Electoral results for the Division of Wentworth
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wentworth in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Sir William McMillan | Free Trade | 1901–1903 | |
Willie Kelly | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1903–1909 | |
Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1916 | ||
Nationalist | 1916–1919 | ||
Walter Marks | Nationalist | 1919–1929 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1929–1930 | ||
Australian | 1930–1931 | ||
United Australia | 1931–1931 | ||
(Sir) Eric Harrison | United Australia | 1931–1944 | |
Liberal | 1944–1956 | ||
Les Bury | Liberal | 1956–1974 | |
Bob Ellicott | Liberal | 1974–1981 | |
Peter Coleman | Liberal | 1981–1987 | |
John Hewson | Liberal | 1987–1995 | |
Andrew Thomson | Liberal | 1995–2001 | |
Peter King | Liberal | 2001–2004 | |
Independent | 2004–2004 | ||
Malcolm Turnbull | Liberal | 2004–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Australian federal election, 2013: Wentworth[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 58,266 | 63.34 | +3.77 | |
Labor | Di Smith | 17,808 | 19.36 | -1.71 | |
Greens | Matthew Robertson | 13,432 | 14.60 | -2.84 | |
Independent | Pat Sheil | 1,050 | 1.14 | +0.55 | |
Palmer United | Marsha Foxman | 996 | 1.08 | +1.08 | |
Christian Democrats | Beresford Thomas | 431 | 0.47 | +0.47 | |
Total formal votes | 91,983 | 94.29 | -1.21 | ||
Informal votes | 5,568 | 5.71 | +1.21 | ||
Turnout | 97,551 | 89.28 | -0.19 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 62,336 | 67.77 | +2.91 | |
Labor | Di Smith | 29,647 | 32.23 | -2.91 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.91 | |||
Australian federal election, 2010: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 51,634 | 59.57 | +9.20 | |
Labor | Steven Lewis | 18,265 | 21.07 | -9.41 | |
Greens | Matthew Robertson | 15,114 | 17.44 | +2.48 | |
Independent | Pat Sheil | 515 | 0.59 | +0.29 | |
Independent | Malcolm Duncan | 484 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
Carers Alliance | Stuart Neal | 389 | 0.45 | +0.45 | |
Secular | John August | 275 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |
Total formal votes | 86,676 | 95.50 | +0.40 | ||
Informal votes | 4,085 | 4.50 | -0.40 | ||
Turnout | 90,761 | 89.45 | -3.08 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 56,219 | 64.86 | +11.01 | |
Labor | Steven Lewis | 30,457 | 35.14 | -11.01 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +11.01 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
Australian federal election, 2007: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 44,463 | 50.37 | +10.10 | |
Labor | George Newhouse | 26,903 | 30.48 | +1.55 | |
Greens | Susan Jarnason | 13,205 | 14.96 | +2.10 | |
Climate Change | Dixie Coulton | 1,156 | 1.31 | +1.31 | |
Independent | Dani Ecuyer | 774 | 0.88 | +0.88 | |
Democrats | Pierce Field | 721 | 0.82 | -0.28 | |
Christian Democrats | Bradley Molony | 323 | 0.37 | +0.37 | |
Independent | Pat Sheil | 265 | 0.30 | +0.06 | |
Family First | James Adams | 255 | 0.29 | -0.04 | |
Liberty & Democracy | Jonatan Kelu | 129 | 0.15 | +0.15 | |
CEC | John Jamieson | 78 | 0.09 | -0.01 | |
Total formal votes | 88,272 | 95.10 | +1.05 | ||
Informal votes | 4,548 | 4.90 | -1.05 | ||
Turnout | 92,820 | 92.56 | -0.54 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 47,538 | 53.85 | +1.34 | |
Labor | George Newhouse | 40,734 | 46.15 | -1.34 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.34 | |||
Australian federal election, 2004: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 30,771 | 41.79 | -10.29 | |
Labor | David Patch | 19,391 | 26.34 | -3.18 | |
Independent | Peter King | 13,236 | 17.98 | +17.98 | |
Greens | Mithra Cox | 8,210 | 11.15 | +1.38 | |
Democrats | Lindy Morrison | 683 | 0.93 | -5.22 | |
Independent | Robert Vogler | 339 | 0.46 | +0.46 | |
Family First | Leonie Hull | 301 | 0.41 | +0.41 | |
Fishing Party | Victor Shen | 239 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |
Independent | Pat Sheil | 218 | 0.30 | +0.30 | |
No GST | Brian Buckley | 171 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
CEC | John Jamieson | 65 | 0.09 | +0.09 | |
Total formal votes | 73,624 | 93.82 | -1.33 | ||
Informal votes | 4,853 | 6.18 | +1.33 | ||
Turnout | 78,477 | 92.34 | +0.61 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Malcolm Turnbull | 40,847 | 55.48 | -2.38 | |
Labor | David Patch | 32,777 | 44.52 | +2.38 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.38 | |||
Australian federal election, 2001: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Peter King | 39,298 | 52.08 | +1.99 | |
Labor | Carolyn Neilson | 22,277 | 29.52 | -3.49 | |
Greens | Alison Lyssa | 7,371 | 9.77 | +4.88 | |
Democrats | Margaret Collings | 4,639 | 6.15 | +0.11 | |
One Nation | Aub Golden | 1,233 | 1.63 | -1.00 | |
Unity | Alan Jacobs | 642 | 0.85 | +0.85 | |
Total formal votes | 75,460 | 95.15 | -1.20 | ||
Informal votes | 3,845 | 4.85 | +1.20 | ||
Turnout | 79,305 | 92.29 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter King | 43,660 | 57.86 | +0.49 | |
Labor | Carolyn Neilson | 31,800 | 42.14 | -0.49 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.49 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Australian federal election, 1998: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 36,348 | 49.75 | -2.25 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 24,198 | 33.12 | +1.32 | |
Democrats | Margaret Collings | 4,470 | 6.12 | -2.55 | |
Greens | Tom McLoughlin | 2,592 | 4.92 | -1.04 | |
One Nation | Waverney Ford | 2,004 | 2.74 | +2.74 | |
Unity | Alan Jacobs | 1,978 | 2.71 | +2.71 | |
Natural Law | Dezi Koster | 467 | 0.64 | +0.34 | |
Total formal votes | 73,057 | 96.35 | -0.20 | ||
Informal votes | 2,771 | 3.65 | +0.20 | ||
