Electoral results for the district of Wakehurst
Appearance
Wakehurst, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had one incarnation, from 1962 until the present.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Wakehurst
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Dick Healey | Liberal | |
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 | Allan Viney | ||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | Tom Webster | Labor | |
1981 | |||
1984 | John Booth | Liberal | |
1988 | |||
1991 | Brad Hazzard | ||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 | |||
2007 | |||
2011 | |||
2015 | |||
2019 |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 28,704 | 58.93 | −4.99 | |
Labor | Chris Sharpe | 8,600 | 17.65 | +2.23 | |
Greens | Lilith Zaharias | 4,867 | 9.99 | −1.97 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Katika Schultz | 1,928 | 3.96 | +3.96 | |
Animal Justice | Susan Sorensen | 1,685 | 3.46 | +3.46 | |
Independent | Darren Hough | 1,606 | 3.30 | +3.30 | |
Sustainable Australia | Greg Mawson | 1,322 | 2.71 | +2.71 | |
Total formal votes | 48,712 | 96.94 | +0.39 | ||
Informal votes | 1,537 | 3.06 | −0.39 | ||
Turnout | 50,249 | 90.03 | −1.52 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 30,182 | 71.00 | −4.24 | |
Labor | Chris Sharpe | 12,326 | 29.00 | +4.24 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.24 |
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 30,611 | 63.9 | −5.5 | |
Labor | Ned Barsi | 7,387 | 15.4 | +2.4 | |
Greens | Jonathan King | 5,727 | 12.0 | −2.8 | |
Independent | Conny Harris | 2,057 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Christian Democrats | Silvana Nero | 1,259 | 2.6 | −0.2 | |
No Land Tax | Robert Di Cosmo | 853 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 47,894 | 96.5 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,712 | 3.5 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,606 | 91.6 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 32,105 | 75.2 | −5.3 | |
Labor | Ned Barsi | 10,565 | 24.8 | +5.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −5.3 |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 31,634 | 69.4 | +12.5 | |
Greens | Conny Harris | 6,717 | 14.7 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Linda Beattie | 5,930 | 13.0 | -10.9 | |
Christian Democrats | Peter Colsell | 1,271 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 45,552 | 96.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,466 | 3.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 47,018 | 92.9 | |||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 33,210 | 80.5 | +13.2 | |
Labor | Linda Beattie | 8,021 | 19.5 | -13.2 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 32,811 | 78.5 | +11.2 | |
Greens | Conny Harris | 8,969 | 21.5 | +21.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 24,488 | 56.9 | +8.9 | |
Labor | Patricio Chavez | 10,305 | 24.0 | +0.3 | |
Greens | Conny Harris | 5,436 | 12.6 | +2.2 | |
Democrats | Georgina Johanson | 1,528 | 3.6 | +2.2 | |
Against Further Immigration | Thomas Moody | 1,249 | 2.9 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 43,006 | 96.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,389 | 3.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 44,395 | 92.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 25,980 | 67.3 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Patricio Chavez | 12,628 | 32.7 | -4.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.1 |
2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 18,584 | 47.2 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Chris Sharpe | 9,416 | 23.9 | -4.9 | |
Independent | Vincent De Luca | 4,485 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
Greens | Peter Forrest | 3,997 | 10.1 | +3.5 | |
Christian Democrats | Mike Hubbard | 1,206 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Unity | Rita Lee | 591 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Against Further Immigration | Anthony Mavin | 591 | 1.5 | -1.4 | |
Democrats | Tony Howells | 527 | 1.3 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 39,397 | 96.6 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,387 | 3.4 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 40,784 | 91.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 20,542 | 62.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor | Chris Sharpe | 12,230 | 37.3 | -1.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 19,278 | 48.4 | -7.3 | |
Labor | Cherie Stokes | 11,455 | 28.8 | +1.3 | |
One Nation | Ian Nelson | 2,684 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Greens | Barbara Hatten | 2,644 | 6.6 | +5.1 | |
Democrats | Gabrielle Russell | 2,583 | 6.5 | +1.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Alexander Hampel | 1,172 | 2.9 | -4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 39,816 | 97.0 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,219 | 3.0 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,035 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 21,225 | 60.8 | -4.1 | |
Labor | Cherie Stokes | 13,713 | 39.2 | +4.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.1 |
1995
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 18,524 | 54.5 | -0.9 | |
Labor | Patricia Armstrong | 10,152 | 29.8 | +3.8 | |
Against Further Immigration | David Kitson | 2,163 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Democrats | Sylvia Adam | 1,880 | 5.5 | -2.0 | |
Call to Australia | Lesley Maher | 820 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Natural Law | Catherine Webster | 479 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 34,018 | 95.5 | +4.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,592 | 4.5 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,610 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 20,188 | 62.9 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Patricia Armstrong | 11,899 | 37.1 | -0.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 17,161 | 55.3 | +2.4 | |
Labor | Anne Purcell | 8,077 | 26.0 | -6.4 | |
Independent | Tim Maguire | 3,435 | 11.1 | +11.1 | |
