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.

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It was abolished in 1999, and mostly replaced by Epping. [3]

Members for Eastwood

First incarnation (1927–1930)
MemberPartyTerm
  David Anderson [4] Nationalist 1927–1930
 
Second incarnation (1950–1999)
MemberPartyTerm
  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]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew Tink 18,86755.7-6.7
Labor Steve Gurney8,98126.5+1.6
Greens Alex Lepelaar2,1246.3+6.3
Democrats Chris Dunkerley2,0516.1-2.7
Against Further Immigration Rodney Smith1,6674.9+4.9
Natural Law Tim Carr1920.6+0.6
Total formal votes33,88296.3+2.9
Informal votes1,3063.7-2.9
Turnout 35,18893.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Tink 20,64964.2-4.5
Labor Steve Gurney11,50735.8+4.5
Liberal hold Swing -4.5

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References

  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.
  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.
  4. "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.