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

Members for Vaucluse

Member Party Period
  William Foster United Australia 1927–1936
  Murray Robson Independent UAP 1936–1938
  United Australia 1938–1945
  Liberal 1945–1957
  Geoffrey Cox Liberal 1957–1964
  Keith Doyle Liberal 1965–1978
  Rosemary Foot Liberal 1978–1986
  Ray Aston Liberal 1986–1988
  Michael Yabsley Liberal 1988–1994
  Peter Debnam Liberal 1994–2011
  Gabrielle Upton Liberal 2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Vaucluse[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 30,257 65.6 −4.2
Greens Megan McEwin 8,559 18.5 +0.3
Labor Gloria Nicol 6,090 13.2 +2.5
No Land Tax Susanne Gervay 854 1.9 +1.9
Christian Democrats Beresford Thomas 387 0.8 −0.4
Total formal votes 46,147 97.6 +0.8
Informal votes 1,155 2.4 −0.8
Turnout 47,302 85.2 −0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 31,493 75.3 −6.1
Labor Gloria Nicol 10,331 24.7 +6.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 31,118 72.9 −3.2
Greens Megan McEwin 11,551 27.1 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2
New South Wales state election, 2011: Vaucluse[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 30,187 69.8 +9.9
Greens Susan Jarnason 7,879 18.2 −2.2
Labor Pauline Neill 4,645 10.7 −8.9
Christian Democrats Beresford Thomas 549 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 43,260 97.4 +0.2
Informal votes 1,134 2.6 −0.2
Turnout 44,394 87.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 31,564 81.4 +13.5
Labor Pauline Neill 7,215 18.6 –13.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Gabrielle Upton 30,895 76.1 +10.0
Greens Susan Jarnason 9,714 23.9 −10.0
Liberal hold Swing +10.0

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Debnam 24,377 59.9 +6.1
Greens David Shoebridge 8,319 20.4 +3.7
Labor Alison Rahill 7,992 19.6 −5.8
Total formal votes 40,688 97.2 −0.6
Informal votes 1,170 2.8 +0.6
Turnout 41,858 88.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Debnam 25,445 67.9 +7.0
Labor Alison Rahill 12,055 32.1 –7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Peter Debnam 24,986 66.1 +5.2
Greens David Shoebridge 12,842 33.9 +33.9
Liberal hold Swing +5.2
New South Wales state election, 2003: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Debnam 19,735 54.4 +0.6
Labor Alice Salomon 9,667 26.6 −0.6
Greens Rory O'Gorman 6,463 17.8 +7.7
Unity Teck Yong 441 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 36,306 97.8 +0.0
Informal votes 826 2.2 −0.0
Turnout 37,132 85.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Debnam 20,333 60.3 −2.2
Labor Alice Salomon 13,407 39.7 +2.2
Liberal hold Swing −2.2

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Debnam 20,271 53.8 −5.4
Labor David Patch 10,244 27.2 +0.9
Greens Haete Weiner 3,797 10.1 0.0
Democrats Margaret Collings 2,269 6.0 +2.1
One Nation Waverney Ford 791 2.1 +2.1
Euthanasia Referendum Party Gregor Zylber 305 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 37,677 97.8
Informal votes 860 2.2
Turnout 38,537 88.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Debnam 21,486 62.5 −2.9
Labor David Patch 12,903 37.5 +2.9
Liberal hold Swing −2.9
New South Wales state election, 1995: Vaucluse[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Debnam 19,576 59.2 +4.1
Labor Barbara Armitage 8,695 26.3 +8.9
Greens Tom McLoughlin 3,331 10.1 +5.1
Democrats Mary de Merindol 1,277 3.9 +0.5
Natural Law Patricia Boland 212 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 33,091 95.8
Informal votes 1,449 4.2
Turnout 34,540 89.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peter Debnam 20,540 65.4 +2.4
Labor Barbara Armitage 10,862 34.6 +34.6
Liberal hold Swing +2.4
New South Wales state election, 1991: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Yabsley 16,876 55.1 −9.4
Labor James Dupree 5,337 17.4 −14.8
Independent Rose Watson 4,444 14.5 +14.5
Greens Geoff Ash 1,509 4.9 +4.9
Democrats Victoria Resch 1,050 3.4 +0.1
Independent Yvonne Jayawardena 1,022 3.3 +3.3
Independent Tony Waldron 412 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 30,650 90.7 −5.7
Informal votes 3,128 9.3 +5.7
Turnout 33,778 90.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Michael Yabsley 17,862 63.0 −3.2
Independent Rose Watson 10,475 37.0 +37.0
Liberal hold Swing −3.2

