Electoral results for the Division of Werriwa
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Werriwa in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Alfred Conroy | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1901–1906 | |
David Hall | Labor | 1906–1912 | |
Benjamin Bennett | Labor | 1912–1913 | |
Alfred Conroy | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
John Lynch | Labor | 1914–1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916–1919 | ||
Bert Lazzarini | Labor | 1919–1931 | |
Labor (NSW) | 1931–1931 | ||
Walter McNicoll | Country | 1931–1934 | |
Bert Lazzarini | Labor (NSW) | 1934–1936 | |
Labor | 1936–1952 | ||
Gough Whitlam | Labor | 1952–1978 | |
John Kerin | Labor | 1978–1994 | |
Mark Latham | Labor | 1994–2005 | |
Chris Hayes | Labor | 2005–2010 | |
Laurie Ferguson | Labor | 2010–2016 | |
Anne Stanley | Labor | 2016–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Anne Stanley | 45,002 | 47.76 | −4.38 | |
Liberal | Shayne Miller | 33,234 | 35.27 | −1.29 | |
Greens | Signe Westerberg | 5,060 | 5.37 | +0.77 | |
Christian Democrats | Narelle Storey | 4,841 | 5.14 | −1.56 | |
United Australia | Ignatios Tsiriplis | 3,957 | 4.20 | +4.20 | |
Independent | Michael White | 2,135 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
Total formal votes | 94,229 | 88.43 | −2.81 | ||
Informal votes | 12,324 | 11.57 | +2.81 | ||
Turnout | 106,553 | 90.53 | +0.31 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Anne Stanley | 52,270 | 55.47 | −2.73 | |
Liberal | Shayne Miller | 41,959 | 44.53 | +2.73 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.73 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Anne Stanley | 46,596 | 52.14 | +2.81 | |
Liberal | Ned Mannoun | 32,670 | 36.56 | +0.51 | |
Christian Democrats | Daniel Edwards | 5,986 | 6.70 | +2.49 | |
Greens | Signe Westerberg | 4,109 | 4.60 | +1.36 | |
Total formal votes | 89,361 | 91.24 | +4.88 | ||
Informal votes | 8,581 | 8.76 | −4.88 | ||
Turnout | 97,942 | 90.22 | +1.77 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Anne Stanley | 52,005 | 58.20 | +1.67 | |
Liberal | Ned Mannoun | 37,356 | 41.80 | −1.67 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.67 |
2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Ferguson | 34,117 | 44.09 | −4.48 | |
Liberal | Kent Johns | 30,693 | 39.67 | +0.95 | |
Palmer United | Katryna Thirup | 3,363 | 4.35 | +4.35 | |
Christian Democrats | John Ramsay | 2,936 | 3.79 | +3.79 | |
Greens | Daniel Griffiths | 2,532 | 3.27 | −9.43 | |
Democratic Labour | Michael Byrne | 1,562 | 2.02 | +2.02 | |
One Nation | Marella Harris | 1,519 | 1.96 | +1.96 | |
Katter's Australian | Kerryn Ball | 657 | 0.85 | +0.85 | |
Total formal votes | 77,379 | 87.13 | −2.52 | ||
Informal votes | 11,433 | 12.87 | +2.52 | ||
Turnout | 88,812 | 92.46 | +0.11 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Ferguson | 40,426 | 52.24 | −4.51 | |
Liberal | Kent Johns | 36,953 | 47.76 | +4.51 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.51 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Ferguson | 36,582 | 48.57 | −10.13 | |
Liberal | Sam Eskaros | 29,165 | 38.72 | +8.33 | |
Greens | Lauren Moore | 9,567 | 12.70 | +8.87 | |
Total formal votes | 75,314 | 89.65 | −3.77 | ||
Informal votes | 8,692 | 10.35 | +3.77 | ||
Turnout | 84,006 | 92.32 | −1.58 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Ferguson | 42,740 | 56.75 | −8.32 | |
Liberal | Sam Eskaros | 32,574 | 43.25 | +8.32 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.32 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Chris Hayes | 46,892 | 58.83 | +8.92 | |
Liberal | Rachel Elliott | 24,046 | 30.17 | −7.44 | |
Greens | Neerav Bhatt | 3,022 | 3.79 | +0.07 | |
Independent | Joe Bryant | 2,016 | 2.53 | +2.53 | |
Family First | Andrew Mills | 1,920 | 2.41 | +2.00 | |
Christian Democrats | Hany Gayed | 1,814 | 2.28 | +1.90 | |
Total formal votes | 79,710 | 93.47 | +1.45 | ||
Informal votes | 5,569 | 6.53 | −1.45 | ||
Turnout | 85,279 | 94.43 | +1.10 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Chris Hayes | 51,999 | 65.24 | +8.30 | |
Liberal | Rachel Elliott | 27,711 | 34.76 | −8.30 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.30 |
2005 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Chris Hayes | 37,286 | 55.54 | +2.90 | |
Independent | James Young | 3,237 | 7.80 | +7.80 | |
Greens | Ben Raue | 3,726 | 5.55 | +2.42 | |
Against Further Immigration | Janey Woodger | 3,243 | 4.83 | +4.83 | |
Family First | Mick Sykes | 2,890 | 4.31 | +4.31 | |
Independent | Joe Bryant | 2,696 | 3.78 | +3.78 | |
Christian Democrats | Greg Tan | 2,536 | 3.78 | +3.78 | |
One Nation | Charles Doggett | 2,400 | 3.48 | +1.22 | |
Deborah Locke | 2,101 | 3.13 | +3.13 | ||
Independent | Mal Lees | 1,393 | 2.08 | +2.08 | |
Ned Mannoun | 1,076 | 1.60 | +1.60 | ||
Independent | Sam Bargshoon | 753 | 1.12 | −3.75 | |
Progressive Labour | Mary Patricia McGookin | 629 | 0.94 | +0.94 | |
Mike Head | 458 | 0.68 | +0.04 | ||
Independent | Marc Aussie-Stone | 388 | 0.58 | +0.58 | |
Independent | Robert Vogler | 316 | 0.47 | +0.47 | |
Total formal votes | 67,129 | 86.85 | −5.17 | ||
Informal votes | 10,162 | 13.15 | +5.17 | ||
