State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1944
For the local government elections held in December, see 1944 New South Wales local elections.
1944 New South Wales state election
← 1941
27 May 1944 (1944-05-27)
1947 →
All 90 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 46 Assembly seats were needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
William McKell
Reginald Weaver
Michael Bruxner
Party
Labor
Democratic
Country
Leader since
23 September 1939
10 February 1944
26 April 1932
Leader's seat
Redfern
Neutral Bay
Tenterfield
Last election
54 seats
14 seats
12 seats
Seats won
56
12
10
Seat change
2
2
2
Percentage
45.20%
18.91%
10.41%
Swing
5.60
1.38
0.64
Two-candidate-preferred margin by electorate
Premier before election
William McKell
Labor
Elected Premier
William McKell
Labor
The 1944 New South Wales state election was held on 27 May 1944. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1940 redistribution. The election was for all of the 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
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