Electoral results for the district of Wentworthville

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Wentworthville, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1962 until 1991 and from 1999 until 2007. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1962   Ernie Quinn Labor
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988   Pam Allan Labor
 
ElectionMemberParty
1999   Pam Allan Labor
2003

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pam Allan 21,74454.8+2.3
Liberal Brett Murray11,74629.6+2.3
Greens Darren Reader1,9264.9+2.2
Christian Democrats Sam Baissari1,7284.4-0.1
AAFI Lyndon Shepherd1,2353.1+1.8
Unity Cynthia Su8132.0-0.4
Democrats Ian Swallow5061.3-1.5
Total formal votes39,69896.8+0.1
Informal votes1,2923.2-0.1
Turnout 40,99093.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Allan 23,66464.8-0.6
Liberal Brett Murray12,86635.2+0.6
Labor hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pam Allan 21,25052.5+0.9
Liberal Rachel Merton11,07127.3-9.0
One Nation John Hutchinson2,6096.4+6.4
Christian Democrats Dee Jonsson1,8194.5+0.5
Democrats Geoffrey Rutledge1,1322.8+1.1
Greens Rebecca Filipczyk1,0932.7+2.7
Unity See-Yung Chin9722.4+2.4
AAFI Ken O'Leary5341.3-2.3
Total formal votes40,48096.8+2.6
Informal votes1,3413.2-2.6
Turnout 41,82193.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Allan 22,63165.4+7.7
Liberal Rachel Merton11,96934.6-7.7
Labor hold Swing +7.7

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Pam Allan 14,60347.7-10.0
Liberal Gregory Hooper10,28733.6-1.2
Independent Allan Ezzy4,47614.6+14.6
Independent Manny Poularas6342.1+2.1
Democrats William Utterson6042.0-3.0
Total formal votes30,60495.9-0.7
Informal votes1,3144.1+0.7
Turnout 31,91895.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Allan 15,68153.9-7.6
Liberal Gregory Hooper13,42846.1+7.6
Labor hold Swing -7.6

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,59350.9-11.7
Liberal Colin Edwards11,96241.7+4.3
Democrats David Knight2,1077.4+7.4
Total formal votes28,66297.0+1.0
Informal votes8763.0-1.0
Turnout 29,53894.3+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 54.6-8.0
Liberal Colin Edwards45.4+8.0
Labor hold Swing -8.0

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 17,18262.6
Liberal Colin Edwards10,27937.4
Total formal votes27,46196.0
Informal votes1,1574.0
Turnout 28,61893.5
Labor hold Swing -4.5

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 24,08870.9+12.5
Liberal Edward Roberts7,91123.3-15.3
Democrats Peggy Cable1,9975.9+5.9
Total formal votes33,99697.5-0.8
Informal votes8672.5+0.8
Turnout 34,86394.6-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 25,19374.2+13.5
Liberal Edward Roberts8,77325.8-13.5
Labor hold Swing +13.5

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 19,26658.4+2.9
Liberal Edward Roberts12,71138.6+1.6
Independent Heather Gow9903.0+3.0
Total formal votes32,96798.3+1.5
Informal votes5721.7-1.5
Turnout 33,53995.1+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 20,00260.7+0.6
Liberal Edward Roberts12,96539.3-0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 16,68655.5-5.3
Liberal Edward Roberts11,13337.0-2.2
Independent Ian Purdie2,2677.5+7.5
Total formal votes30,08696.8
Informal votes9843.2
Turnout 31,07092.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 18,08060.1-0.7
Liberal Edward Roberts12,00639.9+0.7
Labor hold Swing -0.7

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 15,69760.8+4.3
Liberal Peter Andrews10,12239.2+0.3
Total formal votes25,81997.8
Informal votes5882.2
Turnout 26,40794.1
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 15,85456.5+5.6
Liberal Richard Gregory10,89938.9-5.2
Rates and TaxpayersAlbert Hall1,2884.6+4.6
Total formal votes28,04197.1
Informal votes8502.9
Turnout 28,89195.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 16,49858.8+3.7
Liberal Richard Gregory11,54341.2-3.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,19750.9−0.3
Liberal Ralph Stewart12,30044.1+14.3
Democratic Labor Arthur Byrnes1,1394.1+4.1
Independent Albert Hahn2600.9+0.9
Total formal votes27,89697.4−1.0
Informal votes7332.6+1.0
Turnout 28,62994.8−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,55552.2−8.5
Liberal Ralph Stewart13,34147.8+8.5
Labor hold Swing −8.5

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernie Quinn 12,36251.2−4.7
Liberal Graham Cullis7,20429.8−14.3
Independent Montague Bennett4,60419.0+19.0
Total formal votes24,17098.4
Informal votes3901.6
Turnout 24,56095.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Quinn 14,66460.7+4.8
Liberal Graham Cullis9,50639.3−4.8
Labor notional  hold Swing
  • Wentworthville was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat. [17]

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