Turnout | 77,291 | 85.19 | −8.73 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Chris Hayes | 47,023 | 70.05 | +10.74 | |
Independent | James Young | 20,106 | 29.95 | −10.74 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +10.74 |
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Latham | 40,837 | 52.64 | +2.31 | |
Liberal | Michael Medway | 27,241 | 35.11 | +1.79 | |
Independent | Sam Bargshoon | 3,779 | 4.87 | +4.87 | |
Greens | Ben Raue | 2,432 | 3.13 | +0.48 | |
One Nation | Charles Doggett | 1,831 | 2.36 | −2.36 | |
Democrats | Patrick Briscoe-Hough | 965 | 1.24 | −1.40 | |
Mike Head | 497 | 0.64 | +0.64 | ||
Total formal votes | 77,582 | 92.02 | +0.53 | ||
Informal votes | 6,724 | 7.98 | −0.53 | ||
Turnout | 84,306 | 93.92 | −0.05 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Latham | 46,012 | 59.31 | +0.82 | |
Liberal | Michael Medway | 31,570 | 40.69 | −0.82 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.82 |
2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Latham | 35,980 | 50.33 | −1.15 | |
Liberal | Paul Masina | 23,816 | 33.32 | +4.24 | |
One Nation | P. Kotarski | 3,372 | 4.72 | −6.16 | |
Greens | Roger Barsony | 1,891 | 2.65 | +0.87 | |
Democrats | Glenda Blanch | 1,886 | 2.64 | −0.79 | |
Christian Democrats | Greg Tan | 1,759 | 2.46 | +2.46 | |
Unity | John Uri | 1,527 | 2.14 | −0.04 | |
Against Further Immigration | Janey Woodger | 1,256 | 1.76 | +1.76 | |
Total formal votes | 71,487 | 91.49 | −3.32 | ||
Informal votes | 6,651 | 8.51 | +3.32 | ||
Turnout | 78,138 | 94.47 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Latham | 41,810 | 58.49 | −4.13 | |
Liberal | Paul Masina | 29,677 | 41.51 | +4.13 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −4.13 |
Elections in the 1990s
1998
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Latham | 37,106 | 50.58 | +2.69 | |
Liberal | Andrew Thorn | 21,251 | 28.97 | −4.74 | |
One Nation | John Hyslop | 8,440 | 11.51 | +11.51 | |
Democrats | James Cockayne | 2,594 | 3.54 | −2.90 | |
Greens | Vicki Kearney | 1,605 | 2.19 | +2.19 | |
Independent | Sharynne Freeman | 1,260 | 1.72 | +1.72 | |
Unity | Ibrahim Peck | 1,099 | 1.50 | +1.50 | |
Total formal votes | 73,355 | 95.12 | +0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 3,766 | 4.88 | −0.20 | ||
Turnout | 77,121 | 94.54 | −1.28 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Latham | 45,974 | 62.67 | +6.46 | |
Liberal | Andrew Thorn | 27,381 | 37.33 | −6.46 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.46 |
1996
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Latham | 33,800 | 47.90 | −13.51 | |
Liberal | Andrew Thorn | 23,790 | 33.71 | +3.22 | |
Democrats | Emanuela Lang | 4,541 | 6.44 | +1.47 | |
Against Further Immigration | Vince Townsend | 3,973 | 5.63 | +5.63 | |
Independent | James Whitehall | 2,722 | 3.86 | +3.86 | |
Reclaim Australia | Edwin Woodger | 1,169 | 1.66 | +1.66 | |
Greg Josling | 571 | 0.81 | +0.81 | ||
Total formal votes | 70,566 | 94.91 | −1.09 | ||
Informal votes | 3,782 | 5.09 | +1.09 | ||
Turnout | 74,348 | 95.82 | +0.52 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Latham | 39,489 | 56.21 | −9.56 | |
Liberal | Andrew Thorn | 30,761 | 43.79 | +9.56 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −9.56 |
1994 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mark Latham | 30,337 | 50.13 | −11.27 | |
Liberal | Charlie Lynn | 20,466 | 33.82 | +3.52 | |
Against Further Immigration | Robyn Spencer | 4,384 | 7.24 | +7.24 | |
Independent | Julia Moon | 3,199 | 5.29 | +5.29 | |
Graeme MacAllister | 1,111 | 1.84 | +1.84 | ||
Independent | Maxwell Corbett | 458 | 0.76 | +0.76 | |
Independent | Alex Kammoun | 378 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Independent | Earle Keegel | 188 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
Total formal votes | 60,521 | 94.80 | −1.20 | ||
Informal votes | 3,318 | 5.20 | +1.20 | ||
Turnout | 63,839 | 85.64 | −9.66 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mark Latham | 35,972 | 59.49 | −6.28 | |
Liberal | Charlie Lynn | 24,500 | 40.51 | +6.28 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −6.28 |
1993
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 41,725 | 61.40 | +9.23 | |
Liberal | Rick Lewis | 20,722 | 30.50 | +0.48 | |
Democrats | Peter Fraser | 3,376 | 4.97 | −5.31 | |
Natural Law | Julie Chamberlain | 2,129 | 3.13 | +3.13 | |
Total formal votes | 67,952 | 96.00 | −0.30 | ||
Informal votes | 2,830 | 4.00 | +0.30 | ||
Turnout | 70,782 | 95.30 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 44,671 | 65.77 | +1.69 | |
Liberal | Rick Lewis | 23,250 | 34.23 | −1.69 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.69 |
1990
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 38,392 | 52.0 | −11.7 | |
Liberal | Rick Lewis | 20,200 | 30.0 | −6.3 | |
Democrats | Eamon Quinn | 7,547 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Environment Inds | Sue Dobson | 4,866 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
Greens | Robert Tomasiello | 886 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 73,891 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,801 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 76,692 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 47,190 | 66.8 | +0.3 | |
