Georges River, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 2007.[1][2][3]
Election results
editElections in the 2000s
edit2003
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Greene | 21,840 | 52.4 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Joanne McCafferty | 13,148 | 31.5 | -5.4 | |
Greens | Christine Welsh | 2,504 | 6.0 | +3.0 | |
Unity | John Lau | 1,872 | 4.5 | +2.5 | |
Independent | Michele Adair | 1,246 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Francis Bush | 577 | 1.4 | -0.6 | |
One Nation | Mary Kennedy | 529 | 1.3 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,628 | 97.7 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,002 | 2.3 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 42,718 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Greene | 24,628 | 63.7 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Joanne McCafferty | 14,054 | 36.3 | -7.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
edit1999
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Kevin Greene | 19,548 | 47.1 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 15,285 | 36.9 | -8.9 | |
One Nation | Andy Konnecke | 2,193 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Greens | John Kaye | 1,237 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Brian McFarlane | 850 | 2.0 | -2.8 | |
Unity | Paul Celik | 847 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Deirdrei Bedwell | 838 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Annie Tang | 678 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 41,476 | 97.7 | +2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 972 | 2.3 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 42,448 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kevin Greene | 21,559 | 56.3 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 16,763 | 43.7 | -8.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.3 |
1995
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 16,527 | 49.6 | -2.9 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 11,070 | 33.2 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Milo Dunphy | 2,370 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Justice | 2,249 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Call to Australia | Chris McLean | 1,096 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 33,312 | 95.7 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,500 | 4.3 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,812 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Marie Ficarra | 18,175 | 58.0 | -3.4 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 13,156 | 42.0 | +3.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 |
1991
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 16,966 | 52.5 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 10,117 | 31.3 | -3.0 | |
Independent | Bill Pickering | 1,716 | 5.3 | -2.7 | |
Independent | Ross Green | 1,318 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Democrats | Paul Kekel | 1,038 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Fred Cavanagh | 1,010 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Independent | Brian Meyer | 121 | 0.4 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 32,286 | 93.3 | −4.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,304 | 6.7 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,590 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 18,226 | 61.4 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Philip Sansom | 11,468 | 38.6 | -1.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1988
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 12,615 | 41.9 | -14.1 | |
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 12,018 | 39.9 | -4.2 | |
Independent | William Pickering | 4,162 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Independent | Beverley Giergerl | 1,051 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Brian Meyer | 287 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,133 | 97.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 820 | 2.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,953 | 96.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Terry Griffiths | 15,087 | 52.1 | +8.0 | |
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,883 | 47.9 | -8.0 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.0 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 15,792 | 55.0 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Warren Griffin | 12,920 | 45.0 | +18.0 | |
Total formal votes | 28,712 | 97.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 686 | 2.3 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,398 | 94.9 | +1.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -14.0 |
1981
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 17,368 | 60.9 | -4.3 | |
Liberal | Terence Morgan | 7,692 | 27.0 | -4.1 | |
Independent | Phillip Gerlach | 2,162 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Independent | Bruce Galloway | 775 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Democrats | Wallace Burak | 418 | 1.5 | -2.2 | |
Independent | Eric Stavely-Alexander | 106 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 28,521 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 752 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 29,273 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 17,568 | 69.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Terence Morgan | 7,892 | 31.0 | -2.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1978
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 20,626 | 65.2 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | John Lyon | 9,847 | 31.1 | -16.1 | |
Democrats | Montague Greene | 1,156 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 31,629 | 98.4 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 514 | 1.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,143 | 94.4 | −1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 21,204 | 67.0 | +14.2 | |
Liberal | John Lyon | 10,425 | 33.0 | -14.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +14.2 |
1976
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 16,929 | 52.8 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Maxwell Gibson | 15,111 | 47.2 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 32,040 | 98.6 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 448 | 1.4 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 32,488 | 95.5 | +0.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.1 |
1973
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,533 | 45.4 | -6.0 | |
Liberal | Roderick MacKenzie | 13,241 | 44.4 | -4.2 | |
Australia | Peter Eden | 1,614 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Charles Kane | 845 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Independent | Kenneth Cavanough | 555 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 29,7888 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 631 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 30,419 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 15,103 | 50.7 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Roderick MacKenzie | 14,685 | 49.3 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
