Electoral results for the district of Ashfield

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Election results for Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia

Ashfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1959 and the third from 1968 to 1999.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Thomas Bavister	Free Trade
1895		Thomas Bavister	Free Trade
1898		Bernhard Wise	Protectionist
1899 by		Bernhard Wise	Protectionist
1900 by		Frederick Winchcombe	Free Trade
1901			Liberal Reform
1904			Liberal Reform
1905 by		William Robson	Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917			Nationalist

Election	Member		Party
1927		Milton Jarvie	Nationalist
1929 by
1930
1932			United Australia / Independent
1935		Athol Richardson	United Australia
1938
1941
1944			Democratic
1946 by			Liberal
1947
1950
1952 by		Jack Richardson	Labor
1953		Richard Murden	Liberal
1956		Richard Murden	Liberal

Election	Member		Party
1968		David Hunter	Liberal
1971
1973
1976		Paul Whelan	Labor
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991
1995

Elections in the 1990s

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	13,902	43.8	−5.4
	Liberal	Morris Mansour	7,836	24.7	−8.5
	No Aircraft Noise	Michelle Calvert	6,269	19.8	+19.8
	Greens	Paul Fitzgerald	2,043	6.4	+6.4
	Democrats	John Collins	1,202	3.8	−3.9
	Call to Australia	Clay Wilson	482	1.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			31,734	93.5	+8.1
Informal votes			2,222	6.5	−8.1
Turnout			33,956	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	18,561	65.2	+5.4
	Liberal	Morris Mansour	9,895	34.8	−5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.4

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	13,853	49.2	+6.2
	Liberal	Ralph Buono	9,347	33.2	−1.1
	Democrats	Robert Dawson	2,177	7.7	+3.7
	Independent	Paul Wakim	1,594	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Ron Poulsen	708	2.5	+2.5
	Call to Australia	Clay Wilson	497	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			28,176	85.4	−9.1
Informal votes			4,819	14.6	+9.1
Turnout			32,995	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	15,733	59.9	+4.1
	Liberal	Ralph Buono	10,554	40.1	−4.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.1

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	11,690	41.9	−16.7
	Liberal	Kevin O'Reilly	10,988	39.4	−1.7
	Independent	Anne Leembruggen	2,730	9.8	+9.8
	Independent EFF	John Shanahan	1,249	4.5	+4.5
	Democrats	Peter Hennessy	632	2.3	+2.0
	Independent	Sheena Hendley	583	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			27,872	94.9	−1.0
Informal votes			1,494	5.1	+1.0
Turnout			29,366	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	13,225	51.2	−7.6
	Liberal	Kevin O'Reilly	12,610	48.8	+7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.6

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,290	59.9	−5.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Howe	10,891	40.1	+9.8
Total formal votes			27,181	95.7	+0.5
Informal votes			1,232	4.3	−0.5
Turnout			28,413	90.4	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.3

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	17,449	65.5	−2.7
	Liberal	George Dryden	8,078	30.3	−1.6
	Democrats	Albert Jarman	1,095	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			26,622	95.2
Informal votes			1,338	4.8
Turnout			27,960	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	17,559	68.2	+0.1
	Liberal	George Dryden	8,178	31.8	−0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	19,814	68.1	+14.6
	Liberal	Arthur McDonald	9,279	31.9	−11.9
Total formal votes			29,093	96.3	−1.7
Informal votes			1,130	3.7	+1.7
Turnout			30,223	90.5	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.0

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,111	53.5	+11.4
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,189	43.8	−3.6
	Independent	Warren Wilson	443	1.5	+1.5
	Australia	Clifford Bros	373	1.2	−4.4
Total formal votes			30,116	98.0	+1.5
Informal votes			606	2.0	−1.5
Turnout			30,722	91.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,594	55.1	+8.7
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,522	44.9	−8.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	13,077	47.4	+2.5
	Labor	Bede Spillane	11,625	42.1	−1.4
	Australia	John Jordan	1,531	5.6	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	Mary Burton	1,377	5.0	−1.1
Total formal votes			27,610	96.5
Informal votes			993	3.5
Turnout			28,603	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hunter	14,810	53.6	+1.5
	Labor	Bede Spillane	12,800	46.4	−1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.5

