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
Elections in the 1980s
1984
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
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
1978
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
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
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
District abolished
Elections in the 1900s
1901
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
1898
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
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
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
References
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