Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Lane Cove in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1913, the second from 1927 to the present.

Members for Lane Cove

First incarnation (1904–1913)
Member		Party	Term
	David Fell	Liberal Reform	1904–1913
Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bryce Walmsley	Nationalist	1927–1930
	Herbert FitzSimons	Nationalist	1930–1932
	Herbert FitzSimons	United Australia	1932–1944
	Henry Woodward	Labor	1944–1947
	Ken McCaw	Liberal	1947–1975
	John Dowd	Liberal	1975–1991
	Kerry Chikarovski	Liberal	1991–2003
	Anthony Roberts	Liberal	2003–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Lane Cove^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	27,789	57.1	−8.3
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	9,790	20.1	+6.1
	Greens	Pierre Masse	7,203	14.8	−2.7
	Independent	Jim Sanderson	2,029	4.2	+4.2
	Christian Democrats	Peter Colsell	1,060	2.2	−0.5
	No Land Tax	Irma Di Santo	754	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			48,625	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			1,317	2.6	−0.4
Turnout			49,942	91.7	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	29,451	67.8	−9.5
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	13,972	32.2	+9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.5

New South Wales state election, 2011: Lane Cove^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	28,350	65.6	+13.4
	Greens	Keith McIlroy	7,646	17.7	+3.0
	Labor	Mario Tsang	6,046	14.0	-10.5
	Christian Democrats	Esther Heng	1,174	2.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			43,216	97.4	0.0
Informal votes			1,173	2.6	0.0
Turnout			44,389	92.5	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	30,093	77.3	+15.0
	Labor	Mario Tsang	8,819	22.7	–15.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	29,556	75.7	+13.3
	Greens	Keith McIlroy	9,496	24.3	+24.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.3

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	21,579	52.3	+6.7
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	10,094	24.4	-8.7
	Greens	Shauna Forrest	6,059	14.7	-0.2
	Democrats	Kate Botting	1,801	4.4	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Arie Baalbergen	960	2.3	+2.1
	Unity	William Ho	806	2.0	-0.1
Total formal votes			41,299	97.4	-0.2
Informal votes			1,113	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			42,412	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	23,365	62.4	+9.6
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	14,101	37.6	-9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

New South Wales state election, 2003: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	18,302	46.4	-3.4
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	12,894	32.7	+0.4
	Greens	Shauna Forrest	6,162	15.6	+10.4
	Democrats	Suzanne McGillivray	1,234	3.1	-6.1
	Unity	Pei Li	835	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			39,427	97.5	-0.1
Informal votes			994	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			40,421	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	19,343	53.2	-4.2
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	17,002	46.8	-3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.2

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	19,896	49.8	+1.2
	Labor	Brad Powe	12,911	32.3	+8.5
	Democrats	David Harcourt-Norton	3,665	9.2	+3.8
	Greens	Suzy Orme	2,060	5.2	+2.2
	One Nation	Joanne May	1,092	2.7	+2.7
	AAFI	Bernd Rindermann	357	0.9	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,981	97.7	+1.2
Informal votes			958	2.3	-1.2
Turnout			40,939	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	21,379	57.4	-4.9
	Labor	Brad Powe	15,846	42.6	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

New South Wales state election, 1995: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	18,579	54.6	-12.9
	Labor	Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe	5,542	16.3	-1.9
	No Aircraft Noise	Peter Astridge	4,658	13.7	+13.7
	Democrats	Matthew Baird	1,882	5.5	-8.7
	Greens	Cameron Little	1,753	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Ian Longbottom	1,626	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			34,040	96.9	+4.1
Informal votes			1,082	3.1	-4.1
Turnout			35,122	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	22,165	70.2	-3.5
	Labor	Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe	9,396	29.8	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.5

