title: Electoral results for the district of Western Suburbs
text: # Electoral results for the district of Western Suburbs
  
  Western Suburbs, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1920 and abolished in 1927.
  
  | Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1920 | Carlo Lazzarini | Labor | Edward McTiernan | Labor | Tom Hoskins | Nationalist | Sydney Shillington | Nationalist | James Wilson | Progressive |
  | 1922 | Carlo Lazzarini | Labor | Edward McTiernan | Labor | Tom Hoskins | Nationalist | John Ness | Nationalist | James Wilson | Nationalist |
  | 1925 | Carlo Lazzarini | Labor | Edward McTiernan | Labor | Tom Hoskins | Nationalist | John Ness | Nationalist | Milton Jarvie | Nationalist |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1920s
  
  **1925**
  
  1925 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 8,320 | | |
  | | Nationalist | John Ness (elected 2) | 9,016 | 18.1 | +1.9 |
  | | Nationalist | Tom Hoskins (elected 4) | 6,975 | 14.0 | -2.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Milton Jarvie (elected 5) | 3,980 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
  | | Nationalist | Henry Morton | 2,443 | 4.9 | +4.9 |
  | | Nationalist | William Simpson | 1,865 | 3.7 | +0.6 |
  | | Labor | Edward McTiernan (elected 1) | 11,239 | 22.5 | +3.2 |
  | | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini (elected 3) | 7,697 | 15.4 | +1.3 |
  | | Labor | Barney Olde | 774 | 1.6 | +1.6 |
  | | Labor | James Troy | 649 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
  | | Labor | Roger Ryan | 99 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
  | | Independent | Alexander Huie | 3,976 | 8.0 | +2.6 |
  | | Protestant Labor | Frederick Armstrong | 578 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Protestant Labor | Alfred Millington | 490 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | | Majority Labor | John Cain | 133 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,914 | 97.5 | +0.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,253 | 2.5 | -0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,167 | 70.7 | -3.3 |
  | Party total votes ||||||
  | | Nationalist | | 24,279 | 48.6 | -9.3 |
  | | Labor | | 20,458 | 41.0 | +5.0 |
  | | Independent | Alexander Huie | 3,976 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
  | | Protestant Labor | | 1,068 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
  | | Majority Labor | | 133 | 0.3 | +0.3 |
  
  **1922**
  
  1922 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 8,274 | | |
  | | Nationalist | Tom Hoskins (elected 3) | 8,127 | 16.4 | +3.3 |
  | | Nationalist | John Ness (elected 4) | 8,055 | 16.2 | +16.2 |
  | | Nationalist | James Wilson (elected 5) | 7,082 | 14.3 | +14.3 |
  | | Nationalist | Sydney Shillington (defeated) | 3,912 | 7.9 | -3.3 |
  | | Nationalist | William Simpson | 1,554 | 3.1 | +3.1 |
  | | Labor | Edward McTiernan (elected 1) | 9,598 | 19.3 | +8.7 |
  | | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini (elected 2) | 6,986 | 14.1 | +0.3 |
  | | Labor | James Stewart | 672 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
  | | Labor | Harold Macdonald | 499 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
  | | Labor | Joseph Smith | 97 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
  | | Progressive | Alexander Huie | 2,670 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
  | | Progressive | Clare Wilson | 388 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,640 | 96.9 | +7.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,582 | 3.1 | -7.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 51,222 | 74.0 | +16.2 |
  | Party total votes ||||||
  | | Nationalist | | 28,730 | 57.9 | +21.8 |
  | | Labor | | 17,852 | 36.0 | -0.4 |
  | | Progressive | | 3,058 | 6.2 | -2.0 |
  
  **1920**
  
  1920 New South Wales state election: Western Suburbs :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Quota | Quota | Quota | 5,397 | |
  | | Labor | Carlo Lazzarini (elected 1) | 4,457 | 13.8 |
  | | Labor | Edward McTiernan (elected 2) | 3,419 | 10.6 |
  | | Labor | Frederick McDonald | 1,821 | 5.6 |
  | | Labor | Barney Olde | 1,089 | 3.4 |
  | | Labor | John Sheils | 993 | 3.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Tom Hoskins (elected 3) | 4,236 | 13.1 |
  | | Nationalist | Sydney Shillington (elected 4) | 3,643 | 11.2 |
  | | Nationalist | David Doull | 2,064 | 6.4 |
  | | Nationalist | Henry Garling | 1,759 | 5.4 |
  | | Progressive | James Wilson (elected 5) | 2,423 | 7.5 |
  | | Progressive | Frederick Robins | 237 | 0.7 |
  | | Soldiers & Citizens | John Ness | 1,173 | 3.6 |
  | | Soldiers & Citizens | Stanley Gelling | 216 | 0.7 |
  | | Soldiers & Citizens | Thomas McVittie | 207 | 0.6 |
  | | Soldiers & Citizens | John Weekley | 108 | 0.3 |
  | | Democratic | Daniel Noon | 1,692 | 5.2 |
  | | Independent | Alexander Huie | 1,268 | 3.9 |
  | | Independent | Benjamin Richards | 813 | 2.5 |
  | | Independent | Peter Bowling | 746 | 2.3 |
  | | Independent | Claude Sugden | 16 | 0.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 32,380 | 89.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,006 | 11.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,386 | 57.8 |
  | Party total votes ||||||
  | | Labor | | 11,779 | 36.4 |
  | | Nationalist | | 11,702 | 36.1 |
  | | Progressive | | 2,660 | 8.2 |
  | | Soldiers & Citizens | | 1,704 | 5.3 |
  | | Democratic | | 1,692 | 5.2 |
  | | Independent | Alexander Huie | 1,268 | 3.9 |
  | | Independent | Benjamin Richards | 813 | 2.5 |
  | | Independent | Peter Bowling | 746 | 2.3 |
  | | Independent | Claude Sugden | 16 | 0.1 |
  