Liberal | Rick Lewis | 26,546 | 33.2 | −0.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Elections in the 1980s
1987
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 43,094 | 63.7 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | David Brock | 24,600 | 36.3 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 67,694 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 3,798 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 71,492 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.2 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 36,892 | 63.7 | +3.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Swiderski | 16,963 | 29.3 | −2.1 | |
Democrats | Valerie George | 4,079 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 57,934 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 5,002 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 62,936 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 38,737 | 66.9 | −0.9 | |
Liberal | Peter Swiderski | 19,195 | 33.1 | +0.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.9 |
1983
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 52,584 | 63.2 | +5.3 | |
Liberal | Marie Rutledge | 23,586 | 28.3 | −2.1 | |
Independent | David Brandon | 4,714 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Dorothea Brocksop | 1,351 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Socialist Workers | Gail Cumming | 1,025 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 83,260 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 2,584 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 85,844 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 69.1 | +2.5 | ||
Liberal | Marie Rutledge | 30.9 | −2.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.5 |
1980
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 45,296 | 57.9 | +2.4 | |
Liberal | Marie Rutledge | 23,813 | 30.4 | −3.5 | |
Democrats | Keith Olson | 5,074 | 6.5 | −2.5 | |
Independent | Edward Bell | 4,079 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 78,262 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 2,577 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 80,839 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 66.6 | +6.4 | ||
Liberal | Marie Rutledge | 33.4 | −6.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
1978 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Kerin | 40,272 | 67.2 | +11.7 | |
Liberal | William Sadler | 14,566 | 24.3 | −9.6 | |
Democrats | Keith Olson | 3,774 | 6.3 | −2.7 | |
Socialist Workers | John Garcia | 1,081 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
New Australian | Hans Penninger | 214 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 59,897 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,093 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 60,990 | 81.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | John Kerin | 72.3 | +12.1 | ||
Liberal | William Sadler | 27.7 | −12.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +12.1 |
1977
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 37,262 | 55.5 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Jonas Abromas | 22,787 | 33.9 | −6.4 | |
Democrats | Keith Olson | 6,035 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Independent | Ross May | 1,079 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 67,163 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,205 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 69,368 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 60.2 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal | Jonas Abromas | 39.8 | −2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1975
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 44,356 | 59.4 | −9.6 | |
Liberal | William Sadler | 27,724 | 37.1 | +7.9 | |
Independent | Marc Aussie-Stone | 1,178 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Workers | Ronald Watson | 578 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Maurice Sharp | 271 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Fredrick Keep | 270 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Ross May | 263 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 74,640 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,266 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 76,906 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 61.4 | −8.5 | ||
Liberal | William Sadler | 38.6 | +8.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 |
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 46,844 | 69.0 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Darby | 19,822 | 29.2 | +1.1 | |
Australia | Robert Tuckwell | 360 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Margaret Tomkins | 221 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Maurice Sharp | 152 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Robert Demkiw | 98 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Steve Dodd | 97 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
