voting: voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no one has a majority of first-preference votes, the lowest-placed candidate is eliminated and their votes redistributed to voters' next preference, repeating until one candidate has a majority. The "Winner" and "Margin" below reflect the final result after preferences (equivalent to the AEC's own two-candidate-preferred figure) — not simply whoever led on first preferences, which can occasionally be a different candidate.

Full Election History (After Preferences), 1901–1966

Election Winner Party Final Votes Final Share Runner-up Margin
1901 Billy Hughes Labor 6,652 76.3% James Beer (Prot) 4,590 (52.7 pts)
1903 Billy Hughes Labor 7,272 69.9% William Warren (FT) 4,143 (39.8 pts)
1906 Billy Hughes Labor 7,561 55.5% James Burns (AS) 1,505 (11.1 pts)
1910 Billy Hughes Labor 13,000 72.3% Stanley Cole (Liberal) 8,014 (44.6 pts)
1913 Billy Hughes Labor 17,658 71.3% John Sutton (Liberal) 10,539 (42.5 pts)
1914 Billy Hughes Labor 15,774 75.3% Walter Finch (Liberal) 10,587 (50.5 pts)
1917 Cornelius Wallace Labor 14,664 66.5% Gideon Gillespie (National) 7,275 (33.0 pts)
1919 Thomas Ryan Labor 14,234 72.2% Richard Sleath (National) 8,746 (44.3 pts)
1922 William Lambert Labor 13,359 78.6% Thomas Bryde (Independent) 9,728 (57.3 pts)
1925 William Lambert Labor 24,604 74.0% Osterley Thompson (National) 15,970 (48.0 pts)
1928 John Beasley Labor 25,286 81.7% Alfred Benjamin (National) 19,637 (63.5 pts)
1929 John Beasley Labor 28,121 86.5% Osterley Thompson (National) 23,717 (72.9 pts)
1931 John Beasley Labor (Non-Communist) 19,768 75.0% Arthur Butterell (United Australia Party) 13,189 (50.1 pts)
1934 John Beasley Labor (Non-Communist) 32,283 74.3% Henry Wood (United Australia Party) 21,123 (48.6 pts)
1937 John Beasley Labor -1 100.0% None (None) -1 (100.0 pts)
1940 John Beasley Labor (Non-Communist) 30,570 74.0% Henry Mulcahy (Labor) 19,856 (48.1 pts)
1943 John Beasley Labor 34,404 79.0% Horace Foley (SL) 25,238 (57.9 pts)
1946 William O'connor Labor 29,417 79.3% Thomas Ryan (Labor (Non-Communist)) 21,746 (58.6 pts)
1949 Daniel Minogue Labor 19,082 67.7% Horace Foley (Labor (Non-Communist)) 9,961 (35.3 pts)
1951 Daniel Minogue Labor 21,123 72.0% Basil Mottershead (Liberal) 12,920 (44.1 pts)
1954 Daniel Minogue Labor 21,226 77.2% Anthony Micallef (Independent) 14,962 (54.4 pts)
1955 Daniel Minogue Labor 28,309 78.5% Frank Weaver (Liberal) 20,558 (57.0 pts)
1958 Daniel Minogue Labor 22,610 77.6% Adrian Cook (Liberal) 16,075 (55.2 pts)
1961 Daniel Minogue Labor 21,937 82.8% Milovan Kovjanic (Liberal) 17,382 (65.6 pts)
1963 Daniel Minogue Labor 22,051 80.5% William Doherty (Democratic Labor Party) 16,699 (60.9 pts)
1966 Daniel Minogue Labor 15,823 69.6% Albert Curtin (Liberal) 8,915 (39.2 pts)

First-Preference Result by Election

Every candidate's first-preference votes, before any preference redistribution.

1901

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor6,65273.7%
James BeerProt2,06222.9%
James HanrahanIndependent3073.4%

1903

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor7,27269.9%
William WarrenFT3,12930.1%

1906

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor7,56155.5%
James BurnsAS6,05644.5%

1910

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor13,00069.8%
Stanley ColeLiberal4,98626.8%
Henry HollandIndependent6283.4%

1913

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor17,65871.3%
John SuttonLiberal7,11928.7%

1914

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Billy HughesLabor15,77475.3%
Walter FinchLiberal5,18724.7%

1917

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Cornelius WallaceLabor14,66466.5%
Gideon GillespieNational7,38933.5%

1919

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Thomas RyanLabor14,23472.2%
Richard SleathNational5,48827.8%

1922

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LambertLabor13,35973.9%
Thomas BrydeIndependent3,63120.1%
Arthur O'donnellIndependent1,0776.0%

1925

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William LambertLabor24,60474.0%
Osterley ThompsonNational8,63426.0%

