Electoral results for the district of Ashfield-Croydon

Ashfield-Croydon, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1959 and abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1959   David Hunter Liberal
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Ashfield−Croydon.[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 14,194 60.5 +4.0
Labor Wadim Jegorow 8,814 37.6 −5.9
Independent Raymond Sharrock 445 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 23,453 97.9 −0.8
Informal votes 507 2.1 +0.8
Turnout 23,960 92.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 14,417 61.5 +5.0
Labor Wadim Jegorow 9,036 38.5 −5.0
Liberal hold Swing +5.0

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Ashfield−Croydon.[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 13,662 56.5 +19.1
Labor Brian Hannelly 10,503 43.5 +7.8
Total formal votes 24,165 98.7
Informal votes 312 1.3
Turnout 24,477 92.8
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Ashfield−Croydon.[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Ashfield−Croydon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 8,207 37.4
Labor John McCartney 7,838 35.7
Liberal Richard Murden (defeated) 5,920 26.9
Total formal votes 21,965 98.7
Informal votes 284 1.3
Turnout 22,249 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 13,607 61.9
Labor John McCartney 8,358 38.1
Liberal notional hold  
Ashfield, held by Richard Murden (Liberal) and Croydon, held by David Hunter (Liberal) were combined into one seat.

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashfield-Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr David Benjamin Hunter". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.