Electoral results for the district of Concord

Concord, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1930   Henry McDicken Labor
1932   Stan Lloyd United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Bill Carlton Labor
1944
1947
1949 by   Brice Mutton Liberal
1950 by   John Adamson Liberal
1950
1953   Thomas Murphy Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Concord [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,883 47.8 −5.6
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,721 47.1 +3.3
Democratic Labor William Doherty 1,155 5.1 +2.3
Total formal votes 22,759 97.8 −1.0
Informal votes 509 2.2 +1.0
Turnout 23,268 94.7 +0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,425 50.2 −3.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,334 49.8 +3.7
Labor hold Swing −3.7

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Concord [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 12,896 53.4 +4.3
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,593 43.8 −1.6
Democratic Labor John Winters 682 2.8 −2.7
Total formal votes 24,171 98.8
Informal votes 295 1.2
Turnout 24,466 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 13,032 53.9 +2.3
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,139 46.1 −2.3
Labor hold Swing +2.3

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Concord [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,165 49.1
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,333 45.4
Democratic Labor Jack Kane 1,258 5.5
Total formal votes 22,756 98.3
Informal votes 400 1.7
Turnout 23,156 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,753 51.7
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,003 48.3
Labor hold Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Concord [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,231 49.2 +3.9
Labor Thomas Murphy 9,833 47.2 −7.5
Communist Leslie Greenfield 749 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 20,813 98.2 +0.1
Informal votes 375 1.8 −0.1
Turnout 21,188 94.1 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,450 50.2 −4.5
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 10,363 49.8 +4.5
Labor hold Swing −4.5

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Concord [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,661 54.7
Liberal John Adamson 9,673 45.3
Total formal votes 21,334 98.1
Informal votes 421 1.9
Turnout 21,755 94.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Concord [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Adamson 12,546 53.1
Labor Thomas Murphy 11,062 46.9
Total formal votes 23,608 98.9
Informal votes 264 1.1
Turnout 23,872 95.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing N/A
The sitting member, Bill Carlton (Labor), died in 1949. The 1949 by-election was won by Brice Mutton (Liberal), however he died nine months later, with John Adamson (Liberal) winning the 1950 by-election.

1950 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1950 Concord state by-election § Result.[edit]
1950 Concord by-election
Saturday 11 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Adamson 11,495 51.1 +1.1
Labor Hector McDonald 11,020 48.9 −1.1
Total formal votes 22,515 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 258 1.1 −0.8
Turnout 22,773 89.2 −1.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.1
The by-election was caused by the death of Brice Mutton (Liberal).[11]

Elections in the 1940s

1949 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1949 Concord state by-election § Result.[edit]
1949 Concord by-election
Saturday 12 March [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Brice Mutton 10,495 47.0
Labor James Moloney 9,353 21.9
Lang Labor Lyle Armstrong 2,503 11.2
Total formal votes 22,351 98.1 −0.4
Informal votes 422 1.9 +0.4
Turnout 22,773 90.7 −5.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Brice Mutton 11,184 50.04 +3.64
Labor James Moloney 11,167 49.96 −3.64
Liberal gain from Labor Swing 3.64
The by-election was caused by the death of Bill Carlton (Labor).[13]

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Concord [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Carlton 12,387 53.6 +9.4
Liberal Brice Mutton 10,722 46.4 +26.9
Total formal votes 23,109 98.5 +1.3
Informal votes 354 1.5 −1.3
Turnout 23,463 95.9 +3.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Concord [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Carlton 9,055 44.2 −1.5
Liberal Democratic Brice Mutton 4,279 20.9 +20.9
Democratic Roland Murray 4,001 19.5 −21.2
Lang Labor Gustav Truer 3,174 15.5 +15.5
Total formal votes 20,509 97.2 −0.9
Informal votes 590 2.8 +0.9
Turnout 21,099 92.8 −0.8
After distribution of preferences
Labor Bill Carlton 11,600 56.6
Liberal Democratic Brice Mutton 4,693 22.9
Democratic Roland Murray 4,216 20.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Concord [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Carlton 8,982 45.7
United Australia Stan Lloyd 7,984 40.7
State Labor Rupert Lockwood 2,671 13.6
Total formal votes 19,637 98.1
Informal votes 371 1.9
Turnout 20,008 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Carlton 11,130 56.7
United Australia Stan Lloyd 8,507 43.3
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Concord [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 10,489 56.4 +5.5
Labor Leonard Thompson 8,121 43.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 18,610 98.3 +0.4
Informal votes 317 1.7 −0.4
Turnout 18,927 96.7 −1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Concord [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 9,101 50.9 −5.2
Labor (NSW) Alan McNamara 7,151 40.0 −3.2
Federal Labor Henry McDicken 1,219 6.8 +6.8
Centre Aubrey Murphy 391 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 17,862 97.9 −0.6
Informal votes 383 2.1 +0.6
Turnout 18,245 97.7 +0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Concord [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Stan Lloyd 9,773 56.1 +17.6
Labor (NSW) Henry McDicken 7,528 43.2 −18.3
Communist Robert Thomson 111 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 17,412 98.5 −0.5
Informal votes 259 1.5 +0.5
Turnout 17,671 97.3 +0.2
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Concord.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Concord [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Henry McDicken 10,702 61.5
Nationalist Frederick Stewart 6,708 38.5
Total formal votes 17,410 99.0
Informal votes 169 1.0
Turnout 17,579 97.1
Labor win (new seat)
Concord was a new seat, and comprised part of the district of Ryde and the abolished district of Eastwood. Henry McDicken (Labor) was the member for Ryde.

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