Electoral results for the district of Mosman
Appearance
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]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1913 | Percy Colquhoun | Liberal Reform | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
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
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Phillip Smiles | 21,084 | 73.9 | +16.6 | |
Labor | Catherine Stanhope | 7,463 | 26.1 | +6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 28,547 | 96.9 | −1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 924 | 3.1 | +1.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,471 | 90.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Phillip Smiles | 16,426 | 58.6 | −5.6 | |
Labor | Liliane Leroy | 5,693 | 20.3 | −15.5 | |
Independent | Dom Lopez | 4,574 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Democrats | Christine Townend | 1,353 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,046 | 98.2 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 502 | 1.8 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 28,548 | 90.8 | +4.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Phillip Smiles | 69.5 | +5.2 | ||
Labor | Liliane Leroy | 30.5 | −5.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Arblaster | 17,187 | 64.2 | +2.4 | |
Labor | Richard Lancaster | 9,572 | 35.8 | −2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 26,759 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 786 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 27,545 | 86.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Arblaster | 16,174 | 61.8 | −6.8 | |
Labor | Elizabeth Hood | 9,985 | 38.2 | +11.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,159 | 98.0 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 537 | 2.0 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 26,696 | 89.8 | −2.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.3 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Arblaster | 19,095 | 68.6 | +2.6 | |
Labor | John Cahill | 7,352 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Australia | John Alexander | 1,398 | 5.0 | −20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 27,845 | 98.9 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 302 | 1.1 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,147 | 92.2 | +1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | David Arblaster | 19,514 | 70.1 | −3.7 | |
Labor | John Cahill | 8,331 | 29.9 | +29.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.7 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Arblaster | 17,200 | 66.0 | +3.3 | |
Australia | Allan Mann | 6,763 | 25.9 | +15.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Keogh | 2,112 | 8.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 26,075 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 707 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 26,782 | 90.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | David Arblaster | 18,256 | 70.0 | −3.4 | |
Australia | Allan Mann | 7,819 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.4 |
1972 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Arblaster | 10,805 | 51.6 | −11.1 | |
Labor | Anne Conlon | 5,381 | 25.7 | +6.2 | |
Australia | Bridget Gilling | 2,757 | 13.2 | +3.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Neil Mackerras | 1,996 | 9.5 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 20,939 | 98.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 340 | 1.6 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,279 | 75.3 | −16.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −11.1 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 16,304 | 62.7 | −10.8 | |
Labor | Darryl Nagel | 5,080 | 19.5 | −0.5 | |
Australia | Brian Buckley | 2,595 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Ann Macken | 2,034 | 7.8 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 26,013 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 454 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 26,467 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Pat Morton | 19,099 | 73.4 | −5.3 | |
Labor | Darryl Nagel | 6,914 | 26.6 | +5.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.3 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 18,571 | 73.5 | −8.8 | |
Labor | Lipanjka Dezelin | 5,049 | 20.0 | +20.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Geoffrey Hicks | 1,631 | 6.5 | −11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 25,251 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,002 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 26,253 | 91.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Pat Morton | 19,876 | 78.7 | −3.6 | |
Labor | Lipanjka Dezelin | 5,375 | 21.3 | +21.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −3.6 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 19,268 | 82.3 | +1.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Hicks | 4,143 | 17.7 | −1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,411 | 93.9 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,507 | 6.1 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 24,918 | 90.6 | −1.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 18,900 | 80.8 | −9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Reginald Lawson | 4,504 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Total formal votes | 23,404 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,147 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 24,551 | 91.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 20,595 | 90.2 | ||
Communist | Bill Wood | 2,247 | 9.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,842 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,062 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 23,904 | 92.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 18,396 | 78.7 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Malcolm Stuart−Robertson | 4,968 | 21.3 | −3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 23,364 | 98.3 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 391 | 1.7 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 23,755 | 93.3 | +0.8 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 16,951 | 75.6 | ||
Labor | Edna Ryan | 5,474 | 24.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,425 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 503 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 22,928 | 92.5 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 14,912 | 77.3 | ||
Labor | Allan Matthews | 4,384 | 22.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,296 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 262 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 19,558 | 91.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Pat Morton | 12,773 | 55.6 | +30.9 | |
Independent | Donald Macdonald | 10,218 | 44.4 | −17.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,991 | 98.8 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 288 | 1.2 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,279 | 94.7 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Donald Macdonald | 12,973 | 62.2 | +2.8 | |
Democratic | Frank Pursell | 5,157 | 24.7 | −1.1 | |
Liberal Democratic | William Mason | 2,741 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 20,871 | 97.2 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 601 | 2.8 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 21,472 | 91.3 | −1.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. United Australia | Donald Macdonald | 12,158 | 59.4 | ||
United Australia | Herbert Lloyd | 5,276 | 25.8 | ||
Labor | Brian Dooley | 3,043 | 14.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,477 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 227 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 20,704 | 92.3 | |||
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Herbert Lloyd | 10,191 | 54.7 | −45.3 | |
United Australia | Henry Storey | 8,443 | 45.3 | +45.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,634 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 402 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 19,036 | 95.8 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Herbert Lloyd | unopposed | |||
United Australia hold |
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Herbert Lloyd | 14,487 | 86.6 | +22.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | William Thomason | 2,236 | 13.4 | −7.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,723 | 98.6 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 241 | 1.4 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,964 | 96.4 | +1.7 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Richard Arthur | 10,194 | 63.9 | ||
Labor | Morris Curotta | 3,338 | 20.9 | ||
Independent | Phillip Shipway | 2,414 | 15.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,946 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 243 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 16,189 | 94.7 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Richard Arthur | 10,540 | 90.9 | ||
Independent | George Barrington | 1,055 | 9.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,595 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 259 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,854 | 72.8 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Percy Colquhoun | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Percy Colquhoun | 5,776 | 66.2 | ||
Labor | Edward Cohen | 1,360 | 15.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | William Fell | 1,347 | 15.5 | ||
Independent Liberal | William Bray | 236 | 2.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,719 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,791 | 67.1 | |||
Liberal Reform win | (new seat) |
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