The People's Choice: Electoral Politics in 20th Century NSW

	VOLUME ONE 1901 to 1927 List of abbreviations Preface from Presiding Officers and Vice-Chancellor Acknowledgments Editors' introduction. Notes on contributors 1901 Michael Hogan 1904 Michael Hogan 1907 Michael Hogan 1910 Michael Hogan 1913 Michael Hogan 1917 Michael Hogan 1920 Michael Hogan 1922 Michael Hogan 1925 Michael Hogan 1927 Kevin Cosgrove Epilogue Select bibliography and further reading Index
	VOLUME TWO List of abbreviations Preface from Presiding Officers and Vice-Chancellor Acknowledgments Editors' introduction Notes on contributors 1930 Geoffrey Robinson 1932 Geoffrey Robinson 1935 John McCarthy 1938 John McCarthy 1941 David Clune 1944 Christopher Cunneen 1947 David Clune 1950 David Clune 1953 David Clune 1956 Frank Frost 1959 David Clune 1962 Ian Cambell 1965 Chris Puplick Epilogue Select bibliography and further reading Index
	VOLUME THREE List of abbreviations Preface from Presiding Officers and Vice-Chancellor Acknowledgments Editors' introduction Notes on contributors 1968 Robert Dempsey 1971 Don Harwin 1973 David Clune and Ken Turner 1976 Scott Bennett 1978 Scott Bennett 1981 Ken Turner 1984 Ken Turner 1988 Jim Hagan and Craig Clothier 1991 Antony Green 1995 Tony Smith 1999 Rodney Smith Epilogue Select bibliography and further reading Index

Preface

THE PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES, the mother of Australian Parliaments, has had a rich, colourful and important history. At the Centenary of Federation, it is interesting to reflect that, in spite of some contemporary predictions that the State Parliaments would shrink into insignificance with the coming of Federation, the Parliament of New South Wales has continued to this day to be a relevant and dynamic institution playing a major role in shaping the lives of the people of this State. The system of parliamentary democracy we have in New South Wales has stood the test of crises such as World Wars, social and economic upheavals and the Depression. New South Wales has, through the parliamentary process, adapted to changes in the nature of society and responded to the need for reform. Elections are the means by which the will of the people is expressed through a representative Parliament and electoral studies have much light to shed on how parliamentary democracy functions in New South Wales. Thus, we are pleased to have been able to support the NSW Election Series as a Centenary of Federation project. The series provides a fascinating and invaluable history of twentieth century New South Wales as seen through the prism of electoral politics. As the Centenary of Federation is a time to both reflect on the achievements of the past and to look forward to the future, hopefully the characters and events so well portrayed in this series will provide guidance and inspiration for the new century as we learn from the lessons of the past. We believe that it is appropriate that Australia's first Parliament and Australia's first University, Sydney, join together in partnership to bring to fruition this major historical and scholarly achievement.