Electoral district of Smithfield

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Smithfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 2015. [1] [2] [3] It was abolished in 2015 and largely replaced by Prospect. [4]

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Members for Smithfield

MemberPartyTerm
  Janice Crosio [5] Labor 1988—1990
  Carl Scully [6] Labor 1990—2007
  Ninos Khoshaba [7] Labor 2007—2011
  Andrew Rohan [8] Liberal 2011—2015

Election results

2011 New South Wales state election: Smithfield [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Rohan 21,44346.3+18.8
Labor Ninos Khoshaba 17,32337.4-14.9
Greens Astrid O'Neill3,8188.3+0.1
Christian Democrats Manny Poularas3,6808.0+2.5
Total formal votes46,26494.6-0.7
Informal votes2,6615.4+0.7
Turnout 48,92594.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Rohan 23,00954.8+20.3
Labor Ninos Khoshaba 18,94845.2-20.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +20.3

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Smithfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. "Prospect- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  5. "The Hon. Janice Ann Crosio (1939– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "The Hon. (Carl) Patrick Carl Scully (1957- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  7. "Mr Ninos Khoshaba (1970- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. "Mr Andrew Baijan Rohan (1948- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.