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Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
First incarnation (1959–1962) | |||
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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