Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales)
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Croydon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, with the abolition of proportional representation from part of the multi-member electorate of Western Suburbs, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Croydon. It was abolished in 1959 and partly combined with Ashfield to create Ashfield-Croydon.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Croydon
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Bertram Stevens | Nationalist | 1927–1931 | |
United Australia | 1931–1940 | ||
David Hunter | United Australia | 1940–1945 | |
Liberal | 1945–1959 |
Election results
Party | 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 |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (1889–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr David Benjamin Hunter". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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