Electoral results for the district of Granville

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Granville in New South Wales state elections. The district has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 until the present.

Members for Granville

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Smailes	Labor	1894—1898
	John Nobbs	Free Trade	1898—1901
	John Nobbs	Liberal Reform	1901—1913
	Jack Lang	Labor	1913—1920
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill Ely	Labor	1927—1932
	Claude Fleck	United Australia	1932—1938
	Bill Lamb	Labor	1938—1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940—1941
		Labor	1941—1962
	Pat Flaherty	Labor	1962—1984
	Laurie Ferguson	Labor	1984—1990
	Kim Yeadon	Labor	1990—2007
	David Borger	Labor	2007—2011
	Tony Issa	Liberal	2011—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Granville^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Finn	18,555	41.0	+4.2
	Liberal	Tony Issa	17,032	37.7	−4.8
	Christian Democrats	Lara Taouk Sleiman	5,609	12.4	+7.1
	Greens	James Atanasious	2,441	5.4	−0.4
	Independent	Steven Lopez	857	1.9	+1.9
	No Land Tax	Mario Marra	732	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			45,226	95.3	+0.5
Informal votes			2,223	4.7	−0.5
Turnout			47,449	89.2	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Finn	20,662	52.1	+5.9
	Liberal	Tony Issa	18,987	47.9	−5.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.9

New South Wales state election, 2011: Granville^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Issa	18,510	41.3	+13.1
	Labor	David Borger	17,000	38.0	-10.2
	Independent	Paul Garrard	4,488	10.0	+0.5
	Christian Democrats	Alex Sharah	2,472	5.5	+1.0
	Greens	Richard Kennedy	2,325	5.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			44,795	95.6	-0.3
Informal votes			2,057	4.4	+0.3
Turnout			46,852	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Issa	21,276	52.7	+13.8
	Labor	David Borger	19,093	47.3	-13.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.8

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Borger	20,178	48.1	-10.7
	Liberal	Eddy Sarkis	11,833	28.2	+2.9
	Independent	Paul Garrard	3,993	9.5	+9.5
	Christian Democrats	Karen Pender	1,874	4.5	+1.0
	Greens	Pauline Tyrrell	1,676	4.0	-1.1
	Unity	Lily Su	1,623	3.9	+1.6
	AAFI	Peter Dowman	752	1.8	+0.4
Total formal votes			41,929	95.9	+0.1
Informal votes			1,801	4.1	-0.1
Turnout			43,730	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Borger	22,076	61.1	-8.1
	Liberal	Eddy Sarkis	14,072	38.9	+8.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.1

New South Wales state election, 2003: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	22,448	59.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Judy Irvine	9,522	25.1	-4.2
	Greens	Wafaa Salti	1,903	5.0	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Karen Pender	1,307	3.5	+3.5
	Unity	Somchai Tongsumrith	819	2.2	+2.2
	One Nation	Shane O'Connor	612	1.6	-7.5
	AAFI	John McGrath	556	1.5	-0.3
	Democrats	Colin McDermott	392	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	John Drake	324	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			37,883	95.6	-0.8
Informal votes			1,738	4.4	+0.8
Turnout			39,621	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	23,854	69.5	+4.9
	Liberal	Judy Irvine	10,465	30.5	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	22,330	56.3	-3.9
	Liberal	Tony Issa	11,631	29.3	-1.8
	One Nation	Shane O'Connor	3,599	9.1	+9.1
	Greens	Melanie Gillbank	1,379	3.5	+3.5
	AAFI	David Wadsworth	724	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			39,663	96.4	+4.1
Informal votes			1,489	3.6	-4.1
Turnout			41,152	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	23,720	64.6	+0.4
	Liberal	Tony Issa	13,011	35.4	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

New South Wales state election, 1995: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	19,893	60.6	+4.2
	Liberal	Les Osmond	10,086	30.7	-0.4
	Call to Australia	John Ananin	2,151	6.5	+3.8
	Natural Law	Lucia Van Oostveen	718	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			32,848	92.3	+4.7
Informal votes			2,754	7.7	-4.7
Turnout			35,602	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	20,467	64.5	+2.5
	Liberal	Les Osmond	11,265	35.5	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

