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Electoral district of Merrylands

Summary

Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]

Members for Merrylands edit

First incarnation (1959–1962)
Member Party Term
  Jack Ferguson Labor 1959–1962
 
Second incarnation (1968–1988)
Member Party Term
  Jack Ferguson Labor 1968–1984
  Geoff Irwin Labor 1984–1988

Election results edit

1984 New South Wales state election: Merrylands [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Geoff Irwin 17,874 63.7 -11.6
Liberal Garo Gabrielian 8,159 29.1 +4.4
Independent Alan Byers 2,045 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 28,078 96.0 +0.7
Informal votes 1,156 4.0 -0.7
Turnout 29,234 93.9 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Geoff Irwin 67.4 -7.9
Liberal Garo Gabrielian 32.6 +7.9
Labor hold Swing -7.9

References edit

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.