1910 New South Wales state election

1910 New South Wales state election

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All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader James McGowen Charles Wade Party Labour Liberal Reform Leader since August 1894 2 October 1907 Leader's seat Redfern Gordon Last election 32 seats 45 seats Seats won 46 seats 37 seats Seat change 14 8 Percentage 48.92% 43.03 Swing 15.61 2.88
Legislative Assembly after the election
Premier before election Charles Wade Liberal Reform Elected Premier James McGowen Labor

The 1910 New South Wales state election was held on 14 October 1910 for all of the 90 seats in the 22nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 21st parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 14 September 1910 by the Governor, Lord Chelmsford, on the advice of the Premier Charles Wade.^[1][2][3]

This was the first NSW election using a second ballot system. All previous elections had used a first past the post voting system, where a candidate might be elected with less than 50% of the vote especially where two or more similar candidates split the vote.^[a] There were 3 districts that required a second ballot, at Durham and St Leonards where the second round ballot was won by the leading candidate and at Hastings and Macleay where support from the Labour Party saw the independent overtake the sitting Liberal Reform member to take the seat.

The election saw the Labor Electoral League form government for the first time, winning 46 of the 90 seats in the Assembly.

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