1928

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor25,28681.7%
Alfred BenjaminNational5,64918.3%

1929

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor28,12186.5%
Osterley ThompsonNational4,40413.5%

1931

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor (Non-Communist)19,76863.9%
Arthur ButterellUnited Australia Party6,57921.3%
James DonaldsonLabor4,59614.9%

1934

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor (Non-Communist)32,28363.5%
Henry WoodUnited Australia Party11,16022.0%
Clarence CampbellLabor3,3986.7%
Frederick TaylorSC2,5295.0%
Robert BrechinCommunist Party of Australia1,4602.9%

1937

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor-1100.0%

1940

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor (Non-Communist)30,57062.8%
Henry MulcahyLabor10,71422.0%
Malinda IveyIndependent2,9376.0%
Stanley MoranIndependent2,4705.1%
Peter BurkeSL1,9834.1%

1943

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
John BeasleyLabor34,40469.7%
Horace FoleySL9,16618.6%
Eddington SherwoodOPA4,4819.1%
Malinda IveyIndependent9571.9%
Timothy MccristalIndependent3520.7%

1946

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
William O'connorLabor29,41756.6%
Thomas RyanLabor (Non-Communist)7,67114.8%
John MantLiberal6,30012.1%
Stanley MoranCommunist Party of Australia4,3808.4%
Ronald SarinaIndependent2,1624.2%
Melinda IveyIndependent2,0634.0%

1949

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor17,73249.8%
Horace FoleyLabor (Non-Communist)8,87224.9%
Basil MottersheadLiberal7,23520.3%
Stanley MoranCommunist Party of Australia1,7865.0%

1951

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor21,12363.4%
Basil MottersheadLiberal8,20324.6%
John MilesCommunist Party of Australia3,48310.4%
Clare PetersIndependent5281.6%

1954

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor21,22672.5%
Anthony MicallefIndependent6,26421.4%
Lawrence SharkeyCommunist Party of Australia1,7766.1%

1955

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor28,30973.7%
Frank WeaverLiberal7,75120.2%
Lawrence SharkeyCommunist Party of Australia2,3646.2%

1958

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor22,61065.7%
Adrian CookLiberal6,53519.0%
Allan CharlesworthDemocratic Labor Party3,76310.9%
Lawrence SharkeyCommunist Party of Australia1,4894.3%

1961

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor21,93770.4%
Milovan KovjanicLiberal4,55514.6%
William DohertyDemocratic Labor Party2,9279.4%
Ronald MaxwellCommunist Party of Australia1,7465.6%

1963

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor22,05174.3%
William DohertyDemocratic Labor Party5,35218.0%
Maurice LawIndependent1,4644.9%
Charles KilduffIndependent8132.7%

1966

CandidatePartyFirst-Pref. VotesShare
Daniel MinogueLabor15,82361.8%
Albert CurtinLiberal6,90827.0%
Denise ClancyDemocratic Labor Party1,7706.9%
Ronald MaxwellCommunist Party of Australia1,1154.4%

Margin Over Time

Final (after-preferences) winning margin, percentage points, coloured by the winning party.

1901: Labor margin 52.7 pts 1903: Labor margin 39.8 pts 1906: Labor margin 11.1 pts 1910: Labor margin 44.6 pts 1913: Labor margin 42.5 pts 1914: Labor margin 50.5 pts 1917: Labor margin 33.0 pts 1919: Labor margin 44.3 pts 1922: Labor margin 57.3 pts 1925: Labor margin 48.0 pts 1928: Labor margin 63.5 pts 1929: Labor margin 72.9 pts 1931: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 50.1 pts 1934: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 48.6 pts 1937: Labor margin 100.0 pts 1940: Labor (Non-Communist) margin 48.1 pts 1943: Labor margin 57.9 pts 1946: Labor margin 58.6 pts 1949: Labor margin 35.3 pts 1951: Labor margin 44.1 pts 1954: Labor margin 54.4 pts 1955: Labor margin 57.0 pts 1958: Labor margin 55.2 pts 1961: Labor margin 65.6 pts 1963: Labor margin 60.9 pts 1966: Labor margin 39.2 pts 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966

Trend

West sydney has been contested at 26 federal elections on record since 1901. Winning parties over that span: Labor, Labor (Non-Communist).

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won West sydney in the 1966 federal election?

Daniel Minogue (Labor) won West sydney in 1966 after preferences, with 15,823 votes (69.6%) to Albert Curtin's 6,908.

Which parties have won West sydney since 1901?

Since 1901, West sydney has been won by: Labor, Labor (Non-Communist).

What was the closest result in West sydney?

The closest result on record for West sydney was 1906, when Billy Hughes (Labor) beat James Burns by 1,505 votes (11.1 percentage points) after preferences.

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