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 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Richard Arthur | Nationalist | |
1930 | |||
1932 | Herbert Lloyd | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | Donald Macdonald | Independent | |
1944 | |||
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 |
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
edit1988
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1978
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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 |
1971
editParty | 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
edit1968
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1959
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1947
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1938
editParty | 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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Herbert Lloyd | unopposed | |||
United Australia hold |
1932
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1927
editParty | 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
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Percy Colquhoun | unopposed | |||
Nationalist hold |
1913
editParty | 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) |
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