Electoral results for the district of Drummoyne

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Drummoyne in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1913 to 1920, the second from 1927 to the present.

Members for Drummoyne

First incarnation (1913—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Richards	Liberal Reform	1913–1915
	Alexander Graff	Liberal Reform	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920
		Independent	1920
Second incarnation (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	John Lee	United Australia	1927–1930
	David McLelland	Labor	1930–1932
	John Lee	United Australia	1932–1941
	Robert Greig	Labor	1941–1947
	Robert Dewley	Liberal	1947–1953
	Roy Jackson	Labor	1953–1956
	Walter Lawrence	Liberal	1956–1962
	Reg Coady	Labor	1962–1973
	Michael Maher	Labor	1973–1982
	John Murray	Labor	1982–2003
	Angela D'Amore	Labor	2003–2010
	Angela D'Amore	Independent	2010–2011
	John Sidoti	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Drummoyne^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Sidoti	28,616	61.1	+4.5
	Labor	Jason Khoury	11,103	23.7	−1.1
	Greens	Alice Mantel	5,141	11.0	+1.2
	No Land Tax	Pat Di Cosmo	716	1.5	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Isabelle Zafirian	706	1.5	−0.5
	Outdoor Recreation	Leon Belgrave	544	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			46,826	97.5	+0.6
Informal votes			1,200	2.5	−0.6
Turnout			48,026	91.6	+2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Sidoti	29,668	68.8	+1.7
	Labor	Jason Khoury	13,468	31.2	−1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

New South Wales state election, 2011: Drummoyne^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Sidoti	26,397	56.0	+19.4
	Labor	Angelo Tsirekas	11,872	25.2	-22.1
	Greens	Adam Butler	4,624	9.8	+0.4
	Independent	Alex Elliott	3,182	6.8	+6.8
	Christian Democrats	Marc Gesling	1,042	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			47,117	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			1,226	2.5	-0.2
Turnout			48,343	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Sidoti	28,349	66.7	+24.3
	Labor	Angelo Tsirekas	14,183	33.3	-24.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+24.3

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Angela D'Amore	20,007	47.3	-0.1
	Liberal	Greg Long	15,519	36.7	+1.4
	Greens	Bernard Rooney	3,995	9.4	+0.8
	Independent	Michael Vescio	1,258	3.0	+3.0
	Unity	Ozlem Huseyin	694	1.6	+0.1
	AAFI	Edeltraud Guener	475	1.1	+0.2
	Outdoor Recreation	Peter Stitt	391	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			42,339	97.3	-0.1
Informal votes			1,194	2.7	+0.1
Turnout			43,533	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Angela D'Amore	22,509	57.6	-1.1
	Liberal	Greg Long	16,559	42.4	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

New South Wales state election, 2003: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Angela D'Amore	20,620	47.2	+1.3
	Liberal	Greg Long	15,328	35.1	+2.5
	Greens	Mersina Soulos	3,951	9.1	+4.7
	Independent	Michael Wroblewski	1,323	3.0	+3.0
	Unity	Tina Turrisi	625	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Salvatore Scevola	584	1.3	+1.3
	Democrats	Andrew Blake	567	1.3	-3.1
	AAFI	Alexander Pini	376	0.9	+0.2
	Independent	Stephen Muller	162	0.4	+0.4
		Stephen Bathgate	118	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			43,654	97.3	+0.4
Informal votes			1,225	2.7	-0.4
Turnout			44,879	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Angela D'Amore	23,041	58.7	-0.7
	Liberal	Greg Long	16,178	41.3	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Murray	19,253	46.6	+6.2
	Liberal	Peter Phelps	13,475	32.6	-6.0
	Independent	Stephen Lesslie	2,357	5.7	+5.7
	Greens	Therese Doyle	1,807	4.4	-2.1
	Democrats	Cameron Andrews	1,806	4.4	+4.1
	One Nation	John Ferguson	1,679	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Jennifer Paull	638	1.5	+1.5
	AAFI	Tony Mavin	286	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			41,301	96.9	+1.4
Informal votes			1,325	3.1	-1.4
Turnout			42,626	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Murray	22,118	59.4	+6.7
	Liberal	Peter Phelps	15,117	40.6	-6.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.7

New South Wales state election, 1995: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Murray	14,020	40.9	-6.2
	Liberal	Michael Megna	13,542	39.5	-2.9
	No Aircraft Noise	Lew Hird	3,942	11.5	+11.5
	Greens	Jenny Ryde	2,297	6.7	+2.3
	Call to Australia	Robert Marotta	445	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			34,246	95.8	+3.7
Informal votes			1,493	4.2	-3.7
Turnout			35,739	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Murray	16,680	52.2	-1.4
	Liberal	Michael Megna	15,274	47.8	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.4

