Electoral results for the district of Miranda

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Miranda in New South Wales state elections from the district's first election in 1971 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Tim Walker	Liberal	1971–1978
Bill Robb	Labor	1978–1984
Ron Phillips	Liberal	1984–1999
Barry Collier	Labor	1999–2011
Graham Annesley	Liberal	2011–2013
Barry Collier	Labor	2013–2015
Eleni Petinos	Liberal	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Miranda^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eleni Petinos	27,325	55.3	−7.4
	Labor	Greg Holland	14,654	29.6	+8.8
	Greens	Mick Nairn	3,450	7.0	−1.0
	Christian Democrats	Mark Falanga	2,139	4.3	+0.2
	Independent	John Brett	1,109	2.2	−0.9
	No Land Tax	Andrew Tran	777	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			49,454	96.7	+0.0
Informal votes			1,705	3.3	−0.0
Turnout			51,159	93.3	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eleni Petinos	28,562	63.0	−10.0
	Labor	Greg Holland	16,800	37.0	+10.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0

Miranda state by-election, 2013^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Collier	18,812	46.5	+24.2
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	15,883	39.2	−21.5
	Christian Democrats	George Capsis	2,840	7.0	+3.5
	Greens	Murray Scott	1,757	4.3	−4.4
	Independent	Lisa Walters	842	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	John Brett	342	0.8	−3.9
Total formal votes			40,476	98.0	+0.7
Informal votes			813	2.0	−0.7
Turnout			41,289	84.8	−10.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Collier	20,751	55.1	+26.1
	Liberal	Brett Thomas	16,916	44.9	−26.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+26.1

New South Wales state election, 2011: Miranda^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Graham Annesley	26,662	60.7	+18.3
	Labor	Therese Cook	9,770	22.3	-20.5
	Greens	Naomi Waizer	3,853	8.8	+2.1
	Independent	John Brett	2,074	4.7	+3.1
	Christian Democrats	Ern Hemmings	1,549	3.5	-0.1
Total formal votes			43,908	97.3	-0.7
Informal votes			1,218	2.7	+0.7
Turnout			45,126	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Graham Annesley	28,395	71.0	+21.8
	Labor	Therese Cook	11,598	29.0	-21.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+21.8

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Collier	18,160	42.8	-8.4
	Liberal	Graham Annesley	17,993	42.4	+6.1
	Greens	Julie Simpson	2,817	6.6	+0.2
	Christian Democrats	Albert Young	1,531	3.6	+3.2
	AAFI	Samantha Feinbier	924	2.2	+0.5
	Independent	John Brett	692	1.6	+1.6
	Democrats	Rob Bunt	338	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			42,455	98.0	0.0
Informal votes			880	2.0	0.0
Turnout			43,335	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Collier	20,097	50.8	-8.3
	Liberal	Graham Annesley	19,494	49.2	+8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.3

New South Wales state election, 2003: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Collier	20,489	51.7	+8.8
	Liberal	Kevin Schreiber	14,493	36.6	-4.0
	Greens	Julie Simpson	2,322	5.9	+1.8
	Save Our Suburbs	Gordon Hocking	783	2.0	+2.0
	AAFI	Allan Duckett	657	1.7	+0.1
	Independent	John Moffat	590	1.5	+1.5
	Unity	Lisan Yang	263	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			39,597	98.0	+0.0
Informal votes			814	2.0	-0.0
Turnout			40,411	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Collier	21,758	59.1	+6.8
	Liberal	Kevin Schreiber	15,036	40.9	-6.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barry Collier	16,996	42.9	+6.0
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	16,099	40.6	-7.5
	One Nation	Max Remy	2,842	7.2	+7.2
	Greens	Kerry Nettle	1,612	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Syd Hickman	1,460	3.7	+0.7
	AAFI	Keith Eastwood	620	1.6	-2.2
Total formal votes			39,629	98.0	+1.4
Informal votes			805	2.0	-1.4
Turnout			40,434	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barry Collier	19,002	52.3	+7.5
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	17,353	47.7	-7.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.5

