Electoral district of Merrylands

Merrylands was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the Sydney suburb of Merrylands. It was first created in 1959 and abolished in 1962. It was recreated in 1968 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]

Members for Merrylands

First incarnation (1959–1962)
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Ferguson	Labor	1959–1962

Second incarnation (1968–1988)
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Ferguson	Labor	1968–1984
	Geoff Irwin	Labor	1984–1988

Election results

1984 New South Wales state election: Merrylands [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Geoff Irwin	17,874	63.7	-11.6
	Liberal	Garo Gabrielian	8,159	29.1	+4.4
	Independent	Alan Byers	2,045	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			28,078	96.0	+0.7
Informal votes			1,156	4.0	-0.7
Turnout			29,234	93.9	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Geoff Irwin		67.4	-7.9
	Liberal	Garo Gabrielian		32.6	+7.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.9

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
"The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
"Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[Green_Merrylands-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

[Jack_Ferguson_NSW_parl-2] "The Hon. (Jack) Laurie John Ferguson (1924–2002)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Geoff_Irwin_NSW_parl-3] "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Stewart Irwin (1948- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1984_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1984_Merrylands-4] Green, Antony. "1984 Merrylands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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