Electoral district of Granville

Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1920, 1927–present
MP	Julia Finn
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Granville
Electors	53,212 (2015)
Area	22.64 km^2 (8.7 sq mi)

Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Australian Labor Party.

Granville includes the suburbs of Clyde, Granville, Holroyd, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Wentworthville and parts of Greystanes, Guildford, Parramatta, South Granville, Wentworthville and Westmead.^[1]

History

Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta. Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a Labor seat.

Members for Granville

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Smailes	Labor	1894–1898
	John Nobbs	Free Trade	1898–1901
		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	2011–2015
	Julia Finn	Labor	2015–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Granville^[2][3]

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

References

1. "Granville". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Granville: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Granville: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

External links

• "Granville". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 April 2015.