Electoral district of Newtown-Annandale
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Newtown-Annandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1950, mainly succeeding Newtown and Annandale. It was abolished in 1953.[1]
Members for Newtown-Annandale
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Greenup [2] | Labor | 1950–1953 | |
Election results
1950
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Arthur Greenup | 11,990 | 56.1 | ||
| Lang Labor | Lilian Fowler | 8,555 | 40.0 | ||
| Communist | Daisy Lewin | 836 | 3.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 21,381 | 96.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 750 | 3.4 | |||
| Turnout | 22,131 | 93.5 | |||
| Labor notional hold | |||||
- Preferences were not distributed.
Netown-Annandale was a notional Labor seat combining parts of the abolished districts of Newtown and Annandale. Lilian Fowler (Lang Labor) was the member for Newtown.
