Electoral district of Granville
Appearance
Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1894–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Julia Finn | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Granville | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,545 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 22.64 km2 (8.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Labor Party.
Geography
[edit]On its current boundaries, Granville includes the suburbs of Clyde, Granville, Holroyd, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Wentworthville and parts of Greystanes, Guildford, Parramatta, South Granville, Wentworthville and Westmead.[1]
History
[edit]Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta. Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a Labor seat.
Members for Granville
[edit]First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
George Smailes [2] | Labor | 1894–1898 | |
John Nobbs [3] | Free Trade | 1898–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1913 | ||
Jack Lang [4] | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Bill Ely [5] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
Claude Fleck [6] | United Australia | 1932–1938 | |
Bill Lamb [7] | Labor | 1938–1940 | |
Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
Labor | 1941–1962 | ||
Pat Flaherty [8] | Labor | 1962–1984 | |
Laurie Ferguson [9] | Labor | 1984–1990 | |
Kim Yeadon [10] | Labor | 1990–2007 | |
David Borger [11] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Tony Issa [12] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Julia Finn [13] | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Julia Finn | 27,163 | 55.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Anm Masum | 9,766 | 20.1 | −15.4 | |
Independent | Charbel Saad | 3,907 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hadchiti | 3,792 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Greens | Janet Castle | 2,755 | 5.7 | +1.5 | |
Animal Justice | Rohan Laxmanalal | 1,304 | 2.7 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 48,687 | 94.1 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 3,074 | 5.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,761 | 83.2 | −3.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Julia Finn | 30,413 | 71.5 | +12.1 | |
Liberal | Anm Masum | 12,123 | 28.5 | −12.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +12.1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Granville". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr George Wells Smailes (1862-1934)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Nobbs (1845–1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. John Thomas Lang (1876-1975)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Thomas Ely (1869–1957)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Dr Claude Cropton Fleck (1889–1962)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. William Henry Lamb (1889–1964)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Patrick James Flaherty (1923-2013)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson (1952- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. (Kim) Kimberley Maxwell Kim Yeadon (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Mr David Lawrence Borger (1969- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Tony) Antoine Issa OAM (1955- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Ms Julia Dorothy Finn MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ LA First Preference: Granville, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Granville, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.