Ashfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after the Sydney suburb of Ashfield. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Western Suburbs. It was recreated in 1927 and, in 1959, it was partly combined with Croydon and renamed Ashfield-Croydon. In 1968, Ashfield-Croydon was replaced by Ashfield, which was abolished again in 1999.[1][2][3]

Members for Ashfield

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member Party Term
  Thomas Bavister Free Trade 1894–1898
  Bernhard Wise Protectionist 1898–1900
  Frederick Winchcombe Free Trade 1900–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1905
  William Robson Liberal Reform 1905–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1959)
Member Party Term
  Milton Jarvie Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1935
  Independent 1935–1935
  Athol Richardson United Australia 1935–1943
  Democratic 1943-1945
  Liberal 1945–1952
  Jack Richardson Labor 1952–1953
  Richard Murden Liberal 1953–1959
 
Third incarnation (1968–1999)
Member Party Term
  David Hunter Liberal 1968–1976
  Paul Whelan Labor 1976–1999

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ashfield
1995 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 13,902 43.8 -5.4
Liberal Morris Mansour 7,836 24.7 -8.5
No Aircraft Noise Michelle Calvert 6,269 19.8 +19.8
Greens Paul Fitzgerald 2,043 6.4 +6.4
Democrats John Collins 1,202 3.8 -3.9
Call to Australia Clay Wilson 482 1.5 -0.2
Total formal votes 31,734 93.5 +8.1
Informal votes 2,222 6.5 -8.1
Turnout 33,956 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 18,561 65.2 +5.4
Liberal Morris Mansour 9,895 34.8 -5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Ashfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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