Electoral results for the district of Murwillumbah

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Murwillumbah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1988 and abolished in 1999. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1988   Don Beck National
1991
1995

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Murwillumbah [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Don Beck 14,70141.2+4.3
Labor Trevor Wilson10,00528.0-1.7
Independent Jade Hurley8,13922.8+5.4
Greens Samuelle Leonard1,5434.3+4.3
Independent John Diamond6651.9+1.9
AAFI Ken Harradine3591.0+1.0
The Country PartyJohn Morrison2130.6+0.6
Independent Ron Evans1000.3+0.3
Total formal votes35,72595.9+0.6
Informal votes1,5114.1-0.6
Turnout 37,23692.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Beck 16,71352.1-1.0
Labor Trevor Wilson15,39447.9+1.0
National hold Swing -1.0

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Murwillumbah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Don Beck 11,19636.8-19.1
Labor Trevor Wilson9,03829.7-6.9
Independent John Hurley4,98416.4+16.4
Independent Max Boyd4,43114.6+14.6
Democrats Ken Nicholson7722.5+2.5
Total formal votes30,42195.3-2.4
Informal votes1,4994.7+2.4
Turnout 31,92092.4
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Beck 14,93753.1-6.5
Labor Trevor Wilson13,20146.9+6.5
National hold Swing -6.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Murwillumbah [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Don Beck 16,68756.1+10.7
Labor James McCaughey10,84736.5-6.6
Independent Angus Pearson2,2207.5+7.5
Total formal votes29,75497.7-0.5
Informal votes6892.3+0.5
Turnout 30,44392.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Don Beck 17,64860.1+9.9
Labor James McCaughey11,71439.9-9.9
National hold Swing +9.9

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "Mr Donald Frederick Charles Beck (1936- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1995 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1991 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1988 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.