Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Labor Party.
Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1894–1920, 1927–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Julia Finn | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Granville | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 53,545 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 22.64 km2 (8.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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On its current boundaries, Granville includes the suburbs of Clyde, Granville, Holroyd, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Wentworthville and parts of Greystanes, Guildford, Parramatta, South Granville, Wentworthville and Westmead.[1]
Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta. Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a Labor seat.
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
George Smailes [2] | Labor | 1894–1898 | |
John Nobbs [3] | Free Trade | 1898–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1913 | ||
Jack Lang [4] | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Bill Ely [5] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |
Claude Fleck [6] | United Australia | 1932–1938 | |
Bill Lamb [7] | Labor | 1938–1940 | |
Labor (N-C) | 1940–1941 | ||
Labor | 1941–1962 | ||
Pat Flaherty [8] | Labor | 1962–1984 | |
Laurie Ferguson [9] | Labor | 1984–1990 | |
Kim Yeadon [10] | Labor | 1990–2007 | |
David Borger [11] | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Tony Issa [12] | Liberal | 2011–2015 | |
Julia Finn [13] | Labor | 2015–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Julia Finn | 27,163 | 55.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Anm Masum | 9,766 | 20.1 | −15.4 | |
Independent | Charbel Saad | 3,907 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Hadchiti | 3,792 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
Greens | Janet Castle | 2,755 | 5.7 | +1.5 | |
Animal Justice | Rohan Laxmanalal | 1,304 | 2.7 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 48,687 | 94.1 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 3,074 | 5.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 51,761 | 83.2 | −3.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Julia Finn | 30,413 | 71.5 | +12.1 | |
Liberal | Anm Masum | 12,123 | 28.5 | −12.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +12.1 |