title: Electoral results for the district of Darlinghurst
text: # Electoral results for the district of Darlinghurst
  
  Darlinghurst, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1950 until 1953.
  
  First incarnation (1904–1920) :
  
  | Election | Member | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1904 | | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |
  | 1907 | | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |
  | 1910 | | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |
  | 1913 | | Daniel Levy | Liberal Reform |
  | 1917 | | Daniel Levy | Nationalist |
  | Second incarnation (1950–1953) ||||
  | Election | Member | Member | Party |
  | 1950 | | Frank Finnan | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  **1950**
  
  1950 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Paget | 10,553 | 47.8 |
  | | Labor | Frank Finnan | 10,505 | 47.6 |
  | | Communist | Adam Ogston | 1,012 | 4.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,070 | 97.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 603 | 2.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,673 | 89.0 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Frank Finnan | 11,401 | 51.7 |
  | | Liberal | John Paget | 10,669 | 48.3 |
  | | Labor notional hold | Labor notional hold | | |
  
  District recreated
  
  **1920 - 1950**
  
  District abolished
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  **1917**
  
  1917 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | Daniel Levy | 4,143 | 55.0 | +2.2 |
  | | Labor | John Farrell | 3,316 | 44.1 | -3.1 |
  | | Independent | Percy Brunton | 68 | 0.9 | +0.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,527 | 98.4 | +1.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 124 | 1.6 | -1.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,651 | 55.3 | -6.0 |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | Swing | +2.2 | |
  
  **1913**
  
  1913 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 4,055 | 52.8 |
  | | Labor | Frank Foster | 3,622 | 47.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 7,677 | 96.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 264 | 3.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,941 | 61.3 |
  | | Liberal Reform hold | Liberal Reform hold | | |
  
  **1910**
  
  1910 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 3,556 | 52.9 |
  | | Labor | Jack FitzGerald | 3,043 | 45.2 |
  | | Independent | John Haynes | 128 | 1.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 6,727 | 97.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 144 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,871 | 65.0 |
  | | Liberal Reform hold | Liberal Reform hold | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1907**
  
  1907 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 2,640 | 57.7 |
  | | Labor | Donald McKinnon | 1,263 | 27.6 |
  | | Independent | David Middleton | 661 | 14.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,579 | 97.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 116 | 2.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,695 | 56.9 |
  | | Liberal Reform hold | Liberal Reform hold | | |
  
  **1904**
  
  1904 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | Daniel Levy | 2,743 | 56.3 | |
  | | Labor | John Birt | 2,129 | 43.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 4,872 | 99.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 27 | 0.6 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,899 | 50.0 | |
  | | Liberal Reform win | Liberal Reform win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  