Electoral district of Granville
| Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location within Sydney | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1894–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Julia Finn | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Granville | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,770 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 22.64 km2 (8.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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
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
| First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Smailes | Labor | 1894–1898 | |
| John Nobbs | Free Trade | 1898–1901 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1901–1913 | ||
| Jack Lang | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bill Ely | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| Claude Fleck | United Australia | 1932–1938 | |
| Bill Lamb | Labor | 1938–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1962 | ||
| Pat Flaherty | Labor | 1962–1984 | |
| Laurie Ferguson | Labor | 1984–1990 | |
| Kim Yeadon | Labor | 1990–2007 | |
| David Borger | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
| Tony Issa | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
| Julia Finn | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Julia Finn | 18,555 | 41.0 | +4.2 | |
| Liberal | Tony Issa | 17,032 | 37.7 | −4.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Lara Taouk Sleiman | 5,609 | 12.4 | +7.1 | |
| Greens | James Atanasious | 2,441 | 5.4 | −0.4 | |
| Independent | Steven Lopez | 857 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| No Land Tax | Mario Marra | 732 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,226 | 95.3 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,223 | 4.7 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 47,449 | 89.2 | −1.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Julia Finn | 20,662 | 52.1 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal | Tony Issa | 18,987 | 47.9 | −5.9 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 | |||
References
- ^ "Granville". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ State Electoral District of Granville: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ^ State Electoral District of Granville: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
External links
- "Granville". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2015.