Electoral results for the district of Hurstville

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Hurstville, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnation, from 1859 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1968. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1913   Sam Toombs Labor
1917   Thomas Ley Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Walter Butler Labor
1930
1932   James Webb United Australia
1935
1938
1939 by   Clive Evatt Industrial Labor / Labor
1941   Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956 Labor / Independent
1959   Bill Rigby Labor
1962
1965   Tom Mead Liberal
1968
1971
1973
1976   Kevin Ryan Labor
1978
1981
1984   Guy Yeomans Liberal
1988
1991   Morris Iemma Labor
1995

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Morris Iemma 18,77157.1+8.3
Liberal Mick Frawley12,75938.8-3.3
Independent Saad Turk1,3694.2+4.2
Total formal votes32,89993.6+4.9
Informal votes2,2406.4−4.9
Turnout 35,13994.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Morris Iemma 19,41059.6+5.0
Liberal Mick Frawley13,13140.4-5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.0

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Morris Iemma 15,14148.8+2.3
Liberal Phil White 13,06342.10.0
Independent Tony Wild1,6995.5+5.5
Democrats Paul Terrett1,1403.7+3.7
Total formal votes31,04388.7−7.5
Informal votes3,96211.3+7.5
Turnout 35,00594.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Morris Iemma 16,38254.6+2.8
Liberal Phil White 13,62045.4-2.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Guy Yeomans 16,22654.0+3.6
Labor Robert McClelland 11,31537.7-11.9
Independent Joan Loew2,4878.3+8.3
Total formal votes30,02897.3−0.4
Informal votes8202.7+0.4
Turnout 30,84894.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Guy Yeomans 16,76656.6+6.2
Labor Robert McClelland 12,83143.4-6.2
Liberal hold Swing +6.2

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Guy Yeomans 14,42750.9+11.7
Labor Kevin Ryan 13,89649.1-8.2
Total formal votes28,32397.7+0.3
Informal votes6572.3−0.3
Turnout 28,98093.3+1.6
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.1

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Ryan 16,05357.3-6.4
Liberal Frederick Harvison10,99039.2+2.9
Democrats Frank Low9823.5+3.5
Total formal votes28,02597.4
Informal votes7492.6
Turnout 28,77491.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Ryan 16,35359.2-4.5
Liberal Frederick Harvison11,29040.8+4.5
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kevin Ryan 19,29663.7+15.1
Liberal Ian Brown10,98436.3-12.5
Total formal votes30,28098.1−0.7
Informal votes5931.9+0.7
Turnout 30,87393.5−0.1
Labor hold Swing +13.6

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Mead 14,92048.8+0.1
Labor Kevin Ryan 14,85548.6+6.1
Australia Bernhard Fiegel7912.6+2.6
Total formal votes30,56698.8+0.7
Informal votes3821.2−0.7
Turnout 30,94893.6−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Ryan 15,30550.1+3.2
Liberal Tom Mead 15,26149.9-3.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.2

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Mead 14,22848.7+1.3
Labor Kevin Ryan 12,39842.5+2.0
Independent Paul Flottmann1,7616.0+6.0
Democratic Labor Anthony Young8212.8-2.5
Total formal votes29,20898.1
Informal votes5581.9
Turnout 29,76694.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Mead 15,50453.1+0.3
Labor Kevin Ryan 13,70446.9-0.3
Liberal hold Swing +0.3

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Mead 12,65347.4-5.2
Labor Kenneth Hallen10,81040.5-2.3
Democratic Labor Peter Abrams1,4195.3+0.6
Defence of Government Schools Judith Sainsbury9643.6+3.6
Australia Ralph Catts8733.3+3.3
Total formal votes26,71997.5
Informal votes6732.5
Turnout 27,39295.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Mead 14,11552.8-3.2
Labor Kenneth Hallen12,60447.2+3.2
Liberal hold Swing -3.2

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Tom Mead 14,03449.6+2.7
Labor Bill Rigby 12,95145.8-2.9
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis1,3224.7+0.3
Total formal votes28,30797.7
Informal votes6692.3
Turnout 28,97695.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Mead 15,17853.6+3.0
Labor Bill Rigby 13,12946.4-3.0
Liberal hold Swing +3.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Rigby 11,88348.7−3.7
Liberal Tom Mead 11,42746.9+4.2
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis1,0684.4+2.4
Total formal votes24,37898.2−0.3
Informal votes4561.8+0.3
Turnout 24,83494.40.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Tom Mead 12,33450.6+5.9
Labor Bill Rigby 12,04449.4−5.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.9

