Electoral results for the district of Auburn

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Auburn in New South Wales state elections from the district's first election in 1927 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Jack Lang	Labor	1927–1940
	Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
	Labor	1941–1943
	Lang Labor	1943–1946
James Lang	Lang Labor	1946–1950
Edgar Dring	Labor	1950–1955
Thomas Ryan	Labor	1956–1965
Peter Cox	Labor	1965–1988
Peter Nagle	Labor	1988–2001
Barbara Perry	Labor	2001–2015
Luke Foley	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Auburn^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Luke Foley	19,504	44.5	−1.0
	Liberal	Ronney Oueik	15,471	35.3	+1.9
	Greens	Malikeh Michels	2,658	6.1	−0.4
	Independent	Paul Garrard	2,457	5.6	+5.6
	No Land Tax	Kays Ahmed	1,857	4.2	+4.2
	Christian Democrats	Raema Walker	1,836	4.2	−0.5
Total formal votes			43,783	94.5	+0.1
Informal votes			2,560	5.5	−0.1
Turnout			46,343	87.0	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Luke Foley	21,343	55.9	−1.2
	Liberal	Ronney Oueik	16,816	44.1	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.2

New South Wales state election, 2011: Auburn^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barbara Perry	20,377	46.3	-14.0
	Liberal	Ned Attie	14,159	32.2	+17.8
	Greens	Michael Kiddle	2,969	6.7	+2.7
	Independent	Salim Mehajer	2,964	6.7	+6.7
	Christian Democrats	Raema Walker	2,323	5.3	+1.4
	Independent	Jamal Daoud	759	1.7	+1.7
		Carolyn Kennett	477	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			44,028	95.0	−0.8
Informal votes			2,318	5.0	+0.8
Turnout			46,346	90.9	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barbara Perry	22,199	58.5	-20.3
	Liberal	Ned Attie	15,758	41.5	+20.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-20.3

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barbara Perry	24,314	60.3	+0.7
	Liberal	George Pierides	5,771	14.3	-2.4
	Unity	Jack Au	3,866	9.6	+2.4
	Greens	Malikeh Michaels	1,621	4.0	-4.3
	Christian Democrats	Allan Lotfizadeh	1,582	3.9	+1.1
	Independent	Mamdouh Habib	1,554	3.9	+3.9
	Democrats	Silma Ihram	1,087	2.7	+1.3
	Independent	Bob Vinnicombe	536	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			42,331	95.8	+0.2
Informal votes			1,775	4.2	−0.2
Turnout			42,106	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barbara Perry	27,095	78.7	+2.2
	Liberal	George Pierides	7,312	21.3	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

New South Wales state election, 2003: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barbara Perry	24,764	60.8	+1.3
	Liberal	Levent Emirali	6,619	16.2	-3.5
	Greens	Steve Maxwell	3,349	8.2	+6.4
	Unity	Shui Au	2,697	6.6	-0.8
	Christian Democrats	Greg Kaitanovich	1,122	2.8	+2.8
	One Nation	Kane O'Connor	811	2.0	-4.2
	Democrats	Keith Darley	593	1.4	-1.4
	Against Further Immigration	Dale Francis	435	1.1	-0.5
	Legal System Reform	Thoria Yagoub	201	0.5	+0.5
	Socialist Alliance	Roberto Jorquera	172	0.4	-0.5
Total formal votes			40,763	95.6	−0.7
Informal votes			1,895	4.4	+0.7
Turnout			42,658	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barbara Perry	26,873	77.3	+3.0
	Liberal	Levent Emirali	7,911	22.7	-3.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.0

Auburn state by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barbara Perry	17,690	46.57	-12.92
	Liberal	Judy Irvine	8,499	22.38	-3.35
	Unity	Le Lam	3,792	9.98	+2.56
	Independent	Mohamed Saddick	2,581	6.79	+6.79
		Bob Vinnicombe	1,741	4.58	+4.58
	Democrats	Colin McDermott	903	2.38	-0.44
	Greens	Steve Maxwell	845	2.22	+0.38
	Independent	Kim Appleby	744	1.96	+1.96
		Bala Balendra	616	1.62	+1.62
	Christian Democrats	David Barker	501	1.32	+1.32
	Independent	Caleb Barker	72	0.19	+0.19
Informal votes			1,204	3.07	−0.67
Turnout			39,188	85.51	−8.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barbara Perry	19,600	63.14	-11.13
	Liberal	Judy Irvine	11,443	36.86	+11.13
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.13

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Nagle	24,207	59.5	-4.4
	Liberal	Bulent Borluk	8,031	19.7	-10.6
	Unity	Fatia Yakup	3,021	7.4	+7.4
	One Nation	Kane O'Connor	2,536	6.2	+6.2
	Democrats	Colin McDermott	1,148	2.8	+2.6
	Greens	Geoff Ash	749	1.8	+1.8
	Against Further Immigration	Chris Johnson	620	1.5	+1.5
	Democratic Socialist	Shane Bentley	378	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			40,690	96.3	+3.9
Informal votes			1,581	3.7	−3.9
Turnout			42,271	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Nagle	27,158	74.3	+7.1
	Liberal	Bulent Borluk	9,409	25.7	-7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.1

