Electoral results for the district of Newcastle
This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Newcastle in New South Wales state elections.
Members for Newcastle
First incarnation (1859–1880, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Arthur Hodgson | None | 1859–1860 | |
James Hannell | None | 1860–1869 | |
George Lloyd | None | 1869–1877 | |
Richard Bowker | None | 1877–1880 | |
(1880–1889, 2 members) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
James Fletcher | None | 1880–1887 | George Lloyd | None | 1880–1882 | ||
James Ellis | None | 1882–1885 | |||||
George Lloyd | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
Protectionist | 1887–1889 | James Ellis | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |||
(1889–1894, 3 members) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
James Fletcher | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | Alexander Brown | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | William Grahame | Protectionist | 1889–1889 | |||
James Curley | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |||||||||
David Scott | Labor | 1891–1894 | John Fegan | Labor | 1891–1894 | William Grahame | Protectionist | 1891–1894 | |||
Second incarnation (1904–1920, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William Dick | Liberal Reform | 1904–1907 | |
Owen Gilbert | Liberal Reform | 1907–1910 | |
Arthur Gardiner | Labor | 1910–1917 | |
Independent Labor | 1917–1920 | ||
(1920–1927, 5 members) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||||
Arthur Gardiner | Independent | 1920–1922 | John Estell | Labor | 1920–1922 | John Fegan | Nationalist | 1920–1922 | William Kearsley | Labor | 1920–1921 | Hugh Connell | Labor | 1920–1927 | |||||
David Murray | Labor | 1921–1927 | |||||||||||||||||
Walter Skelton | Independent | 1922–1925 | Jack Baddeley | Labor | 1922–1927 | Magnus Cromarty | Nationalist | 1922–1925 | |||||||||||
Protestant Labor | 1925–1927 | George Booth | Labor | 1925–1927 | |||||||||||||||
(1927–present, 1 member) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Peter Connolly | Labor | 1927–1935 | |
Frank Hawkins | Labor | 1935–1968 | |
Arthur Wade | Labor | 1968–1988 | |
George Keegan | Independent | 1988–1991 | |
Bryce Gaudry | Labor | 1991–2007 | |
Independent | 2007–2007 | ||
Jodi McKay | Labor | 2007–2011 | |
Tim Owen | Liberal | 2011–2014 | |
Independent | 2014–2014 | ||
Tim Crakanthorp | Labor | 2014–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Tim Crakanthorp | 19,324 | 40.1 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Karen Howard | 17,082 | 35.5 | −1.7 | |
Greens | Michael Osborne | 8,824 | 18.3 | +3.3 | |
Cyclists | Sam Reich | 817 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Christian Democrats | Milton Caine | 787 | 1.6 | +0.3 | |
No Land Tax | Jasmin Addison | 714 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Socialist Alliance | Steve O'Brien | 601 | 1.2 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 48,149 | 96.3 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,837 | 3.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,986 | 90.3 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tim Crakanthorp | 24,384 | 57.4 | +9.8 | |
Liberal | Karen Howard | 18,116 | 42.6 | −9.8 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Tim Crakanthorp | 15,253 | 36.9 | +6.3 | |
Independent | Karen Howard | 10,796 | 26.1 | +26.1 | |
Greens | Michael Osborne | 8,236 | 19.9 | +5.1 | |
Independent | Jacqueline Haines | 3,019 | 7.3 | +7.3 | |
Jennifer Stefanac | 1,332 | 3.2 | +3.2 | ||
Socialist Alliance | Steve O'Brien | 1,086 | 2.6 | +1.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Milton Caine | 834 | 2.0 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Brian Buckley Clare | 762 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 41,318 | 94.7 | −2.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,327 | 5.3 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 43,645 | 80.6 | −11.8 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tim Crakanthorp | 18,785 | 58.7 | +11.2 | |
Independent | Karen Howard | 13,243 | 41.3 | +41.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal | Tim Owen | 16,072 | 36.7 | +26.9 | |
Labor | Jodi McKay | 13,417 | 30.6 | -0.6 | |
Greens | John Sutton | 6,510 | 14.9 | +3.6 | |
Independent | John Tate | 5,067 | 11.6 | -12.5 | |
Independent | Rod Noble | 1,372 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Socialist Alliance | Zane Alcorn | 700 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Christian Democrats | Milton Caine | 496 | 1.1 | -0.1 | |
Noel Holt | 189 | 0.4 | +0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 43,823 | 97.2 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,264 | 2.8 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,087 | 92.4 | +1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Tim Owen | 19,337 | 52.6 | +52.6 | |
Labor | Jodi McKay | 17,459 | 47.4 | -3.8 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Jodi McKay | 13,166 | 31.2 | -17.1 | |
Independent | John Tate | 10,159 | 24.1 | +24.1 | |
Bryce Gaudry | 8,870 | 21.0 | +21.0 | ||
Greens | Michael Osborne | 4,729 | 11.2 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | Martin Babakhan | 4,129 | 9.8 | -16.4 | |