New South Wales state election, 1991: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	21,425	67.5	-5.0
	Labor	Luther Weate	5,777	18.2	-7.1
	Democrats	Simon Disney	4,531	14.3	+12.6
Total formal votes			31,733	92.8	-4.0
Informal votes			2,466	7.2	+4.0
Turnout			34,199	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	22,537	73.7	0.0
	Labor	Luther Weate	8,049	26.3	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	20,871	72.6	+7.4
	Labor	Gary Stainton	7,886	27.4	-0.6
Total formal votes			28,757	96.7	-1.4
Informal votes			980	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			29,737	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

New South Wales state election, 1984: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	17,720	65.6	+7.5
	Labor	Miron Shapira	7,446	27.6	-4.1
	Democrats	Graham Baker	1,831	6.8	+0.2
Total formal votes			26,997	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			515	1.9	-0.5
Turnout			27,512	91.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd		69.2	+5.1
	Labor	Miron Shapira		30.8	-5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

New South Wales state election, 1981: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,511	58.1	+5.9
	Labor	Miron Shapira	8,464	31.7	-7.8
	Democrats	Gary Smith	1,750	6.6	-1.7
	Independent	Rhody Thomas	966	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			26,691	97.6
Informal votes			646	2.4
Turnout			27,337	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	16,511	64.1	+6.6
	Labor	Miron Shapira	9,264	35.9	-6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.6

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,025	52.2	-13.0
	Labor	Elizabeth Bishop	11,359	39.5	+8.6
	Democrats	John Newman	2,380	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			28,764	98.1	-0.6
Informal votes			552	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			29,316	90.7	-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	16,548	57.5	-8.9
	Labor	Elizabeth Bishop	12,216	42.5	+8.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.9

New South Wales state election, 1976: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	18,846	65.2	+4.2
	Labor	Alan Lees	8,922	30.9	+11.3
	Australia Party	Elizabeth Poppleton	1,147	4.0	-8.9
Total formal votes			28,915	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			371	1.3	-1.2
Turnout			29,286	92.5	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	19,188	66.4	-2.9
	Labor	Alan Lees	9,720	33.6	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.9

New South Wales state election, 1973: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,681	61.0	+1.7
	Labor	Robert Toner	5,367	19.6	-2.8
	Australia Party	Malcolm Hilbery	3,540	12.9	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hernage	1,270	4.6	-1.5
	Independent	Gregory Lewis	315	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Peter Livesey	174	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			27,347	97.5
Informal votes			706	2.5
Turnout			28,053	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,951	69.3	+0.2
	Labor	Robert Toner	8,396	30.7	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

New South Wales state election, 1971: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	15,494	59.3	-11.5
	Labor	Ronald Gornall	5,854	22.4	-1.2
	Australia Party	Malcolm Hilbery	3,208	12.3	+12.3
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Lawson	1,590	6.1	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,146	98.4
Informal votes			427	1.6
Turnout			26,573	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,077	69.1	-6.1
	Labor	Ronald Gornall	8,069	30.9	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.1

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,170	70.8	-10.0
	Labor	James Westerway	6,071	23.6	+23.6
	Democratic Labor	Antony Liddle	1,439	5.6	-13.6
Total formal votes			25,680	96.6
Informal votes			906	3.4
Turnout			26,586	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	19,321	75.2	-5.6
	Labor	James Westerway	6,359	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.6

New South Wales state election, 1965: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	19,246	80.8	-19.2
	Democratic Labor	Edward Connolly	4,583	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			23,829	93.7
Informal votes			1,606	6.3
Turnout			25,435	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1962: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,842	69.6
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,556	27.1
	Democratic Labor	Mary Gray	816	3.4
Total formal votes			24,214	98.5
Informal votes			360	1.5
Turnout			24,574	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	17,495	72.3
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,719	27.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Lane Cove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,066	74.1	+8.7
	Labor	Geoffrey O'Donnell	5,605	25.9	-8.7
Total formal votes			21,671	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			316	1.4	-0.5
Turnout			21,987	93.1	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Lane Cove". Retrieved 6 April 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Lane Cove: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Lane Cove: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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

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