title: Electoral district of Ashfield
text: # Electoral district of Ashfield
  
  Ashfield was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, first created in 1894 with the abolition of multi-member electoral districts from part of Canterbury, and named after the Sydney suburb of Ashfield. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and absorbed into Western Suburbs. It was recreated in 1927 and, in 1959, it was partly combined with Croydon and renamed Ashfield-Croydon. In 1968, Ashfield-Croydon was replaced by Ashfield, which was abolished again in 1999.
  
  ## Members for Ashfield
  
  First incarnation (1894–1920) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Thomas Bavister | Free Trade | 1894–1898 |
  | | Bernhard Wise | Protectionist | 1898–1900 |
  | | Frederick Winchcombe | Free Trade | 1900–1901 |
  | | Frederick Winchcombe | Liberal Reform | 1901–1905 |
  | | William Robson | Liberal Reform | 1905–1917 |
  | | William Robson | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
  | Second incarnation (1927–1959) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Milton Jarvie | Nationalist | 1927–1931 |
  | | Milton Jarvie | United Australia | 1931–1935 |
  | | Milton Jarvie | Independent | 1935–1935 |
  | | Athol Richardson | United Australia | 1935–1943 |
  | | Athol Richardson | Democratic | 1943-1945 |
  | | Athol Richardson | Liberal | 1945–1952 |
  | | Jack Richardson | Labor | 1952–1953 |
  | | Richard Murden | Liberal | 1953–1959 |
  | Third incarnation (1968–1999) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | David Hunter | Liberal | 1968–1976 |
  | | Paul Whelan | Labor | 1976–1999 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1995 New South Wales state election: Ashfield :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Paul Whelan | 13,902 | 43.8 | -5.4 |
  | | Liberal | Morris Mansour | 7,836 | 24.7 | -8.5 |
  | | No Aircraft Noise | Michelle Calvert | 6,269 | 19.8 | +19.8 |
  | | Greens | Paul Fitzgerald | 2,043 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
  | | Democrats | John Collins | 1,202 | 3.8 | -3.9 |
  | | Call to Australia | Clay Wilson | 482 | 1.5 | -0.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,734 | 93.5 | +8.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,222 | 6.5 | -8.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,956 | 91.4 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Paul Whelan | 18,561 | 65.2 | +5.4 |
  | | Liberal | Morris Mansour | 9,895 | 34.8 | -5.4 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 | |
  