Electoral results for the district of Ashfield-Croydon

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Ashfield-Croydon, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1959 and abolished in 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1959   David Hunter Liberal
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 14,19460.5+4.0
Labor Wadim Jegorow8,81437.6−5.9
Independent Raymond Sharrock4451.9+1.9
Total formal votes23,45397.9−0.8
Informal votes5072.1+0.8
Turnout 23,96092.80.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 14,41761.5+5.0
Labor Wadim Jegorow9,03638.5−5.0
Liberal hold Swing +5.0

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 13,66256.5+19.1
Labor Brian Hannelly10,50343.5+7.8
Total formal votes24,16598.7
Informal votes3121.3
Turnout 24,47792.8
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 8,20737.4
Labor John McCartney7,83835.7
Liberal Richard Murden (defeated)5,92026.9
Total formal votes21,96598.7
Informal votes2841.3
Turnout 22,24993.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 13,60761.9
Labor John McCartney8,35838.1
Liberal notional  hold 
Ashfield, held by Richard Murden (Liberal) and Croydon, held by David Hunter (Liberal) were combined into one seat.

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashfield-Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "Mr David Benjamin Hunter". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.