Electoral district of Randwick

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Randwick was an Australian electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created with the abolition of multi-member constituencies in 1894 from part of Paddington, along with Waverley and Woollahra. It was named after and including the Sydney suburb of Randwick. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Eastern Suburbs. Randwick was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1971 and partly replaced by Waverley.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Randwick

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	David Storey	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1910
		Independent Liberal	1910–1913
		Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

Second incarnation (1927–1971)
Member		Party	Term
	Ernest Tresidder	Nationalist	1927–1930
	Jack Flanagan	Labor	1930–1932
	Arthur Moverly	United Australia	1932–1941
	William Gollan	Labor	1941–1962
	Lionel Bowen	Labor	1962–1969
	Laurie Brereton	Labor	1970–1971

Election results

1970 Randwick by-election
Saturday 14 February ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	13,201	61.5	+8.9
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	8,252	38.5	-5.1
Total formal votes			21,453	97.3	+0.5
Informal votes			581	2.6	+0.5
Turnout			20,034	79.5	-13.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

Lionel Bowen (Labor) resigned to successfully contest the 1969 election for Kingsford Smith.^[4]

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References

↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Randwick". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2020.
↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
1 2 Green, Antony. "1970 Randwick by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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[Green_Randwick-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Randwick". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 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] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[1970_Randwick_state_by-election_Green-4] 1 2 Green, Antony. "1970 Randwick by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2020.

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Electoral district of Randwick

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Members for Randwick

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