Hurstville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Hurstville.

It was first established prior to the 1913 state election. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into St George. It was recreated in 1927 and dissolved in a distribution prior to the 1999 state election. Between 1991 and 1999 it was held by Morris Iemma who went on to become Premier of New South Wales in August 2005.[1][2][3]

Members for Hurstville

First incarnation (1913–1920)
Member Party Term
  Sam Toombs Labor 1913–1917
  Thomas Ley Nationalist 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1999)
Member Party Term
  Walter Butler Labor 1927–1932
  James Webb United Australia 1932–1939
  Clive Evatt Industrial Labor 1939
  Labor 1939–1956
  Independent 1956–1959
  Bill Rigby Labor 1959–1965
  Tom Mead Liberal 1965–1976
  Kevin Ryan Labor 1976–1984
  Guy Yeomans Liberal 1984–1991
  Morris Iemma Labor 1991–1999

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hurstville
1995 New South Wales state election: Hurstville [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Morris Iemma 18,771 57.1 +8.3
Liberal Mick Frawley 12,759 38.8 -3.3
Independent Saad Turk 1,369 4.2 +4.2
Total formal votes 32,899 93.6 +4.9
Informal votes 2,240 6.4 -4.9
Turnout 35,139 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Morris Iemma 19,410 59.6 +5.0
Liberal Mick Frawley 13,131 40.4 -5.0
Labor hold Swing +5.0

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hurstville". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Hurstville". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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