Electoral district of Smithfield
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Location within Sydney
Smithfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Rohan of the Liberal Party of Australia, who was elected as the first ever Liberal candidate of the electorate at the New South Wales state election, 2011.
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[edit] Members for Smithfield
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janice Crosio | Labor | 1988—1990 | |
| Carl Scully | Labor | 1990—2007 | |
| Ninos Khoshaba | Labor | 2007—2011 | |
| Andrew Rohan | Liberal | 2011—present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Smithfield
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Smithfield[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andrew Rohan | 21,443 | 46.3 | +18.8 | |
| Labor | Ninos Khoshaba | 17,323 | 37.4 | -14.9 | |
| Greens | Astrid O'Neill | 3,818 | 8.3 | +0.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | Manny Poularas | 3,680 | 8.0 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 46,264 | 94.6 | -0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,661 | 5.4 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 48,925 | 94.5 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Andrew Rohan | 23,009 | 54.8 | +20.3 | |
| Labor | Ninos Khoshaba | 18,948 | 45.2 | -20.3 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +20.3 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results". NSW Parliamentary Library. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/5782D7DAA39DF57ACA25790B001FE146/$File/2011+New+South+Wales+Election+BP+3,2011.pdf#page=32. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- "Smithfield". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/smithfield. Retrieved 2007-01-26.