Electoral district of Elizabeth (New South Wales)
Appearance
Elizabeth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1981, partly replacing Phillip, and including central Sydney and nearby suburbs. It was abolished in 1988.[1]
Members for Elizabeth
Member | Party | Period | |
---|---|---|---|
Pat Hills [2] | Labor | 1981–1988 |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hills | 14,728 | 58.1 | -18.9 | |
Liberal | Philip Daley | 4,447 | 17.5 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Michael Matthews | 3,707 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Democrats | Jennifer MacLeod | 1,939 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Nadar Ponnuswamy | 511 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 25,332 | 95.8 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,115 | 4.2 | -2.4 | ||
Turnout | 26,447 | 85.9 | +3.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pat Hills | 72.2 | -12.5 | ||
Liberal | Philip Daley | 27.8 | +12.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -12.5 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hills | 18,563 | 77.0 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John Davison | 3,420 | 14.2 | -4.9 | |
Communist | Aileen Beaver | 2,115 | 8.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,098 | 93.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,689 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 25,787 | 82.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pat Hills | 20,063 | 84.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | John Davison | 3,620 | 15.3 | -3.3 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +3.3 |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917-1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.