New South Wales state election, 1991: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Murray	15,185	47.1	+6.6
	Liberal	Michael Cantali	13,688	42.5	-2.3
	Greens	Bruce Threlfo	1,416	4.4	+4.4
	Independent	Gillian Lewis	816	2.5	+2.5
	Democrats	Julien Droulers	761	2.4	-0.5
	Independent	Robert Maddrell	364	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			32,230	92.1	-4.0
Informal votes			2,747	7.9	+4.0
Turnout			34,977	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Murray	16,660	53.6	+4.3
	Liberal	Michael Cantali	14,419	46.4	-4.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Murray	12,406	41.6	-17.3
	Liberal	Janis Kleinig	12,367	41.4	+0.4
	Independent	Peter Woods	2,460	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Jane Adam	2,033	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	James Farrell	433	1.5	+1.4
	Independent	Peter Gronow	158	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			29,857	95.9	-0.9
Informal votes			1,276	4.1	+0.9
Turnout			31,133	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Murray	14,403	52.1	-6.8
	Liberal	Janis Kleinig	13,265	47.9	+6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.8

New South Wales state election, 1984: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Murray	17,002	59.0	-10.2
	Liberal	Ben Sonego	11,802	41.0	+17.0
Total formal votes			28,804	96.8	+0.8
Informal votes			953	3.2	-0.8
Turnout			29,757	93.4	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-14.8

New South Wales state election, 1981: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	19,139	69.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Sarah Hewson	6,635	24.0	-7.1
	Democrats	Peter Nelson	1,869	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			27,643	96.0
Informal votes			1,137	4.0
Turnout			28,780	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	20,139	73.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Sarah Hewson	7,135	26.2	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	19,883	68.9	+12.6
	Liberal	William Rowlings	8,974	31.1	-9.3
Total formal votes			28,857	97.0	-1.2
Informal votes			887	3.0	+1.2
Turnout			29,744	92.6	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.6

New South Wales state election, 1976: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,483	56.3	+6.5
	Liberal	James Reid	11,843	40.5	-4.6
	Workers	Hugh Frazer	949	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			29,275	98.2	+1.2
Informal votes			520	1.8	-1.2
Turnout			29,795	93.6	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,768	57.3	+6.6
	Liberal	James Reid	12,507	42.7	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

New South Wales state election, 1973: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	13,701	49.8	-7.2
	Liberal	Brian Barber	12,419	45.1	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Vincent Abrams	1,402	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			27,522	97.0
Informal votes			841	3.0
Turnout			28,363	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	13,950	50.7	-6.3
	Liberal	Brian Barber	13,572	49.3	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.3

New South Wales state election, 1971: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Coady	14,198	57.0	+7.5
	Liberal	Colin Gardiner	10,700	43.0	-3.2
Total formal votes			24,898	97.4
Informal votes			675	2.6
Turnout			25,573	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Coady	12,479	49.5
	Liberal	John Howard	11,659	46.2
	Democratic Labor	Mick Carroll	1,089	4.3
Total formal votes			25,227	96.9
Informal votes			800	3.1
Turnout			26,027	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Coady	13,033	51.7	+4.7
	Liberal	John Howard	12,194	48.3	-4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.7

Drummoyne became a notionally Liberal seat in the redistribution.

New South Wales state election, 1965: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Coady	11,599	50.8	-2.0
	Liberal	George Chambers	10,185	44.6	-2.6
	Democratic Labor	Edwin Carr	1,062	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			22,846	97.8	-0.8
Informal votes			501	2.2	+0.8
Turnout			23,347	93.7	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Reg Coady	11,811	51.7	-1.1
	Liberal	George Chambers	11,035	48.3	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

New South Wales state election, 1962: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Reg Coady	12,510	52.8	+1.3
	Liberal	Walter Lawrence	11,191	47.2	-1.3
Total formal votes			23,701	98.6
Informal votes			344	1.4
Turnout			24,045	93.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+1.3

Drummoyne became a notional Labor seat in the redistribution.

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Lawrence	12,170	52.2
	Labor	Roy Jackson	11,147	47.8
Total formal votes			23,317	98.4
Informal votes			373	1.6
Turnout			23,690	94.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Lawrence	10,881	51.3	+3.4
	Labor	Roy Jackson	10,316	48.7	-3.4
Total formal votes			21,197	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			360	1.7	-0.3
Turnout			21,557	95.0	0.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.4

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Drummoyne". Retrieved 4 April 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Drummoyne: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Drummoyne: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 20 September 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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