Electoral results for the district of Wyong
Appearance
Wyong, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1962 to 1973, the second from 1988 to the present.[1][2][3][4]
Members
[edit]First incarnation (1962–1973) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1962 | Ray Maher | Labor | |
1965 | Harry Jensen | ||
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
Second incarnation (1988–present) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1988 | Harry Moore | Labor | |
1991 | Paul Crittenden | ||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 | |||
2007 | David Harris | ||
2011 | Darren Webber | Liberal | |
2015 | David Harris | Labor | |
2019 | |||
2023 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Harris | 24,575 | 52.2 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Matt Squires (disendorsed) | 9,929 | 21.1 | −10.4 | |
One Nation | Martin Stevenson | 6,850 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Greens | Doug Williamson | 3,795 | 8.1 | −1.3 | |
Sustainable Australia | Susan Newbury | 1,897 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 47,046 | 96.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,968 | 4.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 49,014 | 86.3 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Harris | 27,899 | 69.8 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Matt Squires (disendorsed) | 12,048 | 30.2 | −6.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.9 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Harris | 25,077 | 52.11 | +0.96 | |
Liberal | Ying Shu Li-Cantwell | 15,338 | 31.87 | −4.89 | |
Greens | Sue Wynn | 4,553 | 9.46 | +2.75 | |
Conservatives | Martin Stevenson | 3,153 | 6.55 | +6.55 | |
Total formal votes | 48,121 | 94.77 | −0.91 | ||
Informal votes | 2,655 | 5.23 | +0.91 | ||
Turnout | 50,776 | 88.34 | −2.40 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Harris | 27,296 | 62.45 | +3.72 | |
Liberal | Ying Shu Li-Cantwell | 16,415 | 37.55 | −3.72 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.72 |
2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Harris | 23,565 | 51.1 | +13.2 | |
Liberal | Sandra Kerr | 16,936 | 36.8 | −10.5 | |
Greens | Vicki Dimond | 3,091 | 6.7 | −3.6 | |
No Land Tax | Annie McGeechan | 929 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Stevan Dragojevic | 914 | 2.0 | −1.2 | |
Socialist Equality | Noel Holt | 384 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Australia First | Alex Norwick | 252 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 46,071 | 95.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,082 | 4.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,153 | 90.7 | +3.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Harris | 25,037 | 58.7 | +13.3 | |
Liberal | Sandra Kerr | 17,597 | 41.3 | −13.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.3 |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Darren Webber | 20,665 | 45.9 | +14.3 | |
Labor | David Harris | 18,038 | 40.1 | −2.5 | |
Greens | Sue Wynn | 4,894 | 10.9 | +5.8 | |
Christian Democrats | Roger Fernandez | 1,444 | 3.2 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 45,031 | 96.1 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,851 | 3.9 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,882 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Darren Webber | 21,771 | 52.6 | +9.5 | |
Labor | David Harris | 19,619 | 47.4 | −9.5 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Harris | 18,006 | 42.5 | −12.6 | |
Liberal | Ben Morton | 13,363 | 31.6 | −1.5 | |
Independent | Greg Best | 6,058 | 14.3 | +14.3 | |
Greens | Scott Rickard | 2,138 | 5.0 | +0.1 | |
Against Further Immigration | Richard Spark | 1,627 | 3.8 | +2.3 | |
Christian Democrats | Adrian Loel | 1,151 | 2.7 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 42,343 | 97.2 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,204 | 2.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,547 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Harris | 20,217 | 56.9 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Ben Morton | 15,342 | 43.1 | +5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | –5.4 |
2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Crittenden | 24,644 | 53.8 | −0.3 | |
Liberal | Ben Morton | 15,610 | 34.1 | +7.2 | |
Greens | Scott Rickard | 2,229 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Christian Democrats | Gerda Hailes | 1,138 | 2.5 | −0.4 | |
One Nation | Joanne May | 688 | 1.5 | −8.1 | |
Against Further Immigration | Joyce Moylan | 650 | 1.4 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Dianne Smith-Di Francesco | 425 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Democrats | Christopher Stennett | 409 | 0.9 | −2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 45,793 | 97.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,091 | 2.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 46,884 | 93.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Crittenden | 25,810 | 61.1 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | Ben Morton | 16,443 | 38.9 | +4.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.4 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Crittenden | 22,606 | 54.1 | −5.2 | |
Liberal | Doug Lamb | 11,233 | 26.9 | −13.0 | |
One Nation | Ron Holten | 4,004 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Democrats | David Mott | 1,199 | 2.9 | +2.5 | |
Christian Democrats | Bev Hopkins | 1,191 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Earthsave | Carolyn Hastie | 810 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Against Further Immigration | Maud Nelson | 730 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 41,773 | 97.6 | +3.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,038 | 2.4 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,811 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Crittenden | 24,398 | 65.5 | +5.8 | |
Liberal | Doug Lamb | 12,873 | 34.5 | −5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.8 |
1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Crittenden | 20,748 | 58.7 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Richardson | 14,584 | 41.3 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 35,332 | 93.6 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,433 | 6.4 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,765 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.3 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Paul Crittenden | 16,392 | 53.1 | −0.2 | |
Liberal | Rick Walton | 11,527 | 37.3 | −9.4 | |
Democrats | Jan Watts | 1,283 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | Phil Kenny | 1,094 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Independent | Gordon Craig | 586 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 30,882 | 92.3 | −4.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,570 | 7.7 | +4.2 | ||
Turnout | 33,452 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Crittenden | 17,613 | 59.0 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Rick Walton | 12,229 | 41.0 | −5.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Moore | 16,494 | 54.5 | −3.9 | |
Liberal | Ian Crook | 13,754 | 45.5 | +14.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,248 | 96.5 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,107 | 3.5 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 31,355 | 94.2 | |||
Labor notional hold | Swing | −8.9 |
District re-created
1973 - 1988
[edit]District abolished District abolished
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Jensen | 18,084 | 62.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Gilchrist | 9,574 | 33.1 | −8.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Estelle Drinkwater | 1,275 | 4.4 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 28,933 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 380 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,313 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Jensen | 18,339 | 63.4 | +6.8 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Gilchrist | 10,594 | 36.6 | −6.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Jensen | 11,115 | 52.6 | ||
Liberal | Frederick Vaughan | 9,417 | 44.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Herbert Collins | 619 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,151 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 349 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,500 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Jensen | 11,239 | 53.1 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Frederick Vaughan | 9,912 | 46.9 | −3.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Harry Jensen | 12,273 | 55.6 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Charters | 8,928 | 40.4 | +0.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Hugh Ansell | 888 | 4.0 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 22,089 | 98.7 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 298 | 1.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,387 | 94.9 | +0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Jensen | 12,451 | 56.4 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | Kenneth Charters | 9,638 | 43.6 | −0.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.8 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Ray Maher | 10,431 | 53.3 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Charters | 7,797 | 39.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | Hugh Ansell | 727 | 3.7 | ||
Independent | Harold Turnbull | 615 | 3.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,570 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 293 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,863 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ray Maher | 10,883 | 55.6 | ||
Liberal | Kenneth Charters | 8,687 | 44.4 | ||
Labor notional hold | Swing | N/A |
- Wyong was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat.[22]
References
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