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Electoral district of Byron 
Summary
Byron was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1913, replacing Rous, and named after Cape Byron. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Byron absorbed Lismore and Clarence and elected three members. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, it was redivided into the single-member electorates of Byron, Lismore and Clarence. In 1988, Byron was replaced by Ballina and Murwillumbah.[1][2][3]
Members for Byron edit
| Single-member (1913–1920) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| John Perry | Liberal Reform | 1913–1917 | |||||||||
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||||||||||
| Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| Tom Swiney | Labor | 1920–1922 | George Nesbitt | Nationalist | 1920–1925 | Stephen Perdriau | Progressive | 1920–1922 | |||
| William Missingham | Progressive | 1922–1927 | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |||||||
| Robert Gillies | Labor | 1925–1927 | Frederick Stuart | Progressive | 1925–1927 | ||||||
| Single-member (1927—1988) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
| Arthur Budd | Country | 1927–1944 | |||||||||
| Stanley Stephens | Country | 1944–1973 | |||||||||
| Jack Boyd | Country | 1973–1984 | |||||||||
| Don Beck | National | 1984–1988 | |||||||||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Don Beck | 15,860 | 45.4 | -6.8 | |
| Labor | Lyle Robb | 14,586 | 41.8 | -2.1 | |
| Independent | Alan Mountain | 1,704 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Democrats | Kenneth Nicholson | 1,631 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | James Mangleson | 1,133 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,914 | 98.1 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 658 | 1.9 | -0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 35,572 | 89.5 | -0.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Don Beck | 17,431 | 50.8 | -3.5 | |
| Labor | Lyle Robb | 16,850 | 49.2 | +3.5 | |
| National hold | Swing | -3.5 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Byron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Byron". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.