Christian Democrats | John Lee | 535 | 1.3 | -0.4 | |
Independent | Simon Hutabarat | 306 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Hilda Armstrong | 168 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Noel Holt | 110 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 42,172 | 97.6 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,033 | 2.4 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,205 | 91.1 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jodi McKay | 16,311 | 51.2 | -14.2 | |
Independent | John Tate | 15,524 | 48.8 | +48.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 19,139 | 48.0 | -5.1 | |
Liberal | David Parker | 10,654 | 26.7 | +6.6 | |
Greens | Ian McKenzie | 6,054 | 15.2 | +5.2 | |
Independent | Harry Williams | 1,427 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
One Nation | Gladys Gander | 960 | 2.4 | -6.1 | |
Democrats | Brett Paterson | 885 | 2.2 | -2.2 | |
Christian Democrats | Elaine Battersby | 652 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Unity | Nawal Sami | 89 | 0.2 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 39,860 | 97.3 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,109 | 2.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,969 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 22,200 | 64.8 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | David Parker | 12,035 | 35.2 | +7.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.6 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 21,644 | 53.1 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | David Williams | 8,208 | 20.1 | -8.6 | |
Greens | Ian McKenzie | 4,062 | 10.0 | -2.7 | |
One Nation | Sharyn Brooks | 3,468 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Democrats | Stephen Bisgrove | 1,802 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Independent | Harry Criticos | 899 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Democratic Socialist | Geoff Payne | 343 | 0.8 | -0.9 | |
Socialist Equality | Terry Cook | 163 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Unity | Chris Brookman | 101 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
CEC | Dennis Chaston | 77 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 40,767 | 97.4 | +2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,101 | 2.6 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 41,868 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 24,925 | 72.4 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | David Williams | 9,510 | 27.6 | -5.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 17,360 | 54.9 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Suzanne Fleming | 9,162 | 29.0 | +8.3 | |
Greens | Carrie Jacobi | 4,370 | 13.8 | +13.8 | |
Democratic Socialist | Kamala Emanuel | 736 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 31,628 | 95.2 | +2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,596 | 4.8 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 33,224 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 20,107 | 66.1 | +3.7 | |
Liberal | Suzanne Fleming | 10,310 | 33.9 | +33.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 15,858 | 50.1 | +10.3 | |
Independent | George Keegan | 6,635 | 21.0 | -5.9 | |
Liberal | Colin Cookson | 6,533 | 20.6 | +0.3 | |
Democrats | Anne Moulston | 1,842 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Call to Australia | Jim Kendall | 474 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Independent | Con Forster | 304 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 31,646 | 92.6 | -4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 2,539 | 7.4 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 34,185 | 94.4 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bryce Gaudry | 17,274 | 62.4 | +14.7 | |
Independent | George Keegan | 10,425 | 37.6 | -14.7 | |
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +14.7 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Denis Nichols | 11,074 | 37.8 | -22.1 | |
Independent | George Keegan | 9,512 | 32.5 | +32.5 | |
Liberal | Ashley Saunders | 5,389 | 18.4 | -13.2 | |
Independent | Helen Henry | 3,307 | 11.3 | +11.3 | |
Total formal votes | 29,282 | 96.9 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 952 | 3.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,234 | 93.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | George Keegan | 15,134 | 55.3 | +55.3 | |
Labor | Denis Nichols | 12,229 | 44.7 | -19.8 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +55.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 18,143 | 57.0 | -7.9 | |
Liberal | Patricia Forsythe | 9,195 | 28.9 | -0.4 | |
Democrats | Stephen Jeffries | 3,721 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Independent | Frank Blefari | 772 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 31,831 | 97.6 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 770 | 2.4 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 32,601 | 92.5 | +1.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Wade | 64.4 | -6.5 | ||
Liberal | Patricia Forsythe | 35.6 | +6.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 19,279 | 64.9 | -3.8 | |
Liberal | Alex Bevan | 8,458 | 28.5 | -2.8 | |
