Electoral results for the district of Georges River

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Georges River, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 2007.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1930   Ted Kinsella Labor
1932   Cecil Monro United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Arthur Williams Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953   Frank O'Neill Labor
1956   Douglas Cross Liberal
1959
1962
1965
1968
1970 by   Frank Walker Labor
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988   Terry Griffiths Liberal
1991 Liberal / Independent
1995   Marie Ficarra Liberal
1999   Kevin Greene Labor
2003

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2003[edit]

2003 New South Wales state election: Georges River[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Greene 21,840 52.4 +5.3
Liberal Joanne McCafferty 13,148 31.5 -5.4
Greens Christine Welsh 2,504 6.0 +3.0
Unity John Lau 1,872 4.5 +2.5
Independent Michele Adair 1,246 3.0 +3.0
Against Further Immigration Francis Bush 577 1.4 -0.6
One Nation Mary Kennedy 529 1.3 -4.0
Total formal votes 24,628 97.7 -0.1
Informal votes 1,002 2.3 +0.1
Turnout 42,718 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Greene 24,628 63.7 +7.4
Liberal Joanne McCafferty 14,054 36.3 -7.4
Labor hold Swing +7.4

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1999[edit]

1999 New South Wales state election: Georges River[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Greene 19,548 47.1 +6.5
Liberal Marie Ficarra 15,285 36.9 -8.9
One Nation Andy Konnecke 2,193 5.3 +5.3
Greens John Kaye 1,237 3.0 +3.0
Against Further Immigration Brian McFarlane 850 2.0 -2.8
Unity Paul Celik 847 2.0 +2.0
Independent Deirdrei Bedwell 838 2.0 +2.0
Independent Annie Tang 678 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 41,476 97.7 +2.7
Informal votes 972 2.3 -2.7
Turnout 42,448 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kevin Greene 21,559 56.3 +8.3
Liberal Marie Ficarra 16,763 43.7 -8.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.3

1995[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Georges River[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marie Ficarra 16,527 49.6 -2.9
Labor Philip Sansom 11,070 33.2 +1.9
Independent Milo Dunphy 2,370 7.1 +7.1
Against Further Immigration John Justice 2,249 6.8 +6.8
Call to Australia Chris McLean 1,096 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 33,312 95.7 +2.4
Informal votes 1,500 4.3 -2.4
Turnout 34,812 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Marie Ficarra 18,175 58.0 -3.4
Labor Philip Sansom 13,156 42.0 +3.4
Liberal hold Swing -3.4

1991[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Georges River[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Terry Griffiths 16,966 52.5 +0.8
Labor Philip Sansom 10,117 31.3 -3.0
Independent Bill Pickering 1,716 5.3 -2.7
Independent Ross Green 1,318 4.1 +4.1
Democrats Paul Kekel 1,038 3.2 +3.2
Independent Fred Cavanagh 1,010 3.1 +3.1
Independent Brian Meyer 121 0.4 -0.2
Total formal votes 32,286 93.3 -4.5
Informal votes 2,304 6.7 +4.5
Turnout 34,590 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Terry Griffiths 18,226 61.4 +1.3
Labor Philip Sansom 11,468 38.6 -1.3
Liberal hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1988[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Georges River[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 12,615 41.9 -14.1
Liberal Terry Griffiths 12,018 39.9 -4.2
Independent William Pickering 4,162 13.8 +13.8
Independent Beverley Giergerl 1,051 3.5 +3.5
Independent Brian Meyer 287 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 30,133 97.4 -0.1
Informal votes 820 2.6 +0.1
Turnout 30,953 96.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Terry Griffiths 15,087 52.1 +8.0
Labor Frank Walker 13,883 47.9 -8.0
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.0

1984[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Georges River[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 15,792 55.0 -5.9
Liberal Warren Griffin 12,920 45.0 +18.0
Total formal votes 28,712 97.7 +0.3
Informal votes 686 2.3 -0.3
Turnout 29,398 94.9 +1.4
Labor hold Swing -14.0

1981[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Georges River[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 17,368 60.9 -4.3
Liberal Terence Morgan 7,692 27.0 -4.1
Independent Phillip Gerlach 2,162 7.6 +7.6
Independent Bruce Galloway 775 2.7 +2.7
Democrats Wallace Burak 418 1.5 -2.2
Independent Eric Stavely-Alexander 106 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 28,521 97.4
Informal votes 752 2.6
Turnout 29,273 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walker 17,568 69.0 +2.0
Liberal Terence Morgan 7,892 31.0 -2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1978[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Georges River[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 20,626 65.2 +12.4
Liberal John Lyon 9,847 31.1 -16.1
Democrats Montague Greene 1,156 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 31,629 98.4 -0.2
Informal votes 514 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 32,143 94.4 -1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walker 21,204 67.0 +14.2
Liberal John Lyon 10,425 33.0 -14.2
Labor hold Swing +14.2

1976[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Georges River[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 16,929 52.8 +7.4
Liberal Maxwell Gibson 15,111 47.2 +2.8
Total formal votes 32,040 98.6 +0.7
Informal votes 448 1.4 -0.7
Turnout 32,488 95.5 +0.2
Labor hold Swing +2.1