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Aston 20,267 77.2 +4.4
Labor Beverley Crane 5,982 22.8 −0.4
Total formal votes 26,249 96.4 −0.6
Informal votes 993 3.6 +0.6
Turnout 27,242 89.9
Liberal hold Swing +2.3
New South Wales state election, 1984: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Foot 19,331 72.4 +7.8
Labor David Curtis 6,271 23.5 −1.5
Democrats Joseph Zingarelli 1,080 4.1 −0.2
Total formal votes 26,682 97.0 +0.8
Informal votes 823 3.0 −0.8
Turnout 27,505 88.8 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rosemary Foot 74.6 +4.5
Labor David Curtis 25.4 −4.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5
New South Wales state election, 1981: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Foot 16,840 64.6
Labor Nance Loney 6,529 25.0
Independent Mark Ure 1,602 6.1
Democrats Brian Hillman 1,112 4.3
Total formal votes 26,083 96.2
Informal votes 1,018 3.8
Turnout 27,101 86.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rosemary Foot 17,600 70.1 +7.9
Labor Nance Loney 7,500 29.9 −7.9
Liberal hold Swing +7.9

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rosemary Foot 12,643 49.4 −14.2
Labor Barbara Fuller-Quinn 10,977 42.9 +6.5
Democrats Norman Majer 1,984 7.7 +7.7
Total formal votes 25,604 96.7 −0.4
Informal votes 882 3.3 +0.4
Turnout 26,486 88.6 −0.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Rosemary Foot 13,965 54.5 −9.1
Labor Barbara Fuller-Quinn 11,639 45.5 +9.1
Liberal hold Swing −9.1
New South Wales state election, 1976: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,492 63.6 +0.5
Labor Barbara Fuller-Quinn 9,994 36.4 +36.4
Total formal votes 27,486 97.1 +2.6
Informal votes 816 2.9 −2.6
Turnout 28,302 89.0 +1.0
Liberal hold Swing −5.2
New South Wales state election, 1973: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Doyle 15,906 63.1 −1.1
Australia Brian Hickey 6,403 25.4 +25.4
Democratic Labor Doris Anderson 2,901 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 25,210 94.5
Informal votes 1,463 5.5
Turnout 26,673 88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,357 68.8 +0.3
Australia Brian Hickey 7,853 31.2 +31.2
Liberal hold Swing +0.3
New South Wales state election, 1971: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Doyle 16,099 64.2 −7.1
Independent Lincoln Oppenheimer 6,794 27.1 +27.1
Independent Harry Marsh 2,190 8.7 +8.7
Total formal votes 25,083 94.6
Informal votes 1,433 5.4
Turnout 26,516 90.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,194 68.5 −8.5
Independent Lincoln Oppenheimer 7,889 31.5 +31.5
Liberal hold Swing −8.5

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Doyle 16,079 71.3 −3.7
Labor William Ross 4,875 21.6 +21.6
Democratic Labor Hugh Bartlett 1,611 7.1 −4.9
Total formal votes 22,565 96.4
Informal votes 842 3.6
Turnout 23,407 91.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,368 77.0 −4.0
Labor William Ross 5,197 23.0 +23.0
Liberal hold Swing −4.0
New South Wales state election, 1965: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Keith Doyle 17,319 75.0 −4.0
Independent Kevin McDermott 2,996 13.0 +13.0
Democratic Labor Edward Byrnes 2,781 12.0 −9.0
Total formal votes 23,096 95.0 +1.7
Informal votes 1,221 5.0 −1.7
Turnout 24,317 90.6 +0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Keith Doyle 18,709 81.0 +9.7
Independent Kevin McDermott 4,387 19.0 −9.7
Liberal hold Swing N/A
New South Wales state election, 1962: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Cox 17,840 79.0 −21.0
Democratic Labor Valerie Olsen 4,754 21.0 +21.0
Total formal votes 22,594 93.3
Informal votes 1,625 6.7
Turnout 24,219 90.1
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Cox unopposed
Liberal hold Swing
Vaucluse state by-election, 1957
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoffrey Cox 7,716 44.94 −26.47
Independent Liberal Hugh Foster 3,802 22.14
Independent Liberal Norman Mills 2,616 15.24
Independent Alfred Elboz 2,354 13.71
Independent Edward Spensley 681 3.97
Total formal votes 17,169 74.81
Informal votes 792 4.41
Turnout 17,961 79.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Geoffrey Cox 8,854 51.57
Independent Liberal Hugh Foster 8,315 48.43
Liberal hold Swing
New South Wales state election, 1956: Vaucluse
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Murray Robson 14,865 71.4 −28.6
Independent Alfred Elboz 5,950 28.6 +28.6
Total formal votes 20,815 97.3
Informal votes 575 2.7
Turnout 21,390 90.3
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1940s

Elections in the 1930s

Elections in the 1920s

References

  • Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Vaucluse". Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  1. ^ State Electoral District of Vaucluse: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  2. ^ State Electoral District of Vaucluse: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  3. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  4. ^ Antony Green. "NSW Elections 1995" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
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