Electoral results for the district of Concord

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Concord, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1930   Henry McDicken Labor
1932   Stan Lloyd United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Bill Carlton Labor
1944
1947
1949 by   Brice Mutton Liberal
1950 by   John Adamson Liberal
1950
1953   Thomas Murphy Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Concord [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,88347.8−5.6
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,72147.1+3.3
Democratic Labor William Doherty1,1555.1+2.3
Total formal votes22,75997.8−1.0
Informal votes5092.2+1.0
Turnout 23,26894.7+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,42550.2−3.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,33449.8+3.7
Labor hold Swing −3.7

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Concord [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 12,89653.4+4.3
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,59343.8−1.6
Democratic Labor John Winters6822.8−2.7
Total formal votes24,17198.8
Informal votes2951.2
Turnout 24,46694.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 13,03253.9+2.3
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,13946.1−2.3
Labor hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Concord [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,16549.1
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,33345.4
Democratic Labor Jack Kane 1,2585.5
Total formal votes22,75698.3
Informal votes4001.7
Turnout 23,15694.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,75351.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,00348.3
Labor hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Concord [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,23149.2+3.9
Labor Thomas Murphy 9,83347.2−7.5
Communist Leslie Greenfield7493.6+3.6
Total formal votes20,81398.2+0.1
Informal votes3751.8−0.1
Turnout 21,18894.1−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,45050.2−4.5
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,36349.8+4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Concord [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,66154.7
Liberal John Adamson 9,67345.3
Total formal votes21,33498.1
Informal votes4211.9
Turnout 21,75594.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Concord [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Adamson 12,54653.1
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,06246.9
Total formal votes23,60898.9
Informal votes2641.1
Turnout 23,87295.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
The sitting member, Bill Carlton (Labor), died in 1949. The 1949 by-election was won by Brice Mutton (Liberal), however he died nine months later, with John Adamson (Liberal) winning the 1950 by-election.

1950 by-election

1950 Concord by-election
Saturday 11 February [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Adamson 11,49551.1+1.1
Labor Hector McDonald11,02048.9-1.1
Total formal votes22,51598.9+0.8
Informal votes2581.1-0.8
Turnout 22,77389.2-1.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
The by-election was caused by the death of Brice Mutton (Liberal). [11]

Elections in the 1940s

1949 by-election

1949 Concord by-election
Saturday 12 March [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Brice Mutton 10,49547.0
Labor James Moloney9,35321.9
Lang Labor Lyle Armstrong2,50311.2
Total formal votes22,35198.1-0.4
Informal votes4221.9+0.4
Turnout 22,77390.7-5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brice Mutton 11,18450.04+3.64
Labor James Moloney11,16749.96-3.64
Liberal gain from Labor Swing 3.64
The by-election was caused by the death of Bill Carlton (Labor). [13]

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Concord [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Carlton 12,38753.6+9.4
Liberal Brice Mutton 10,72246.4+26.9
Total formal votes23,10998.5+1.3
Informal votes3541.5-1.3
Turnout 23,46395.9+3.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Concord [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Carlton 9,05544.2-1.5
Liberal Democratic Brice Mutton 4,27920.9+20.9
Democratic Roland Murray4,00119.5-21.2
Lang Labor Gustav Truer3,17415.5+15.5
Total formal votes20,50997.2-0.9
Informal votes5902.8+0.9
Turnout 21,09992.8-0.8
After distribution of preferences
Labor Bill Carlton 11,60056.6
Liberal Democratic Brice Mutton 4,69322.9
Democratic Roland Murray4,21620.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Concord [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Carlton 8,98245.7
United Australia Stan Lloyd 7,98440.7
State Labor Rupert Lockwood 2,67113.6
Total formal votes19,63798.1
Informal votes3711.9
Turnout 20,00893.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Carlton 11,13056.7
United Australia Stan Lloyd 8,50743.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Concord [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 10,48956.4+5.5
Labor Leonard Thompson8,12143.6+3.6
Total formal votes18,61098.3+0.4
Informal votes3171.7-0.4
Turnout 18,92796.7-1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Concord [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 9,10150.9-5.2
Labor (NSW) Alan McNamara 7,15140.0-3.2
Federal Labor Henry McDicken 1,2196.8+6.8
Centre Aubrey Murphy3912.2+2.2
Total formal votes17,86297.9-0.6
Informal votes3832.1+0.6
Turnout 18,24597.7+0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Concord [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 9,77356.1+17.6
Labor (NSW) Henry McDicken 7,52843.2-18.3
Communist Robert Thomson1110.6+0.6
Total formal votes17,41298.5-0.5
Informal votes2591.5+0.5
Turnout 17,67197.3+0.2
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Concord [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Henry McDicken 10,70261.5
Nationalist Frederick Stewart 6,70838.5
Total formal votes17,41099.0
Informal votes1691.0
Turnout 17,57997.1
Labor win(new seat)
Concord was a new seat, and comprised part of the district of Ryde and the abolished district of Eastwood. Henry McDicken (Labor) was the member for Ryde.

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