Electoral district of Concord

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Concord was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Concord. It was abolished in 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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The suburb of Concord was part of the five member district of Ryde under proportional representation. [4] Proportional representation was abolished in 1927, with the suburb of Concord being split between Ryde and Eastwood. [5] Eastwood was abolished in the 1929 redistribution and the new district of Concord was created, being entirely south of the harbour, from Concord in the east to part of the suburb of Lidcombe. [6] [7] Concord was abolished in 1968 and largely replaced by Yaralla which extended west to the districts of Parramatta and Granville, while the southern part of the district was absorbed by Auburn. [8]

Members for Concord

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry McDicken   [9] Labor 1930–1932
  Stan Lloyd   [10] United Australia 1932–1941
  Bill Carlton   [11] Labor 1941–1949
  Brice Mutton   [12] Liberal 1949–1949
  John Adamson   [13] Liberal 1949–1953
  Thomas Murphy   [14] Labor 1953–1968

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Concord.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Concord  [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,88347.8−5.6
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,72147.1+3.3
Democratic Labor William Doherty1,1555.1+2.3
Total formal votes22,75997.8−1.0
Informal votes5092.2+1.0
Turnout 23,26894.7+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,42550.2−3.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,33449.8+3.7
Labor hold Swing −3.7

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References

  1. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Concord". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "1919 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "State electorates". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . 27 October 1926. p. 7. Retrieved 28 August 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ "1929 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Redistribution: metropolitan seats". The Sydney Morning Herald . 26 July 1929. p. 11. Retrieved 28 August 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ "1966 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Mr Henry James McDicken (1874-1944)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Stanley Allan Lloyd (1889–1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "Mr William Joseph Carlton (1894 - 1949)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Mr Brice Mutton (1890–1949)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Mr John Clark Adamson (1910-1984)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mr Thomas Patrick Murphy (1906 - 1978)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Concord". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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