Electoral district of Ashfield
Appearance
Ashfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after the Sydney suburb of Ashfield. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Western Suburbs. It was recreated in 1927 and, in 1959, it was partly combined with Croydon and renamed Ashfield-Croydon. In 1968, Ashfield-Croydon was replaced by Ashfield, which was abolished again in 1999.[1][2][3]
Members for Ashfield
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Thomas Bavister | Free Trade | 1894–1898 | |
Bernhard Wise | Protectionist | 1898–1900 | |
Frederick Winchcombe | Free Trade | 1900–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1905 | ||
William Robson | Liberal Reform | 1905–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
Second incarnation (1927–1959) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Milton Jarvie | Nationalist | 1927–1931 | |
United Australia | 1931–1935 | ||
Independent | 1935–1935 | ||
Athol Richardson | United Australia | 1935–1943 | |
Democratic | 1943-1945 | ||
Liberal | 1945–1952 | ||
Jack Richardson | Labor | 1952–1953 | |
Richard Murden | Liberal | 1953–1959 | |
Third incarnation (1968–1999) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
David Hunter | Liberal | 1968–1976 | |
Paul Whelan | Labor | 1976–1999 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Whelan | 13,902 | 43.8 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | Morris Mansour | 7,836 | 24.7 | -8.5 | |
No Aircraft Noise | Michelle Calvert | 6,269 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Greens | Paul Fitzgerald | 2,043 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Democrats | John Collins | 1,202 | 3.8 | -3.9 | |
Call to Australia | Clay Wilson | 482 | 1.5 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 31,734 | 93.5 | +8.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,222 | 6.5 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,956 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 18,561 | 65.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Morris Mansour | 9,895 | 34.8 | -5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Ashfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- 1959 disestablishments in Australia
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- 1968 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1968
- 1999 disestablishments in Australia
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