title: Electoral results for the district of Bondi
text: # Electoral results for the district of Bondi
  
  Bondi, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales has had two incarnations, from 1913 to 1920 and from 1927 until 1971.
  
  First incarnation (1913–1920) :
  
  | Election | Member | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1913 | | James Macarthur-Onslow | Liberal Reform |
  | 1917 | | James Macarthur-Onslow | Nationalist |
  | Second incarnation (1927–1971) |||||
  | Election | Member | Member | Party |
  | 1927 | | Harold Jaques | Nationalist |
  | 1930 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1932 | | Norman Thomas | United Australia |
  | 1935 | | Norman Thomas | United Australia |
  | 1938 | | Norman Thomas | United Australia |
  | 1941 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1944 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1947 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1950 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1953 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1956 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1959 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1962 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1965 | | Abe Landa | Labor |
  | 1965 by | | Syd Einfeld | Labor |
  | 1968 | | Syd Einfeld | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  **1968**
  
  1968 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Syd Einfeld | 12,054 | 54.8 | +2.9 |
  | | Liberal | James Markham | 9,938 | 45.2 | -2.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,992 | 97.0 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 689 | 3.0 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,681 | 93.0 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 | |
  
  **1965 by-election**
  
  1965 Bondi by-election Saturday 6 November :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Syd Einfeld | 10,110 | 49.9 | -3.7 |
  | | Liberal | John Barraclough | 9,579 | 47.3 | +0.9 |
  | | Democratic Labor | William Slowgrove | 493 | 2.4 | |
  | | Independent | Albert Rietschel | 76 | 0.4 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,258 | 96.5 | -1.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 732 | 3.5 | +1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,990 | 86.8 | -5.5 |
  | After distribution of preferences ||||||
  | | Labor | Syd Einfeld | 10,167 | 50.2 | |
  | | Liberal | John Barraclough | 9,588 | 47.3 | |
  | | Democratic Labor | William Slowgrove | 503 | 2.5 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed to completion.
  * Abe Landa (Labor) resigned to accept the position of Agent-General for New South Wales in London.
  
  **1965**
  
  1965 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 11,978 | 53.6 | −5.6 |
  | | Liberal | John Barraclough | 10,356 | 46.4 | +5.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,334 | 97.8 | −0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 492 | 2.2 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,826 | 92.3 | −0.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −5.6 | |
  
  **1962**
  
  1962 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 13,898 | 59.2 | +5.8 |
  | | Liberal | Carl Jeppesen | 9,575 | 40.8 | −1.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,473 | 98.5 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 363 | 1.5 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,836 | 92.7 | |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +5.2 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1950s
  
  **1959**
  
  1959 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 10,713 | 50.4 |
  | | Liberal | Carl Jeppesen | 9,660 | 45.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Charles Massey | 881 | 4.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,254 | 98.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 429 | 2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,683 | 93.3 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 10,889 | 51.2 |
  | | Liberal | Carl Jeppesen | 10,365 | 48.8 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  **1956**
  
  1956 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 11,263 | 54.6 | −5.0 |
  | | Liberal | Daniel Sutherland | 9,360 | 45.4 | +5.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,623 | 98.3 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 353 | 1.7 | −0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,976 | 92.9 | −0.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | −5.0 | |
  
  **1953**
  
  1953 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 12,904 | 59.6 |
  | | Liberal | Leslie Fingleton | 8,757 | 40.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,661 | 98.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 446 | 2.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,107 | 93.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  **1950**
  
  1950 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 12,179 | 52.0 |
  | | Liberal | Keith Weekes | 11,255 | 48.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,434 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 314 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,748 | 92.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1940s
  
  **1947**
  
  1947 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 12,148 | 49.2 | +5.6 |
  | | Liberal | William McNally | 10,488 | 42.4 | +12.6 |
  | | Lang Labor | Elizabeth Frewin | 2,080 | 8.4 | -6.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,716 | 98.2 | +3.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 442 | 1.8 | -3.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,158 | 93.5 | +0.9 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 13,454 | 54.4 | +3.3 |
  | | Liberal | William McNally | 11,262 | 45.6 | -3.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +3.3 | |
  
