Ascot was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1968 to 1989. The district was based in the eastern suburbs of

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. First contested at the 1968 state election, its first member was Merv Toms, hitherto the member for

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, who finished his career as Speaker of the Assembly. He died on 8 October 1971 while exercising his casting vote for the

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on the floor of the Assembly, where the Government and Opposition were evenly divided. At the resulting by-election, 28-year-old schoolteacher

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was elected. Bryce, who later served as Deputy Premier to Brian Burke in the Burke Ministry, held the seat until his resignation in 1988. The seat's last member was Eric Ripper, who served as Deputy Premier to both Dr

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and

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and became the member for

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after Ascot was abolished at the 1989 state election. The seat was held at all times by members of the Labor Party.

Members for Ascot

Election results

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