Electoral results for the district of Georges River

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Georges River in New South Wales state elections from its creation in 1930 until its abolition in 2007.

Members

	Party	Period
Ted Kinsella	Labor	1930—1932
Cecil Monro	United Australia	1932–1941
Arthur Williams	Labor	1941–1953
Frank O'Neill	Labor	1953–1956
Douglas Cross	Liberal	1956–1970
Frank Walker	Labor	1970–1988
Terry Griffiths	Liberal	1988–1994
Terry Griffiths	Independent	1994–1995
Marie Ficarra	Liberal	1995–1999
Kevin Greene	Labor	1999–2007

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2003: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Greene	21,840	52.4	+5.3
	Liberal	Joanne McCafferty	13,148	31.5	-5.4
	Greens	Christine Welsh	2,504	6.0	+3.0
	Unity	John Lau	1,872	4.5	+2.5
	Independent	Michele Adair	1,246	3.0	+3.0
	AAFI	Francis Bush	577	1.4	-0.6
	One Nation	Mary Kennedy	529	1.3	-4.0
Total formal votes			24,628	97.7	-0.1
Informal votes			1,002	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			42,718	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Greene	24,628	63.7	+7.4
	Liberal	Joanne McCafferty	14,054	36.3	-7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Greene	19,548	47.1	+6.5
	Liberal	Marie Ficarra	15,285	36.9	-8.9
	One Nation	Andy Konnecke	2,193	5.3	+5.3
	Greens	John Kaye	1,237	3.0	+3.0
	AAFI	Brian McFarlane	850	2.0	-2.8
	Unity	Paul Celik	847	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Deirdrei Bedwell	838	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Annie Tang	678	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			41,476	97.7	+2.7
Informal votes			972	2.3	-2.7
Turnout			42,448	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Greene	21,559	56.3	+8.3
	Liberal	Marie Ficarra	16,763	43.7	-8.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.3

New South Wales state election, 1995: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Marie Ficarra	16,527	49.6	-2.9
	Labor	Philip Sansom	11,070	33.2	+1.9
	Independent	Milo Dunphy	2,370	7.1	+7.1
	AAFI	John Justice	2,249	6.8	+6.8
	Call to Australia	Chris McLean	1,096	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			33,312	95.7	+2.4
Informal votes			1,500	4.3	-2.4
Turnout			34,812	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Marie Ficarra	18,175	58.0	-3.4
	Labor	Philip Sansom	13,156	42.0	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

New South Wales state election, 1991: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Terry Griffiths	16,966	52.5	+0.8
	Labor	Philip Sansom	10,117	31.3	-3.0
	Independent	Bill Pickering	1,716	5.3	-2.7
	Independent	Ross Green	1,318	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Paul Kekel	1,038	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Fred Cavanagh	1,010	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Brian Meyer	121	0.4	-0.2
Total formal votes			32,286	93.3	-4.5
Informal votes			2,304	6.7	+4.5
Turnout			34,590	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry Griffiths	18,226	61.4	+1.3
	Labor	Philip Sansom	11,468	38.6	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	12,615	41.9	-14.1
	Liberal	Terry Griffiths	12,018	39.9	-4.2
	Independent	William Pickering	4,162	13.8	+13.8
	Independent	Beverley Giergerl	1,051	3.5	+3.5
	Independent	Brian Meyer	287	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			30,133	97.4	-0.1
Informal votes			820	2.6	+0.1
Turnout			30,953	96.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Terry Griffiths	15,087	52.1	+8.0
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,883	47.9	-8.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.0

New South Wales state election, 1984: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	15,792	55.0	-5.9
	Liberal	Warren Griffin	12,920	45.0	+18.0
Total formal votes			28,712	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			686	2.3	-0.3
Turnout			29,398	94.9	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-14.0

New South Wales state election, 1981: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	17,368	60.9	-4.3
	Liberal	Terence Morgan	7,692	27.0	-4.1
	Independent	Phillip Gerlach	2,162	7.6	+7.6
	Independent	Bruce Galloway	775	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Wallace Burak	418	1.5	-2.2
	Independent	Eric Stavely-Alexander	106	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			28,521	97.4
Informal votes			752	2.6
Turnout			29,273	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	17,568	69.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Terence Morgan	7,892	31.0	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	20,626	65.2	+12.4
	Liberal	John Lyon	9,847	31.1	-16.1
	Democrats	Montague Greene	1,156	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			31,629	98.4	-0.2
Informal votes			514	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			32,143	94.4	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	21,204	67.0	+14.2
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,425	33.0	-14.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.2

New South Wales state election, 1976: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	16,929	52.8	+7.4
	Liberal	Maxwell Gibson	15,111	47.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			32,040	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			448	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			32,488	95.5	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

New South Wales state election, 1973: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,533	45.4	-6.0
	Liberal	Roderick MacKenzie	13,241	44.4	-4.2
	Australia	Peter Eden	1,614	5.4	+5.4
	Democratic Labor	Charles Kane	845	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Kenneth Cavanough	555	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			29,7888	97.9
Informal votes			631	2.1
Turnout			30,419	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	15,103	50.7	-0.7
	Liberal	Roderick MacKenzie	14,685	49.3	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

New South Wales state election, 1971: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,319	51.4	+7.6
	Liberal	Vince Bruce	12,573	48.6	-7.6
Total formal votes			25,892	98.5
Informal votes			382	1.5
Turnout			26,274	95.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	16,036	58.7	+2.3
	Labor	Ernest Curlisa	11,285	41.3	-2.3
Total formal votes			27,321	97.5
Informal votes			687	2.5
Turnout			28,008	95.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

New South Wales state election, 1965: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	16,497	58.3	+5.7
	Labor	William Robinson	11,802	41.7	−4.3
Total formal votes			28,299	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			476	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			28,775	95.4	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

New South Wales state election, 1962: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	14,063	52.6	+0.3
	Labor	Albert Kealman	12,297	46.0	+1.5
	Independent	Fitzgerald Mulholland	395	1.5	+0.1
Total formal votes			26,755	98.8
Informal votes			323	1.2
Turnout			27,078	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	14,261	53.3	−1.2
	Labor	Albert Kealman	12,494	46.7	+1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.2

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,919	52.3
	Labor	Albert Kealman	10,989	44.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	470	1.9
	Independent	Fitzgerald Mulholland	336	1.4
Total formal votes			24,714	98.5
Informal votes			382	1.5
Turnout			25,096	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	13,463	54.5
	Labor	Albert Kealman	11,251	45.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,852	52.4	+11.0
	Labor	Frank O'Neill	10,765	43.9	−14.7
	Communist	Paul Mortier	907	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			24,524	98.5	+0.5
Informal votes			365	1.5	−0.5
Turnout			24,889	94.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Douglas Cross	12,943	52.8	+11.4
	Labor	Frank O'Neill	11,581	47.2	−11.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+11.4

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Georges River". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

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