Electoral district of Granville
Australian electorate
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Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Labor Party.
| Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1894–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Julia Finn | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Granville | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 53,545 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 22.64 km2 (8.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Geography
On its current boundaries, Granville includes the suburbs of Guildford, Guildford West, Holroyd, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Granville, Woodpark, and part of Chester Hill, Granville, Greystanes, Mays Hill, Parramatta, Smithfield, South Wentworthville Wentworthville, Westmead and Yennora .[1]
History
Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta. Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a Labor seat.
Members for Granville
| First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Smailes [2] | Labor | 1894–1898 | |
| John Nobbs [3] | Free Trade | 1898–1901 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1901–1913 | ||
| Jack Lang [4] | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bill Ely [5] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| Claude Fleck [6] | United Australia | 1932–1938 | |
| Bill Lamb [7] | Labor | 1938–1940 | |
| Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
| Labor | 1941–1962 | ||
| Pat Flaherty [8] | Labor | 1962–1984 | |
| Laurie Ferguson [9] | Labor | 1984–1990 | |
| Kim Yeadon [10] | Labor | 1990–2007 | |
| David Borger [11] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
| Tony Issa [12] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
| Julia Finn [13] | Labor | 2015–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Julia Finn | 27,163 | 55.8 | +4.3 | |
| Liberal | Anm Masum | 9,766 | 20.1 | −15.4 | |
| Independent | Charbel Saad | 3,907 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hadchiti | 3,792 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Greens | Janet Castle | 2,755 | 5.7 | +1.5 | |
| Animal Justice | Rohan Laxmanalal | 1,304 | 2.7 | +1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 48,687 | 94.1 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,074 | 5.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 51,761 | 83.2 | −3.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Julia Finn | 30,413 | 71.5 | +12.1 | |
| Liberal | Anm Masum | 12,123 | 28.5 | −12.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +12.1 | |||