Moorebank was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1991, replacing Macquarie Fields and named after the suburb of Moorebank. In 1999, it was replaced by Macquarie Fields. Its only member was Craig Knowles, representing the Labor Party.[1][2][3]

Members for Moorebank

Member Party Term
  Craig Knowles Labor 1991–1999

Election results

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Moorebank [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Craig Knowles 20,004 54.2 +9.0
Liberal Tony Pascale 11,267 30.5 -2.5
Against Further Immigration John Woodbridge 2,681 7.3 +7.3
Independent Terry Seacy 1,148 3.1 +3.1
Call to Australia Michelle Jones 977 2.6 +1.0
Independent Michael Allen 851 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 36,928 94.6 +6.3
Informal votes 2,112 5.4 -6.3
Turnout 39,040 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Craig Knowles 21,796 62.8 +8.4
Liberal Tony Pascale 12,895 37.2 -8.4
Labor hold Swing +8.4

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Moorebank [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Craig Knowles 13,833 45.1 -0.8
Liberal Tony Pascale 10,129 33.1 -4.9
Independent Jim Kremmer 3,267 10.7 +10.7
Independent Lillian Beckett 1,525 5.0 +5.0
Democrats Julian Connelly 874 2.9 -0.3
Call to Australia Lindsay Amor 514 1.7 +1.7
Independent Bryce Regan 505 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 30,647 88.3 -7.5
Informal votes 4,071 11.7 +7.5
Turnout 34,718 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Craig Knowles 15,174 54.4 +0.7
Liberal Tony Pascale 12,724 45.6 -0.7
Labor hold Swing +0.7

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. ^ "The Hon. Craig John Knowles (1959– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Moorebank". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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