Electoral district of Concord

Concord was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Concord. It was abolished in 1968.[1]

Members for Concord

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry McDicken[2] Labor 1930–1932
  Stan Lloyd[3] United Australia 1932–1941
  Bill Carlton[4] Labor 1941–1949
  Brice Mutton[5] Liberal 1949–1949
  John Adamson[6] Liberal 1949–1953
  Thomas Murphy[7] Labor 1953–1968

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Concord[8]
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

1962 New South Wales state election: Concord[9]
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

1959 New South Wales state election: Concord[10]
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

1956 New South Wales state election: Concord[11]
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

1953 New South Wales state election: Concord[12]
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

1950 New South Wales state election: Concord[13]
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 SwingN/A

Elections in the 1940s

1947

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 SwingN/A

1944

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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1941

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

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 SwingN/A

1935

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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

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) SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

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 hold Swing

References

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  3. "Mr Stanley Allan Lloyd (1889–1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. "Mr William Joseph Carlton (1894 - 1949)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Brice Mutton (1890–1949)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "Mr John Clark Adamson (1910-1984)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  7. "Mr Thomas Patrick Murphy (1906 - 1978)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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