Electoral results for the district of Port Macquarie

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Port Macquarie in New South Wales state elections.

Members

	Party	Term
Bruce Jeffery	National	1988—1991
Wendy Machin	National	1991—1996
Rob Oakeshott	National	1996—2002
Rob Oakeshott	Independent	2002—2008
Peter Besseling	Independent	2008—2011
Leslie Williams	National	2011—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Port Macquarie^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Leslie Williams	30,567	62.1	+9.7
	Labor	Kristy Quill	11,866	24.1	+18.4
	Greens	Drusi Megget	4,384	8.9	+5.2
	Christian Democrats	Ashley Prinable	1,572	3.2	+1.1
	No Land Tax	Paul Grasso	845	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			49,234	97.2	−0.9
Informal votes			1,426	2.8	+0.9
Turnout			50,660	91.5	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Leslie Williams	31,699	69.0	−9.8
	Labor	Kristy Quill	14,272	31.1	+9.8
	National hold		Swing	−9.8

New South Wales state election, 2011: Port Macquarie^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Leslie Williams	23,718	52.2	+32.7
	Independent	Peter Besseling	16,601	36.5	-30.6
	Labor	Peter Alley	2,573	5.7	-3.5
	Greens	Drusi Megget	1,651	3.6	+0.9
	Christian Democrats	Robert Waldron	937	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			45,480	98.1	-0.7
Informal votes			889	1.9	+0.7
Turnout			46,369	93.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Leslie Williams	24,378	56.5	+34.7
	Independent	Peter Besseling	18,774	43.5	-34.7
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+34.7

Elections in the 2000s

Port Macquarie by-election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Besseling	15,003	35.9	+35.9
	National	Leslie Williams	14,061	33.7	+14.3
	Independent	Jamie Harrison	3,484	8.3	+8.3
	Independent	Lisa Intemann	3,134	7.5	+7.5
	Independent	James Langley	2,045	4.9	+4.9
	Greens	Susie Russell	1,971	4.7	+2.0
	Independent	Bob Sharpham	795	1.9	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Bob Waldron	514	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Tony Galati	417	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Grant Rogers	196	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Cameron Price	129	0.3	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Peter Besseling	20,068	54.5	+54.5
	National	Leslie Williams	16,741	45.5	+23.7
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 2007: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Oakeshott	28,523	67.1	+3.2
	National	Leslie Williams	8,258	19.4	+0.9
	Labor	Monica Hayes	3,886	9.1	-0.8
	Greens	Susie Russell	1,170	2.8	-1.0
	AAFI	Frank Reid	648	1.5	+0.9
Total formal votes			42,485	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			542	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			43,027	93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Rob Oakeshott	31,107	78.2	-3.7
	National	Leslie Williams	8,661	21.8	+3.7
	Independent hold		Swing	-3.7

New South Wales state election, 2003: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Oakeshott	30,659	69.8	+69.8
	National	Charlie Fenton	6,416	14.6	-41.4
	Labor	Robert Hough	3,697	8.4	-18.6
	Greens	Susie Russell	1,599	3.6	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Kerry Medway	1,122	2.6	+2.6
	AAFI	James McLeod	321	0.7	-0.8
	Independent	Graeme Muldoon	141	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			43,955	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			556	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			44,511	94.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Rob Oakeshott	34,146	82.8	+82.8
	National	Charlie Fenton	7,079	17.2	-49.4
	Independent gain from National		Swing	+49.4

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Oakeshott	22,471	56.0	+3.1
	Labor	Maureen Riordan	10,815	27.0	-2.8
	One Nation	Kim Sara	4,832	12.1	+12.1
	Greens	Lorraine Andersons	1,219	3.0	-2.1
	AAFI	Norm Dachs	606	1.5	+1.1
	CEC	Graeme Muldoon	151	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			40,094	98.4	+2.2
Informal votes			636	1.6	-2.2
Turnout			40,730	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Rob Oakeshott	23,919	66.6	+4.6
	Labor	Maureen Riordan	11,990	33.4	-4.6
	National hold		Swing	+4.6

Port Macquarie state by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Rob Oakeshott	17,293	46.71	-5.93
	Independent	John Barrett	11,920	32.20
	Shooters	Chris Smith	2,528	6.83
	AAFI	John Hutchinson	2,273	6.14
	Greens	Susie Russell	1,919	5.18	+0.01
	Independent	Peter Farrugia	603	1.63
	Independent	Berdinus Kooy	412	1.11
		Grant Rogers	74	0.20
Informal votes			536	1.43	-2.21
Turnout			37,558	88.53	-6.60
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Rob Oakeshott	18,559	54.86	-6.82
	Independent	John Barrett	15,268	45.14
	National hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1995: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Wendy Machin	19,175	52.6	-2.1
	Labor	John Murphy	10,898	29.9	+7.4
	Independent	Carl Lockwood	2,026	5.6	+5.6
	Greens	Susie Russell	1,883	5.2	+5.2
	Call to Australia	Daryl Stafford	952	2.6	+0.4
	Environment Inds	Paul Conroy	869	2.4	+2.4
	The Country Party	Steve Orr	621	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			36,424	96.4	+1.9
Informal votes			1,377	3.6	-1.9
Turnout			37,801	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Wendy Machin	21,068	61.7	-6.0
	Labor	John Murphy	13,088	38.3	+6.0
	National hold		Swing	-6.0

New South Wales state election, 1991: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Wendy Machin	17,430	54.8	-15.1
	Labor	John Murphy	7,172	22.5	-7.2
	Independent	Bob Woodlands	5,572	17.5	+17.5
	Democrats	Jan Tyrrell	958	3.0	+3.0
	Call to Australia	Suzanne Trant-Fischer	700	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			31,832	94.5	-3.0
Informal votes			1,866	5.5	+3.0
Turnout			33,698	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Wendy Machin	19,617	67.7	-2.6
	Labor	John Murphy	9,372	32.3	+2.6
	National hold		Swing	-2.6

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Port Macquarie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Jeffery	21,036	69.4	+24.9
	Labor	John Murphy	9,284	30.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			30,320	97.8	-0.8
Informal votes			692	2.2	+0.8
Turnout			31,012	92.8
	National hold		Swing	+7.1

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Port Macquarie". Retrieved 1 October 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Port Macquarie: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Port Macquarie: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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

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