  **1944**
  
  1944 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 9,521 | 43.6 | -1.5 |
  | | Democratic | Frank Browne | 6,505 | 29.8 | -14.4 |
  | | Lang Labor | Leslie Hallett | 3,241 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
  | | Liberal Democratic | Alexander Stewart | 2,465 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
  | | Independent Labor | Alfred Rosen | 126 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,858 | 95.1 | -3.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,116 | 4.9 | +3.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,974 | 92.6 | +1.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 11,164 | 51.1 | -3.1 |
  | | Democratic | Frank Browne | 10,694 | 48.9 | +3.1 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -3.1 | |
  
  **1941**
  
  1941 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 9,577 | 45.1 |
  | | United Australia | Norman Thomas | 9,373 | 44.2 |
  | | State Labor | Allan Jenkins | 2,267 | 10.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,217 | 98.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 327 | 1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,544 | 91.5 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 11,492 | 54.2 |
  | | United Australia | Norman Thomas | 9,725 | 45.8 |
  | | Labor gain from United Australia | Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1930s
  
  **1938**
  
  1938 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Norman Thomas | 12,223 | 52.3 | -11.5 |
  | | Labor | Henry Collins | 5,946 | 25.4 | -10.8 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Hogan | 4,357 | 18.6 | +18.6 |
  | | Independent | Richard Brown | 851 | 3.6 | +3.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 23,377 | 98.0 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 474 | 2.0 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,851 | 95.8 | -0.2 |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  **1935**
  
  1935 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Norman Thomas | 12,978 | 63.8 | +1.6 |
  | | Labor (NSW) | Jack Fitzpatrick | 7,374 | 36.2 | +3.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,352 | 98.3 | +0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 346 | 1.7 | -0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,698 | 96.0 | -0.2 |
  | | United Australia hold | United Australia hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  **1932**
  
  1932 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | United Australia | Norman Thomas | 12,132 | 62.2 | +19.4 |
  | | Labor (NSW) | Abe Landa | 6,330 | 32.5 | -15.0 |
  | | Federal Labor | James Buckingham | 684 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
  | | Womens | Grace Scobie | 233 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Communist | Archibald Smith | 109 | 0.6 | +0.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,488 | 98.0 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 387 | 2.0 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 19,875 | 96.2 | +3.8 |
  | | United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A | |
  
  * Preferences were not distributed.
  
  **1930**
  
  1930 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 8,725 | 47.5 |
  | | Nationalist | Harold Jaques (defeated) | 7,859 | 42.8 |
  | | Australian | Ashton Kurts | 1,795 | 9.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,379 | 98.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 242 | 1.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,621 | 92.4 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Abe Landa | 9,592 | 52.2 |
  | | Nationalist | Harold Jaques | 8,787 | 47.8 |
  | | Labor gain from Ind. Nationalist | Labor gain from Ind. Nationalist | Swing | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  **1927**
  
  1927 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ind. Nationalist | Harold Jaques | 7,692 | 53.5 | |
  | | Nationalist | Millicent Preston-Stanley (defeated) | 3,408 | 23.7 | |
  | | Labor | Susan Francis | 3,278 | 22.8 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 14,378 | 97.9 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 310 | 2.1 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,688 | 84.8 | |
  | | Ind. Nationalist win | Ind. Nationalist win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  
  District recreated
  
  **1920 - 1927**
  
  District abolished
  
  ### Elections in the 1910s
  
  **1917**
  
  1917 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Nationalist | James Macarthur-Onslow | unopposed | | |
  | | Nationalist hold | Nationalist hold | | | |
  
  **1913**
  
  1913 New South Wales state election: Bondi :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Reform | James Macarthur-Onslow | 4,567 | 55.7 | |
  | | Labor | George Moxon | 1,995 | 24.3 | |
  | | Independent Liberal | Frank Farnell | 1,638 | 20.0 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 8,200 | 98.2 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 146 | 1.8 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,346 | 63.7 | |
  | | Liberal Reform win | Liberal Reform win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  