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]

ElectionMemberParty
1894 John Nicholson[a]Independent Labour
1895
1898 Free Trade
1901 Independent Labour
 
ElectionMemberParty
1973 Maurie KeaneLabor
1976
1978
1981
1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Woronora[5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LaborMaurice Keane17,49051.2-10.9
LiberalChris Downy15,22144.5+6.6
DemocratsRonald Hellyer1,4624.3+4.3
Total formal votes34,17398.2+0.6
Informal votes6341.8-0.6
Turnout34,80795.2+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
LaborMaurice Keane53.3-8.8
LiberalChris Downy46.7+8.8
Labor holdSwing-8.8

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Woronora[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LaborMaurie Keane18,64662.1-4.5
LiberalChris Downy11,40537.9+13.0
Total formal votes30,05197.6
Informal votes7342.4
Turnout30,78593.8
Labor holdSwing-7.5

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Woronora[7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LaborMaurie Keane21,28666.6+8.5
LiberalBrian Hickey7,97324.9-17.0
DemocratsRobert Davis2,7068.5+8.5
Total formal votes31,96598.4-0.1
Informal votes5201.6+0.1
Turnout32,48593.1-1.6
Two-party-preferred result
LaborMaurie Keane22,62970.8+12.7
LiberalBrian Hickey9,32629.2-12.7
Labor holdSwing+12.7

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Woronora[8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LaborMaurie Keane18,11358.1+12.5
LiberalRonald Ricketts13,06741.9+5.2
Total formal votes31,18098.5+1.2
Informal votes4881.5-1.2
Turnout31,66894.7+2.4
Labor holdSwing+5.9

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Woronora[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LaborMaurie Keane12,74745.6
LiberalEvelyn Thompson10,26136.7
IndependentJean Manuel2,81610.1
IndependentWalter Skarschewski1,3374.8
Democratic LaborWilliam Goslett8012.9
Total formal votes27,96297.3
Informal votes7612.7
Turnout28,72392.3
Two-party-preferred result
LaborMaurie Keane14,58652.2-3.5
LiberalEvelyn Thompson13,37647.8+3.5
Labor holdSwing-3.5

District recreated

1904 - 1973

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Woronora[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LaborJohn Nicholson[a]1,09956.4-10.3
Liberal ReformThomas Bissell83442.8
LabourJohn Wonders160.8
Total formal votes1,94998.6-0.8
Informal votes271.4+0.8
Turnout1,97671.2+7.0
Member changed to Independent Labour from Liberal Reform 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeJohn Nicholson[a]94566.7
National FederalAlbion Croft47233.3
Total formal votes945100.0
Informal votes1,4170.0
Turnout80.6
Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labour 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LabourJohn Nicholson93067.8
Ind. Free TradeThomas Bissell44232.2
Total formal votes1,37299.0
Informal votes141.0
Turnout1,38671.5
Independent Labour hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent LabourJohn Nicholson75544.7
Free TradeThomas Bissell64338.1
Ind. Free TradeJoseph Mitchell22313.2
Ind. ProtectionistThomas Riley633.7
Ind. Free TradeRobert Lindsley50.3
Total formal votes1,68999.0
Informal votes171.0
Turnout1,70686.9
Independent Labour win(new seat)

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