Electoral district of Eastwood

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Eastwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930 and from 1950 to 1999.^[1]^[2] It included Eastwood. In its second incarnation, it was a comfortably safe seat for the Liberal Party.

Members for Eastwood

First incarnation (1927–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	David Anderson ^[4]	Nationalist	1927–1930

Second incarnation (1950–1999)
Member		Party	Term
	Eric Hearnshaw ^[5]	Liberal	1950–1965
	Jim Clough ^[6]	Liberal	1965–1988
	Andrew Tink ^[7]	Liberal	1988–1999

Election results

1995 New South Wales state election: Eastwood ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	18,867	55.7	-6.7
	Labor	Steve Gurney	8,981	26.5	+1.6
	Greens	Alex Lepelaar	2,124	6.3	+6.3
	Democrats	Chris Dunkerley	2,051	6.1	-2.7
	Against Further Immigration	Rodney Smith	1,667	4.9	+4.9
	Natural Law	Tim Carr	192	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			33,882	96.3	+2.9
Informal votes			1,306	3.7	−2.9
Turnout			35,188	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	20,649	64.2	-4.5
	Labor	Steve Gurney	11,507	35.8	+4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.5

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References

↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "Epping". New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News.
↑ "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
↑ "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
↑ Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[Green_Eastwood-2] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[3] Green, Antony. "Epping". New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News.

[David_Anderson_NSW_Parl-4] "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[Eric_Hearnshaw_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Jim_Clough_NSW_parl-6] "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Andrew_Tink_NSW_parl-7] "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1995_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1995_Eastwood-8] Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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Electoral district of Eastwood

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Members for Eastwood

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