Electoral results for the district of Gladesville

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Gladesville, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1981 and abolished in 1999. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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ElectionMemberParty
1981   Rodney Cavalier Labor
1984
1988   Ivan Petch Liberal
1991
1995   John Watkins Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Petch 14,18241.7-6.3
Labor John Watkins 13,17138.7-3.1
No Aircraft Noise Jane Waddell3,1969.4+9.4
Democrats Noel Plumb1,9605.8-2.0
Against Further Immigration Ken Malone9532.8+2.8
Independent Iris Knight5821.7+1.7
Total formal votes34,04495.5+4.5
Informal votes1,6154.5-4.5
Turnout 35,65993.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Watkins 16,22750.4+3.3
Liberal Ivan Petch 15,96749.6-3.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +3.3

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ivan Petch 15,44848.0+6.8
Labor John Watkins 13,46241.8+0.4
Democrats Noel Plumb2,5147.8+6.4
Call to Australia Robyn Peebles7922.5+2.5
Total formal votes32,21690.9-5.8
Informal votes3,2169.1+5.8
Turnout 35,43294.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ivan Petch 16,54352.9+0.5
Labor John Watkins 14,72447.1-0.5
Liberal hold Swing +0.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rodney Cavalier 12,02740.4-7.2
Liberal Ivan Petch 11,97040.2+3.4
Independent Mick Lardelli4,68615.8+5.8
Nuclear Disarmament Hugh Pitty1,0643.6+3.6
Total formal votes29,74796.7-0.8
Informal votes1,0133.3+0.8
Turnout 30,76094.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Ivan Petch 15,25453.0+8.3
Labor Rodney Cavalier 13,54947.0-8.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rodney Cavalier 13,81847.8-9.4
Liberal Ivan Petch 10,56136.5+0.9
Independent Michael Lardelli2,92710.1+10.1
Democrats John Sanders8322.9-4.3
Independent John Egan7772.7+2.7
Total formal votes28,91597.5+0.8
Informal votes7492.5-0.8
Turnout 29,66493.7+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rodney Cavalier 55.5-4.6
Liberal Ivan Petch 44.5+4.6
Labor hold Swing -4.6

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rodney Cavalier 16,38157.2
Liberal Ivan Petch 10,19035.6
Democrats Robert Springett2,0657.2
Total formal votes28,63696.7
Informal votes9773.3
Turnout 29,61392.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rodney Cavalier 16,88160.1-0.4
Liberal Ivan Petch 11,19039.9+0.4
Labor notional  hold Swing -0.4

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