title: Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales)
text: # Electoral district of Croydon (New South Wales)
  
  Croydon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1927, with the abolition of proportional representation from part of the multi-member electorate of Western Suburbs, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Croydon. It was abolished in 1959 and partly combined with Ashfield to create Ashfield-Croydon.
  
  ## Members for Croydon
  
  | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bertram Stevens | Nationalist | 1927–1931 |
  | Bertram Stevens | United Australia | 1931–1940 |
  | David Hunter | United Australia | 1940–1945 |
  | David Hunter | Liberal | 1945–1959 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1956 New South Wales state election: Croydon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | David Hunter | 11,545 | 61.6 | +6.7 |
  | | Labor | Frank Zions | 7,185 | 38.4 | −6.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,730 | 98.8 | +0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 234 | 1.2 | −0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,964 | 93.0 | −0.7 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +6.7 | |
  