Electoral results for the district of Merrylands
Election results for Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
Merrylands, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1959 to 1962 and from 1968 to 1988.[1][2][3][4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1959 | Jack Ferguson | Labor | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1968 | Jack Ferguson | Labor | |
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | Geoff Irwin | Labor |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
1984
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Irwin | 17,874 | 63.7 | -11.6 | |
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 8,159 | 29.1 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Alan Byers | 2,045 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,078 | 96.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 4.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,234 | 93.9 | +1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Irwin | 67.4 | -7.9 | ||
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 32.6 | +7.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.9 |
1981
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 20,732 | 75.3 | -1.1 | |
Liberal | Alan Byers | 6,794 | 24.7 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 27,526 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,370 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 28,896 | 92.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Elections in the 1970s
1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 25,469 | 76.4 | +11.3 | |
Liberal | John Melouney | 6,426 | 19.3 | -15.6 | |
Democrats | Norma Wade | 1,447 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 33,342 | 97.0 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,046 | 3.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,388 | 93.9 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Ferguson | 26,193 | 78.6 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | John Melouney | 7,149 | 21.4 | -13.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +13.5 |
1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 21,435 | 65.1 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Rodney Lewis | 11,487 | 34.9 | -1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 32,922 | 97.5 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 854 | 2.5 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,776 | 94.4 | +2.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 17,770 | 58.1 | -9.1 | |
Liberal | Garry Dent | 11,140 | 36.4 | +3.6 | |
Australia | Geoffrey Thomas | 1,682 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 30,592 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,160 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 31,752 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Ferguson | 18,947 | 61.9 | -5.3 | |
Liberal | Garry Dent | 11,645 | 38.1 | +5.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -5.3 |
1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 19,002 | 67.2 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Neville Hodsdon | 9,259 | 32.8 | -3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 28,261 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 940 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 29,201 | 93.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 17,326 | 63.3 | ||
Liberal | Stanislaus Kelly | 10,048 | 36.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,374 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,031 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 28,405 | 94.1 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1962 - 1968
District abolished
Elections in the 1950s
1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Ferguson | 14,785 | 56.0 | ||
Liberal | Graham Cullis | 11,636 | 44.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 26,421 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 546 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 26,967 | 94.7 | |||
Labor notional hold |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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