Electoral results for the district of Bega

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Bega in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1988 to the present.

Members for Bega

First incarnation (1894—1920)
Member Party Period
  Thomas Rawlinson Independent Protectionist 1894—1895
  Henry Clarke Independent Protectionist 1895—1898
  Protectionist 1898—1901
  Progressive 1901—1904
  William Wood Liberal Reform 1904—1913
  William Millard Liberal Reform 1913—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1920
Second incarnation (1988—present)
MemberPartyPeriod
  Russell Smith Liberal 1988—2003
  Andrew Constance Liberal 2003—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Bega[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Constance 25,379 53.2 −5.1
Labor Leanne Atkinson 15,652 32.8 +10.7
Greens Margaret Perger 4,817 10.1 −2.0
No Land Tax Clyde Archard 1,138 2.4 +2.4
Christian Democrats Ursula Bennett 683 1.4 −0.2
Total formal votes 47,669 97.1 +0.8
Informal votes 1,427 2.9 −0.8
Turnout 49,096 90.1 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Constance 26,023 58.2 −10.3
Labor Leanne Atkinson 18,696 41.8 +10.3
Liberal hold Swing −10.3
New South Wales state election, 2011: Bega[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Constance 26,122 59.0 +12.1
Labor Leanne Atkinson 9,749 22.0 -12.9
Greens Harriett Swift 5,358 12.1 +4.6
Independent Ivan McKay 2,341 5.3 +5.3
Christian Democrats Ursula Bennett 716 1.6 +0.0
Total formal votes 44,286 96.9 -1.0
Informal votes 1,426 3.1 +1.0
Turnout 45,712 92.0 -0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Constance 27,369 68.6 +13.6
Labor Leanne Atkinson 12,505 31.4 -13.6
Liberal hold Swing +13.6

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Constance 20,196 46.9 +10.8
Labor Wilma Chinnock 15,053 34.9 +4.5
Greens Margaret Perger 3,248 7.5 -2.6
Independent David Hede 3,071 7.1 +7.1
AAFI Philip Hodge 799 1.9 +1.9
Christian Democrats Wess Buckley 714 1.7 +0.4
Total formal votes 43,081 97.8 +0.2
Informal votes 949 2.2 -0.2
Turnout 44,030 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Constance 21,778 55.1 +0.4
Labor Wilma Chinnock 17,771 44.9 -0.4
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
New South Wales state election, 2003: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Constance 17,151 39.3 -6.4
Labor Wilma Chinnock 13,595 31.2 -0.3
Independent Chris Vardon 7,094 16.3 +16.3
Greens Annie Florence 4,349 10.0 +6.7
One Nation Lynn Abraham 775 1.8 -11.2
Christian Democrats Ursula Bennett 640 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 43,604 97.6 -0.7
Informal votes 1,068 2.4 +0.7
Turnout 44,672 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Constance 19,417 53.9 -3.3
Labor Wilma Chinnock 16,634 46.1 +3.3
Liberal hold Swing -3.3

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Smith 18,253 45.7 -12.8
Labor John Boland 12,562 31.5 +3.4
One Nation Robin Innes 5,200 13.0 +13.0
Democrats Denise Redmond 1,751 4.4 +0.4
Greens Kathy Freihaut 1,465 3.7 -3.1
Independent Robert Paris 765 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 39,916 98.3 +2.0
Informal votes 678 1.7 -2.0
Turnout 40,594 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Smith 20,251 57.1 -6.4
Labor John Boland 15,186 42.9 +6.4
Liberal hold Swing -6.4
New South Wales state election, 1995: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Smith 21,653 58.7 0.0
Labor John Boland 10,307 27.9 -2.3
Greens Mark Blecher 2,529 6.9 +6.9
Democrats Denise Redmond 1,484 4.0 -7.1
Call to Australia David Howes 724 2.0 +2.0
Natural Law Peter Fraser 209 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 36,906 96.4 +4.4
Informal votes 1,397 3.6 -4.4
Turnout 38,303 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Smith 22,769 63.7 +0.9
Labor John Boland 12,981 36.3 -0.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.9
New South Wales state election, 1991: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Smith 17,925 58.7 +22.5
Labor Ian Marshall 9,232 30.2 +9.0
Democrats Denise Redmond 3,402 11.1 +10.0
Total formal votes 30,559 92.0 -5.8
Informal votes 2,671 8.0 +5.8
Turnout 33,230 92.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Smith 18,669 62.8 -2.4
Labor Ian Marshall 11,082 37.2 +2.4
Liberal hold Swing -2.4

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Bega
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Russell Smith 12,380 39.4 +7.2
National Ronald Ferguson 6,881 21.9 +14.3
Labor Robert Ware 6,563 20.9 -15.5
Independent Richard Roberts 5,235 16.6 +16.6
Democrats John Nicholson 389 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 31,448 98.0 -0.6
Informal votes 637 2.0 +0.6
Turnout 32,085 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Russell Smith 20,448 68.7 +16.0
Labor Robert Ware 9,331 31.3 -16.0
Liberal hold Swing +16.0

References

  1. ↑ State Electoral District of Bega: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  2. ↑ State Electoral District of Bega: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  3. ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
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