Turnout | 75,828 | 91.95 | -3.46 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 41,147 | 56.32 | -1.51 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 31,910 | 43.68 | +1.51 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.51 | |||
Australian federal election, 1996: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 39,014 | 52.01 | -0.66 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 23,856 | 31.80 | -5.01 | |
Democrats | Di Happ | 6,506 | 8.67 | +5.89 | |
Greens | Fiona McCrossin | 4,468 | 5.96 | +5.96 | |
Independent | Rodney Marks | 468 | 0.62 | +0.62 | |
Independent | David Synnott | 358 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
Natural Law | Paddy Engelen | 225 | 0.30 | +0.30 | |
John Hooper | 122 | 0.16 | +0.16 | ||
Total formal votes | 75,017 | 96.55 | -0.55 | ||
Informal votes | 2,684 | 3.45 | +0.55 | ||
Turnout | 77,701 | 95.41 | +0.86 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 43,122 | 57.83 | +2.37 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 31,445 | 42.17 | -2.37 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.37 | |||
Wentworth by-election, 1995 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 30,677 | 52.84 | +0.17 | |
Greens | Murray Matson | 15,120 | 26.04 | +26.04 | |
Independent | Bill Wentworth | 10,945 | 18.85 | +18.85 | |
John Hooper | 1,317 | 2.27 | +2.27 | ||
Total formal votes | 58,059 | 96.04 | -1.06 | ||
Informal votes | 2,392 | 3.96 | +1.06 | ||
Turnout | 60,451 | 76.64 | -17.91 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Thomson | 38,261 | 65.90 | +10.36 | |
Greens | Murray Matson | 19,798 | 34.10 | +34.10 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.36 | |||
Australian federal election, 1993: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | John Hewson | 38,850 | 52.67 | +5.46 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 27,146 | 36.81 | +4.64 | |
Greens | Ben Oquist | 4,350 | 5.90 | +5.90 | |
Democrats | Armon Hicks | 2,055 | 2.79 | -6.80 | |
Independent | Susan Durovic | 598 | 0.81 | +0.81 | |
Natural Law | Patricia Boland | 503 | 0.68 | +0.68 | |
Zanny Begg | 253 | 0.34 | +0.34 | ||
Total formal votes | 73,765 | 97.09 | +0.13 | ||
Informal votes | 2,209 | 2.91 | -0.13 | ||
Turnout | 75,974 | 94.55 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Hewson | 40,891 | 55.46 | +0.67 | |
Labor | Paul Pearce | 32,843 | 44.54 | -0.67 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.67 | |||
Australian federal election, 1990: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | John Hewson | 29,653 | 51.0 | -3.6 | |
Labor | Dimitri Tsingris | 15,792 | 27.1 | -7.2 | |
Democrats | Estelle Myers | 6,603 | 11.3 | +0.2 | |
Greens | Geoff Ash | 5,357 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Independent | James Reid | 779 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 58,184 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,763 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 59,947 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Hewson | 33,216 | 57.2 | -0.8 | |
Labor | Dimitri Tsingris | 24,809 | 42.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.8 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Australian federal election, 1987: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | John Hewson | 32,099 | 54.6 | +2.7 | |
Labor | Anne-Maree Whitaker | 20,181 | 34.3 | -2.0 | |
Democrats | Yvonne Jayawardena | 6,533 | 11.1 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 58,813 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 3,116 | 5.0 | |||
Turnout | 61,929 | 89.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Hewson | 34,101 | 58.0 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Anne-Maree Whitaker | 24,695 | 42.0 | -1.7 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1984: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 30,389 | 51.9 | +3.9 | |
Labor | Stephen Rothman | 21,252 | 36.3 | -5.3 | |
Democrats | Yvonne Jayawardena | 4,478 | 7.7 | +3.4 | |
Independent | George Warnecke | 1,591 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Independent | George Atkinson | 410 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Roy Oakes | 242 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Kasula Fitzroy-Mendis | 162 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 58,524 | 92.9 | |||
Informal votes | 4,441 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 62,965 | 89.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 32,902 | 56.3 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Stephen Rothman | 25,587 | 43.7 | -0.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1983: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 31,759 | 54.7 | -5.8 | |
Labor | Max Pearce | 20,301 | 34.9 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Katherine Wentworth | 2,787 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Democrats | Brian Hillman | 2,474 | 4.3 | -1.9 | |
Independent | George Warnecke | 401 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Robert McCarthy | 251 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Neil Roberts | 115 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 58,088 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,591 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 59,679 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 62.4 | -0.6 | ||
Labor | Max Pearce | 37.6 | +0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -0.6 | |||
Wentworth by-election, 1981 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 22,736 | 48.1 | -12.4 | |
Labor | Robert Tickner | 16,637 | 35.2 | +1.9 | |
Independent Liberal | Katherine Wentworth | 4,923 | 10.4 | +10.4 | |
Democrats | Joan Kersey | 2,186 | 4.6 | -1.6 | |
