Electoral district of Merrylands

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Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Merrylands

First incarnation (1959–1962)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jack Ferguson Labor 1959–1962
 
Second incarnation (1968–1988)
MemberPartyTerm
  Jack Ferguson Labor 1968–1984
  Geoff Irwin Labor 1984–1988

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[ edit ]
1984 New South Wales state election: Merrylands  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Geoff Irwin 17,87463.7-11.6
Liberal Garo Gabrielian8,15929.1+4.4
Independent Alan Byers2,0457.3+7.3
Total formal votes28,07896.0+0.7
Informal votes1,1564.0−0.7
Turnout 29,23493.9+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Irwin 67.4-7.9
Liberal Garo Gabrielian32.6+7.9
Labor hold Swing -7.9

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.



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