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Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales)

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Croydon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, with the abolition of proportional representation from part of the multi-member electorate of Western Suburbs, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Croydon. It was abolished in 1959 and partly combined with Ashfield to create Ashfield-Croydon.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Croydon

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Member Party Term
  Bertram Stevens Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1940
  David Hunter United Australia 1940–1945
  Liberal 1945–1959

Election results

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1956 New South Wales state election: Croydon [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 11,545 61.6 +6.7
Labor Frank Zions 7,185 38.4 −6.7
Total formal votes 18,730 98.8 +0.5
Informal votes 234 1.2 −0.5
Turnout 18,964 93.0 −0.7
Liberal hold Swing +6.7

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Sir Bertram Sydney Barnsdale Stevens (1889–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr David Benjamin Hunter". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Croydon". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.