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Ashfield.[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	10,618	44.9	−12.0
	Labor	Bede Spillane	10,301	43.5	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Conroy	1,443	6.1	+6.1
	Australia	David Eden	1,309	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			23,671	96.0
Informal votes			990	4.0
Turnout			24,661	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hunter	12,316	52.0	−4.9
	Labor	Bede Spillane	11,355	48.0	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.9

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Hunter	13,838	56.9	−1.0
	Labor	Charles Maddocks	10,481	43.1	+1.0
Total formal votes			24,319	96.6
Informal votes			848	3.4
Turnout			25,167	92.5
	Liberal win		(new seat)

1959 - 1968

District abolished

Elections in the 1950s

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Richard Murden	12,134	60.3	+10.0
	Labor	James Brady	7,985	39.7	−10.0
Total formal votes			20,119	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			253	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			20,372	94.1	−0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.0

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Richard Murden	10,753	50.3
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,631	49.7
Total formal votes			21,384	98.4
Informal votes			354	1.6
Turnout			21,738	94.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Athol Richardson (Liberal) had held the seat at the 1950 election, however he was appointed to the Supreme Court and Jack Richardson (Labor) won the seat at the 1952 by-election.^[16]

1952 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1952 Ashfield state by-election § Result.[edit]

1952 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 28 June ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Richardson	10,566	52.1	+10.3
	Liberal	Ray Watson	9,697	47.9	−10.3
Total formal votes			20,263	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			308	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			20,571	90.8	−2.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.3

The retiring member Athol Richardson (Liberal) had been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court,^[18] and was not related to Jack Richardson (Labor) who capitalised on their surnames, campaigning on the slogan “Judge Richardson on his merits”.^[19]

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Athol Richardson	13,296	58.2
	Labor	Ernest Grove	9,559	41.8
Total formal votes			22,855	98.8
Informal votes			285	1.2
Turnout			23,140	93.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Richardson	12,996	58.2	+4.8
	Labor	William Peters	9,332	41.8	−4.8
Total formal votes			22,328	98.7	+1.9
Informal votes			284	1.3	−1.9
Turnout			22,612	96.1	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.8

1946 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1946 Ashfield state by-election § Result.[edit]

1946 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 9 November ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Athol Richardson (re-elected)	12,036	56.5	+3.1
	Labor	William Peters	9,265	43.5	−3.1
Total formal votes			21,301	98.9	+2.1
Informal votes			231	1.1	−2.1
Turnout			21,532	87.6	−6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

Athol Richardson (Liberal) had resigned to contest the federal seat of Parkes at the 1946 election. When he was unsuccessful he then re-contested Ashfield.^[22]

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Athol Richardson	11,240	53.4	−5.2
	Labor	William Bodkin	9,791	46.6	+5.2
Total formal votes			21,031	96.8	−1.2
Informal votes			688	3.2	+1.2
Turnout			21,719	93.8	+0.7
	Democratic hold		Swing	−5.2

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	United Australia	Athol Richardson	11,555	58.5
	Labor	Rex Jones	8,179	41.5
Total formal votes			19,734	98.1
Informal votes			389	1.9
Turnout			20,123	93.1
	United Australia hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Athol Richardson	8,921	53.7	+0.9
	Independent	Thomas Cavill	7,692	46.3	+46.3
Total formal votes			16,613	97.1	−1.4
Informal votes			498	2.9	+1.4
Turnout			17,111	95.7	−1.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Athol Richardson	8,511	52.8	−19.5
	Labor (NSW)	Robert Bruce	4,425	27.5	−0.2
	Ind. United Australia	Milton Jarvie (defeated)	3,177	19.7	+19.7
Total formal votes			16,113	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			247	1.5	−0.2
Turnout			16,360	96.7	+0.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Milton Jarvie	11,658	72.3	+29.3
	Labor (NSW)	Lancelot Stevenson	4,456	27.7	−10.1
Total formal votes			16,114	98.3	0.0
Informal votes			279	1.7	0.0
Turnout			16,393	96.4	−2.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	+17.5