Independent | Alfred Bussell | 534 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Independent | William More | 176 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Walker Roach | 92 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 47,284 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,349 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,633 | 69.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Peter Coleman | 59.6 | -3.4 | ||
Labor | Robert Tickner | 40.4 | +3.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1980: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 36,426 | 60.5 | +3.0 | |
Labor | Stephen McGoldrick | 20,086 | 33.3 | +1.9 | |
Democrats | Joan Kersey | 3,746 | 6.2 | -1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 60,258 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,540 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 61,798 | 88.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 63.0 | -1.4 | ||
Labor | Stephen McGoldrick | 37.0 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
Australian federal election, 1977: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 35,980 | 57.5 | -0.4 | |
Labor | Michael Winters | 19,638 | 31.4 | -5.3 | |
Democrats | Joan Kersey | 5,069 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Progress | John Curvers | 1,909 | 3.0 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 62,596 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,608 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 64,204 | 90.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 64.4 | +2.6 | ||
Labor | Michael Winters | 35.6 | -2.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1975: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 34,537 | 65.7 | +3.9 | |
Labor | Mairi Petersen | 15,224 | 28.9 | -4.7 | |
Workers | John Curvers | 2,058 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Australia Party | Joseph Zingarelli | 788 | 1.5 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 52,607 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,059 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 53,666 | 92.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 69.6 | +6.0 | ||
Labor | Mairi Petersen | 30.4 | -6.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1974: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 30,677 | 61.8 | +8.6 | |
Labor | Paul Hawcroft | 16,665 | 33.6 | -3.1 | |
Australia Party | Julia Featherstone | 2,274 | 4.6 | -2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 49,616 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 859 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,475 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Ellicott | 63.6 | +5.3 | ||
Labor | Paul Hawcroft | 36.4 | -5.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.3 | |||
Australian federal election, 1972: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 25,612 | 53.2 | -4.4 | |
Labor | Percy Allan | 17,663 | 36.7 | +2.5 | |
Australia Party | Helen Arbib | 3,550 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Dominique Droulers | 1,310 | 2.7 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 48,135 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,036 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,171 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 58.3 | -5.2 | ||
Labor | Percy Allan | 41.7 | +5.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Australian federal election, 1969: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 28,935 | 57.6 | -6.4 | |
Labor | Frederick Cross | 17,151 | 34.2 | +4.8 | |
Democratic Labor | Doris Brown | 1,820 | 3.6 | -0.6 | |
Independent | Geoffrey Mullen | 1,345 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Pensioner Power | Neville Yeomans | 951 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 50,202 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 1,598 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 51,800 | 90.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 63.5 | -4.9 | ||
Labor | Frederick Cross | 36.5 | +4.9 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.9 | |||
Australian federal election, 1966: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 26,601 | 75.1 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Kerry Sibraa | 6,471 | 18.3 | -5.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Doris Brown | 1,489 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Independent | Brian King | 527 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Communist | Jack Mundey | 334 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 35,422 | 95.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,539 | 4.2 | |||
Turnout | 36,961 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 79.5 | +4.4 | ||
Labor | Kerry Sibraa | 20.5 | -4.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1963: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 27,485 | 73.1 | +10.6 | |
Labor | Nell Simpson | 8,991 | 23.9 | -4.6 | |
Independent | Arthur Bergman | 1,140 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 37,616 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 763 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 38,379 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 75.1 | +5.2 | ||
Labor | Nell Simpson | 24.9 | -5.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1961: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 23,084 | 62.5 | -6.7 | |
Labor | John Hirshman | 10,536 | 28.5 | +5.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Francis Bull | 3,313 | 9.0 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 36,933 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 999 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 37,932 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 69.9 | -5.4 | ||
Labor | John Hirshman | 30.1 | +5.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.4 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Australian federal election, 1958: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 26,823 | 69.2 | -2.8 | |
