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Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of St George, New South Wales

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The Division of St George was created in 1949 and abolished in 1993, when it was renamed Watson. It was named for the Sydney district of St George, originally a civil parish (a division of the County of Cumberland).

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Arncliffe, Bexley, Hurstville, Rockdale
1955: Arncliffe, Bexley, Hurstville, Kingsgrove
1969: Arncliffe, Bexley, Carlton, Earlwood
1977: Bexley, Earlwood, Hurstville, Kingsgrove
1984: Arcliffe, Earlwood, Hurstville, Rockdale

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1949: Liberal 02.0
1951: Liberal 01.6
1954: Labor 02.7
1955: Liberal 02.4
1958: Labor 00.1
1961: Labor 04.9
1963: Liberal 02.3
1966: Liberal 09.5
1969: Labor 00.1

1972: Labor 05.0
1974: Labor 05.8
1975: Liberal 00.0
1977: Liberal 02.0
1980: Labor 06.1
1983: Labor 10.5
1984: Labor 06.5
1987: Labor 03.7
1990: Labor 07.8

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1949-90
Click here to see full results for St George at every election from 1949 to 1990.

MEMBERS FOR ST GEORGE

Bill Graham (Lib) 1949-54
Hon Nelson Lemmon (ALP) 1954-55
Bill Graham (Lib) 1955-58
Lionel Clay (ALP) 1958-63
Leonard Bosman (Lib) 1963-69

Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1969-75
Maurice Neil (Lib) 1975-80
Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1980-84
Stephen Dubois (ALP) 1984-93


Bruce Graham (Lib) 1949-54 Hon Nelson Lemmon (ALP) 1954-55 Bruce Graham (Lib) 1955-58


Lionel Clay (ALP) 1958-63 Leonard Bosman (Lib) 1963-69 Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1969-75


Maurice Neil (Lib) 1975-80 Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1980-84 Stephen Dubois (ALP) 1984-93


BOUNDARIES

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1949

1955

1969


1977

1984