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
editElection | 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
editElections in the 2020s
edit2023
editParty | 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
edit2019
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit2007
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1999
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
edit1988
editParty | 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
editParty | 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
editParty | 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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