National Socialist | Ross May | 82 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Ian Robertson | 78 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Eileen Eason | 73 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Leslie Shaw | 42 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Veljko Prlja | 35 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 67,904 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,715 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 69,619 | 96.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 69.9 | +0.0 | ||
Liberal | Michael Darby | 30.1 | +0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.0 |
1972
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 41,297 | 68.9 | +7.7 | |
Liberal | Ron Dunbier | 16,822 | 28.1 | −1.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Andrew Murphy | 1,139 | 1.9 | −3.2 | |
Independent | Walter Turner | 380 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Maurice Sharp | 331 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 59,969 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,731 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 61,700 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 69.9 | +5.2 | ||
Liberal | Ron Dunbier | 30.1 | −5.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.2 |
Elections in the 1960s
1969
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 32,435 | 61.2 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Christopher May | 15,416 | 29.1 | −9.4 | |
Democratic Labor | William Arundel | 2,680 | 5.1 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Fay McCallum | 1,088 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Independent | William Sadler | 1,021 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Communist | Don Syme | 377 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 53,017 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 2,427 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,444 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 64.7 | +7.1 | ||
Liberal | Christopher May | 35.3 | −7.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.1 |
1966
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 45,345 | 55.0 | −3.1 | |
Liberal | Elga Rodze | 30,198 | 36.6 | −0.7 | |
Communist | Les Kelton | 4,411 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Andrew Murphy | 2,539 | 3.1 | −1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 82,493 | 94.9 | |||
Informal votes | 4,396 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 86,889 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 59.5 | +0.5 | ||
Liberal | Elga Rodze | 40.5 | −0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 |
1963
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 39,440 | 58.1 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | Kevin Byrne | 25,301 | 37.3 | +11.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Harry Cole | 3,115 | 4.6 | −4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 67,856 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,803 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 69,659 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 59.0 | −7.8 | ||
Liberal | Kevin Byrne | 41.0 | +7.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −7.8 |
1961
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 36,153 | 65.3 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | Vernon Luckman | 14,427 | 26.1 | −6.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Kevin Davis | 4,792 | 8.7 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 55,372 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 2,119 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 57,491 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 66.8 | +8.4 | ||
Liberal | Vernon Luckman | 33.2 | −8.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.4 |
Elections in the 1950s
1958
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 26,241 | 56.4 | +0.0 | |
Liberal | John Shannon | 15,199 | 32.7 | −10.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Les Hale | 5,100 | 11.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 46,540 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,889 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 48,429 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 58.4 | +2.0 | ||
Liberal | John Shannon | 41.6 | −2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1955
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 21,903 | 56.4 | −3.2 | |
Liberal | John Shannon | 16,921 | 43.6 | +6.6 | |
Total formal votes | 38,824 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,647 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 40,471 | 94.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.9 |
1954
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 33,961 | 57.7 | +2.6 | |
Liberal | Jack Lee | 22,530 | 38.3 | −6.6 | |
Communist | Edwin Lipscombe | 2,363 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 58,854 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 943 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 59,797 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 61.3 | +6.2 | ||
Liberal | Jack Lee | 38.7 | −6.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +6.2 |