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Rigby 12,79652.4+21.2
Liberal Richard Hawkins10,25742.0+4.0
Independent Thomas Dalton8933.7+3.7
Democratic Labor Thomas Brosnan4782.0+2.0
Total formal votes24,42498.5
Informal votes3801.5
Turnout 24,80494.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Rigby 13,51755.3+1.5
Liberal Richard Hawkins10,90744.7−1.5
Labor hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Hedley Mallard9,35938.0
Labor Bill Rigby 7,68031.2
Independent Clive Evatt (defeated)7,19329.2
Independent Edward Merryfull3781.5
Total formal votes24,61098.5
Informal votes3781.5
Turnout 24,98895.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Rigby 13,24453.8
Liberal Hedley Mallard11,36646.2
Labor hold Swing
The sitting member was Clive Evatt was expelled from Labor on 13 July 1956 and sat as an Independent.

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 11,45951.4−7.2
Liberal Hedley Mallard9,98244.8+3.4
Independent Edward Merryfull8353.8+3.8
Total formal votes22,27698.7+0.5
Informal votes3001.3−0.5
Turnout 22,57694.8−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clive Evatt 11,87653.3−5.3
Liberal Hedley Mallard10,40046.7+5.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 13,18758.6
Liberal Bill Arthur 9,31741.4
Total formal votes22,50498.2
Informal votes4041.8
Turnout 22,90895.1
Labor hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 12,24053.8
Liberal Leslie Webster10,50646.2
Total formal votes22,74698.7
Informal votes3081.3
Turnout 23,05494.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 15,06957.1-9.5
Liberal Leslie Webster11,31042.9+9.5
Total formal votes26,37998.7+2.1
Informal votes3501.3−2.1
Turnout 26,72996.3+1.6
Labor hold Swing -9.5

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 15,66366.6-1.1
Democratic Percy Macpherson7,84633.4+1.1
Total formal votes23,50996.6−1.8
Informal votes8243.4+1.8
Turnout 24,33394.7−0.4
Labor hold Swing -1.1

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clive Evatt 14,76467.7
United Australia Roland Murray7,04232.3
Total formal votes21,80698.4
Informal votes3541.6
Turnout 22,16095.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1939 by-election

1939 Hurstville by-election
Saturday 18 March [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Industrial Labor Clive Evatt 7,01733.8
United Australia Alfred Thomas7,92538.1-18.0
Labor John McGrath 5,85228.1-15.8
Total formal votes20,79498.5+0.6
Informal votes3091.5−0.6
Turnout 21,10393.9−3.2
Two-party-preferred result
Industrial Labor Clive Evatt 12,16858.5
United Australia Alfred Thomas8,62641.5-14.6
Industrial Labor gain from United Australia Swing N/A
James Webb (United Australia) died. [23]

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Webb 11,49356.1+5.8
Labor Michael Croot8,98343.9-2.5
Total formal votes20,47697.9−0.3
Informal votes4402.1+0.3
Turnout 20,91697.1−0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Webb 9,58750.3-1.3
Labor (NSW) Walter Butler 8,84046.4+3.5
Federal Labor Richard Bramston6163.2-1.4
Total formal votes19,04398.2−0.5
Informal votes3451.8+0.5
Turnout 19,38897.5−0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia James Webb 9,74451.6+15.6
Labor (NSW) Walter Butler 8,09342.9-20.3
Federal Labor Gertrude Melville 8734.6+4.6
Communist James Stubbs1540.8+0.1
Total formal votes18,86498.7+0.5
Informal votes2471.3−0.5
Turnout 19,11197.9+1.6
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Walter Butler 11,51163.2
Nationalist James Webb 6,56136.0
Communist William Wright1320.7
Total formal votes18,20498.2
Informal votes3421.8
Turnout 18,54696.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist John Nield6,91048.4
Labor Walter Butler 6,90848.4
Independent Walter Anderson4293.0
Independent William Hodge410.3
Total formal votes14,28898.9
Informal votes1531.1
Turnout 14,44185.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Walter Butler 7,03950.1
Nationalist John Nield7,00249.9
Labor win(new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Ley 7,90459.4+10.0
Labor Sam Toombs 5,39540.6-5.8
Total formal votes13,29999.2+1.5
Informal votes1110.8−1.5
Turnout 13,41068.2−4.1
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +11.0

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Varney Parkes 4,96249.4
Labor Sam Toombs 4,65646.4
National Progressive James Murray4204.2
Total formal votes10,03897.7
Informal votes2312.3
Turnout 10,26972.3
1913 New South Wales state election: Hurstville - Second Round
Saturday 13 December [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Toombs 5,81651.6
Liberal Reform Varney Parkes 5,44848.4
Total formal votes11,26499.3
Informal votes760.7
Turnout 11,34079.9
Labor win(new seat)

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