Electoral district of Merrylands
Appearance
Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]
Members for Merrylands
[edit]First incarnation (1959–1962) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Jack Ferguson | Labor | 1959–1962 | |
Second incarnation (1968–1988) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Jack Ferguson | Labor | 1968–1984 | |
Geoff Irwin | Labor | 1984–1988 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Irwin | 17,874 | 63.7 | −11.6 | |
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 8,159 | 29.1 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Alan Byers | 2,045 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,078 | 96.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 4.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,234 | 93.9 | +1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Irwin | 67.4 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 32.6 | +7.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −7.9 |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Categories:
- Former electoral districts of New South Wales
- Constituencies established in 1959
- 1959 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies disestablished in 1962
- 1962 disestablishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1968
- 1968 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies disestablished in 1988
- 1988 disestablishments in Australia
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