1952 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Gough Whitlam | 32,561 | 67.5 | +12.4 | |
Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,706 | 32.5 | −12.4 | |
Total formal votes | 48,267 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 826 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 49,093 | 88.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +12.4 |
1951
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 26,104 | 55.1 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Ian Griffith | 21,257 | 44.9 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 47,361 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,114 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 48,475 | 95.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.1 |
Elections in the 1940s
1949
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 24,142 | 56.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Ray Watson | 18,787 | 43.8 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 42,929 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 43,890 | 95.2 | |||
Turnout | 43,890 | 95.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.0 |
1946
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 39,408 | 54.0 | −14.7 | |
Liberal | Ray Watson | 26,993 | 37.0 | +37.0 | |
Communist | Les Mullin | 6,511 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 72,912 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,478 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 74,390 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 62.1 | −12.6 | ||
Liberal | Ray Watson | 37.9 | +37.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −12.6 |
1943
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 46,346 | 68.7 | +27.2 | |
One Parliament | Arthur Brown | 12,996 | 19.3 | +19.3 | |
Independent | Michel Kartzoff | 8,122 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 67,464 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,520 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 68,984 | 95.3 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 74.7 | +9.6 | ||
One Parliament | Arthur Brown | 25.3 | +25.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.6 |
1940
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 24,766 | 41.5 | −13.8 | |
United Australia | Charles Hardwick | 7,954 | 13.3 | −9.3 | |
State Labor | Rex Connor | 7,512 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
Labor (N-C) | Con Quilkey | 6,301 | 10.6 | +10.6 | |
United Australia | Walter Duncan | 6,010 | 10.1 | +10.1 | |
United Australia | Lyell Scott | 4,170 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
United Australia | Joseph Worland | 2,278 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
United Australia | Mont Sheppard | 731 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 59,722 | 94.8 | |||
Informal votes | 3,277 | 5.2 | |||
Turnout | 62,999 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 65.1 | +9.8 | ||
United Australia | Charles Hardwick | 34.9 | −9.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +9.8 |
Elections in the 1930s
1937
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 31,188 | 55.3 | +51.9 | |
United Australia | Henry Storey | 25,190 | 44.7 | −1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 56,378 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,241 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 57,619 | 96.9 | |||
Labor gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | +55.3 |
1934
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Thomas Mutch | 22,981 | 46.1 | +46.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | Bert Lazzarini | 22,561 | 45.3 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Bill Blake | 2,610 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Labor | Thomas Lavelle | 1,695 | 3.4 | −6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 49,847 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,466 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 51,313 | 96.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Bert Lazzarini | 26,180 | 52.5 | +3.2 | |
United Australia | Thomas Mutch | 23,667 | 47.5 | +47.5 | |
Labor (NSW) gain from Country | Swing | +3.2 |
1931
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Walter McNicoll | 21,762 | 47.9 | +47.9 | |
Labor (NSW) | Bert Lazzarini | 18,948 | 41.7 | +41.7 | |
Labor | Ernest Tully | 4,254 | 9.4 | −56.0 | |
Ind. United Australia | Mont Sheppard | 496 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 45,460 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,679 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 47,139 | 94.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Walter McNicoll | 23,518 | 51.7 | +51.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Bert Lazzarini | 21,942 | 48.3 | +48.3 | |
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +17.1 |
Elections in the 1920s
1929
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 28,213 | 65.4 | +3.7 | |
Nationalist | Bernard Grogan | 14,903 | 34.6 | −3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 43,116 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,204 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 44,320 | 94.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 |
