Electoral results for the district of Woronora
Woronora, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1904 and from 1973 to 1988.[1][2][3][4]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | John Nicholson [a] | Independent Labour | |
1895 | |||
1898 | Free Trade | ||
1901 | Independent Labour | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1973 | Maurie Keane | Labor | |
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurice Keane | 17,490 | 51.2 | -10.9 | |
Liberal | Chris Downy | 15,221 | 44.5 | +6.6 | |
Democrats | Ronald Hellyer | 1,462 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 34,173 | 98.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 634 | 1.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,807 | 95.2 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maurice Keane | 53.3 | -8.8 | ||
Liberal | Chris Downy | 46.7 | +8.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -8.8 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurie Keane | 18,646 | 62.1 | -4.5 | |
Liberal | Chris Downy | 11,405 | 37.9 | +13.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,051 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 734 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 30,785 | 93.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurie Keane | 21,286 | 66.6 | +8.5 | |
Liberal | Brian Hickey | 7,973 | 24.9 | -17.0 | |
Democrats | Robert Davis | 2,706 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 31,965 | 98.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 520 | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,485 | 93.1 | −1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maurie Keane | 22,629 | 70.8 | +12.7 | |
Liberal | Brian Hickey | 9,326 | 29.2 | -12.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +12.7 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurie Keane | 18,113 | 58.1 | +12.5 | |
Liberal | Ronald Ricketts | 13,067 | 41.9 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 31,180 | 98.5 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 488 | 1.5 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 31,668 | 94.7 | +2.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Maurie Keane | 12,747 | 45.6 | ||
Liberal | Evelyn Thompson | 10,261 | 36.7 | ||
Independent | Jean Manuel | 2,816 | 10.1 | ||
Independent | Walter Skarschewski | 1,337 | 4.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | William Goslett | 801 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,962 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 761 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 28,723 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Maurie Keane | 14,586 | 52.2 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Evelyn Thompson | 13,376 | 47.8 | +3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.5 |
District recreated
1904 - 1973
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labor | John Nicholson [a] | 1,099 | 56.4 | -10.3 | |
Liberal Reform | Thomas Bissell | 834 | 42.8 | ||
Labour | John Wonders | 16 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,949 | 98.6 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 27 | 1.4 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,976 | 71.2 | +7.0 | ||
Member changed to Independent Labour from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Nicholson [a] | 945 | 66.7 | ||
National Federal | Albion Croft | 472 | 33.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 945 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,417 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labour |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | John Nicholson | 930 | 67.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Bissell | 442 | 32.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,372 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,386 | 71.5 | |||
Independent Labour hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | John Nicholson | 755 | 44.7 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Bissell | 643 | 38.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Joseph Mitchell | 223 | 13.2 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Riley | 63 | 3.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Robert Lindsley | 5 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,689 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,706 | 86.9 | |||
Independent Labour win | (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c 1898 was the only election at which John Nicholson was listed as anything other than Independent Labour and Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour for 1898.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.