Electoral results for the district of Georges River
Georges River, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 2007.[1][2][3]
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Greene | 21,840 | 52.4 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Joanne McCafferty | 13,148 | 31.5 | -5.4 | |
Greens | Christine Welsh | 2,504 | 6.0 | +3.0 | |
Unity | John Lau | 1,872 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Michele Adair | 1,246 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Francis Bush | 577 | 1.4 | -0.6 | |
One Nation | Mary Kennedy | 529 | 1.3 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,628 | 97.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,002 | 2.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,718 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Greene | 24,628 | 63.7 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Joanne McCafferty | 14,054 | 36.3 | -7.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Greene | 19,548 | 47.1 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 15,285 | 36.9 | -8.9 | |
One Nation | Andy Konnecke | 2,193 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Greens | John Kaye | 1,237 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Brian McFarlane | 850 | 2.0 | -2.8 | |
Unity | Paul Celik | 847 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Deirdrei Bedwell | 838 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Annie Tang | 678 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 41,476 | 97.7 | +2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 972 | 2.3 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,448 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Greene | 21,559 | 56.3 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 16,763 | 43.7 | -8.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 |
1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 16,527 | 49.6 | -2.9 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 11,070 | 33.2 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Milo Dunphy | 2,370 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Justice | 2,249 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Call to Australia | Chris McLean | 1,096 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 33,312 | 95.7 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,500 | 4.3 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,812 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 18,175 | 58.0 | -3.4 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 13,156 | 42.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 16,966 | 52.5 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 10,117 | 31.3 | -3.0 | |
Independent | Bill Pickering | 1,716 | 5.3 | -2.7 | |
Independent | Ross Green | 1,318 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Democrats | Paul Kekel | 1,038 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Fred Cavanagh | 1,010 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Independent | Brian Meyer | 121 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 32,286 | 93.3 | −4.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,304 | 6.7 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,590 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 18,226 | 61.4 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 11,468 | 38.6 | -1.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 12,615 | 41.9 | -14.1 | |
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 12,018 | 39.9 | -4.2 | |
Independent | William Pickering | 4,162 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Independent | Beverley Giergerl | 1,051 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Brian Meyer | 287 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,133 | 97.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 820 | 2.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,953 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 15,087 | 52.1 | +8.0 | |
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,883 | 47.9 | -8.0 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.0 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 15,792 | 55.0 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Warren Griffin | 12,920 | 45.0 | +18.0 | |
Total formal votes | 28,712 | 97.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 686 | 2.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,398 | 94.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -14.0 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 17,368 | 60.9 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | Terence Morgan | 7,692 | 27.0 | -4.1 | |
Independent | Phillip Gerlach | 2,162 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Independent | Bruce Galloway | 775 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Democrats | Wallace Burak | 418 | 1.5 | -2.2 | |
Independent | Eric Stavely-Alexander | 106 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,521 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 752 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 29,273 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 17,568 | 69.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Terence Morgan | 7,892 | 31.0 | -2.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 20,626 | 65.2 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | John Lyon | 9,847 | 31.1 | -16.1 | |
Democrats | Montague Greene | 1,156 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 31,629 | 98.4 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 514 | 1.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,143 | 94.4 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 21,204 | 67.0 | +14.2 | |
Liberal | John Lyon | 10,425 | 33.0 | -14.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +14.2 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 16,929 | 52.8 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Gibson | 15,111 | 47.2 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 32,040 | 98.6 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 448 | 1.4 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,488 | 95.5 | +0.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,533 | 45.4 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Roderick MacKenzie | 13,241 | 44.4 | -4.2 | |
Australia | Peter Eden | 1,614 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Charles Kane | 845 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Kenneth Cavanough | 555 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 29,7888 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 631 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 30,419 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 15,103 | 50.7 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Roderick MacKenzie | 14,685 | 49.3 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,319 | 51.4 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Vince Bruce | 12,573 | 48.6 | -7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,892 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 382 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 26,274 | 95.7 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.6 |
1970 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 12,104 | 47.8 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 10,208 | 40.3 | -18.4 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Robin Alleway | 1,847 | 7.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | B Payne | 1,040 | 4.1 | ||
Independent | W L Hutchinson | 118 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,317 | 98.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 514 | 2.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,831 | 86.0 | −9.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,256 | 52.4 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 12,061 | 47.6 | -11.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | 11.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 16,036 | 58.7 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Ernest Curlisa | 11,285 | 41.3 | -2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 27,321 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 687 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 28,008 | 95.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 16,497 | 58.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | William Robinson | 11,802 | 41.7 | −4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,299 | 98.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 476 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,775 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.0 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 14,063 | 52.6 | +0.3 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 12,297 | 46.0 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Fitzgerald Mulholland | 395 | 1.5 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,755 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 323 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 27,078 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 14,261 | 53.3 | −1.2 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 12,494 | 46.7 | +1.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,919 | 52.3 | ||
Labor | Albert Kealman | 10,989 | 44.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Kevin Davis | 470 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Fitzgerald Mulholland | 336 | 1.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,714 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 382 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 25,096 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 13,463 | 54.5 | ||
Labor | Albert Kealman | 11,251 | 45.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,852 | 52.4 | +11.0 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 10,765 | 43.9 | −14.7 | |
Communist | Paul Mortier | 907 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,524 | 98.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 365 | 1.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,889 | 94.7 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,943 | 52.8 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 11,581 | 47.2 | −11.4 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.4 |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 12,310 | 58.6 | ||
Liberal | Samuel Warren | 8,711 | 41.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,021 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 428 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 21,449 | 94.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 12,225 | 54.7 | ||
Liberal | Charles Little | 10,146 | 45.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,371 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 349 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 22,720 | 94.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 15,645 | 52.4 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | Ray Watson | 14,236 | 47.6 | +9.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,881 | 98.6 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 438 | 1.4 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,319 | 95.2 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.6 |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 14,582 | 62.0 | +4.5 | |
Democratic | Hedley Mallard | 8,953 | 38.0 | -4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,535 | 96.5 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 843 | 3.5 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 24,378 | 92.2 | −1.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.5 |
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 12,417 | 57.5 | ||
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 9,190 | 42.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,607 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 383 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 22,000 | 94.1 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 13,222 | 57.4 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 9,811 | 42.6 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 23,033 | 97.3 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 633 | 2.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,666 | 96.3 | −0.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 10,770 | 51.7 | -4.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ted Kinsella | 9,315 | 44.7 | +6.1 | |
Centre | James Fowler | 762 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 20,847 | 97.5 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 527 | 2.5 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 21,374 | 96.6 | −0.4 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 10,906 | 55.7 | +18.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ted Kinsella | 7,546 | 38.6 | -14.5 | |
Federal Labor | John Keegan | 902 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Communist | Patrick Drew | 214 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,568 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 294 | 1.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,862 | 97.0 | +1.2 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Kinsella | 9,668 | 53.1 | ||
Nationalist | Cecil Monro | 6,814 | 37.4 | ||
Australian | Hedley Mallard | 1,569 | 8.6 | ||
Communist | Patrick Drew | 147 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,198 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 333 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,531 | 95.8 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
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