Electoral results for the district of Mosman

Mosman, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1913 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1991.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election	Member		Party
1913		Percy Colquhoun	Liberal Reform
1917		Percy Colquhoun	Nationalist

Election	Member		Party
1927		Richard Arthur	Nationalist
1930		Richard Arthur	Nationalist
1932		Herbert Lloyd	United Australia
1935
1938
1941		Donald Macdonald	Independent
1944		Donald Macdonald	Independent
1947		Pat Morton	Liberal
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1972 by		David Arblaster	Liberal
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984		Phillip Smiles	Liberal
1988		Phillip Smiles	Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[4]
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

1984 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[5]
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

1981 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[6]
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

1978 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[7]
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

1976 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[8]
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

1973 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[9]
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

1972 Mosman by-election
Saturday 29 July ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Arblaster	10,805	51.6	−11.1
	Labor	Anne Conlon	5,381	25.7	+6.2
	Australia	Bridget Gilling	2,757	13.2	+3.2
	Democratic Labor	Neil Mackerras	1,996	9.5	+1.7
Total formal votes			20,939	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			340	1.6	−0.1
Turnout			21,279	75.3	−16.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.1

Pat Morton (Liberal) resigned.^[10]

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[11]
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

1968 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[12]
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

1965 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[13]
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

1962 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[14]
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		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[15]
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

1956 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[16]
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

1953 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[17]
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

1950 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[18]
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

1947 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[19]
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		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[20]
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		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Ind. United Australia	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
	Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia		Swing

Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[22]
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		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert Lloyd	unopposed
	United Australia hold

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[24]
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		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[25]
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

1927 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[26]
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)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Percy Colquhoun	unopposed
	Nationalist hold

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Mosman ^[28]
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 win		(new seat)

References

^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1988 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1984 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1981 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1978 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1976 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1973 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1972 Mosman by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
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^ Green, Antony. "1968 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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^ Green, Antony. "1962 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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^ Green, Antony. "1944 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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^ Green, Antony. "1938 Mosman". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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