Electoral district of Newtown-Annandale

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Newtown-Annandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1950, mainly succeeding Newtown and Annandale. It was abolished in 1953. [1]

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Members for Newtown-Annandale

MemberPartyTerm
  Arthur Greenup [2] Labor 1950–1953

Election results

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Newtown-Annandale [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Arthur Greenup 11,99056.1
Lang Labor Lilian Fowler 8,55540.0
Communist Daisy Lewin8363.9
Total formal votes21,38196.6
Informal votes7503.4
Turnout 22,13193.5
Labor notional  hold 
  • Preferences were not distributed.
Netown-Annandale was a notional Labor seat combining parts of the abolished districts of Newtown and Annandale. Lilian Fowler (Lang Labor) was the member for Newtown.

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newtown-Annandale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. "Mr Arthur Edward Greenup (1902–1980)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1950 NewtownAnnandale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.