Woronora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Woronora River or the suburb of Woronora. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. It was recreated in 1973 and abolished in 1988 when it was renamed Sutherland.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Woronora
| First incarnation (1894—1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Nicholson [a] | Independent Labour | 1894–1898 | |
| Free Trade | 1898-1901 | ||
| Independent Labour | 1901-1904 | ||
| Second incarnation (1973—1988) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Maurie Keane | Labor | 1973–1988 | |
Election results
| 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 | |||