Electoral district of Earlwood

Earlwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1991. It included Earlwood and Beverly Hills.

At the 1991 election, it was abolished and its area split between the seats of Canterbury, Hurstville and Rockdale.[1]

Members for Earlwood

	Party	Period
Eric Willis [2]	Liberal	1950–1978
Ken Gabb [3]	Labor	1978–1988
Phil White [4]	Liberal	1988–1991

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Phil White	15,528	51.3	+8.5
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,764	48.7	-5.7
Total formal votes			30,292	95.7	-1.5
Informal votes			1,353	4.3	+1.5
Turnout			31,645	95.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.2

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Gabb	15,528	53.7	-7.0
	Liberal	John Ryan	12,534	43.3	+6.7
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	862	3.0	+0.3
Total formal votes			28,924	97.2	+0.7
Informal votes			833	2.8	-0.7
Turnout			29,757	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb		55.2	-7.0
	Liberal	John Ryan		44.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.0

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,265	60.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,404	36.6	-1.2
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	756	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			28,435	96.5
Informal votes			1,022	3.5
Turnout			29,457	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,465	62.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,614	37.8	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ken Gabb	18,647	60.1	+14.6
	Liberal	Alan Jones	11,725	37.8	-16.7
	Independent	Charles Bingle	667	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			31,039	98.1	-0.4
Informal votes			596	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			31,635	94.4	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb	19,114	61.6	+16.1
	Liberal	Alan Jones	11,925	38.4	-16.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+16.1

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,111	54.5	+2.9
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,259	45.5	+6.8
Total formal votes			31,370	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			471	1.5	-1.3
Turnout			31,841	95.3	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	15,498	51.6	-5.7
	Labor	Colin Williams	11,628	38.7	-4.0
	Australia	Alexander Paterson	1,566	5.2	+5.2
	Democratic Labor	Doris Allison	1,331	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			30,023	97.2
Informal votes			848	2.8
Turnout			30,871	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,033	56.7	-0.6
	Labor	Colin Williams	12,990	43.3	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	14,815	57.3	-5.4
	Labor	Barry Robinson	11,044	42.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			25,859	97.9
Informal votes			544	2.1
Turnout			26,403	95.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	16,289	62.7	+2.8
	Labor	Cavell Becher	9,689	37.3	-2.8
Total formal votes			25,978	97.3
Informal votes			710	2.7
Turnout			26,688	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,902	59.9	+2.6
	Labor	Harry Chandler	9,289	40.1	−2.6
Total formal votes			23,191	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			330	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			23,521	95.2	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,286	57.3	−1.1
	Labor	William Thompson	9,918	42.7	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,204	99.0
Informal votes			230	1.0
Turnout			23,434	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,377	58.4
	Labor	John Buckeridge	9,518	41.6
Total formal votes			22,895	98.8
Informal votes			274	1.2
Turnout			23,169	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	14,561	58.0	+7.7
	Labor	David Connors	10,525	42.0	−7.7
Total formal votes			25,086	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			310	1.2	−0.5
Turnout			25,396	95.4	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.7

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,844	50.3
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	11,691	49.7
Total formal votes			23,535	98.3
Informal votes			401	1.7
Turnout			23,936	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Earlwood [18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,774	55.5
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	9,428	44.5
Total formal votes			21,202	98.7
Informal votes			274	1.3
Turnout			21,476	94.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

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"Sir Eric Archibald Willis (1922–1999)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
"Mr (Ken) Kenneth George Gabb". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
"Mr Philip John White". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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Green, Antony. "1962 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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Green, Antony. "1956 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1953 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1950 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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[Green_Earlwood-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

[Eric_Willis_NSW_parl-2] "Sir Eric Archibald Willis (1922–1999)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

[Ken_Gabb_NSW_parl-3] "Mr (Ken) Kenneth George Gabb". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Phil_White_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Philip John White". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[Results_of_the_1988_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1988_Earlwood-5] Green, Antony. "1988 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1984_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1984_Earlwood-6] Green, Antony. "1984 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1981_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1981_Earlwood-7] Green, Antony. "1981 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Earlwood-8] Green, Antony. "1978 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1976_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1976_Earlwood-9] Green, Antony. "1976 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[Results_of_the_1968_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1968_Earlwood-12] Green, Antony. "1968 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1965_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1965_Earlwood-13] Green, Antony. "1965 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1962_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1962_Earlwood-14] Green, Antony. "1962 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1959_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1959_Earlwood-15] Green, Antony. "1959 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1956_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1956_Earlwood-16] Green, Antony. "1956 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1953_Earlwood-17] Green, Antony. "1953 Earlwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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