Guildford was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1901 to 1962. Known as Guildford-Midland from 1930 onwards, the district was located in the north-eastern suburbs of

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History

First created for the 1901 state election, the district's first member was

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, who had already served a term as the member for South Murchison from 1897. Rason was

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from August 1905 to May 1906. Rason was succeeded by William Johnson of the Labor Party. Johnson's tenure as a parliamentarian was a long one: he was the district's member from 1906 to 1917 and again from 1924 until his death in 1948. Johnson was succeeded at a by-election by Labor candidate John Brady. When the district was abolished, Brady transferred to the new seat of

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at the 1962 state election.

Members

Election results

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Guildford Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...