Electoral results for the district of Eastwood
Appearance
Eastwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1927 to 1930,[1][2] and from 1950 to 1999.[3][4][5][6]
First incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | David Anderson | Nationalist | |
Second incarnation (1950–1999) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1950 | Eric Hearnshaw | Liberal | |
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | Jim Clough | Liberal | |
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | Andrew Tink | Liberal | |
1991 | |||
1995 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Tink | 18,867 | 55.7 | −6.7 | |
Labor | Steve Gurney | 8,981 | 26.5 | +1.6 | |
Greens | Alex Lepelaar | 2,124 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Democrats | Chris Dunkerley | 2,051 | 6.1 | −2.7 | |
Against Further Immigration | Rodney Smith | 1,667 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Natural Law | Tim Carr | 192 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 33,882 | 96.3 | +2.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,306 | 3.7 | −2.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,188 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Tink | 20,649 | 64.2 | −4.5 | |
Labor | Steve Gurney | 11,507 | 35.8 | +4.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Tink | 20,341 | 62.4 | −0.9 | |
Labor | John Quessy | 8,133 | 24.9 | −2.7 | |
Democrats | Chris Dunkerley | 2,856 | 8.8 | −0.4 | |
Independent | Zero-Population-Growth | 1,291 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 32,621 | 93.4 | −3.8 | ||
Informal votes | 2,319 | 6.6 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 34,940 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Tink | 21,609 | 68.7 | +1.4 | |
Labor | John Quessy | 9,850 | 31.3 | −1.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Tink | 18,660 | 63.3 | +3.6 | |
Labor | Colleen Logan | 7,881 | 26.7 | −5.2 | |
Democrats | Christopher Dunkerley | 2,958 | 10.0 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,499 | 97.1 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 877 | 2.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 30,376 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Tink | 19,635 | 67.6 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Colleen Logan | 9,400 | 32.4 | −3.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 17,937 | 60.0 | +5.0 | |
Labor | Joyce Tuckwell | 9,404 | 31.5 | −5.3 | |
Democrats | Christopher Dunkerley | 2,545 | 8.5 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 29,886 | 98.2 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 548 | 1.8 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,434 | 93.3 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 64.8 | +5.1 | ||
Labor | Joyce Tuckwell | 35.2 | −5.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.1 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 15,857 | 55.0 | +3.6 | |
Labor | Jeff Shaw | 10,601 | 36.8 | −5.7 | |
Democrats | Peter Chambers | 2,387 | 8.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 28,845 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 685 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,530 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 16,857 | 59.7 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Jeff Shaw | 11,401 | 40.3 | −5.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 15,715 | 51.4 | −13.3 | |
Labor | Jan Murray | 12,992 | 42.5 | +7.2 | |
Democrats | Phillip Cockell | 1,846 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,553 | 98.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 537 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,090 | 92.8 | −1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 16,638 | 54.5 | −10.2 | |
Labor | Jan Murray | 13,915 | 45.5 | +10.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.2 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 19,875 | 64.7 | +2.2 | |
Labor | Robert Cummins | 10,865 | 35.3 | +35.3 | |
Total formal votes | 30,740 | 98.8 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 380 | 1.2 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,120 | 94.2 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 17,980 | 62.5 | +3.3 | |
Australia | John Butterworth | 7,956 | 27.7 | +27.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Paul Burton | 2,834 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,770 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 788 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 29,558 | 92.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 19,397 | 67.4 | −0.9 | |
Australia | John Butterworth | 9,373 | 32.6 | +32.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 15,491 | 59.2 | −10.5 | |
Labor | John McMahon | 8,211 | 31.4 | +1.1 | |
Independent | Olwyn Mackenzie | 2,454 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
Total formal votes | 26,156 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 518 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 26,674 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 16,960 | 64.8 | −4.9 | |
Labor | John McMahon | 9,196 | 35.2 | +4.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 17,589 | 69.7 | +16.2 | |
Labor | George Keniry | 7,636 | 30.3 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,225 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 773 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 25,998 | 94.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim Clough | 15,264 | 53.5 | −13.7 | |
Labor | George Keniry | 7,323 | 25.7 | −7.1 | |
Independent | Marion Hearnshaw | 4,569 | 16.0 | +16.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Doris Brauer | 1,361 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,517 | 98.5 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 441 | 1.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,958 | 93.6 | −0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Jim Clough | 19,551 | 68.6 | +1.4 | |
Labor | George Keniry | 8,966 | 31.4 | −1.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | 18,137 | 67.2 | −0.5 | |
Labor | Robert Mayhew | 8,833 | 32.8 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,970 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 282 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 27,252 | 94.0 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | 17,702 | 72.7 | ||
Labor | William Browne | 6,649 | 27.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,351 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 298 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 24,649 | 93.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | 12,757 | 59.0 | ||
Labor | Francis Corcoran | 5,525 | 25.6 | ||
Independent | Francis Collings | 3,335 | 15.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,617 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 340 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,957 | 93.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | 15,132 | 70.0 | ||
Labor | Francis Corcoran | 6,485 | 30.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hearnshaw | 14,275 | 71.4 | ||
Labor | John Birchall | 5,712 | 28.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,987 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 360 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,347 | 92.2 | |||
Liberal notional hold |
District recreated
1930 - 1950
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | David Anderson | 7,770 | 65.5 | ||
Labor | Alan McNamara | 3,630 | 30.6 | ||
Protestant Labor | William Featherstone | 463 | 3.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,863 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 143 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,006 | 81.7 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
References
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