Electoral results for the district of Croydon (New South Wales)

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Croydon, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1927 and abolished in 1959. [1] [2] [3]

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MemberParty
1927   Bertram Stevens Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1935
1938
1940 by   David Hunter United Australia
1941
1944   Democratic
1947   Liberal
1950
1953
1956

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1956 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 11,54561.6+6.7
Labor Frank Zions7,18538.4−6.7
Total formal votes18,73098.8+0.5
Informal votes2341.2−0.5
Turnout 18,96493.0−0.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.7

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1953 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 10,84454.9
Labor Kenneth Guthrie8,92445.1
Total formal votes19,76898.3
Informal votes3371.7
Turnout 20,10593.7
Liberal hold Swing

1950

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Hunter 13,83862.5+0.5
Labor Clive Leroy8,29237.5+37.5
Total formal votes22,13098.6+3.5
Informal votes3071.4-3.5
Turnout 22,43793.9+3.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic David Hunter 12,12062.0+5.0
Independent David Knox7,43338.0+38.0
Total formal votes19,55395.1-2.1
Informal votes9974.9+2.1
Turnout 20,55090.8-2.3
Democratic hold Swing N/A

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia David Hunter 11,07457.0
Labor Daniel Murphy8,34243.0
Total formal votes19,41697.2
Informal votes5542.8
Turnout 19,97093.1
United Australia hold Swing

1940 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1940 Croydon state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1940 Croydon by-election
Saturday 7 September  [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Weir 6,24938.9
United Australia David Hunter 4,69329.2
Independent UAP Harold Reed3,95524.6
Independent UAP Bob Hunt1,0916.8
Independent Robert Woolston600.4
Total formal votes16,04895.8+1.9
Informal votes7074.2-1.9
Turnout 16,75588.2-6.5
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia David Hunter 9,00356.1-13.5
Labor George Weir 7,04543.9
United Australia hold Swing -13.5
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Bertram Stevens (United Australia), to contest the federal seat of Lang at the 1940 election. [10]

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,76569.6+5.1
Independent Garry Gordon5,14230.4+30.4
Total formal votes16,90793.9-4.5
Informal votes1,1046.1+4.5
Turnout 18,01194.7-1.2
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,05864.5-5.9
Labor (NSW) Archibald Pattinson4,08323.8-5.8
Social Credit Harold Bondeson1,99611.7+11.7
Total formal votes17,13798.4-0.5
Informal votes2821.6+0.5
Turnout 17,41995.9+0.6
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,96270.4+20.8
Labor (NSW) John Eldridge 5,03129.6-10.1
Total formal votes16,99398.9+0.8
Informal votes1951.1-0.8
Turnout 17,18895.3+2.0
United Australia hold Swing +16.0

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 8,20449.6
Labor Cecil Newsome6,56439.7
Australian Raymond Ritchie1,68310.2
Communist Samuel Aarons960.6
Total formal votes16,54798.1
Informal votes3231.9
Turnout 16,87093.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 9,00654.4
Labor Cecil Newsome7,54145.6
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Croydon.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: Croydon   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 10,01966.4
Labor Ernest Cook5,05833.6
Total formal votes15,07799.0
Informal votes1591.0
Turnout 15,23683.2
Nationalist win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 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. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1956 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1947 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1944 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1941 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1940 Croydon by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1938 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1935 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1932 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1930 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1927 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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