Concord was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly of theAustralian state ofNew South Wales, created in 1930, and named after and including theSydney suburb ofConcord. It was abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]
The suburb of Concord was part of the five memberdistrict of Ryde underproportional representation.[4] Proportional representation was abolished in 1927, with the suburb of Concord being split between Ryde andEastwood.[5] Eastwood was abolished in the 1929 redistribution and the new district of Concord was created, being entirely south of the harbour, from Concord in the east to part of the suburb of Lidcombe.[6][7] Concord was abolished in 1968 and largely replaced byYaralla which extended west to the districts ofParramatta andGranville, while the southern part of the district was absorbed byAuburn.[8]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry McDicken [9] | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| Stan Lloyd [10] | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
| Bill Carlton [11] | Labor | 1941–1949 | |
| Brice Mutton [12] | Liberal | 1949–1949 | |
| John Adamson [13] | Liberal | 1949–1953 | |
| Thomas Murphy [14] | Labor | 1953–1968 | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Thomas Murphy | 10,883 | 47.8 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 10,721 | 47.1 | +3.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | William Doherty | 1,155 | 5.1 | +2.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,759 | 97.8 | −1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 509 | 2.2 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 23,268 | 94.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Thomas Murphy | 11,425 | 50.2 | −3.7 | |
| Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 11,334 | 49.8 | +3.7 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.7 | |||
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