title: Electoral district of Mosman
text: # Electoral district of Mosman
  
  Mosman was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1913 and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Mosman. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into North Shore. Mosman was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1991.
  
  ## Members for Mosman
  
  First incarnation (1913–1920) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Percy Colquhoun | Liberal Reform | 1913–1917 |
  | | Percy Colquhoun | Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
  | Single-member (1927–1991) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Richard Arthur | Nationalist | 1927–1932 |
  | | Herbert Lloyd | United Australia | 1932–1941 |
  | | Donald Macdonald | Independent | 1941–1947 |
  | | Pat Morton | Liberal | 1947–1972 |
  | | David Arblaster | Liberal | 1972–1984 |
  | | Phillip Smiles | Liberal | 1984–1991 |
  
  ## Election results
  
  1988 New South Wales state election: Mosman :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Phillip Smiles | 21,084 | 73.9 | +16.6 |
  | | Labor | Catherine Stanhope | 7,463 | 26.1 | +6.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,547 | 96.9 | -1.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 924 | 3.1 | +1.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,471 | 90.7 | |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +4.6 | |
  