Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley

Paddington-Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1959, when Paddington and part of Waverley were merged. Paddington-Waverley was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.

Members for Paddington-Waverley

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Member Party Term
  William Ferguson Labor 1959–1961
  Keith Anderson Labor 1961–1962

Election results

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1961

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1961 Paddington−Waverley by-election
Saturday 25 February [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith Anderson 12,972 91.36
Communist Edward Maher 1,227 8.64
Total formal votes 14,199 93.946
Informal votes 912 6.04
Turnout 15,111 69.01
Labor hold Swing
William Ferguson (Labor) died.[1]

1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Paddington−Waverley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ferguson 13,235 62.7
Liberal Jack Cole 6,490 30.7
Independent Cyril Hutchings 737 3.5
Communist Bernard Rosen 657 3.1
Total formal votes 21,119 97.1
Informal votes 622 2.9
Turnout 21,741 90.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ferguson 14,130 66.9
Liberal Jack Cole 6,989 33.1
Labor notional hold  
The Labor held seats of Paddington and Waverley were combined into one seat.

References

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  1. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1961 Paddington-Waverley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.