Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley

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Paddington-Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1959, when Paddington and part of Waverley were merged. Paddington-Waverley was abolished in 1962 and partly replaced by Bligh.

Members for Paddington-Waverley

Member		Party	Term
	William Ferguson	Labor	1959–1961
	Keith Anderson	Labor	1961–1962

Election results

1961

1961 Paddington−Waverley by-election
Saturday 25 February ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Keith Anderson	12,972	91.36
	Communist	Edward Maher	1,227	8.64
Total formal votes			14,199	93.946
Informal votes			912	6.04
Turnout			15,111	69.01
	Labor hold		Swing

William Ferguson (Labor) died.^[1]

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Paddington−Waverley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William Ferguson	13,235	62.7
	Liberal	Jack Cole	6,490	30.7
	Independent	Cyril Hutchings	737	3.5
	Communist	Bernard Rosen	657	3.1
Total formal votes			21,119	97.1
Informal votes			622	2.9
Turnout			21,741	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Ferguson	14,130	66.9
	Liberal	Jack Cole	6,989	33.1
	Labor notional hold

The Labor held seats of Paddington and Waverley were combined into one seat.

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References

1 2 Green, Antony. "1961 Paddington-Waverley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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[1961_Paddington-Waverley_state_by-election_Green_Paddington_1961-1] 1 2 Green, Antony. "1961 Paddington-Waverley by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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