Electoral results for the district of Woronora

Woronora, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1904 and from 1973 to 1988.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Election	Member		Party
1894		John Nicholson ^[a]	Independent Labour
1895			Independent Labour
1898			Free Trade
1901			Independent Labour

Election	Member		Party
1973		Maurie Keane	Labor
1976
1978
1981
1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Keane	17,490	51.2	−10.9
	Liberal	Chris Downy	15,221	44.5	+6.6
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	1,462	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			34,173	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			634	1.8	−0.6
Turnout			34,807	95.2	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Keane		53.3	−8.8
	Liberal	Chris Downy		46.7	+8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurie Keane	18,646	62.1	−4.5
	Liberal	Chris Downy	11,405	37.9	+13.0
Total formal votes			30,051	97.6
Informal votes			734	2.4
Turnout			30,785	93.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.5

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurie Keane	21,286	66.6	+8.5
	Liberal	Brian Hickey	7,973	24.9	−17.0
	Democrats	Robert Davis	2,706	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			31,965	98.4	−0.1
Informal votes			520	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			32,485	93.1	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurie Keane	22,629	70.8	+12.7
	Liberal	Brian Hickey	9,326	29.2	−12.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.7

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurie Keane	18,113	58.1	+12.5
	Liberal	Ronald Ricketts	13,067	41.9	+5.2
Total formal votes			31,180	98.5	+1.2
Informal votes			488	1.5	−1.2
Turnout			31,668	94.7	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.9

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurie Keane	12,747	45.6
	Liberal	Evelyn Thompson	10,261	36.7
	Independent	Jean Manuel	2,816	10.1
	Independent	Walter Skarschewski	1,337	4.8
	Democratic Labor	William Goslett	801	2.9
Total formal votes			27,962	97.3
Informal votes			761	2.7
Turnout			28,723	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurie Keane	14,586	52.2	−3.5
	Liberal	Evelyn Thompson	13,376	47.8	+3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.5

District recreated

1904 - 1973

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Woronora ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	John Nicholson ^[a]	1,099	56.4	−10.3
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Bissell	834	42.8
	Labour	John Wonders	16	0.8
Total formal votes			1,949	98.6	−0.8
Informal votes			27	1.4	+0.8
Turnout			1,976	71.2	+7.0
	Member changed to Independent Labour from Liberal Reform

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	John Nicholson ^[a]	945	66.7
	National Federal	Albion Croft	472	33.3
Total formal votes			945	100.0
Informal votes			1,417	0.0
Turnout			8	0.6
	Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labour

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	John Nicholson	930	67.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Bissell	442	32.2
Total formal votes			1,372	99.0
Informal votes			14	1.0
Turnout			1,386	71.5
	Independent Labour hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Woronora ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	John Nicholson	755	44.7
	Free Trade	Thomas Bissell	643	38.1
	Ind. Free Trade	Joseph Mitchell	223	13.2
	Ind. Protectionist	Thomas Riley	63	3.7
	Ind. Free Trade	Robert Lindsley	5	0.3
Total formal votes			1,689	99.0
Informal votes			17	1.0
Turnout			1,706	86.9
	Independent Labour win		(new seat)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c 1898 was the only election at which John Nicholson was listed as anything other than Independent Labour and Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour for 1898.^[11]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1981 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1978 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1976 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1973 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1894 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[Nicholson_1898-5] 1898 was the only election at which John Nicholson was listed as anything other than Independent Labour and Antony Green suggests he may have been better classified as Independent Labour for 1898.^[11]

[Green_Woronora-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[John_Nicholson_NSW_parl-3] "Mr John Barnes Nicholson (1840–1919)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[Maurie_Keane_NSW_parl-4] "Mr (Maurie) Maurice Francis Keane". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1984_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1984_Woronora-6] Green, Antony. "1984 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1981_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1981_Woronora-7] Green, Antony. "1981 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Woronora-8] Green, Antony. "1978 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1976_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1976_Woronora-9] Green, Antony. "1976 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1973_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1973_Woronora-10] Green, Antony. "1973 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Woronora-11] Green, Antony. "1901 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1898_Woronora-12] Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Woronora-13] Green, Antony. "1898 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Woronora-14] Green, Antony. "1895 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Woronora-15] Green, Antony. "1894 Woronora". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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