Electoral district of Mosman

Mosman was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1913 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Mosman. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Middle Harbour. Mosman was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1991.[1]

Members for Mosman
First incarnation (1913–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Percy Colquhoun Liberal Reform 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
Single-member (1927–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Richard Arthur Nationalist 1927–1932
  Herbert Lloyd United Australia 1932–1941
  Donald Macdonald Independent 1941–1947
  Pat Morton Liberal 1947–1972
  David Arblaster Liberal 1972–1984
  Phillip Smiles Liberal 1984–1991

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1988 New South Wales state election: Mosman [2]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1984 New South Wales state election: Mosman [3]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1981 New South Wales state election: Mosman [4]
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

1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Mosman [5]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Mosman [6]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Mosman [7]
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
This section is an excerpt from 1972 Mosman state by-election § Results[edit]
1972 Mosman state by-election [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Arblaster 10,805 51.60 -11.08
Labor Anne Conlon 5,381 25.70
Australia Bridget Gilling 2,757 13.17
Democratic Labor Neil Mackerras 1,996 9.53
Total formal votes 20,939 73.69
Informal votes 340 1.60
Turnout 21,279 75.29
Liberal hold Swing-11.08

1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Mosman[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Mosman [9]
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

1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Mosman [10]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Mosman [11]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Mosman [12]
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 SwingN/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Mosman [13]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Mosman [14]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman [15]
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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Mosman [16]
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

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Mosman [17]
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 SwingN/A

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Mosman [18]
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 SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Mosman [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent 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
Independent UAP gain from United Australia Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Mosman [20]
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 SwingN/A

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Mosman [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Herbert Lloyd unopposed
United Australia hold Swing

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Mosman [22]
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 SwingN/A

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Mosman [23]
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

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Mosman [24]
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)

Elections in the 1910s

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Mosman [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Percy Colquhoun unopposed
Nationalist hold  

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Mosman[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Mosman [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
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 hold  
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