Electoral results for the district of Mosman

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Mosman, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1913 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1991. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1913   Percy Colquhoun Liberal Reform
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Richard Arthur Nationalist
1930
1932   Herbert Lloyd United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Donald Macdonald Independent
1944
1947   Pat Morton Liberal
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1972 by   David Arblaster Liberal
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984   Phillip Smiles Liberal
1988

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Mosman [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Phillip Smiles 21,08473.9+16.6
Labor Catherine Stanhope7,46326.1+6.6
Total formal votes28,54796.9−1.5
Informal votes9243.1+1.5
Turnout 29,47190.7
Liberal hold Swing +4.6

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Mosman [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Phillip Smiles 16,42658.6-5.6
Labor Liliane Leroy5,69320.3-15.5
Independent Dom Lopez4,57416.3+16.3
Democrats Christine Townend 1,3534.8+4.8
Total formal votes28,04698.2+1.1
Informal votes5021.8−1.1
Turnout 28,54890.8+4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Phillip Smiles 69.5+5.2
Labor Liliane Leroy30.5-5.2
Liberal hold Swing +5.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Mosman [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Arblaster 17,18764.2+2.4
Labor Richard Lancaster9,57235.8-2.4
Total formal votes26,75997.1
Informal votes7862.9
Turnout 27,54586.8
Liberal hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Mosman [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Arblaster 16,17461.8-6.8
Labor Elizabeth Hood9,98538.2+11.8
Total formal votes26,15998.0−0.9
Informal votes5372.0+0.9
Turnout 26,69689.8−2.4
Liberal hold Swing -8.3

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Mosman [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Arblaster 19,09568.6+2.6
Labor John Cahill7,35226.4+26.4
Australia John Alexander1,3985.0-20.9
Total formal votes27,84598.9+1.5
Informal votes3021.1−1.5
Turnout 28,14792.2+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Arblaster 19,51470.1-3.7
Labor John Cahill8,33129.9+29.9
Liberal hold Swing -3.7

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Mosman [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Arblaster 17,20066.0+3.3
Australia Allan Mann6,76325.9+15.9
Democratic Labor Peter Keogh2,1128.1+0.3
Total formal votes26,07597.4
Informal votes7072.6
Turnout 26,78290.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal David Arblaster 18,25670.0-3.4
Australia Allan Mann7,81930.0+30.0
Liberal hold Swing -3.4

1972 by-election

1972 Mosman by-election
Saturday 29 July [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal David Arblaster 10,80551.6-11.1
Labor Anne Conlon 5,38125.7+6.2
Australia Bridget Gilling 2,75713.2+3.2
Democratic Labor Neil Mackerras 1,9969.5+1.7
Total formal votes20,93998.4+0.1
Informal votes3401.6−0.1
Turnout 21,27975.3−16.1
Liberal hold Swing -11.1
Pat Morton (Liberal) resigned. [10]

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Mosman [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 16,30462.7-10.8
Labor Darryl Nagel5,08019.5-0.5
Australia Brian Buckley2,59510.0+10.0
Democratic Labor Ann Macken2,0347.8+1.3
Total formal votes26,01398.3
Informal votes4541.7
Turnout 26,46791.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Pat Morton 19,09973.4-5.3
Labor Darryl Nagel6,91426.6+5.3
Liberal hold Swing -5.3

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Mosman [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 18,57173.5-8.8
Labor Lipanjka Dezelin5,04920.0+20.0
Democratic Labor Geoffrey Hicks1,6316.5-11.2
Total formal votes25,25196.2
Informal votes1,0023.8
Turnout 26,25391.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Pat Morton 19,87678.7-3.6
Labor Lipanjka Dezelin5,37521.3+21.3
Liberal hold Swing -3.6

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Mosman [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 19,26882.3+1.5
Democratic Labor Francis Hicks4,14317.7−1.5
Total formal votes23,41193.9−1.4
Informal votes1,5076.1+1.4
Turnout 24,91890.6−1.0
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Mosman [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 18,90080.8−9.4
Democratic Labor Reginald Lawson4,50419.2+19.2
Total formal votes23,40495.3
Informal votes1,1474.7
Turnout 24,55191.6
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Mosman [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 20,59590.2
Communist Bill Wood2,2479.8
Total formal votes22,84295.6
Informal votes1,0624.4
Turnout 23,90492.7
Liberal hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Mosman [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 18,39678.7+3.1
Labor Malcolm Stuart−Robertson4,96821.3−3.1
Total formal votes23,36498.3+0.5
Informal votes3911.7−0.5
Turnout 23,75593.3+0.8
Liberal hold Swing +3.1

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 16,95175.6
Labor Edna Ryan 5,47424.4
Total formal votes22,42597.8
Informal votes5032.2
Turnout 22,92892.5
Liberal hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Mosman [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 14,91277.3
Labor Allan Matthews4,38422.7
Total formal votes19,29698.7
Informal votes2621.3
Turnout 19,55891.7
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Mosman [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Pat Morton 12,77355.6+30.9
Independent Donald Macdonald 10,21844.4-17.8
Total formal votes22,99198.8+1.6
Informal votes2881.2−1.6
Turnout 23,27994.7+3.4
Liberal gain from Independent Swing N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Mosman [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Donald Macdonald 12,97362.2+2.8
Democratic Frank Pursell5,15724.7-1.1
Liberal Democratic William Mason2,74113.1+13.1
Total formal votes20,87197.2−1.7
Informal votes6012.8+1.7
Turnout 21,47291.3−1.0
Independent hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Mosman [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. United Australia Donald Macdonald 12,15859.4
United Australia Herbert Lloyd 5,27625.8
Labor Brian Dooley3,04314.9
Total formal votes20,47798.9
Informal votes2271.1
Turnout 20,70492.3
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Mosman [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Herbert Lloyd 10,19154.7-45.3
United Australia Henry Storey8,44345.3+45.3
Total formal votes18,63497.9
Informal votes4022.1
Turnout 19,03695.8
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Mosman [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Herbert Lloyd 14,48786.6+22.7
Labor (NSW) William Thomason2,23613.4-7.5
Total formal votes16,72398.6+0.1
Informal votes2411.4−0.1
Turnout 16,96496.4+1.7
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Mosman [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Arthur 10,19463.9
Labor Morris Curotta3,33820.9
Independent Phillip Shipway2,41415.1
Total formal votes15,94698.5
Informal votes2431.5
Turnout 16,18994.7
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Mosman [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Arthur 10,54090.9
Independent George Barrington1,0559.1
Total formal votes11,59597.8
Informal votes2592.2
Turnout 11,85472.8
Nationalist win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Mosman [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Percy Colquhoun 5,77666.2
Labor Edward Cohen1,36015.6
Independent Liberal William Fell 1,34715.5
Independent Liberal William Bray2362.7
Total formal votes8,71999.2
Informal votes720.8
Turnout 8,79167.1
Liberal Reform win(new seat)

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