Hurstville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.
It was first established prior to the 1913 state election. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927 and dissolved in a distribution prior to the 1999 state election. Between 1991 and 1999 it was held by Morris Iemma who went on to become Premier of New South Wales in August 2005.[1][2][3]
Members for Hurstville
| First incarnation (1913–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Sam Toombs | Labor | 1913–1917 | |
| Thomas Ley | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1927–1999) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Walter Butler | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
| James Webb | United Australia | 1932–1939 | |
| Clive Evatt | Industrial Labor | 1939 | |
| Labor | 1939–1956 | ||
| Independent | 1956–1959 | ||
| Bill Rigby | Labor | 1959–1965 | |
| Tom Mead | Liberal | 1965–1976 | |
| Kevin Ryan | Labor | 1976–1984 | |
| Guy Yeomans | Liberal | 1984–1991 | |
| Morris Iemma | Labor | 1991–1999 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Morris Iemma | 18,771 | 57.1 | +8.3 | |
| Liberal | Mick Frawley | 12,759 | 38.8 | -3.3 | |
| Independent | Saad Turk | 1,369 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,899 | 93.6 | +4.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,240 | 6.4 | -4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,139 | 94.3 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Morris Iemma | 19,410 | 59.6 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal | Mick Frawley | 13,131 | 40.4 | -5.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.0 | |||
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hurstville". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Hurstville". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.