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

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Elizabeth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1981 and abolished in 1988. [1] [2] [3]

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electionMemberParty
1981   Pat Hills Labor
1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Elizabeth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 14,72858.1-18.9
Liberal Philip Daley4,44717.5+3.3
Independent Michael Matthews3,70714.6+14.6
Democrats Jennifer MacLeod1,9397.7+7.7
Independent Nadar Ponnuswamy5112.0+2.0
Total formal votes25,33295.8+2.4
Informal votes1,1154.2-2.4
Turnout 26,44785.9+3.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 72.2-12.5
Liberal Philip Daley27.8+12.5
Labor hold Swing -12.5

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Elizabeth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 18,56377.0+4.6
Liberal John Davison3,42014.2-4.9
Communist Aileen Beaver2,1158.8+3.8
Total formal votes24,09893.4
Informal votes1,6896.6
Turnout 25,78782.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 20,06384.7+3.3
Liberal John Davison3,62015.3-3.3
Labor notional  hold Swing +3.3

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  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. "The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917-1992)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1984 Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1981 Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.