1971
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,319 | 51.4 | +7.6 | |
Liberal | Vince Bruce | 12,573 | 48.6 | -7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,892 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 382 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 26,274 | 95.7 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.6 |
1970 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank Walker | 12,104 | 47.8 | +6.5 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 10,208 | 40.3 | -18.4 | |
Defence of Government Schools | Robin Alleway | 1,847 | 7.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | B Payne | 1,040 | 4.1 | ||
Independent | W L Hutchinson | 118 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,317 | 98.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 514 | 2.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,831 | 86.0 | −9.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Walker | 13,256 | 52.4 | +11.1 | |
Liberal | John Tonkin | 12,061 | 47.6 | -11.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | 11.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 16,036 | 58.7 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Ernest Curlisa | 11,285 | 41.3 | -2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 27,321 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 687 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 28,008 | 95.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.3 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 16,497 | 58.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | William Robinson | 11,802 | 41.7 | −4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,299 | 98.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 476 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,775 | 95.4 | −0.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.0 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 14,063 | 52.6 | +0.3 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 12,297 | 46.0 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Fitzgerald Mulholland | 395 | 1.5 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,755 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 323 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 27,078 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 14,261 | 53.3 | −1.2 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 12,494 | 46.7 | +1.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.2 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,919 | 52.3 | ||
Labor | Albert Kealman | 10,989 | 44.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Kevin Davis | 470 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Fitzgerald Mulholland | 336 | 1.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,714 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 382 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 25,096 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 13,463 | 54.5 | ||
Labor | Albert Kealman | 11,251 | 45.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,852 | 52.4 | +11.0 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 10,765 | 43.9 | −14.7 | |
Communist | Paul Mortier | 907 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 24,524 | 98.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 365 | 1.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 24,889 | 94.7 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Douglas Cross | 12,943 | 52.8 | +11.4 | |
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 11,581 | 47.2 | −11.4 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.4 |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Frank O'Neill | 12,310 | 58.6 | ||
Liberal | Samuel Warren | 8,711 | 41.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,021 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 428 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 21,449 | 94.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 12,225 | 54.7 | ||
Liberal | Charles Little | 10,146 | 45.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,371 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 349 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 22,720 | 94.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 15,645 | 52.4 | -9.6 | |
Liberal | Ray Watson | 14,236 | 47.6 | +9.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,881 | 98.6 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 438 | 1.4 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,319 | 95.2 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -9.6 |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 14,582 | 62.0 | +4.5 | |
Democratic | Hedley Mallard | 8,953 | 38.0 | -4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,535 | 96.5 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 843 | 3.5 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 24,378 | 92.2 | −1.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.5 |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Williams | 12,417 | 57.5 | ||
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 9,190 | 42.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,607 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 383 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 22,000 | 94.1 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 13,222 | 57.4 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Albert Kealman | 9,811 | 42.6 | -2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 23,033 | 97.3 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 633 | 2.7 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,666 | 96.3 | −0.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 10,770 | 51.7 | -4.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ted Kinsella | 9,315 | 44.7 | +6.1 | |
Centre | James Fowler | 762 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 20,847 | 97.5 | −1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 527 | 2.5 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 21,374 | 96.6 | −0.4 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Cecil Monro | 10,906 | 55.7 | +18.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Ted Kinsella | 7,546 | 38.6 | -14.5 | |
Federal Labor | John Keegan | 902 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Communist | Patrick Drew | 214 | 1.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 19,568 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 294 | 1.5 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,862 | 97.0 | +1.2 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Kinsella | 9,668 | 53.1 | ||
Nationalist | Cecil Monro | 6,814 | 37.4 | ||
Australian | Hedley Mallard | 1,569 | 8.6 | ||
Communist | Patrick Drew | 147 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,198 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 333 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,531 | 95.8 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
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