Electoral district of Granville

Granville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It is currently represented by Julia Finn of the Labor Party.

Granville New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1920, 1927–present
MP	Julia Finn
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Granville
Electors	53,545 (2019)
Area	22.64 km2 (8.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Electorates around Granville: Winston Hills Parramatta Parramatta Prospect Granville Auburn Fairfield Fairfield Auburn

Geography

On its current boundaries, Granville includes the suburbs of Clyde, Granville, Holroyd, Mays Hill, Merrylands, Merrylands West, South Wentworthville and parts of Greystanes, Guildford, Parramatta, South Granville, Wentworthville and Westmead.^[1]

History

Granville was first established in 1894, partly replacing part of Central Cumberland. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Parramatta. Granville was recreated in 1927. It has historically tended to be a Labor seat.

Members for Granville

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Smailes [2]	Labor	1894–1898
	John Nobbs [3]	Free Trade	1898–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1913
	Jack Lang [4]	Labor	1913–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill Ely [5]	Labor	1927–1932
	Claude Fleck [6]	United Australia	1932–1938
	Bill Lamb [7]	Labor	1938–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1962
	Pat Flaherty [8]	Labor	1962–1984
	Laurie Ferguson [9]	Labor	1984–1990
	Kim Yeadon [10]	Labor	1990–2007
	David Borger [11]	Labor	2007–2011
	Tony Issa [12]	Liberal	2011–2015
	Julia Finn [13]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Granville

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Granville.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Granville^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julia Finn	27,163	55.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Anm Masum	9,766	20.1	−15.4
	Independent	Charbel Saad	3,907	8.0	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hadchiti	3,792	7.8	+7.8
	Greens	Janet Castle	2,755	5.7	+1.5
	Animal Justice	Rohan Laxmanalal	1,304	2.7	+1.6
Total formal votes			48,687	94.1	−0.5
Informal votes			3,074	5.9	+0.5
Turnout			51,761	83.2	−3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Julia Finn	30,413	71.5	+12.1
	Liberal	Anm Masum	12,123	28.5	−12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.1