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	6,736	43.0	−15.2
	Labor	Alfred Paddison	5,927	37.8	+11.9
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,616	10.3	−5.6
	Australian	George Treloar	1,388	8.9
Total formal votes			15,667	98.3	−0.9
Informal votes			276	1.7	+0.9
Turnout			15,943	93.9	+8.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	8,592	54.8
	Labor	Alfred Paddison	7,075	45.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1920s

1929 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1929 Ashfield state by-election § Result.[edit]

1929 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 5 October ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Clancy	3,526	38.4	+12.5
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	3,484	38.0	−20.2
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,692	18.5	+2.6
	Nationalist	Reginald Kirkwood	281	3.1	+3.1
	Nationalist	Albert Pikett	190	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			9,173	99.0	−0.2
Informal votes			95	1.0	+0.2
Turnout			9,268	71.9	−13.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie (re-elected)	4,376	51.5
	Labor	John Clancy	4,128	48.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

A Royal Commission reported that Jarvie had attempted to bribe the Chief Secretary,^[30] however in the following month he was found not guilty of criminal charges.^[31] Jarvie subsequently chose to resign and re-contest the seat.^[29]

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	Milton Jarvie	6,537	58.2
	Labor	Walter Sparrow	2,904	25.9
	Independent	Alexander Huie	1,787	15.9
Total formal votes			11,228	99.2
Informal votes			90	0.8
Turnout			11,318	85.7
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Robson	6,697	76.4	+5.9
	Labor	George Boland	2,063	23.6	−3.1
Total formal votes			8,760	99.0	+1.7
Informal votes			87	1.0	−1.7
Turnout			8,847	58.3	−6.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+5.9

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	William Robson	5,954	70.5
	Labor	Percy Evans	2,251	26.7
	Independent	Henry Johnson	242	2.9
Total formal votes			8,447	97.3
Informal votes			231	2.7
Turnout			8,678	64.7
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	William Robson	5,800	66.3
	Labour	George Davidson	2,943	33.7
Total formal votes			8,743	98.6
Informal votes			128	1.4
Turnout			8,871	71.8
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	William Robson	4,267	67.6
	Independent	James Eve	2,047	32.4
Total formal votes			6,314	97.9
Informal votes			136	2.1
Turnout			6,450	66.7
	Liberal Reform hold

1905 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1905 Ashfield state by-election § Result.[edit]

1905 Ashfield by-election
Wednesday 16 August ^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Robson	2,259	60.3	−25.5
	Independent	Alexander Miller	843	22.5
	Labor	Thomas Lumley	642	17.2	+3.0
Total formal votes			3,744	99.3	+0.7
Informal votes			28	0.7	−0.7
Turnout			3,772	46.1 ^[a]	−3.5
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing

Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) resigned.^[37]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Frederick Winchcombe	3,434	85.8
	Labour	Lionel Cahill	570	14.2
Total formal votes			4,004	98.6
Informal votes			55	1.4
Turnout			4,059	49.6
	Liberal Reform hold

Ashfield lost part of the district to Burwood and was expanded to include part of Petersham. Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) was the member for Ashfield. The member for Petersham was John Cohen (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that electorate.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Ashfield.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Ashfield ^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Frederick Winchcombe	unopposed
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Bernhard Wise (Protectionist) had won the seat at the 1898 election, however he was appointed to the Legislative Council and Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) won the seat at the November 1900 by-election.^[40]

