Electoral district of Moorebank

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Moorebank was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1991, replacing Macquarie Fields and named after the suburb of Moorebank. In 1999, it was replaced by Macquarie Fields. Its only member was Craig Knowles, representing the Labor Party. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Moorebank

MemberPartyTerm
  Craig Knowles Labor 1991–1999

Election results

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Moorebank.[ edit ]
1995 New South Wales state election: Moorebank  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Craig Knowles 20,00454.2+9.0
Liberal Tony Pascale11,26730.5-2.5
AAFI John Woodbridge2,6817.3+7.3
Independent Terry Seacy1,1483.1+3.1
Call to Australia Michelle Jones9772.6+1.0
Independent Michael Allen8512.3+2.3
Total formal votes36,92894.6+6.3
Informal votes2,1125.4-6.3
Turnout 39,04093.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Craig Knowles 21,79662.8+8.4
Liberal Tony Pascale12,89537.2-8.4
Labor hold Swing +8.4

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Moorebank.[ edit ]
1991 New South Wales state election: Moorebank  [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Craig Knowles 13,83345.1-0.8
Liberal Tony Pascale10,12933.1-4.9
Independent Jim Kremmer3,26710.7+10.7
Independent Lillian Beckett1,5255.0+5.0
Democrats Julian Connelly8742.9-0.3
Call to Australia Lindsay Amor5141.7+1.7
Independent Bryce Regan5051.6+1.6
Total formal votes30,64788.3-7.5
Informal votes4,07111.7+7.5
Turnout 34,71894.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Craig Knowles 15,17454.4+0.7
Liberal Tony Pascale12,72445.6-0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "The Hon. Craig John Knowles (1959– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1995 Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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