Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands

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Southern Highlands, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was abolished in 2007 and largely replaced by Goulburn. [5]

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ElectionMemberParty
1988   John Fahey Liberal
1991
1995
1996   Peta Seaton Liberal
1999
2003

Election results

2003

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

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[ edit ]
1999 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peta Seaton 17,61444.4-9.8
Labor Noeline Brown 13,52734.1+4.5
One Nation Trevor Clarke4,05510.2+10.2
Greens Jim Clark1,6784.2-1.9
Democrats Greg Butler1,2253.1-0.2
Independent Lynette Styles9832.5+2.5
AAFI Philip Lavis4641.2+1.2
Non-Custodial Parents Louise Taylor1470.4+0.4
Total formal votes39,69397.9+1.9
Informal votes8332.1-1.9
Turnout 40,52693.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 19,20955.7-5.9
Labor Noeline Brown 15,28944.3+5.9
Liberal hold Swing -5.9

1996 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1996 Southern Highlands state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1996 Southern Highlands by-election
Saturday 25 May  [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Katrina Hodgkinson 11,53032.60+32.60
Liberal Peta Seaton 10,56529.87-24.69
Labor Philip Yeo8,86225.06-7.48
Democrats Greg Butler2,1556.09+1.54
Independent Malcolm Duncan1,4934.22+4.22
Call to Australia Charles Chappell7632.16+0.53
Total formal votes35,36898.03+1.81
Informal votes7121.97-1.81
Turnout 36,08089.43-5.85
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 19,93352.37-8.00
National Katrina Hodgkinson 15,40047.63+47.63
Liberal hold Swing -8.00
John Fahey (Liberal) resigned to successfully contest the federal electorate of Macarthur. [8]

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[ edit ]
1995 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Fahey 19,42154.6+6.5
Labor Ken Sullivan11,58432.5-5.1
Greens Kevin Watchirs2,0145.7+5.7
Democrats Greg Butler1,6194.5-4.8
Call to Australia Peter Simos9562.7-2.3
Total formal votes35,59496.2+4.4
Informal votes1,4003.8-4.4
Turnout 36,99495.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 20,88660.4+3.9
Labor Ken Sullivan13,71139.6-3.9
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[ edit ]
1991 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Fahey 15,00048.1+20.1
Labor Ken Sullivan11,74037.6+9.6
Democrats Susan Nagy2,9199.4+5.7
Call to Australia Wal Tennikoff1,5475.0+5.0
Total formal votes31,20691.8-5.5
Informal votes2,7848.2+5.5
Turnout 33,99093.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 16,85956.4-10.5
Labor Ken Sullivan13,00943.6+10.5
Liberal hold Swing -10.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[ edit ]
1988 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Fahey 15,17651.2+9.1
Labor Nigel Watkins7,11024.0-17.6
Independent Thomas Gair5,44818.4+18.4
Democrats Gregory Butler1,8996.4+6.4
Total formal votes29,63397.0-1.0
Informal votes9053.0+1.0
Turnout 30,53894.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 18,45166.8+9.1
Labor Nigel Watkins9,17133.2-9.1
Liberal hold Swing +9.1

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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.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1999 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1996 Southern Highlands by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1995 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1988 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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