1928
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 24,842 | 61.7 | +8.0 | |
Nationalist | Herbert Ogilvie | 15,407 | 38.3 | −8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 40,249 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,900 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 42,149 | 93.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.0 |
1925
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 20,799 | 53.7 | +0.6 | |
Nationalist | Sir Charles Rosenthal | 17,904 | 46.3 | +8.3 | |
Total formal votes | 38,703 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 633 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 39,336 | 92.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.2 |
1922
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 12,397 | 53.1 | +1.3 | |
Nationalist | Henry Bate | 8,881 | 38.0 | +1.4 | |
Country | James Newman | 2,085 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
Total formal votes | 23,363 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,242 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 24,605 | 61.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 53.9 | −0.1 | ||
Nationalist | Henry Bate | 46.1 | +0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
1919
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 11,948 | 49.6 | +2.4 | |
Nationalist | John Lynch | 7,600 | 31.6 | −21.2 | |
Independent | William Wright | 4,536 | 18.8 | +18.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,084 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 2,063 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 26,147 | 71.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bert Lazzarini | 12,275 | 51.0 | +3.8 | |
Nationalist | John Lynch | 11,809 | 49.0 | −3.8 | |
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing | +3.8 |
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | John Lynch | 14,607 | 52.8 | +2.8 | |
Labor | Jack Christopher | 13,071 | 47.2 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 27,678 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 769 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 28,447 | 75.9 | |||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +2.8 |
1914
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Lynch | 13,162 | 50.0 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Alfred Conroy | 13,155 | 50.0 | −5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 26,317 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 552 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 26,869 | 75.7 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.9 |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Alfred Conroy | 13,998 | 55.9 | +6.5 | |
Labor | Richard Corish | 11,062 | 44.1 | −6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 25,060 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 682 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 25,742 | 71.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +6.5 |
1912 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Benjamin Bennett | 10,884 | 50.8 | −3.8 | |
Liberal | Alfred Conroy | 10,546 | 49.2 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 21,430 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 279 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 21,709 | 76.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.8 |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hall | 10,876 | 54.6 | +2.8 | |
Liberal | Granville Ryrie | 9,036 | 45.4 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 19,912 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 307 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 20,219 | 75.1 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.8 |
Elections in the 1900s
1906
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hall | 7,316 | 51.8 | +20.5 | |
Anti-Socialist | Alfred Conroy | 6,818 | 48.2 | −20.5 | |
Total formal votes | 14,134 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 518 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 14,652 | 57.2 | |||
Labour gain from Anti-Socialist | Swing | +20.5 |
1903
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alfred Conroy | 6,545 | 68.7 | +16.8 | |
Labour | Arthur Barrett | 2,976 | 31.3 | +31.3 | |
Total formal votes | 9,521 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 322 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 9,843 | 46.7 | |||
Free Trade hold | Swing | +16.8 |
1901
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alfred Conroy | 4,025 | 51.9 | +51.9 | |
Protectionist | Thomas Rose | 3,731 | 48.1 | +48.1 | |
Total formal votes | 7,756 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 138 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,894 | 69.9 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
References
- ^ Werriwa, NSW, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ Werriwa, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ 2013 results for Werriwa, AEC.
- ^ "2010 results for Werriwa". AEC.