New South Wales state election, 1991: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	17,560	56.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Les Osmond	9,690	31.1	-0.9
	Independent	Peter Sayegh	1,998	6.4	+6.4
	Democrats	Clinton Reynolds	1,055	3.4	+3.3
	Call to Australia	Keith Barron	843	2.7	-5.0
Total formal votes			31,146	87.6	-7.2
Informal votes			4,408	12.4	+7.2
Turnout			35,554	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Yeadon	18,256	61.9	+0.7
	Liberal	Les Osmond	11,213	38.1	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.7

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	16,724	56.8	-8.7
	Liberal	Michel Bolgoff	9,707	33.0	+3.0
	Call to Australia	Keith Barron	2,998	10.2	+10.2
Total formal votes			29,429	94.9	-1.2
Informal votes			1,566	5.1	+1.2
Turnout			30,995	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	17,394	60.9	-7.0
	Liberal	Michel Bolgoff	11,153	39.1	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

New South Wales state election, 1984: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Ferguson	18,810	68.9	-3.1
	Liberal	Yvonne Maio	8,476	31.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			27,286	96.2	+1.7
Informal votes			1,084	3.8	-1.7
Turnout			28,370	92.4	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.1

New South Wales state election, 1981: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	19,188	72.0	+0.6
	Liberal	Florence Maio	7,467	28.0	+9.3
Total formal votes			26,655	94.5
Informal votes			1,547	5.5
Turnout			28,202	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.6

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	20,058	71.4	+2.6
	Liberal	Florence Maio	5,245	18.7	-12.5
	Democrats	Ronald Harrison	1,881	6.7	+6.7
	Socialist Workers	Paul Petit	925	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			28,109	96.8	-0.9
Informal votes			932	3.2	+0.9
Turnout			29,041	93.1	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	22,085	78.6	+9.8
	Liberal	Florence Maio	6,024	21.4	-9.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.8

New South Wales state election, 1976: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	19,807	68.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Frank Babic	8,974	31.2	+2.3
Total formal votes			28,781	97.7	+1.3
Informal votes			691	2.3	-1.3
Turnout			29,472	94.2	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

New South Wales state election, 1973: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	18,353	66.5	-0.8
	Liberal	John Newland	7,964	28.9	-3.8
	Democratic Labor	Terrence Luthy	1,266	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			27,583	96.4
Informal votes			1,032	3.6
Turnout			28,615	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	18,606	67.5	+0.2
	Liberal	John Newland	8,977	32.5	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

New South Wales state election, 1971: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	17,353	67.3	+6.5
	Liberal	George Ajaka	8,430	32.7	-6.5
Total formal votes			25,783	97.3
Informal votes			712	2.7
Turnout			26,495	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	15,704	60.8	+1.9
	Liberal	Stewart Allan	10,134	39.2	+5.4
Total formal votes			25,838	96.8
Informal votes			860	3.2
Turnout			26,698	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.5

New South Wales state election, 1965: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	13,565	58.9	+4.0
	Liberal	Terence Quinn	7,793	33.8	+3.8
	Democratic Labor	Andrew Diehm	1,692	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			23,050	97.3	-0.4
Informal votes			627	2.7	+0.4
Turnout			23,677	93.7	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	13,903	60.3	-6.7
	Liberal	Terence Quinn	9,147	39.7	+6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.7

New South Wales state election, 1962: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	12,997	54.9	-13.0
	Liberal	Ernest Lough	7,110	30.0	+3.0
	Independent	Albert Olsen	2,769	11.7	+11.7
	Communist	John Bridgefoot	806	3.4	-1.7
Total formal votes			23,682	97.7
Informal votes			555	2.3
Turnout			24,237	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	15,857	67.0	-5.0
	Liberal	Ernest Lough	7,825	33.0	+5.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	15,273	67.9
	Liberal	Robert Leech	6,080	27.0
	Communist	Harold Ewer	1,137	5.1
Total formal votes			22,490	97.9
Informal votes			473	2.1
Turnout			22,963	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Lamb	16,183	72.0
	Liberal	Robert Leech	6,307	28.0
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Lamb	14,613	67.1	-25.8
	Liberal	Robert Mutton	6,314	29.0	+29.0
	Communist	Rupert Lockwood	865	4.0	-3.1
Total formal votes			21,792	98.0	+6.0
Informal votes			440	2.0	-6.0
Turnout			22,232	94.3	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Lamb	15,391	70.6	-22.3
	Liberal	Robert Mutton	6,401	29.4	+29.4
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Granville". Retrieved 29 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Granville: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Granville: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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