Electoral results for the district of Woronora

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Woronora, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1904 and from 1973 to 1988.[1][2][3][4]

Election Member Party
1894   John Nicholson[a] Independent Labor
1895
1898   Free Trade
1901   Independent Labor
 
Election Member Party
1973   Maurie Keane Labor
1976
1978
1981
1984

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1984[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Woronora[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurice Keane 17,490 51.2 -10.9
Liberal Chris Downy 15,221 44.5 +6.6
Democrats Ronald Hellyer 1,462 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 34,173 98.2 +0.6
Informal votes 634 1.8 -0.6
Turnout 34,807 95.2 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice Keane 53.3 -8.8
Liberal Chris Downy 46.7 +8.8
Labor hold Swing -8.8

1981[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Woronora[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurie Keane 18,646 62.1 -4.5
Liberal Chris Downy 11,405 37.9 +13.0
Total formal votes 30,051 97.6
Informal votes 734 2.4
Turnout 30,785 93.8
Labor hold Swing -7.5

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1978[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Woronora[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurie Keane 21,286 66.6 +8.5
Liberal Brian Hickey 7,973 24.9 -17.0
Democrats Robert Davis 2,706 8.5 +8.5
Total formal votes 31,965 98.4 -0.1
Informal votes 520 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 32,485 93.1 -1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurie Keane 22,629 70.8 +12.7
Liberal Brian Hickey 9,326 29.2 -12.7
Labor hold Swing +12.7

1976[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Woronora[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurie Keane 18,113 58.1 +12.5
Liberal Ronald Ricketts 13,067 41.9 +5.2
Total formal votes 31,180 98.5 +1.2
Informal votes 488 1.5 -1.2
Turnout 31,668 94.7 +2.4
Labor hold Swing +5.9

1973[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Woronora[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maurie Keane 12,747 45.6
Liberal Evelyn Thompson 10,261 36.7
Independent Jean Manuel 2,816 10.1
Independent Walter Skarschewski 1,337 4.8
Democratic Labor William Goslett 801 2.9
Total formal votes 27,962 97.3
Informal votes 761 2.7
Turnout 28,723 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurie Keane 14,586 52.2 -3.5
Liberal Evelyn Thompson 13,376 47.8 +3.5
Labor hold Swing -3.5

District recreated

1904 - 1973[edit]

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Woronora[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor John Nicholson[a] 1,099 56.4 -10.3
Liberal Reform Thomas Bissell 834 42.8
Labour John Wonders 16 0.8
Total formal votes 1,949 98.6 -0.8
Informal votes 27 1.4 +0.8
Turnout 1,976 71.2 +7.0
Member changed to Independent Labor from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Nicholson[a] 945 66.7
National Federal Albion Croft 472 33.3
Total formal votes 945 100.0
Informal votes 1,417 0.0
Turnout 8 0.6
Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labor  

1895[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor John Nicholson 930 67.8
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Bissell 442 32.2
Total formal votes 1,372 99.0
Informal votes 14 1.0
Turnout 1,386 71.5
Independent Labor hold  

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor John Nicholson 755 44.7
Free Trade Thomas Bissell 643 38.1
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Mitchell 223 13.2
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Riley 63 3.7
Ind. Free Trade Robert Lindsley 5 0.3
Total formal votes 1,689 99.0
Informal votes 17 1.0
Turnout 1,706 86.9
Independent Labor win (new seat)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 1898 was the only election at which John Nicholson was listed as anything other than Independent Labour and Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour for 1898.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.