Labor | Sydney Davis | 8,816 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Democratic Labor | John Gillian | 2,892 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 38,031 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,187 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 75.3 | +3.3 | ||
Labor | Sydney Davis | 24.7 | +24.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Wentworth by-election, 1956 | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Les Bury | 13,956 | 41.3 | -30.7 | |
Labor | Kevin Starr | 6,455 | 19.1 | +19.1 | |
Independent Liberal | Reg Robson | 6,414 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Independent Liberal | Reg Bartley | 4,109 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Independent | Cecil Sindel | 1,470 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Independent Liberal | Alan Laing | 1,414 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 33,818 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,167 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 34,985 | 81.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Les Bury | 17,460 | 51.6 | -20.4 | |
Independent | Reg Robson | 16,358 | 48.4 | +48.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -20.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1955: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Sir Eric Harrison | 28,009 | 72.0 | -28.0 | |
Independent | Hal Lashwood | 10,896 | 28.0 | +28.0 | |
Total formal votes | 38,905 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,283 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 40,188 | 92.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -28.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1954: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Sir Eric Harrison | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
Australian federal election, 1951: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Eric Harrison | 28,127 | 75.7 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Cecil Trevelyan | 9,041 | 24.3 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 37,168 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 614 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 37,782 | 95.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Australian federal election, 1949: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Eric Harrison | 28,821 | 75.1 | +7.9 | |
Labor | William McKell | 9,533 | 24.9 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 38,354 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 703 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 39,057 | 96.1 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.8 | |||
Australian federal election, 1946: Wentworth | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Eric Harrison | 40,790 | 54.3 | +21.4 | |
Labor | Jessie Street | 31,432 | 41.8 | -1.7 | |
Lang Labor | Charles Walsh | 2,898 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 75,120 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,501 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 76,621 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Eric Harrison | 55.3 | +3.7 | ||
Labor | Jessie Street | 44.7 | -3.7 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.7 | |||
Australian federal election, 1943: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labor | Jessie Street | 31,048 | 43.5 | +20.4 | |
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 23,519 | 32.9 | -32.7 | |
National Government | Bill Wentworth | 14,875 | 20.8 | +20.8 | |
Liberal Democratic | Charles Mayo | 1,654 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Thomas Whitehouse | 311 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 71,407 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,897 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 73,304 | 98.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 36,871 | 51.6 | -14.2 | |
Labor | Jessie Street | 34,536 | 48.4 | +14.2 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -14.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1940: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 26,969 | 43.0 | -1.8 | |
Labor | Norman Smith | 14,500 | 23.1 | -9.5 | |
United Australia | Norman Cowper | 13,099 | 20.9 | +20.9 | |
State Labor | Jim Morley | 6,249 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
United Australia | Richard Stranger | 1,062 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Ind. Nationalist | George McDonald | 771 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 62,650 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,139 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 64,789 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 41,218 | 65.8 | -1.6 | |
Labor | Norman Smith | 21,432 | 34.2 | +1.6 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.6 | |||
Elections in the 1930s
Australian federal election, 1937: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 40,398 | 67.4 | +1.7 | |
Labor | Thomas Conway | 19,499 | 32.6 | +32.6 | |
Total formal votes | 59,897 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,343 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 61,240 | 96.1 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing | -3.6 | |||
Australian federal election, 1934: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 34,012 | 65.7 | -34.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | James Ormonde | 13,287 | 25.7 | +25.7 | |
Social Credit | Ralph Fretwell | 4,466 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 51,765 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,296 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 53,061 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 71.0 | +5.2 | ||