1900 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1900 Ashfield colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1900 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 10 November ^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Frederick Winchcombe	968	60.4	+10.5
	Protectionist	John Watkin	634	39.6	−10.5
Total formal votes			1,602	100.0	+0.4
Informal votes			0	0.0	−0.4
Turnout			1,602	45.5 ^[b]	−20.4
	Free Trade gain from Protectionist		Swing	+10.5

Bernhard Wise (Protectionist) was appointed to the Legislative Council.^[41]

Elections in the 1890s

1899 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1899 Ashfield colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1899 Ashfield by-election
Tuesday 26 September ^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Bernhard Wise (re-elected)	831	50.6	+0.5
	Free Trade	Thomas Bavister	810	49.4	−0.5
Total formal votes			1,641	99.5	−0.1
Informal votes			8	0.5	+0.1
Turnout			1,649	51.0	−14.9
	Protectionist hold		Swing	+0.5

Bernhard Wise (Protectionist) had been appointed Attorney General.^[42]

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Ashfield.[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield ^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	Bernhard Wise	966	50.1
	Free Trade	Thomas Bavister	961	49.9
Total formal votes			1,927	99.6
Informal votes			7	0.4
Turnout			1,934	65.9
	National Federal gain from Free Trade

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Ashfield.[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield ^[44]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Thomas Bavister	883	55.2
	Independent	John Goodlet	718	44.9
Total formal votes			1,601	99.5
Informal votes			8	0.5
Turnout			1,609	68.5
	Free Trade hold

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Ashfield.[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield ^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Thomas Bavister	1,000	51.4
	Independent	Mark Hammond	867	44.6
	Labour	Robert Thomson	64	3.3
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Evans	13	0.7
Total formal votes			1,944	99.1
Informal votes			17	0.9
Turnout			1,961	82.1
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

↑ Estimate based on a roll of 8,191 at the 1904 election.^[38]
↑ Estimate based on a roll of 3,234 at the 1899 by-election.^[42]

References

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↑ Green, Antony. "1973 Ashfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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Results of New South Wales State elections

Legislative Assembly

Colonial	1856 1858 1859 1860 1864–65 1869–70 1872 1874–75 1877 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1891 1894 1895 1898
State	1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1917 1920 1922 1925 1927 1930 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1947 1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968 1971 1973 1976 1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

Legislative Council

Colonial	1843 1848 1851
State	1978 1981 1984 1988 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023

By-elections

Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council (historic)

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

Albury
Auburn
Badgerys Creek
Ballina
Balmain
Bankstown
Barwon
Bathurst
Bega
Blacktown
Blue Mountains
Cabramatta
Camden
Campbelltown
Canterbury
Castle Hill
Cessnock
Charlestown
Clarence
Coffs Harbour
Coogee
Cootamundra
Cronulla
Davidson
Drummoyne
Dubbo
East Hills
Epping
Fairfield
Gosford
Goulburn
Granville
Hawkesbury
Heathcote
Heffron
Holsworthy
Hornsby
Keira
Kellyville
Kiama
Kogarah
Lake Macquarie
Lane Cove
Leppington
Lismore
Liverpool
Londonderry
Macquarie Fields
Maitland
Manly
Maroubra
Miranda
Monaro
Mount Druitt
Murray
Myall Lakes
Newcastle
Newtown
North Shore
Northern Tablelands
Oatley
Orange
Oxley
Parramatta
Penrith
Pittwater
Port Macquarie
Port Stephens
Prospect
Riverstone
Rockdale
Ryde
Shellharbour
South Coast
Strathfield
Summer Hill
Swansea
Sydney
Tamworth
Terrigal
The Entrance
Tweed
Upper Hunter
Vaucluse
Wagga Wagga
Wahroonga
Wakehurst
Wallsend
Willoughby
Winston Hills
Wollondilly
Wollongong
Wyong

