Croydon, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1927 and abolished in 1959.[1][2][3]
Member | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|
1927 | Bertram Stevens | Nationalist | |
1930 | |||
1932 | United Australia | ||
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1940 by | David Hunter | United Australia | |
1941 | |||
1944 | Democratic | ||
1947 | Liberal | ||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 |
Election results
editElections in the 1950s
edit1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 11,545 | 61.6 | +6.7 | |
Labor | Frank Zions | 7,185 | 38.4 | −6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,730 | 98.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 234 | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,964 | 93.0 | −0.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 10,844 | 54.9 | ||
Labor | Kenneth Guthrie | 8,924 | 45.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,768 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 337 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 20,105 | 93.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 13,838 | 62.5 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Clive Leroy | 8,292 | 37.5 | +37.5 | |
Total formal votes | 22,130 | 98.6 | +3.5 | ||
Informal votes | 307 | 1.4 | −3.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,437 | 93.9 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | David Hunter | 12,120 | 62.0 | +5.0 | |
Independent | David Knox | 7,433 | 38.0 | +38.0 | |
Total formal votes | 19,553 | 95.1 | −2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 997 | 4.9 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,550 | 90.8 | −2.3 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | N/A |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | David Hunter | 11,074 | 57.0 | ||
Labor | Daniel Murphy | 8,342 | 43.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,416 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 554 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 19,970 | 93.1 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing |
1940 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Weir | 6,249 | 38.9 | ||
United Australia | David Hunter | 4,693 | 29.2 | ||
Ind. United Australia | Harold Reed | 3,955 | 24.6 | ||
Ind. United Australia | Bob Hunt | 1,091 | 6.8 | ||
Independent | Robert Woolston | 60 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,048 | 95.8 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 707 | 4.2 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,755 | 88.2 | −6.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | David Hunter | 9,003 | 56.1 | -13.5 | |
Labor | George Weir | 7,045 | 43.9 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -13.5 |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Bertram Stevens | 11,765 | 69.6 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Garry Gordon | 5,142 | 30.4 | +30.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,907 | 93.9 | −4.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,104 | 6.1 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,011 | 94.7 | −1.2 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Bertram Stevens | 11,058 | 64.5 | -5.9 | |
Labor (NSW) | Archibald Pattinson | 4,083 | 23.8 | -5.8 | |
Social Credit | Harold Bondeson | 1,996 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Total formal votes | 17,137 | 98.4 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 282 | 1.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 17,419 | 95.9 | +0.6 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Bertram Stevens | 11,962 | 70.4 | +20.8 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Eldridge | 5,031 | 29.6 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,993 | 98.9 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 195 | 1.1 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 17,188 | 95.3 | +2.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +16.0 |
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Bertram Stevens | 8,204 | 49.6 | ||
Labor | Cecil Newsome | 6,564 | 39.7 | ||
Australian | Raymond Ritchie | 1,683 | 10.2 | ||
Communist | Samuel Aarons | 96 | 0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,547 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 323 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 16,870 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Bertram Stevens | 9,006 | 54.4 | ||
Labor | Cecil Newsome | 7,541 | 45.6 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Bertram Stevens | 10,019 | 66.4 | ||
Labor | Ernest Cook | 5,058 | 33.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,077 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 159 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 15,236 | 83.2 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1940 Croydon by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.