The 1930 New South Wales state election was for 90

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each returning a single member with compulsory preferential voting. The principal change from the 1927 election was the division of the state into 3 zones, Sydney with forty-three districts, Newcastle with five, and the country with forty-two. While the average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 16,009, in the country zone the average was 13,028,, in Newcastle 18,933, and Sydney 18,580.

Results by electoral district

Albury

John Ross won the seat at the 1927 election as a Nationalist however he resigned from the party before the election, and contested the seat as an Independent Nationalist

Annandale

Armidale

Arncliffe

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() was the sitting member for the abolished district of

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which was largely replaced by Arncliffe.

Ashburnham

Ashfield

Auburn

Balmain

The sitting member

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() was appointed to the High Court.

Bankstown

Barwon

Bathurst

Bondi

Sitting member Harold Jaques had won the 1927 election as an

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nationalist but rejoined the Nationalist party.

Botany

Sitting member

Thomas Mutch Thomas Davies Mutch (17 October 1885 – 4 June 1958) was an Australian politician. Early life Born in London to busdriver William Murdoch Mutch and Sarah Davies, he arrived in New South Wales in 1887 and was educated at Double Bay Public ...

had been expelled from in 1927, but had been re-elected as an candidate.

Bulli

Andrew Lysaght () was the sitting member for

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Burwood

Byron

Canterbury

Casino

The 1929 redistribution increased the number of seats in the rural zone, and

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was created from parts of

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and

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both of which were held by the Country Party.

Castlereagh

The sitting member was

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() who unsuccessfully contested

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Cessnock

Clarence

Cobar

Cobar was a re-created seat, and comprised part of the districts of Sturt, Lachlan and Namoi.

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(Labor) was the member for

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Concord

Concord was a new seat, and comprised part of the district of

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and the abolished district of Eastwood.

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(Labor) was the member for Ryde.

Coogee

Cootamundra

Corowa

Croydon

Drummoyne

Dubbo

Dubbo was a re-created district.

() was the sitting member for Castlereagh.

Dulwich Hill

Georges River

Glebe

Gloucester

Gordon

Goulburn

Granville

Hamilton

The sitting member was James Smith (Labor) who did not contest the election.

Hugh Connell Hugh John Connell DSO, MC & Bar (12 June 1884 – 31 January 1934) was an Australian politician from the Labor Party and a soldier who served in World War I. Early life Connell was born in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra, New South Wales and e ...

(Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Kahibah.

Hartley

Hawkesbury

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

The sitting member was Andrew Lysaght (Labor) who successfully contested Bulli. Billy Davies (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Wollongong.

King

Kogarah

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(Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Oatley.

Kurri Kurri

Lachlan

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Leichhardt

Lismore

Liverpool Plains

Maitland

Manly

Marrickville

Monaro

Mosman

Mudgee

Murray

The sitting member for Murray,

(Labor) successfully contested

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Murrumbidgee

Namoi

Nepean

Neutral Bay

Newcastle

Newtown

North Sydney

Orange

Oxley

Paddington

The sitting member was Daniel Levy () who successfully contested

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Parramatta

Petersham

Joe Lamaro Joseph Lamaro (27 July 1895 – 22 May 1951) was an Australian politician. Born in Redfern to shopkeeper Deico Lamaro and Maria Giuseppa Taranto, Italian migrants, he attended St Joseph's School in Newtown and St Patrick's College in Goul ...

(Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Enmore which was largely replaced by Petersham.

Phillip

Raleigh

Randwick

Redfern

Ryde

South Coast

Sturt

Tamworth

Temora

Tenterfield

Upper Hunter

Vaucluse

Wagga Wagga

Waratah

Robert Cameron (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Wallsend which was partly replaced by Waratah.

Waverley

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(Nationalist) was the sitting member for the aboslied district of Rockdale.

Willoughby

Wollondilly

Woollahra

Yass

Young

Notes

References

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