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]

Members for Woronora

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Nicholson ^[a]	Independent Labour	1894–1898
		Free Trade	1898–1901
		Independent Labour	1901–1904

Second incarnation (1973–1988)
Member		Party	Term
	Maurie Keane	Labor	1973–1988

Election results

1984 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Keane	17,490	51.2	−10.9
	Liberal	Chris Downy	15,221	44.5	+6.6
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	1,462	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			34,173	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			634	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			34,807	95.2	+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

↑ 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]

References

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

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[Nicholson_1898-6] 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]

[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.

[Green_Woronora-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.

[John_Nicholson_NSW_parl-3] "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Maurie_Keane_NSW_parl-4] "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Green_1898_Woronora-5] Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1984_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1984_Woronora-7] Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Electoral district of Woronora

Contents

Members for Woronora

Election results

Notes

References