Electoral district of Elizabeth (New South Wales)
Appearance
Elizabeth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1981, partly replacing Phillip, and including central Sydney and nearby suburbs, alongside Lord Howe Island.[1] It was abolished at the following redistribution in 1988 and largely replaced by the district of McKell.[2][3]
Members for Elizabeth
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
---|---|---|---|
Pat Hills[4] | Labor | 1981–1988 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Pat Hills | 18,563 | 77.0 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | John Davison | 3,420 | 14.2 | −4.9 | |
Communist | Aileen Beaver | 2,115 | 8.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,098 | 93.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,689 | 6.6 | |||
Turnout | 25,787 | 82.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Pat Hills | 20,063 | 84.7 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | John Davison | 3,620 | 15.3 | −3.3 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +3.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORATES AND ELECTIONS ACT, 1912.—PROCLAMATION". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. No. 53. New South Wales, Australia. 28 March 1980. p. 1503. Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Patrick Darcy Hills (1917-1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Elizabeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.