Electoral district of Lismore

Lismore New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904 1913–1920 1927–present
MP	Thomas George
Party	National
Namesake	Lismore, New South Wales
Area	13,020.61 km^2 (5,027.3 sq mi)

Lismore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Thomas George of the Nationals.

The electoral includes all of the City of Lismore (including Lismore, Nimbin, Dunoon and Clunes), much of inland Tweed Shire (including Murwillumbah, Tyalgum and Uki), all of Kyogle Council (including Kyogle, Bonalbo, Tabulam and Woodenbong) and all of Tenterfield Shire.^[1]

History

Lismore was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894, when it was split from Richmond. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. In 1913, Lismore was recreated, replacing Richmond. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920, Lismore and Clarence were absorbed into Byron. With the end of proportional representation in 1927, Lismore and Clarence were recreated.

Members for Lismore

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Ewing	Protectionist	1894–1901
	John Coleman	Independent Liberal	1901–1904
Second incarnation (1913–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Nesbitt	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
Third incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	William Missingham	Country	1927–1933
	William Frith	Country	1933–1953
	Jack Easter	Country	1953–1959
	Keith Compton	Labor	1959–1965
	Bruce Duncan	Country	1965–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1982
		Independent	1982–1988
	Bill Rixon	National	1988–1999
	Thomas George	National	1999–present

Election results

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Thomas George	19,975	42.5	−17.2
	Greens	Adam Guise	12,435	26.4	+7.4
	Labor	Isaac Smith	12,056	25.6	+12.7
	Christian Democrats	Gianpiero Battista	1,339	2.8	+1.1
	Animal Justice	Cherie Imlah	717	1.5	+1.5
	No Land Tax	Alan Jones	525	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			47,047	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			1,067	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			48,114	89.8	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	21,247	50.2	−24.1
	Labor	Isaac Smith	21,055	49.8	+24.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	21,654	52.9	−21.5
	Greens	Adam Guise	19,309	47.1	+21.5
	National hold		Swing	−21.5

References

1. "Lismore". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
2. State Electoral District of Lismore: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Lismore: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.