Electoral results for the district of Northern Tablelands

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Northern Tablelands in New South Wales state elections. The district has had two incarnations: as a two-member district from 1920 to 1927 and as a single-member district from 1981 until the present.

Members

First incarnation (1920—1927, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Michael Bruxner	Progressive	1920–1925		David Drummond	Progressive	1920–1925		Alfred McClelland	Labor	1920–1927
	Michael Bruxner	Country	1925–1927		David Drummond	Country	1925–1927		Alfred McClelland	Labor	1920–1927

Second incarnation (1981—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Bill McCarthy	Labor	1981–1987
	Ray Chappell	National	1987–1999
	Richard Torbay	Independent	1999–2013
	Adam Marshall	National	2013–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Northern Tablelands^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Adam Marshall	32,247	66.7	+31.1
	Labor	Debra O'Brien	7,573	15.7	+10.7
	Independent	David Mailler	3,471	7.2	+7.2
	Greens	Mercurius Goldstein	3,453	7.1	+3.7
	Christian Democrats	Holly Beecham	1,115	2.3	+0.9
	No Land Tax	Trevor Gay	489	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			48,348	97.8	−0.7
Informal votes			1,082	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			49,430	90.1	−2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Adam Marshall	34,077	77.1	−0.6
	Labor	Debra O'Brien	10,137	22.9	+0.6
	National hold		Swing	−0.6

Northern Tablelands state by-election, 2013^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Adam Marshall	27,276	63.3	+35.0
	Independent	Jim Maher	5,814	13.5	+13.5
	Labor	Herman Beyersdorf	4,190	9.7	+6.3
	Independent	Katherine Nicholson	1,845	4.3	+4.3
	Greens	Dora Koops	1,782	4.1	+0.8
	Independent	Bill Bush	1,270	2.9	+2.9
	Christian Democrats	Silvana Nero	912	2.1	+0.5
Total formal votes			43,089	97.1	-1.7
Informal votes			1,304	2.9	+1.8
Turnout			44,393	85.7	+7.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Adam Marshall	29,817	81.0	+4.9
	Labor	Herman Beyersdorf	7,014	19.0	-4.9
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+4.9

New South Wales state election, 2011: Northern Tablelands^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Torbay	29,526	63.4	-9.3
	National	Charlie McCowen	13,199	28.3	+10.6
	Labor	Sarah Frazier	1,580	3.4	-0.9
	Greens	Pat Schultz	1,531	3.3	+0.1
	Christian Democrats	Isabel Strutt	736	1.6	-0.4
Total formal votes			46,572	98.8	-0.2
Informal votes			547	1.2	+0.2
Turnout			47,119	93.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Richard Torbay	31,247	69.4	-10.8
	National	Charlie McCowen	13,756	30.6	+10.8
	Independent hold		Swing	-10.8

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Torbay	32,615	72.7	+8.8
	National	Phillip Kelly	7,951	17.7	-2.1
	Labor	Phil Usher	1,947	4.3	-2.0
	Greens	Vanessa Bible	1,418	3.2	-0.7
	Christian Democrats	Isabel Strutt	904	2.0	+0.0
Total formal votes			44,835	99.0	+0.1
Informal votes			442	1.0	-0.1
Turnout			45,277	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Richard Torbay	34,420	80.2	+0.3
	National	Phillip Kelly	8,471	19.8	-0.3
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.2

New South Wales state election, 2003: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Torbay	28,149	71.3	+27.1
	National	Peter Bailey	6,076	15.4	-18.7
	Labor	Michaela Fogarty	1,870	4.7	-4.5
	Greens	Brendon Perrin	1,632	4.1	+2.3
	Christian Democrats	Isabel Strutt	829	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	John Irvine	457	1.2	+1.2
	One Nation	James Donald	455	1.2	-5.9
Total formal votes			39,468	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			414	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			39,882	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Richard Torbay	30,691	82.4	+23.0
	National	Peter Bailey	6,569	17.6	-23.0
	Independent hold		Swing	+23.0

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Richard Torbay	17,329	44.2	+25.0
	National	Ray Chappell	13,381	34.1	-18.7
	Labor	Martin Lawrence	3,598	9.2	-14.9
	One Nation	John Webeck	2,770	7.1	+7.1
	Democrats	Merran Cooper	1,092	2.8	+2.6
	Greens	Pat Schultz	719	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Noel Keogh	360	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			39,249	98.7	+3.0
Informal votes			509	1.3	-3.0
Turnout			39,758	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Chappell	18,063	67.7	+3.1
	Labor	Martin Lawrence	8,612	32.3	-3.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Richard Torbay	21,162	59.4	+59.4
	National	Ray Chappell	14,482	40.6	-24.0
	Independent gain from National		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1995: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ray Chappell	17,823	52.0	-2.6
	Labor	Steve Funnell	8,284	24.2	-7.4
	Independent	Joe Harrold	7,262	21.2	+21.2
	Natural Law	Ruth Chant	923	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			34,292	95.7	+1.6
Informal votes			1,537	4.3	-1.6
Turnout			35,829	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Chappell	20,373	63.7	+2.2
	Labor	Steve Funnell	11,610	36.3	-2.2
	National hold		Swing	+2.2

New South Wales state election, 1991: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ray Chappell	18,220	54.6	-9.5
	Labor	Janice Knight	10,544	31.6	+4.2
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	1,370	4.1	-1.2
	CEC	Rob Taber	1,287	3.9	+3.9
	Independent	Peter Worthing	1,220	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Stewart Scott-Irving	740	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			33,381	94.1	-3.7
Informal votes			2,083	5.9	+3.7
Turnout			35,464	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Chappell	19,226	61.5	-7.1
	Labor	Janice Knight	12,041	38.5	+7.1
	National hold		Swing	-7.1

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Ray Chappell	19,933	65.8	+15.2
	Labor	Kenneth McClenaghan	8,131	26.8	-22.4
	Democrats	Anthony Lawarick	2,232	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			30,296	97.8	-0.9
Informal votes			673	2.2	+0.9
Turnout			30,969	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ray Chappell	20,619	69.0	+18.3
	Labor	Kenneth McClenaghan	9,258	31.0	-18.3
	National hold		Swing	+18.3

New South Wales state election, 1984: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill McCarthy	15,335	51.6	-1.3
	National	Claude Cainero	14,383	48.4	+1.3
Total formal votes			29,718	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			364	1.2	-0.4
Turnout			30,082	94.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

New South Wales state election, 1981: Northern Tablelands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill McCarthy	15,474	52.9	+4.8
	National Country	John Tregurtha	13,782	47.1	-4.8
Total formal votes			29,256	98.4
Informal votes			468	1.6
Turnout			29,724	92.2
	Labor gain from National Country		Swing	+4.8

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Northern Tablelands". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Northern Tablelands: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Northern Tablelands: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Green, Antony. "2013 Northern Tablelands by-election results". ABC News. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
↑ 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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[1] State Electoral District of Northern Tablelands: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[2] State Electoral District of Northern Tablelands: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

[3] Green, Antony. "2013 Northern Tablelands by-election results". ABC News. Retrieved 31 May 2013.

[4] 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.