Electoral results for the district of Lachlan

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Lachlan in New South Wales state elections during its four incarnations: from 1859 to 1880, from 1894 to 1920, from 1927 to 1950 and from 1981 to 2007.

Members for Lachlan

First incarnation (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	John Ryan	None	1859–1864
	James Martin	None	1864–1869
	James Watson	None	1869–1880
Second incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	James Carroll	Independent Protectionist	1894–1895
		Protectionist	1895–1901
		Progressive	1901–1904
	Andrew Kelly	Labor	1904–1913
	Thomas Brown	Labor	1913–1917
	Ernest Buttenshaw	Nationalist	1917–1920
Third incarnation (1927–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Ernest Buttenshaw	Country	1927–1938
	Griffith Evans	Country	1938–1943
	John Chanter	Labor	1943–1947
	Robert Medcalf	Country	1947–1950
Fourth incarnation (1981–2007)
Member		Party	Term
	Ian Armstrong	National	1981–2007

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2003: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	26,961	66.0	+10.9
	Labor	Stephen Pollard	10,374	25.4	-2.1
	One Nation	Russell Constable	1,791	4.4	-8.6
	Greens	Jenny McKinnon	1,696	4.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			40,822	98.0	+0.1
Informal votes			814	2.0	-0.1
Turnout			41,636	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	27,830	71.2	+4.9
	Labor	Stephen Pollard	11,253	28.8	-4.9
	National hold		Swing	+4.9

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	22,798	55.1	+10.5
	Labor	Tony Lord	11,385	27.5	-4.0
	One Nation	Wilf Reid	5,383	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Peter Mulligan	1,124	2.7	+0.6
	Greens	Mike Durrant	689	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			41,379	98.0	+3.6
Informal votes			854	2.0	-3.6
Turnout			42,233	94.9
	National	Ian Armstrong	24,940	66.3	-1.0
	Labor	Tony Lord	12,680	33.7	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	-1.0

New South Wales state election, 1995: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	23,560	69.4	+12.8
	Labor	Tim Carney	8,578	25.3	-3.0
	Democrats	Dave Cox	1,787	5.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			33,925	94.8	+2.2
Informal votes			1,843	5.2	-2.2
Turnout			35,768	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	24,303	72.4	+6.2
	Labor	Tim Carney	9,248	27.6	-6.2
	National hold		Swing	+6.2

New South Wales state election, 1991: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	18,289	56.7	-14.2
	Labor	Peter Gordon	9,126	28.3	+0.5
	Country Residents	Peter Mallon	2,332	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Colin Wilson	1,355	4.2	+4.2
	Democrats	Neil Bartlett	1,176	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			32,278	92.7	-5.1
Informal votes			2,544	7.3	+5.1
Turnout			34,822	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Ian Armstrong	20,197	66.2	-5.8
	Labor	Peter Gordon	10,314	33.8	+5.8
	National hold		Swing	-5.8

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	21,451	73.6	+10.0
	Labor	Leslie Saunders	7,687	26.4	-7.6
Total formal votes			29,138	97.9	-0.9
Informal votes			624	2.1	+0.9
Turnout			29,762	94.7
	National hold		Swing	+8.3

New South Wales state election, 1984: Lachlan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ian Armstrong	19,108	65.9	+7.2
	Labor	Tim West	9,885	34.1	-7.2
Total formal votes			28,993	98.8	+1.1
Informal votes			346	1.2	-1.1
Turnout			29,339	93.4	+1.0
	National hold		Swing	+7.2

New South Wales state election, 1981: Lachlan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Ian Armstrong	16,538	58.7	+3.8
	Labor	Timothy West	11,642	41.3	-3.8
Total formal votes			28,180	97.7
Informal votes			672	2.3
Turnout			28,852	92.4
	National Country hold		Swing	+3.8

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Lachlan". Retrieved 2 October 2011.

1. "1984 District Results". New South Wales Election Results.