Electoral district of Southern Highlands

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Southern Highlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 2007, named after the Southern Highlands. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was replaced by a recreated Goulburn electorate. [5]

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Members for Southern Highlands

MemberPartyPeriod
  John Fahey Liberal 1988–1996
  Peta Seaton Liberal 1996–2007

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[ edit ]
2003 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands  [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peta Seaton 22,72952.4+8.0
Labor Noeline Brown 15,28035.2+1.1
Greens Jim Clark3,7268.6+4.4
One Nation Nathan McDonald1,1282.6-7.6
Independent Jean McClung5421.2+1.2
Total formal votes43,40597.9+0.0
Informal votes9312.1-0.0
Turnout 44,33693.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 23,78957.6+1.9
Labor Noeline Brown 17,48842.4-1.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.9

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ms Peta Luise Seaton (1959- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Goulburn- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "2003 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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