Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales)

Croydon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, with the abolition of proportional representation from part of the multi-member electorate of Western Suburbs, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Croydon. It was abolished in 1959 and partly combined with Ashfield to create Ashfield-Croydon.[1]

Members for Croydon

MemberPartyTerm
  Bertram Stevens[2] Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1940
  David Hunter[3] United Australia 1940–1945
  Liberal 1945–1959

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Croydon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Hunter 11,545 61.6 +6.7
Labor Frank Zions 7,185 38.4 −6.7
Total formal votes 18,730 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 234 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 18,964 93.0 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing+6.7

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Croydon[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Hunter 10,844 54.9
Labor Kenneth Guthrie 8,924 45.1
Total formal votes 19,768 98.3
Informal votes 337 1.7
Turnout 20,105 93.7
Liberal hold Swing

1950

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Croydon[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal David Hunter 13,838 62.5 +0.5
Labor Clive Leroy 8,292 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 22,130 98.6 +3.5
Informal votes 307 1.4 -3.5
Turnout 22,437 93.9 +3.1
Liberal hold SwingN/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Croydon[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic David Hunter 12,120 62.0 +5.0
Independent David Knox 7,433 38.0 +38.0
Total formal votes 19,553 95.1 -2.1
Informal votes 997 4.9 +2.1
Turnout 20,550 90.8 -2.3
Democratic hold SwingN/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Croydon[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia David Hunter 11,074 57.0
Labor Daniel Murphy 8,342 43.0
Total formal votes 19,416 97.2
Informal votes 554 2.8
Turnout 19,970 93.1
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Croydon[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,765 69.6 +5.1
Independent Garry Gordon 5,142 30.4 +30.4
Total formal votes 16,907 93.9 -4.5
Informal votes 1,104 6.1 +4.5
Turnout 18,011 94.7 -1.2
United Australia hold SwingN/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Croydon[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,058 64.5 -5.9
Labor (NSW) Archibald Pattinson 4,083 23.8 -5.8
Social Credit Harold Bondeson 1,996 11.7 +11.7
Total formal votes 17,137 98.4 -0.5
Informal votes 282 1.6 +0.5
Turnout 17,419 95.9 +0.6
United Australia hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Croydon[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
United Australia Bertram Stevens 11,962 70.4 +20.8
Labor (NSW) John Eldridge 5,031 29.6 -10.1
Total formal votes 16,993 98.9 +0.8
Informal votes 195 1.1 -0.8
Turnout 17,188 95.3 +2.0
United Australia hold Swing+16.0

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Croydon[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 8,204 49.6
Labor Cecil Newsome 6,564 39.7
Australian Raymond Ritchie 1,683 10.2
Communist Samuel Aarons 96 0.6
Total formal votes 16,547 98.1
Informal votes 323 1.9
Turnout 16,870 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 9,006 54.4
Labor Cecil Newsome 7,541 45.6
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Croydon[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist Bertram Stevens 10,019 66.4
Labor Ernest Cook 5,058 33.6
Total formal votes 15,077 99.0
Informal votes 159 1.0
Turnout 15,236 83.2
Nationalist win (new seat)

References

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  2. "Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (1889–1973)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  3. "Mr David Benjamin Hunter". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1956 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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  7. Green, Antony. "1947 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1944 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. Green, Antony. "1941 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. Green, Antony. "1938 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. Green, Antony. "1935 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. Green, Antony. "1932 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. Green, Antony. "1930 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. Green, Antony. "1927 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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