Democrats | Richard Hill | 2,336 | 7.5 | +7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 31,009 | 90.8 | −5.6 | ||
Informal votes | 3,155 | 9.2 | +5.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,164 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Brad Hazzard | 18,550 | 62.7 | +3.2 | |
Labor | Anne Purcell | 11,048 | 37.3 | -3.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1980s
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Booth | 15,013 | 52.2 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Tom Webster | 10,022 | 34.9 | -10.6 | |
Independent | Michael Pawley | 3,717 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Total formal votes | 28,752 | 96.3 | −1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,090 | 3.7 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 29,842 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Booth | 16,004 | 57.5 | +5.5 | |
Labor | Tom Webster | 11,809 | 42.5 | -5.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.5 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Booth | 13,767 | 49.2 | +7.6 | |
Labor | Tom Webster | 13,038 | 46.6 | +8.7 | |
Independent | Maurice Foley | 606 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Democrats | Laurence Bourke | 581 | 2.1 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,992 | 97.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 680 | 2.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,672 | 91.6 | +1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Booth | 51.2 | +8.2 | ||
Labor | Tom Webster | 48.8 | -8.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.2 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Webster | 14,891 | 55.3 | -0.8 | |
Liberal | Phillip Wearne | 11,194 | 41.6 | -2.3 | |
Democrats | Henri Rathgeber | 837 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,922 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 833 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 27,755 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Webster | 15,098 | 57.0 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Phillip Wearne | 11,394 | 43.0 | -0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Webster | 17,066 | 56.2 | +14.0 | |
Liberal | Allan Viney | 13,329 | 43.8 | -14.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,395 | 97.0 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 938 | 3.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 31,333 | 91.5 | −0.2 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.0 |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Allan Viney | 17,836 | 57.8 | +4.4 | |
Labor | Noel Berrell | 12,999 | 42.2 | +10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 30,835 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 715 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,550 | 91.7 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.6 |
1973
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Allan Viney | 14,876 | 53.4 | -0.9 | |
Labor | Colin McIlwraith | 8,801 | 31.6 | -7.0 | |
Australia | Pamela Wilson | 2,770 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Terrence Fay | 1,412 | 5.1 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,859 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 782 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 28,641 | 90.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Allan Viney | 17,114 | 61.4 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Colin McIlwraith | 10,745 | 38.6 | -1.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.4 |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Allan Viney | 15,074 | 52.3 | -7.3 | |
Labor | Evan Davies | 11,706 | 40.6 | +7.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Lee | 2,038 | 7.1 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,818 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 664 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 29,482 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Allan Viney | 16,704 | 58.0 | -7.5 | |
Labor | Evan Davies | 12,114 | 42.0 | +7.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
1968
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dick Healey | 18,475 | 63.6 | 0.0 | |
Labor | Dorothy Isaksen | 8,442 | 29.1 | -3.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Lyle Antcliff | 2,115 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Total formal votes | 29,032 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 965 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 29,997 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dick Healey | 20,167 | 69.5 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Dorothy Isaksen | 8,865 | 30.5 | -3.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 |
1965
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dick Healey | 17,285 | 63.6 | +11.9 | |
Labor | Geoffrey Mill | 8,912 | 32.8 | −2.8 | |
Independent | Frederick Jones | 981 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 27,178 | 98.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 434 | 1.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 27,612 | 92.7 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dick Healey | 18,070 | 66.5 | +7.6 | |
Labor | Geoffrey Mill | 9,108 | 33.5 | −7.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.6 |
1962
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Dick Healey | 11,689 | 51.7 | −9.4 | |
Labor | John Fisher | 8,062 | 35.6 | −3.3 | |
Independent | Edgar Wilson | 1,440 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Independent | Beverley Job | 792 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Philip Cohen | 638 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,621 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 491 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 23,112 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Dick Healey | 13,315 | 58.9 | −2.2 | |
Labor | John Fisher | 9,306 | 41.1 | +2.2 | |
Liberal notional hold | Swing |
- Wakehurst was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat.[25]
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