1973[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Georges River[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 13,533 45.4 -6.0
Liberal Roderick MacKenzie 13,241 44.4 -4.2
Australia Peter Eden 1,614 5.4 +5.4
Democratic Labor Charles Kane 845 2.8 +2.8
Independent Kenneth Cavanough 555 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 29,7888 97.9
Informal votes 631 2.1
Turnout 30,419 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walker 15,103 50.7 -0.7
Liberal Roderick MacKenzie 14,685 49.3 +0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7

1971[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Georges River[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 13,319 51.4 +7.6
Liberal Vince Bruce 12,573 48.6 -7.6
Total formal votes 25,892 98.5
Informal votes 382 1.5
Turnout 26,274 95.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +7.6

1970 by-election[edit]

1970 Georges River by-election
Saturday 19 September [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Walker 12,104 47.8 +6.5
Liberal John Tonkin 10,208 40.3 -18.4
Defence of Government Schools Robin Alleway 1,847 7.3
Democratic Labor B Payne 1,040 4.1
Independent W L Hutchinson 118 0.5
Total formal votes 25,317 98.0 +0.8
Informal votes 514 2.0 -0.5
Turnout 25,831 86.0 -9.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Walker 13,256 52.4 +11.1
Liberal John Tonkin 12,061 47.6 -11.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing 11.1
Douglas Cross (Liberal) died.[15]

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1968[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Georges River[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 16,036 58.7 +2.3
Labor Ernest Curlisa 11,285 41.3 -2.3
Total formal votes 27,321 97.5
Informal votes 687 2.5
Turnout 28,008 95.3
Liberal hold Swing +2.3

1965[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Georges River[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 16,497 58.3 +5.7
Labor William Robinson 11,802 41.7 −4.3
Total formal votes 28,299 98.3 −0.5
Informal votes 476 1.7 +0.5
Turnout 28,775 95.4 −0.2
Liberal hold Swing +5.0

1962[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Georges River[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 14,063 52.6 +0.3
Labor Albert Kealman 12,297 46.0 +1.5
Independent Fitzgerald Mulholland 395 1.5 +0.1
Total formal votes 26,755 98.8
Informal votes 323 1.2
Turnout 27,078 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 14,261 53.3 −1.2
Labor Albert Kealman 12,494 46.7 +1.2
Liberal hold Swing −1.2

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1959[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Georges River[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,919 52.3
Labor Albert Kealman 10,989 44.5
Democratic Labor Kevin Davis 470 1.9
Independent Fitzgerald Mulholland 336 1.4
Total formal votes 24,714 98.5
Informal votes 382 1.5
Turnout 25,096 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 13,463 54.5
Labor Albert Kealman 11,251 45.5
Liberal hold Swing

1956[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Georges River[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,852 52.4 +11.0
Labor Frank O'Neill 10,765 43.9 −14.7
Communist Paul Mortier 907 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 24,524 98.5 +0.5
Informal votes 365 1.5 −0.5
Turnout 24,889 94.7 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Douglas Cross 12,943 52.8 +11.4
Labor Frank O'Neill 11,581 47.2 −11.4
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.4

1953[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Georges River[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank O'Neill 12,310 58.6
Liberal Samuel Warren 8,711 41.4
Total formal votes 21,021 98.0
Informal votes 428 2.0
Turnout 21,449 94.6
Labor hold Swing

1950[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Georges River[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Williams 12,225 54.7
Liberal Charles Little 10,146 45.3
Total formal votes 22,371 98.5
Informal votes 349 1.5
Turnout 22,720 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1947[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Georges River[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Williams 15,645 52.4 -9.6
Liberal Ray Watson 14,236 47.6 +9.6
Total formal votes 29,881 98.6 +2.1
Informal votes 438 1.4 -2.1
Turnout 30,319 95.2 +3.0
Labor hold Swing -9.6

1944[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Georges River[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Williams 14,582 62.0 +4.5
Democratic Hedley Mallard 8,953 38.0 -4.5
Total formal votes 23,535 96.5 -1.7
Informal votes 843 3.5 +1.7
Turnout 24,378 92.2 -1.9
Labor hold Swing +4.5

1941[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Georges River[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Williams 12,417 57.5
United Australia Cecil Monro 9,190 42.5
Total formal votes 21,607 98.2
Informal votes 383 1.8
Turnout 22,000 94.1
Labor gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s[edit]

1938[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Georges River[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Cecil Monro 13,222 57.4 +5.7
Labor Albert Kealman 9,811 42.6 -2.1
Total formal votes 23,033 97.3 -0.2
Informal votes 633 2.7 +0.2
Turnout 23,666 96.3 -0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Georges River[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Cecil Monro 10,770 51.7 -4.0
Labor (NSW) Ted Kinsella 9,315 44.7 +6.1
Centre James Fowler 762 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 20,847 97.5 -1.0
Informal votes 527 2.5 +1.0
Turnout 21,374 96.6 -0.4
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Georges River[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Cecil Monro 10,906 55.7 +18.3
Labor (NSW) Ted Kinsella 7,546 38.6 -14.5
Federal Labor John Keegan 902 4.6 +4.6
Communist Patrick Drew 214 1.1 +0.3
Total formal votes 19,568 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 294 1.5 -0.3
Turnout 19,862 97.0 +1.2
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Georges River[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ted Kinsella 9,668 53.1
Nationalist Cecil Monro 6,814 37.4
Australian Hedley Mallard 1,569 8.6
Communist Patrick Drew 147 0.8
Total formal votes 18,198 98.2
Informal votes 333 1.8
Turnout 18,531 95.8
Labor win (new seat)

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