Electoral district of North Sydney
North Sydney was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Created in 1927, it replaced part of the multi-member electorate of North Shore, and was named after and included the Sydney suburb of North Sydney. It was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Kirribilli.[1]
Members for North Sydney[]
Member | Party | Period | |
---|---|---|---|
Ernest Marks [2] | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
Ben Howe [3] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
Hubert Primrose [4] | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
James Geraghty [5] | Labor | 1941–1950 | |
Independent Labor | 1950–1953 | ||
Ray Maher [6] | Labor | 1953–1962 |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ray Maher | 10,694 | 49.8 | ||
Liberal | Russell Newton | 9,513 | 44.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | Michael Fitzpatrick | 899 | 4.2 | ||
Independent | Francis Ferry | 377 | 1.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,483 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 526 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,009 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Maher | 11,026 | 51.3 | ||
Liberal | Russell Newton | 10,457 | 48.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Mr Ernest Samuel Marks (1872–1947)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Benjamin Howe". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Hubert Leslie Primrose (1882–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Leo Geraghty (1896-1960)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Raphael Septimus Maher (1911 - 1966)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 North Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- Former electoral districts of New South Wales
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