New South Wales state election, 1995: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Nagle	21,171	64.0	+2.2
	Liberal	Camille Harb	9,945	30.1	+2.1
	Call to Australia	Douglas Morrison	1,150	3.5	+3.5
	Natural Law	Peter Catts	805	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			33,071	92.3	+6.8
Informal votes			2,765	7.7	−6.8
Turnout			35,836	93.8	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Nagle	21,887	67.4	-0.7
	Liberal	Camille Harb	10,587	32.6	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

New South Wales state election, 1991: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Nagle	18,528	61.8	+13.5
	Liberal	Fahmi Hussain	8,391	28.0	+5.5
	Democrats	Marcus Weyland	1,720	5.7	+5.7
	Independent	Ed Dogramaci	1,357	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			29,996	85.5	−9.2
Informal votes			5,076	14.5	−9.2
Turnout			35,072	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Nagle	19,793	68.1	+7.4
	Liberal	Fahmi Hussain	9,290	31.9	-7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Nagle	14,186	48.3	-18.5
	Liberal	Virginia Schrader	6,618	22.5	-10.7
	Independent	Terrence Keegan	5,661	19.3	+19.3
	Independent	John Hadchiti	2,908	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			29,373	94.7	−1.2
Informal votes			1,645	5.3	+1.2
Turnout			31,018	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Nagle	16,359	60.7	-6.1
	Liberal	Virginia Schrader	10,589	39.3	+6.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.1

New South Wales state election, 1984: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	17,831	66.8	-3.5
	Liberal	Rudolph Ognibene	8,856	33.2	+3.5
Total formal votes			26,687	95.9	+0.5
Informal votes			1,142	4.1	−0.5
Turnout			27,829	92.7	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.5

New South Wales state election, 1981: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	18,537	70.3	-3.2
	Liberal	David Lynam	7,840	29.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			26,377	95.4
Informal votes			1,262	4.6
Turnout			27,639	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	23,636	76.5	+11.2
	Liberal	Maree Lloyd	6,596	21.3	-13.4
	Communist	Aileen Beaver	661	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			30,893	97.0	−0.4
Informal votes			941	3.0	+0.4
Turnout			31,834	93.6	−1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cox	24,204	78.4	+13.1
	Liberal	Maree Lloyd	6,686	21.6	-13.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.1

New South Wales state election, 1976: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	20,955	65.3	+2.5
	Liberal	Stephen Sim	11,132	34.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			32,087	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			856	2.6	−0.4
Turnout			32,943	94.6	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

New South Wales state election, 1973: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	19,371	62.8	-4.9
	Liberal	Arthur Deane	9,480	30.8	-1.5
	Democratic Labor	Christopher Carroll	1,979	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			30,830	97.0
Informal votes			960	3.0
Turnout			31,790	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Cox	19,767	64.1	-3.6
	Liberal	Arthur Deane	11,063	35.9	+3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.6

New South Wales state election, 1971: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	17,074	67.7	+3.2
	Liberal	William McIntyre	8,150	32.3	-3.2
Total formal votes			25,224	97.6
Informal votes			609	2.4
Turnout			25,833	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	16,784	64.5	+5.6
	Liberal	Gregory Ricardo	9,230	35.5	-5.6
Total formal votes			26,014	97.1
Informal votes			783	2.9
Turnout			26,797	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.6

New South Wales state election, 1965: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	14,804	59.0	-5.9
	Liberal	Neil Davis	10,310	41.0	+5.9
Total formal votes			25,114	98.0	−0.7
Informal votes			507	2.0	+0.7
Turnout			25,621	94.6	−0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.9

New South Wales state election, 1962: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	16,430	64.9	+0.3
	Liberal	Robert Leech	8,877	35.1	-0.3
Total formal votes			25,307	98.7
Informal votes			333	1.3
Turnout			25,640	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	15,321	64.6
	Liberal	John Steel	8,396	35.4
Total formal votes			23,717	98.1
Informal votes			460	1.9
Turnout			24,177	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	8,430	42.0	-20.0
	Liberal	John Steel	5,904	29.4	+29.4
	Lang Labor	James Lang	5,263	26.2	-11.8
	Independent	Edward Spensley	461	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			20,058	98.2	+2.1
Informal votes			365	1.8	−2.1
Turnout			20,423	94.3	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Thomas Ryan	13,177	65.7	+3.7
	Liberal	John Steel	6,881	34.3	+34.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Auburn". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

^ State Electoral District of Auburn: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
^ State Electoral District of Auburn: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] State Electoral District of Auburn: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[2] State Electoral District of Auburn: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

[3] Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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