Electoral results for the district of Peats

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Peats in New South Wales state elections from its creation in 1973 until its abolition in 2007.

Members

Member		Party	Period
	Keith O'Connell	Labor	1973–1984
	Paul Landa	Labor	1984–1984
	Tony Doyle	Labor	1985–1994
	Marie Andrews	Labor	1995–2007

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2003: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marie Andrews	18,180	43.9	-6.0
	Liberal	Debra Wales	11,620	28.1	-3.2
	Independent	Chris Holstein	7,582	18.3	+18.3
	Greens	Vicki Brooke	2,028	4.9	+2.0
	AAFI	John Goldsmith	643	1.6	+0.5
	Independent	Peter Moore	547	1.3	+1.3
	Save Our Suburbs	Mark Ellis	513	1.2	+1.2
	Democrats	Geoff Ward	306	0.7	-3.2
Total formal votes			41,419	97.8	+0.3
Informal votes			936	2.2	-0.3
Turnout			42,355	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marie Andrews	21,181	59.7	-1.6
	Liberal	Debra Wales	14,289	40.3	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marie Andrews	20,451	49.9	-2.3
	Liberal	Debra Wales	12,803	31,3	-7.4
	One Nation	Jeffrey Prest	2,767	6.8	+6.8
	Democrats	Geoff Preece	1,598	3.9	+3.9
	Greens	Stephen Lacey	1,194	2.9	+2.9
	Christian Democrats	Sue Spencer	1,104	2.7	+2.7
	AAFI	Ian King	461	1.1	+1.1
	Earthsave	Norm Purcival	372	0.9	+0.9
	Unity	Xiong Guo	193	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			40,943	97.5	+2.5
Informal votes			1,040	2.5	-2.5
Turnout			41,983	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marie Andrews	22,397	61.3	+3.6
	Liberal	Debra Wales	14,114	38.7	-3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

New South Wales state election, 1995: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Marie Andrews	18,788	52.7	-2.3
	Liberal	Thomas Bojanic	13,491	37.8	+5.2
	Independent	Bryan Ellis	3,401	9.5	+9.5
Total formal votes			35,680	95.2	+3.1
Informal votes			1,816	4.8	-3.1
Turnout			37,496	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Marie Andrews	20,131	58.4	-2.6
	Liberal	Thomas Bojanic	14,329	41.6	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

New South Wales state election, 1991: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Doyle	17,690	54.9	+6.1
	Liberal	Keith Lavers	10,490	32.6	-1.8
	Independent	Pat Harrison	2,579	8.0	-8.8
	Democrats	Merv Howlett	1,445	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			32,204	92.1	-5.0
Informal votes			2,776	7.9	+5.0
Turnout			34,980	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Doyle	19,040	61.0	+3.7
	Liberal	Keith Lavers	12,150	39.0	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Doyle	15,223	48.8	-11.6
	Liberal	Dennis Swadling	10,568	33.9	+1.2
	Independent	Patricia Harrison	5,378	17.3	+17.3
Total formal votes			31,169	97.1	-1.1
Informal votes			942	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			32,111	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Doyle	16,894	57.5	-6.4
	Liberal	Dennis Swadling	12,462	42.5	+6.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.4

New South Wales state election, 1984: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Landa	17,789	59.7	-4.8
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd	9,959	33.4	+8.4
	Democrats	John Aitken	2,065	6.9	-3.6
Total formal votes			29,813	98.2	+1.9
Informal votes			539	1.8	-1.9
Turnout			30,352	93.3	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Landa		63.2	-7.2
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd		36.8	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.2

New South Wales state election, 1981: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	18,046	64.5	-3.8
	Liberal	Raymond Carter	7,014	25.0	+0.7
	Democrats	John Aitken	2,937	10.5	+7.2
Total formal votes			27,997	96.3
Informal votes			1,082	3.7
Turnout			29,079	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	22,850	70.8	-0.4
	Liberal	Raymond Carter	8,014	29.6	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	24,692	68.3	+9.6
	Liberal	Robert Hanington	8,788	24.3	-17.0
	Independent	Barry Phillips	1,489	4.1	+4.1
	Democrats	Ray Griffiths	1,174	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			36,143	97.8	-0.5
Informal votes			795	2.2	+0.5
Turnout			36,938	93.5	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	25,578	70.8	+12.1
	Liberal	Robert Hanington	10,565	29.2	-12.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.1

New South Wales state election, 1976: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	19,289	58.7	+1.4
	Liberal	Peter Walsh	13,579	41.3	-1.4
Total formal votes			32,868	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			556	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			33,424	94.6	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

New South Wales state election, 1973: Peats
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	15,948	57.3	-1.5
	Liberal	Graeme Hallett	11,886	42.7	+1.5
Total formal votes			27,834	97.8
Informal votes			617	2.2
Turnout			28,451	93.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.5

References

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