Electoral results for the district of Menai

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Menai in New South Wales state elections from 1999 to the present.

Members for Menai

Member		Party	Term
	Alison Megarrity	Labor	1999—2011
	Melanie Gibbons	Liberal	2011—2015

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2011: Menai[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Melanie Gibbons	27,593	61.0	+18.4
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	8,732	19.3	-26.1
	Greens	Simone Morrissey	3,502	7.7	+3.2
	Independent	Jim McGoldrick	3,040	6.7	+6.7
	Christian Democrats	Lindsay Johnson	2,371	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			45,238	96.8	-0.7
Informal votes			1,479	3.2	+0.7
Turnout			46,717	94.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Melanie Gibbons	29,954	74.4	+27.1
	Labor	Peter Scaysbrook	10,313	25.6	-27.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	-27.1

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Menai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	19,276	45.4	-6.5
	Liberal	Steve Simpson	18,100	42.6	+5.4
	Greens	Neerav Bhatt	1,915	4.5	-0.5
	AAFI	John Collins	1,314	3.1	+3.0
	Independent	Chris McLachlan	1,104	2.6	+2.6
	Democrats	Mark Clyburn	751	1.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			42,460	97.5	-0.3
Informal votes			1,084	2.5	+0.3
Turnout			43,544	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	21,045	52.7	-6.2
	Liberal	Steve Simpson	18,912	47.3	+6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.2

New South Wales state election, 2003: Menai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	23,332	52.6	+9.4
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	16,326	36.8	-0.2
	Greens	Tina Palladinetti	2,059	4.6	+0.4
	One Nation	Susan Oz	954	2.2	-5.8
	Independent	Michael Byrne	814	1.8	+1.8
	Democrats	Gemma Edgar	478	1.1	-1.8
	Unity	Thomas Su	359	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			44,322	97.8	+0.7
Informal votes			1,010	2.2	-0.7
Turnout			45,332	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	24,873	59.5	+5.3
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	16,906	40.5	-5.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Menai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	18,048	43.2	+1.9
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	15,434	37.0	-8.0
	One Nation	Dorothy Hutton	3,360	8.0	+8.0
	Greens	Jim McGoldrick	1,743	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Bob May	1,235	3.0	+3.0
	Democrats	Anthony Mayne	1,216	2.9	+2.9
	AAFI	Robert Wardle	711	1.7	-2.3
Total formal votes			41,747	97.1	+1.6
Informal votes			1,242	2.9	-1.6
Turnout			42,989	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	20,166	54.2	+6.1
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	17,044	45.8	-6.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.1

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Menai". Retrieved 30 September 2011.

1. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 9 December 2011.