Electoral results for the district of Concord

Concord, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1930 and abolished in 1968.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1930		Henry McDicken	Labor
1932		Stan Lloyd	United Australia
1935
1938
1941		Bill Carlton	Labor
1944
1947
1949 by		Brice Mutton	Liberal
1950 by		John Adamson	Liberal
1950
1953		Thomas Murphy	Labor
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Concord [4]

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
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.7

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Concord [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	12,896	53.4	+4.3
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	10,593	43.8	−1.6
	Democratic Labor	John Winters	682	2.8	−2.7
Total formal votes			24,171	98.8
Informal votes			295	1.2
Turnout			24,466	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	13,032	53.9	+2.3
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	11,139	46.1	−2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.3

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Concord [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,165	49.1
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	10,333	45.4
	Democratic Labor	Jack Kane	1,258	5.5
Total formal votes			22,756	98.3
Informal votes			400	1.7
Turnout			23,156	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,753	51.7
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	11,003	48.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Concord [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	10,231	49.2	+3.9
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	9,833	47.2	−7.5
	Communist	Leslie Greenfield	749	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			20,813	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			375	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			21,188	94.1	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	10,450	50.2	−4.5
	Liberal	Lerryn Mutton	10,363	49.8	+4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Concord [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,661	54.7
	Liberal	John Adamson	9,673	45.3
Total formal votes			21,334	98.1
Informal votes			421	1.9
Turnout			21,755	94.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Concord [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Adamson	12,546	53.1
	Labor	Thomas Murphy	11,062	46.9
Total formal votes			23,608	98.9
Informal votes			264	1.1
Turnout			23,872	95.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

The sitting member, Bill Carlton (Labor), died in 1949. The 1949 by-election was won by Brice Mutton (Liberal), however he died nine months later, with John Adamson (Liberal) winning the 1950 by-election.

1950 by-election

1950 Concord by-election
Saturday 11 February [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Adamson	11,495	51.1	+1.1
	Labor	Hector McDonald	11,020	48.9	-1.1
Total formal votes			22,515	98.9	+0.8
Informal votes			258	1.1	-0.8
Turnout			22,773	89.2	-1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

The by-election was caused by the death of Brice Mutton (Liberal).[11]

1949 by-election

1949 Concord by-election
Saturday 12 March [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brice Mutton	10,495	47.0
	Labor	James Moloney	9,353	21.9
	Lang Labor	Lyle Armstrong	2,503	11.2
Total formal votes			22,351	98.1	-0.4
Informal votes			422	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			22,773	90.7	-5.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brice Mutton	11,184	50.04	+3.64
	Labor	James Moloney	11,167	49.96	-3.64
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	3.64

The by-election was caused by the death of Bill Carlton (Labor).[13]

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Concord [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	12,387	53.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Brice Mutton	10,722	46.4	+26.9
Total formal votes			23,109	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			354	1.5	-1.3
Turnout			23,463	95.9	+3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Concord [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	9,055	44.2	-1.5
	Liberal Democratic	Brice Mutton	4,279	20.9	+20.9
	Democratic	Roland Murray	4,001	19.5	-21.2
	Lang Labor	Gustav Truer	3,174	15.5	+15.5
Total formal votes			20,509	97.2	-0.9
Informal votes			590	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			21,099	92.8	-0.8
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Bill Carlton	11,600	56.6
	Liberal Democratic	Brice Mutton	4,693	22.9
	Democratic	Roland Murray	4,216	20.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Concord [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	8,982	45.7
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	7,984	40.7
	State Labor	Rupert Lockwood	2,671	13.6
Total formal votes			19,637	98.1
Informal votes			371	1.9
Turnout			20,008	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Carlton	11,130	56.7
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	8,507	43.3
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Concord [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	10,489	56.4	+5.5
	Labor	Leonard Thompson	8,121	43.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			18,610	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			317	1.7	-0.4
Turnout			18,927	96.7	-1.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Concord [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	9,101	50.9	-5.2
	Labor (NSW)	Alan McNamara	7,151	40.0	-3.2
	Federal Labor	Henry McDicken	1,219	6.8	+6.8
	Centre	Aubrey Murphy	391	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			17,862	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			383	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			18,245	97.7	+0.4
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Concord [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Stan Lloyd	9,773	56.1	+17.6
	Labor (NSW)	Henry McDicken	7,528	43.2	-18.3
	Communist	Robert Thomson	111	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			17,412	98.5	-0.5
Informal votes			259	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			17,671	97.3	+0.2
	United Australia gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Concord [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry McDicken	10,702	61.5
	Nationalist	Frederick Stewart	6,708	38.5
Total formal votes			17,410	99.0
Informal votes			169	1.0
Turnout			17,579	97.1
	Labor hold		Swing

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