Electoral results for the district of Swansea

Swansea, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1981. Elections have generally been won by the Labor party.[1][2][3][4]

Members for Swansea

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Election Member Party
1981   Don Bowman Labor
1984
1988   Ivan Welsh Independent
1991   Don Bowman Labor
1995 Jill Hall
1999 Milton Orkopoulos
2003
2007   Robert Coombs Labor
2011   Garry Edwards Liberal
2015   Yasmin Catley Labor
2019

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2023

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2023 New South Wales state election: Swansea[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Yasmin Catley 27,943 53.6 +3.9
Liberal Megan Anderson 14,590 28.0 −4.9
Greens Heather Foord 4,463 8.6 +1.4
Sustainable Australia Alan Ellis 3,253 6.2 +6.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Jackson 1,918 3.7 +3.7
Total formal votes 52,167 96.3 +0.6
Informal votes 2,010 3.7 −0.6
Turnout 54,177 88.9 −2.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Yasmin Catley 30,972 65.4 +4.8
Liberal Megan Anderson 16,351 34.6 −4.8
Labor hold Swing +4.8

Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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2019 New South Wales state election: Swansea[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Yasmin Catley 24,371 49.54 +4.51
Liberal Dean Bowman 16,123 32.78 +6.86
Greens Doug Williamson 3,428 6.97 +1.12
Animal Justice Julia Riseley 2,714 5.52 +2.61
Conservatives Glenn Seddon 2,556 5.20 +5.20
Total formal votes 49,192 95.67 −0.63
Informal votes 2,224 4.33 +0.63
Turnout 51,416 90.71 −1.27
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Yasmin Catley 26,792 60.56 −2.42
Liberal Dean Bowman 17,449 39.44 +2.42
Labor hold Swing −2.42

2015

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2015 New South Wales state election: Swansea[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Yasmin Catley 21,712 45.0 +8.8
Liberal Johanna Uidam 12,493 25.9 −11.4
Independent Garry Edwards 6,484 13.4 +13.4
Greens Phillipa Parsons 2,818 5.8 −2.9
Animal Justice Joshua Agland 1,402 2.9 +2.9
Independent Chris Osborne 1,360 2.8 +2.8
Christian Democrats Luke Cubis 1,322 2.7 +0.3
No Land Tax Paul Doughty 624 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 48,215 96.3 −0.1
Informal votes 1,850 3.7 +0.1
Turnout 50,065 92.0 +0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Yasmin Catley 24,148 63.0 +13.3
Liberal Johanna Uidam 14,192 37.0 −13.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +13.3

2011

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2011 New South Wales state election: Swansea[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Garry Edwards 17,283 37.7 +14.0
Labor Robert Coombs 16,133 35.2 −10.7
Independent Gillian Sneddon 7,408 16.2 +16.2
Greens Phillipa Parsons 3,845 8.4 −0.2
Christian Democrats Noreen Tibbey 1,130 2.5 −0.8
Total formal votes 45,799 96.9 −0.2
Informal votes 1,476 3.1 +0.2
Turnout 47,275 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Garry Edwards 19,805 51.1 +11.9
Labor Robert Coombs 18,928 48.9 −11.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +11.9

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 New South Wales state election: Swansea[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Coombs 19,979 45.9 −11.4
Liberal Garry Edwards 10,345 23.8 −4.5
Independent Laurie Coghlan 6,453 14.8 +14.8
Greens Sue Wynn 3,739 8.6 +2.3
Christian Democrats Jill Wood 1,413 3.2 +2.8
Against Further Immigration Barbara Abrahams 1,038 2.4 +0.5
Democrats Peter Lee 574 1.3 −1.1
Total formal votes 43,541 97.1 −0.4
Informal votes 1,311 2.9 +0.4
Turnout 44,852 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Coombs 22,828 60.8 −6.3
Liberal Garry Edwards 14,741 39.2 +6.3
Labor hold Swing −6.3

