Electoral results for the district of Phillip

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Phillip, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1904 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1981. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1904   Phillip Sullivan Labour
1907   Richard Meagher Independent
1910   Labor
1913   Labor / Independent Labor
1917   John Doyle Labor
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Michael Burke Labor
1930   Tom Shannon Labor
1932   Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor / Labor (N-C)
1941 Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1954 by   Pat Hills Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1972
1975
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Phillip [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 18,45072.4+2.9
Liberal Philip Daley4,87319.1-3.5
Communist Judy Mundey 1,2625.0-0.7
Socialist Workers Gordon Adler8953.5+1.3
Total formal votes25,48096.1−0.8
Informal votes1,0433.9+0.8
Turnout 26,52385.2+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 20,32079.7+3.7
Liberal Philip Daley5,16020.3-3.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Phillip [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 18,73269.5+4.0
Liberal Peter Starr6,08622.6+4.4
Communist Judy Mundey 1,5405.7+2.4
Socialist Workers Deborah Shnookal5942.2+2.2
Total formal votes26,95296.9+2.6
Informal votes8643.1−2.6
Turnout 27,81684.4+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 20,47276.0+1.1
Liberal Peter Starr6,48024.0-1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Phillip [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 16,52365.5-6.6
Liberal Walter O'Donoghue4,59418.2-1.3
Australia Jennifer Baker1,8317.3+7.3
Democratic Labor Kristina Aster-Stater1,0074.0-4.4
Communist Joseph Owens8383.3+3.3
Independent John Hawkins4361.7+1.7
Total formal votes25,22994.3
Informal votes1,5145.7
Turnout 26,74383.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 18,90074.9+1.1
Liberal Walter O'Donoghue6,32925.1-1.1
Labor hold Swing +1.1

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Phillip [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 16,90472.1+3.3
Liberal Ronald Hack4,56719.5-3.9
Democratic Labor John Fox1,9748.4+0.6
Total formal votes23,44596.0
Informal votes9734.0
Turnout 24,41888.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 17,29973.8+3.4
Liberal Ronald Hack6,14626.2-3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Phillip [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 16,82968.8+10.1
Liberal Terence Tomlin5,72623.4-8.8
Democratic Labor Doris Brown1,9017.8+7.8
Total formal votes24,45895.3
Informal votes1,1944.7
Turnout 25,65090.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 17,20970.4-2.5
Liberal Terence Tomlin7,24729.6+2.5
Labor hold Swing -2.5

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Phillip [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 12,39258.7−9.7
Liberal Kenneth McKimm6,79432.2+5.8
Communist Walter Buckley1,5707.4+2.1
Independent John Walsh3601.7+1.7
Total formal votes21,11696.1−0.8
Informal votes8483.9+0.8
Turnout 21,96489.3−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 13,82865.5−7.1
Liberal Kenneth McKimm7,28834.5+7.1
Labor hold Swing −7.1

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Phillip [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 15,66568.4+3.0
Liberal Jean Wood6,04026.4−2.4
Communist Joy Williams1,2125.3−0.4
Total formal votes22,91796.9
Informal votes7413.1
Turnout 23,65889.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 16,63572.6+2.8
Liberal Jean Wood6,28227.4−2.8
Labor hold Swing +2.8

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Phillip [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 15,48769.4
Liberal Warwick Dunkley5,53924.8
Communist Ernie Thornton 1,2765.7
Total formal votes22,30296.7
Informal votes7713.3
Turnout 23,07389.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 16,50874.0
Liberal Warwick Dunkley5,79426.0
Labor hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Phillip [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 14,28775.6−24.4
Lang Labor Francis Mohan3,19716.9+16.9
Communist Robert Webster1,4077.5+7.5
Total formal votes18,79195.8
Informal votes8324.2
Turnout 19,72392.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Pat Hills 15,34281.2−18.8
Lang Labor Francis Mohan3,54918.8+18.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

1954 by-election

1954 Phillip by-election
Saturday 14 August [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pat Hills 11,45073.3
Independent Wal Campbell 4,16426.7
Total formal votes15,61497.6
Informal votes3922.4
Turnout 16,00669.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
Tom Shannon (Labor) died. [13]

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Phillip [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold 

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Phillip [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 15,39078.7
Liberal Henry Clarke4,16121.3
Total formal votes19,55197.2
Informal votes5662.8
Turnout 20,11789.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Phillip [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 12,04062.2+2.9
Lang Labor Michael Moore3,58618.5-22.2
Independent Henry Dixon2,16111.2+11.2
Communist Thomas Payne1,5808.2+8.2
Total formal votes19,36795.5+0.9
Informal votes9024.5−0.9
Turnout 20,26991.9+3.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Phillip [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 10,19859.3-14.0
Lang Labor Les Dorney7,00840.7+40.7
Total formal votes17,20694.6−0.6
Informal votes9885.4+0.6
Turnout 18,19488.6+1.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Phillip [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 12,68973.3
Independent Diana Gould2,34713.5
State Labor Tom Morey 2,27913.2
Total formal votes17,31595.2
Informal votes8704.8
Turnout 18,18587.6
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Phillip [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon unopposed
Labor hold 

1935

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Phillip [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Tom Shannon 10,70870.5-12.7
United Australia William Adkins3,34722.0+7.2
Federal Labor Ronald Wyllie7865.2+5.2
Communist Edward Docker3542.3+0.3
Total formal votes15,19596.3−1.1
Informal votes5853.7+1.1
Turnout 15,78093.3+2.2
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Phillip [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Tom Shannon 12,15283.2
Nationalist William Adkins2,16714.8
Communist Edwin Hill2962.0
Total formal votes14,61597.4
Informal votes3972.6
Turnout 15,01291.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Phillip [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Michael Burke 8,64579.3
Nationalist William Weller2,11119.4
Independent Mary Grayndler1471.4
Total formal votes10,90398.4
Informal votes1811.6
Turnout 11,08475.0
Labor win(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Phillip [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Doyle 3,91365.2-18.1
Independent Labor Richard Meagher 2,05634.3+34.3
Ind. Socialist Labor James Slade310.5+0.5
Total formal votes6,00098.9+1.4
Informal votes661.1−1.4
Turnout 6,06661.4+4.5
Labor hold Swing -18.1
The sitting member Richard Meagher was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. [25]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Phillip [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Richard Meagher 4,75583.3
Liberal Reform Eden George 95416.7
Total formal votes5,70997.5
Informal votes1452.5
Turnout 5,85456.9
Labor hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Phillip [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Meagher 4,10876.1+33.5
Liberal Reform Henry Manning 1,23622.9-5.8
Independent William Leonard510.9
Total formal votes5,39597.1+0.2
Informal votes1632.9+0.2
Turnout 5,55865.6−6.9
Member changed to Labour from Independent  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Phillip [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Richard Meagher 2,57842.6
Liberal Reform John Garland 1,73528.7
Labour Phillip Sullivan 1,73528.7
Total formal votes6,04897.3
Informal votes1702.7
Turnout 6,21872.5
Independent gain from Labour  

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Phillip [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phillip Sullivan 2,97756.2
Liberal Reform Francis Boyce 2,12040.0
Independent Liberal Samuel Wolfe1763.3
Socialist Labor Francis Drake180.3
Total formal votes5,29898.9
Informal votes591.1
Turnout 5,35759.1
Labour win(new seat)
Phillip was a new seat and consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-Phillip and Darlington. The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour). The member for Sydney-Phillip was Daniel O'Connor (Progressive) who did not contest the election.

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