New South Wales state election, 1995: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	17,097	49.4	-7.4
	Labor	Paul Smith	12,353	35.7	+0.7
	Save Our Shire	Col Tallis	1,585	4.6	+4.6
	AAFI	Beryl Perry	1,376	4.0	+4.0
	Democrats	John Levett	1,257	3.6	-4.5
	Call to Australia	Warwick Copeland	921	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			34,589	96.5	+4.7
Informal votes			1,257	3.5	-4.7
Turnout			35,846	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	18,623	56.7	-3.6
	Labor	Paul Smith	14,239	43.3	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.6

New South Wales state election, 1995: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	17,097	49.4	-7.4
	Labor	Paul Smith	12,353	35.7	+0.7
	Save Our Shire	Col Tallis	1,585	4.6	+4.6
	AAFI	Beryl Perry	1,376	4.0	+4.0
	Democrats	John Levett	1,257	3.6	-4.5
	Call to Australia	Warwick Copeland	921	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			34,589	96.5	+4.7
Informal votes			1,257	3.5	-4.7
Turnout			35,846	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	18,623	56.7	-3.6
	Labor	Paul Smith	14,239	43.3	+3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.6

New South Wales state election, 1991: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	18,200	56.9	-2.2
	Labor	Hazel Wilson	11,200	35.0	-2.7
	Democrats	Lydia Clancy	2,601	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			32,001	91.8	-5.3
Informal votes			2,855	8.2	+5.3
Turnout			34,856	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	18,841	60.3	+0.1
	Labor	Hazel Wilson	12,395	39.7	-0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	18,577	61.5	+11.3
	Labor	Anthony Iffland	11,623	38.5	-8.5
Total formal votes			30,200	96.8	-1.5
Informal votes			997	3.2	+1.5
Turnout			31,197	95.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.9

New South Wales state election, 1984: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ron Phillips	15,242	50.3	+6.9
	Labor	Bill Robb	14,176	46.8	-5.0
	Democrats	Michael Moriarty	890	2.9	-1.9
Total formal votes			30,308	98.4	+0.7
Informal votes			497	1.6	-0.7
Turnout			30,805	94.6	+1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ron Phillips		51.8	+6.1
	Labor	Bill Robb		48.2	-6.1
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+6.1

New South Wales state election, 1981: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Robb	15,241	51.8	-1.7
	Liberal	Lawrence Power	12,778	43.4	+1.9
	Democrats	Richard Hopkins	1,407	4.8	-0.2
Total formal votes			29,426	97.7
Informal votes			699	2.3
Turnout			30,125	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Robb	15,541	54.3	-2.2
	Liberal	Lawrence Power	13,078	45.7	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Robb	16,667	53.5	+7.5
	Liberal	Tim Walker	12,949	41.5	-12.5
	Democrats	William Sibley	1,557	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			31,173	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			446	1.4	0.0
Turnout			31,619	94.4	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Robb	17,627	56.5	+10.5
	Liberal	Tim Walker	13,546	43.5	-10.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.5

New South Wales state election, 1976: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Walker	16,323	54.0	+2.8
	Labor	Bill Robb	13,910	46.0	+8.4
Total formal votes			30,233	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			437	1.4	-0.2
Turnout			30,670	91.0	-3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

New South Wales state election, 1973: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Walker	14,484	51.2	+4.3
	Labor	John Brookfield	10,653	37.6	-3.2
	Australia Party	Neva Wendt	2,083	7.4	-0.1
	Democratic Labor	William Casey	1,085	3.8	-0.9
Total formal votes			28,305	98.4
Informal votes			451	1.6
Turnout			28,756	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Walker	15,977	56.4	+3.8
	Labor	John Brookfield	12,328	43.6	-3.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.8

New South Wales state election, 1971: Miranda
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Walker	13,304	46.9
	Labor	Bill Robb	11,574	40.8
	Australia Party	Milo Dunphy	2,135	7.5
	Democratic Labor	William Goslett	1,331	4.7
Total formal votes			28,344	98.5
Informal votes			434	1.5
Turnout			28,778	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Walker	14,899	52.6	-0.7
	Labor	Bill Robb	13,445	47.4	+0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.7

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Miranda". Retrieved 11 October 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Miranda: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Miranda: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ 2013 Miranda by-election results: NSW EC
↑ 2013 Miranda by-election results: Antony Green ABC
↑ 2013 Miranda by-election results commentary: Antony Green ABC
↑ 2013 Miranda by-election results: Poll Bludger
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

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