Electoral district of Merrylands
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]
Members for Merrylands
First incarnation (1959–1962) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Jack Ferguson | Labor | 1959–1962 | |
Second incarnation (1968–1988) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Jack Ferguson | Labor | 1968–1984 | |
Geoff Irwin | Labor | 1984–1988 |
Election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Merrylands.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Geoff Irwin | 17,874 | 63.7 | -11.6 | |
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 8,159 | 29.1 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Alan Byers | 2,045 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,078 | 96.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 4.0 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 29,234 | 93.9 | +1.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Geoff Irwin | 67.4 | -7.9 | ||
Liberal | Garo Gabrielian | 32.6 | +7.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -7.9 |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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