Waverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member constituencies,[1] out of part of Paddington, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Waverley. In 1904 Waverley lost part of the seat to Randwick and was expanded to include parts of Woollahra and Randwick. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Eastern Suburbs. Waverley was recreated in 1927. In 1959 parts of Waverly and Paddington were combined to form Paddington-Waverley, which was abolished in 1962 and replaced by Bligh. In 1971, Bondi and Randwick were abolished and partly replaced by a recreated Waverley. At the 1990 redistribution, Waverley was abolished again and absorbed into Coogee and Vaucluse.[2][3][4]
Members for Waverley
editFirst incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Angus Cameron | Free Trade | 1894–1896 | |
Thomas Jessep | Free Trade | 1896–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1907 | ||
James Macarthur-Onslow | Independent Liberal | 1907–1910 | |
Liberal Reform | 1910–1913 | ||
James Fingleton | Labor | 1913–1917 | |
Charles Oakes | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1927–1959) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Carl Glasgow | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
William Clementson | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
John Waddell | United Australia | 1932–1939 | |
Clarrie Martin | Industrial Labor | 1939–1940 | |
Labor | 1940–1953 | ||
William Ferguson | Labor | 1953–1959 | |
Third incarnation (1971–1991) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Syd Einfeld | Labor | 1971–1981 | |
Ernie Page | Labor | 1981–1991 |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ernie Page | 12,360 | 46.2 | −3.3 | |
Liberal | Sally Betts | 12,063 | 45.1 | +4.3 | |
Democrats | Heather Meers | 2,315 | 8.7 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,738 | 96.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 843 | 3.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,581 | 90.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ernie Page | 13,303 | 50.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Sally Betts | 13,016 | 49.5 | +3.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.9 |
References
edit- ^ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Waverley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Waverley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.