Communist | Kay Wicks | 1,987 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 29,724 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,107 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 30,831 | 91.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Wade | 20,708 | 70.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Alex Bevan | 8,508 | 29.1 | -2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 18,023 | 72.3 | +4.6 | |
Liberal | Elaine Samuels | 6,921 | 27.7 | -4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 24,944 | 97.7 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 579 | 2.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,523 | 93.4 | -0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 17,857 | 67.7 | +9.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur Thomas | 8,514 | 32.3 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 26,371 | 98.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 475 | 1.8 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 26,846 | 93.9 | -0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 15,241 | 58.6 | -0.2 | |
Liberal | Richard Bevan | 7,994 | 30.7 | -4.4 | |
Australia | Peter Baldwin | 1,903 | 7.3 | +4.2 | |
Democratic Labor | Charin Godfrey | 872 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 26,010 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 631 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 26,641 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Wade | 16,367 | 62.9 | +1.3 | |
Liberal | Richard Bevan | 9,643 | 37.1 | -1.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 14,892 | 58.8 | +11.2 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Barnes | 8,883 | 35.1 | +7.5 | |
Australia | Wlodzimierz Bohatko | 795 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Gerard Collins | 769 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 25,339 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 450 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 25,789 | 93.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Wade | 15,523 | 61.3 | +7.0 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Barnes | 9,816 | 38.7 | -7.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Arthur Wade | 9,960 | 47.6 | -12.8 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Barnes | 5,790 | 27.6 | -7.4 | |
Independent | Douglas McDougall | 5,190 | 24.8 | +24.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,940 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 397 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 21,337 | 94.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Arthur Wade | 11,361 | 54.3 | -9.8 | |
Liberal | Malcolm Barnes | 9,579 | 45.7 | +9.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -9.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Frank Hawkins | 10,471 | 60.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | Stewart Mordue | 6,065 | 35.0 | +1.3 | |
Communist | Mervyn Copley | 798 | 4.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 17,334 | 98.6 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 252 | 1.4 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,586 | 93.2 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 11,109 | 64.1 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Stewart Mordue | 6,225 | 35.9 | +1.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Frank Hawkins | 11,642 | 62.3 | −2.2 | |
Liberal | Kevin Doyle | 6,310 | 33.7 | +2.3 | |
Communist | Mervyn Copley | 750 | 4.0 | −0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 18,702 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 232 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 18,934 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 12,242 | 65.5 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Kevin Doyle | 6,460 | 34.5 | +2.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.3 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Frank Hawkins | 12,239 | 64.5 | ||
Liberal | William Hutchinson | 5,950 | 31.4 | ||
Communist | Mervyn Copley | 777 | 4.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,966 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 286 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,252 | 93.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 12,861 | 67.8 | ||
Liberal | William Hutchinson | 6,105 | 32.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Frank Hawkins | 10,358 | 66.5 | −26.1 | |
Liberal | Iris Hyde | 4,410 | 28.3 | +28.3 | |
Communist | Mervyn Copley | 819 | 5.2 | −2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 15,587 | 98.5 | +3.6 | ||
Informal votes | 239 | 1.5 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 15,826 | 93.8 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Frank Hawkins | 11,095 | 71.2 | −21.4 | |
Liberal | Iris Hyde | 4,492 | 28.8 | +28.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle". Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Newcastle: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of Newcastle: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
- ↑ Newcastle: First Preference Votes, Electoral Commission New South Wales.
- ↑ Check Count TCP Results, Electoral Commission New South Wales.
- ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
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