Electoral district of Lismore

Location in New South Wales

Lismore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Thomas George of the National Party of Australia.

According to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 47,338 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will include almost all of the City of Lismore (including Lismore, Nimbin, Dunoon and Clunes), a small part of Byron Shire (including Federal), much of inland Tweed Shire (including Murwillumbah, Tyalgum and Uki), a small part of Richmond Valley Council (including Bentley), all of Kyogle Council (including Kyogle, Bonalbo, Tabulam and Woodenbong) and some of Tenterfield Shire (including Liston and Legume).

History

Lismore was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894, when it was split from Richmond. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. In 1913, Lismore was recreated, replacing Richmond. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Lismore and Clarence were absorbed into Byron. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Lismore and Clarence were recreated.

Members for Lismore

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	1894–1901
	John Coleman	Independent Liberal	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1913–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Nesbitt	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Third incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	William Missingham	Country	1927–1933
	William Frith	Country	1933–1953
	Jack Easter	Country	1953–1959
	Keith Compton	Labor	1959–1965
	Bruce Duncan	Country	1965–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1982
		Independent	1982–1988
	Bill Rixon	National	1988–1999
	Thomas George	National	1999–present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Lismore

New South Wales state election, 2011: Lismore
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	27,371	61.2	+7.0
	Greens	Susan Stock	9,157	20.5	+2.7
	Labor	Andrew Moy	5,902	13.2	-12.4
	Independent	Russell Kilarney	1,514	3.4	+3.4
	Christian Democrats	Margaret Kay	801	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			44,745	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			921	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			45,666	90.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	National	Thomas George	28,993	70.2	+10.2
	Greens	Susan Stock	12,307	29.8	+29.8
	National hold		Swing	+10.2