Labor (NSW) | James Ormonde | 29.0 | +29.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +5.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1931: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
United Australia | Eric Harrison | 35,460 | 65.8 | +65.8 | |
United Australia | Walter Marks | 18,434 | 34.2 | +34.2 | |
Total formal votes | 53,894 | 94.2 | |||
Informal votes | 3,293 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 57,187 | 92.8 | |||
United Australia gain from Ind. Nationalist | Swing | +58.3 | |||
Elections in the 1920s
Australian federal election, 1929: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Ind. Nationalist | Walter Marks | 31,991 | 58.3 | +58.3 | |
Nationalist | Arthur Manning | 22,878 | 41.7 | -19.8 | |
Total formal votes | 54,869 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 1,982 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 56,851 | 94.0 | |||
Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist | Swing | +19.8 | |||
Australian federal election, 1928: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Nationalist | Walter Marks | 29,639 | 61.5 | -2.9 | |
Labor | Bob O'Halloran | 18,539 | 38.5 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 48,178 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,161 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 50,339 | 89.7 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
Australian federal election, 1925: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Nationalist | Walter Marks | 27,945 | 64.4 | +14.7 | |
Labor | William Crick | 15,436 | 35.6 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 43,381 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 790 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 44,171 | 87.7 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Australian federal election, 1922: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Nationalist | Walter Marks | 9,843 | 49.7 | -11.4 | |
Labor | William Fitzgerald | 6,455 | 32.6 | -6.3 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Henry Morton | 3,502 | 17.7 | +17.7 | |
Total formal votes | 19,800 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 776 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,575 | 50.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Walter Marks | 12,251 | 61.9 | +0.8 | |
Labor | William Fitzgerald | 7,549 | 38.1 | -0.8 | |
Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.8 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Australian federal election, 1919: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Nationalist | Walter Marks | 20,768 | 61.5 | -7.0 | |
Labor | James Dunn | 12,998 | 38.5 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 33,766 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 595 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 34,361 | 63.9 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -7.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1917: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Nationalist | Willie Kelly | 22,653 | 68.5 | +12.0 | |
Labor | Henrietta Greville | 10,437 | 31.5 | -12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 33,090 | 96.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,340 | 3.9 | |||
Turnout | 64,430 | 67.4 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +12.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1914: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willie Kelly | 17,079 | 56.5 | -5.2 | |
Labor | Robert Cruickshank | 13,171 | 43.5 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 30,250 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 790 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 31,040 | 63.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.2 | |||
Australian federal election, 1913: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willie Kelly | 18,375 | 61.7 | +0.0 | |
Labor | Sydney Green | 11,386 | 38.3 | -0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 29,761 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 877 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 30,638 | 71.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
Australian federal election, 1910: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Liberal | Willie Kelly | 11,641 | 61.0 | -12.2 | |
Labour | Arthur Vernon | 7,451 | 39.0 | +12.2 | |
Total formal votes | 19,092 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 257 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 19,349 | 53.8 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -12.2 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Australian federal election, 1906: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Anti-Socialist | Willie Kelly | 10,505 | 73.2 | +1.4 | |
Labour | William Duncan | 3,846 | 26.8 | +26.8 | |
Total formal votes | 14,351 | 95.3 | |||
Informal votes | 701 | 4.7 | |||
Turnout | 15,052 | 52.8 | |||
Anti-Socialist hold | Swing | +1.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1903: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Free Trade | Willie Kelly | 13,894 | 71.8 | +3.4 | |
Protectionist | John Dalley | 5,459 | 28.2 | -3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,353 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 286 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,639 | 62.6 | |||
Free Trade hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
Australian federal election, 1901: Wentworth | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Free Trade | Sir William McMillan | 6,315 | 68.4 | +68.4 | |
Protectionist | John Gannon | 2,915 | 31.6 | +31.6 | |
Total formal votes | 9,230 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 153 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,383 | 70.0 | |||
Free Trade win | (new division) | ||||
References
- ↑ "Wentworth, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
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