Electoral district of Gordon (New South Wales)

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Gordon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. Originally created in 1904, replacing Willoughby. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the five-member electorate of Ryde, along with Burwood and Willoughby. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1999. It originally covered most of the suburbs of the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area (then known as Ku-ring-gai Municipality), including the suburbs of Lindfield and Gordon. [1] [2] [3]

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Recent Member of Parliament representing Gordon included:

At the redistribution prior to the 1995 State election, the electorate of Gordon was abolished. The suburbs previously included in the Gordon electorate were mostly reassigned to Ku-ring-gai, with some other sections to Willoughby and some smaller ones to Davidson. Subsequent redistributions have resulted in most of the suburbs formerly in Gordon electorate now being within the Davidson electorate.

Members for Gordon

First incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Wade Liberal Reform 1904–1917
  Thomas Bavin Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1999)
MemberPartyTerm
  (Sir) Thomas Bavin Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1935
  Sir Philip Goldfinch United Australia 1935–1937
  Harry Turner United Australia 1937–1945
  Liberal 1945–1952
  Stewart Fraser Liberal 1953–1962
  Independent 1962
  Harry Jago Liberal 1962–1973
  Kevin Harrold Democratic Labor 1973–1976
  Tim Moore Liberal 1976–1992
  Jeremy Kinross Liberal 1992–1999

Election results

1995 New South Wales state election: Gordon [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jeremy Kinross 22,92868.0-6.5
Labor Jan Butland4,17412.4+1.1
Democrats Ann Barry2,6357.8-2.6
Greens Ross Knowles2,0096.0+6.0
Stop Dual OccupancyTanya Wood1,1023.3+3.3
Call to Australia Margaret Ratcliffe7002.1-1.8
Citizens Electoral Council Leone Hay1560.5+0.5
Total formal votes33,70496.8+2.7
Informal votes1,1063.2−2.7
Turnout 34,81093.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeremy Kinross 25,10880.3-3.3
Labor Jan Butland6,17119.7+3.3
Liberal hold Swing -3.3

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References

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  2. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
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