v t e Electoral results for the former electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
North coast	Byron Casino Grafton Manning Hastings Hastings and Macleay Hastings and Manning Macleay Macquarie Murwillumbah Raleigh Richmond Rous
Hunter & Central Coast	Durham East Maitland Hamilton Hunter Kahibah Kurri Kurri Lower Hunter Morpeth Newcastle East Newcastle West North Eastern Boroughs Northumberland Northumberland and Hunter Northumberland Boroughs Patrick's Plains Paterson Peats Robertson Singleton Tuggerah West Maitland Wickham Wollombi Waratah Williams
Sydney North	Baulkham Hills Belmore Carlingford Central Cumberland Collaroy Cumberland Cumberland Boroughs Cumberland (North Riding) Earlwood Eastwood Ermington Fuller Gladesville Gordon Kirribilli Ku-ring-gai Middle Harbour Minchinbury Moorebank Mosman Mulgoa Nepean Neutral Bay Northcott North Sydney Seven Hills St Leonards St Marys Sherbrooke Sydney Hamlets The Hills Toongabbie Warringah Western Suburbs Windsor
Sydney City	Bligh Darling Harbour Darlinghurst East Sydney Elizabeth King McKell Phillip Port Jackson Pyrmont Sydney City Sydney-Belmore Sydney-Bligh Sydney-Cook Sydney-Denison Sydney-Fitzroy Sydney-Flinders Sydney-Gipps Sydney-King Sydney-Lang Sydney-Phillip Sydney-Pyrmont University of Sydney West Sydney
Sydney east	Alexandria Paddington Paddington-Waverley Randwick Surry Hills Waterloo Waverley Woollahra
Sydney south	Annandale Arncliffe Ashfield Ashfield-Croydon Balmain North Balmain South Bass Hill Burragorang Clyde Concord Cook's River Croydon Cumberland (South Riding) Darlington Dulwich Hill Enmore East Camden Eastern Suburbs Georges River Glebe Hurstville Ingleburn Lakemba Leichhardt Marrickville Menai Merrylands Narellan Newtown-Annandale Newtown-Camperdown Newtown-Erskine Newtown-St Peters Petersham Redfern Rozelle St George Smithfield South Sydney Sutherland Wentworthville West Camden Woronora Yaralla
Wollongong & south coast	Allowrie Bulli Bondi Botany Burwood Camperdown Corrimal Eden Eden-Bombala Illawarra Kembla Maneroo Moruya Munmorah St Vincent Shoalhaven United Counties of Murray and St Vincent Wollongong-Kembla
North west	Alma Armidale Bathurst (County) The Bogan Bourke Broken Hill Burrendong Carcoar Castlereagh Cobar Cook and Westmoreland Coonamble East Macquarie Glen Innes Gloucester Gloucester and Macquarie Goldfields North Gough Gunnedah Gwydir Hartley Inverell Liverpool Plains Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Moree Mudgee Namoi Narrabri New England New England and Macleay Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Quirindi Roxburgh Rylstone Sturt Tenterfield Uralla-Walcha Western Boroughs Wilcannia Willyama
South west	Argyle Ashburnham Balranald Belubula Bingara Blayney Boorowa Bowral Braidwood Burrangong Burrinjuck Condoublin Corowa Cowra The Darling Deniliquin Forbes Goldfields South Goldfields West Grenfell Gundagai Hay Hume King and Georgiana Lachlan Lachlan and Lower Darling Lyndhurst Molong Murray-Darling Murrumbidgee Queanbeyan Southern Boroughs Southern Highlands Temora Tumut Wentworth Wynyard Yass Yass Plains Young
Queensland	Brisbane Burnett Clarence and Darling Downs Darling Downs East Moreton Ipswich Lachlan and Lower Darling Leichhardt, Queensland Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis Stanley Boroughs Stanley County West Moreton