Electoral district of Woronora

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Woronora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Woronora River or the suburb of Woronora. It was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. It was recreated in 1973 and abolished in 1988 when it was renamed Sutherland. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Members for Woronora

First incarnation (1894—1904)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Nicholson   [lower-alpha 1] Independent Labour 1894–1898
  Free Trade 1898-1901
  Independent Labour 1901-1904
 
Second incarnation (1973—1988)
MemberPartyTerm
  Maurie Keane Labor 1973–1988

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Woronora.[ edit ]
1984 New South Wales state election: Woronora  [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Maurice Keane 17,49051.2-10.9
Liberal Chris Downy 15,22144.5+6.6
Democrats Ronald Hellyer1,4624.3+4.3
Total formal votes34,17398.2+0.6
Informal votes6341.8−0.6
Turnout 34,80795.2+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maurice Keane 53.3-8.8
Liberal Chris Downy 46.7+8.8
Labor hold Swing -8.8

Notes

  1. ↑ 1898 was the only election at which John Nicholson was listed as anything other than Independent Labour and Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour for 1898. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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