2003

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2003 New South Wales state election: Swansea[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Milton Orkopoulos 24,144 55.9 +4.7
Liberal Dell Tschanter 12,679 29.4 +5.9
Greens Charmian Eckersley 2,857 6.6 +1.7
Democrats Peter Lee 1,312 3.0 −1.0
Against Further Immigration John Ingram 900 2.1 +2.1
One Nation James Flowers 889 2.1 −11.1
Save Our Suburbs Anthony Meaney 380 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 43,161 97.5 −0.3
Informal votes 1,116 2.5 +0.3
Turnout 44,277 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Milton Orkopoulos 25,902 65.9 −0.7
Liberal Dell Tschanter 13,406 34.1 +0.7
Labor hold Swing −0.7

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 New South Wales state election: Swansea[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Milton Orkopoulos 21,152 51.2 −1.5
Liberal Jane Wiltshire 9,712 23.5 −6.7
One Nation Ronald Gardnir 5,469 13.2 +13.2
Greens Deb Gorgievski 2,038 4.9 +4.9
Democrats Michelle Walls 1,671 4.0 +4.0
Christian Democrats Guy Wood 1,300 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 41,342 97.8 +2.6
Informal votes 922 2.2 −2.6
Turnout 42,264 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Milton Orkopoulos 23,507 66.6 +5.9
Liberal Jane Wiltshire 11,803 33.4 −5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9

1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Swansea[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jill Hall 18,846 52.7 +7.1
Liberal Laurie Coghlan 10,977 30.7 +12.4
Independent Mark Booth 5,947 16.6 +16.6
Total formal votes 35,770 95.2 +2.7
Informal votes 1,787 4.8 −2.7
Turnout 37,557 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jill Hall 20,830 60.5 +4.1
Liberal Laurie Coghlan 13,611 39.5 +39.5
Labor hold Swing +4.1

1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Swansea[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Bowman 14,658 45.6 +6.6
Independent Ivan Welsh 7,745 24.1 −11.9
Liberal Laurie Coghlan 5,888 18.3 −3.8
Democrats Michael Reckenberg 1,617 5.0 +2.2
Independent John Selway 1,400 4.4 +4.4
Call to Australia Ivan Morrow 629 2.0 +2.0
Independent Harold Pyke 195 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 32,132 92.6 −4.5
Informal votes 2,579 7.4 +4.5
Turnout 34,711 94.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Don Bowman 16,539 56.4 +14.0
Independent Ivan Welsh 12,797 43.6 −14.0
Labor gain from Independent Swing +14.0

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Swansea[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ivan Welsh 12,145 38.7 +38.7
Labor Don Bowman 12,112 38.6 −23.4
Liberal Linda Donovan 6,168 19.6 −6.8
Democrats Shane Simpson 967 3.1 −3.5
Total formal votes 31,392 97.0 −0.5
Informal votes 973 3.0 +0.5
Turnout 32,365 95.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ivan Welsh 17,631 58.4 +58.4
Labor Don Bowman 12,545 41.6 −27.1
Independent gain from Labor Swing +58.4

1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Swansea[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Bowman 21,913 65.0 −6.2
Liberal Milton Caine 7,718 22.9 +7.1
Socialist Labour Ann Leahy 2,113 6.3 +6.3
Democrats Lyn Godfrey 1,985 5.9 −7.0
Total formal votes 33,729 97.1 +0.7
Informal votes 1,008 2.9 −0.7
Turnout 34,737 94.1 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Bowman 72.2 −6.6
Liberal Milton Caine 27.8 +6.6
Labor hold Swing −6.6

1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Swansea[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Don Bowman 22,375 71.2 −7.5
Liberal Denis Dolan 4,976 15.8 −5.5
Democrats Lyn Godfrey 4,060 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 31,411 96.4
Informal votes 1,187 3.6
Turnout 32,598 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Bowman 23,276 78.8 +0.1
Liberal Denis Dolan 6,276 21.2 −0.1
Labor notional hold Swing +0.1

References

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