Electoral results for the district of Tamworth

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Tamworth in New South Wales state elections. The district has had three incarnations: as a two-member district from 1880 to 1894, as a single-member district from 1894 to 1920, and as a single-member district from 1927 until the present.

Members

Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Levien	None	1880–1887		Sydney Burdekin	None	1880–1882
				John Gill	None	1882–1885
				Michael Burke	None	1885–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1894		William Dowel	Protectionist	1887–1894

Single-member (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Dibbs	Protectionist	1894–1895
	Albert Piddington	Free Trade	1895–1898
	William Sawers	Protectionist	1898–1901
	Raymond Walsh	Independent	1901–1903
	Raymond Walsh	Progressive	1903–1903
	John Garland	Liberal Reform	1903–1904
	Robert Levien	Progressive	1904–1907
		Liberal Reform	1907–1910
		Independent Liberal	1910–1913
	Frank Chaffey	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
	Frank Chaffey	Nationalist	1917–1920
Single-member (1927—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Chaffey	Nationalist	1927–1932
	Frank Chaffey	United Australia	1932–1940
	Bill Chaffey	United Australia	1940–1941
		Independent	1941–1947
		Country	1947–1972
		Independent	1972–1973
	Noel Park	National	1973–1991
	Tony Windsor	Independent	1991–2001
	John Cull	National	2001–2003
	Peter Draper	Independent	2003–2011
	Kevin Anderson	National	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Tamworth^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kevin Anderson	26,990	55.1	+0.9
	Independent	Peter Draper	16,855	34.4	–4.2
	Labor	Joe Hillard	2,831	5.8	+1.2
	Greens	Pat Schultz	1,047	2.1	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Michelle Ryan	655	1.3	+1.3
	No Land Tax	Richard Nock	319	0.7	+0.7
		Stan Heuston	314	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			49,011	97.7	−0.5
Informal votes			1,156	2.3	+0.5
Turnout			50,167	92.2	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	30,783	78.9	−1.8
	Labor	Joe Hillard	8,215	21.1	+1.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	27,777	60.0	+3.2
	Independent	Peter Draper	18,491	40.0	−3.2
	National hold		Swing	+3.2

New South Wales state election, 2011: Tamworth^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Kevin Anderson	25,235	55.0	+14.7
	Independent	Peter Draper	17,237	37.6	-8.7
	Labor	Paul Hobbs	2,167	4.7	-3.9
	Greens	Dheera Smith	722	1.6	+0.4
	Independent	Tony Gibson	510	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			45,871	98.5	-0.3
Informal votes			699	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			46,570	94.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Kevin Anderson	25,680	57.8	+12.5
	Independent	Peter Draper	18,786	42.2	-12.5
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+12.5

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Draper	20,531	46.2	+10.2
	National	Kevin Anderson	17,912	40.3	+1.0
	Labor	Denise McHugh	3,813	8.6	-4.5
	Christian Democrats	Neville Mammen	963	2.2	-2.0
	Greens	Bruce Taylor	537	1.2	-0.8
	AAFI	Norman Parsons	435	1.0	+1.0
		Stan Heuston	209	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			44,400	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			527	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			44,927	94.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Peter Draper	22,690	54.8	+2.9
	National	Kevin Anderson	18,721	45.2	-2.9
	Independent hold		Swing	+2.9

New South Wales state election, 2003: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Draper	16,630	40.0	+40.0
	National	John Cull	16,235	39.1	+27.5
	Labor	Ray Tait	4,949	11.9	-0.5
	Christian Democrats	Neville Mammen	1,901	4.6	+4.6
	Greens	Chris Valentine	799	1.9	+1.9
	One Nation	Terry Dwyer	700	1.7	-5.0
	Independent	Richard Witten	320	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			41,534	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			621	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			42,155	94.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Peter Draper	19,542	52.5	+52.5
	National	John Cull	17,692	47.5	+47.5
	Independent gain from National		Swing	+52.5

Tamworth state by-election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	John Cull	14,293	36.34	+24.77
	Independent	James Treloar	8,934	22.72
	Independent	Warren Woodley	5,897	15.00
	Labor	Ray Tait	5,831	14.83	+0.06
	Independent	Ken McKenzie	2,775	7.06
	Democrats	Marie Cowling	771	1.96
	Independent	Clint Kelly	466	1.18
	Independent	Andre Fritze	359	0.91
Informal votes			735	1.83	+0.57
Turnout			40,061	90.14	-4.23
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	John Cull	19,862	58.68
	Independent	James Treloar	13,984	41.32
	National gain from Independent		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Windsor	28,182	69.4	+2.0
	Labor	Siobhan Barry	5,029	12.4	-4.0
	National	John Cox	4,701	11.6	+0.9
	One Nation	Daphney Mandel-Hayes	2,718	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			40,630	98.7	+2.4
Informal votes			520	1.3	-2.4
Turnout			41,150	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	John Cox	13,867	54.8	-27.4
	Labor	Siobhan Barry	11,456	45.2	+27.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tony Windsor	32,288	85.2	+3.1
	Labor	Siobhan Barry	5,597	14.8	-3.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.1

New South Wales state election, 1995: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Windsor	28,433	82.2	+45.9
	Labor	Christine Robertson	4,985	14.4	-1.2
	The Country Party	John Tracy	1,186	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			34,604	96.5	+0.7
Informal votes			1,271	3.5	-0.7
Turnout			35,875	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Tony Windsor	29,088	84.8	+25.0
	Labor	Christine Robertson	5,215	15.2	+15.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+25.0

New South Wales state election, 1991: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony Windsor	12,097	36.2	+36.2
	National	David Briggs	10,647	31.9	-37.6
	Labor	Christine Robertson	5,220	15.6	-6.6
	Independent	David Evans	4,718	14.1	+14.1
	Democrats	Glen Hausfield	708	2.1	-5.4
Total formal votes			33,390	95.7	-2.3
Informal votes			1,490	4.3	+2.3
Turnout			34,880	95.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tony Windsor	18,602	59.8	+59.8
	National	David Briggs	12,503	40.2	-34.8
	Independent gain from National		Swing	+59.8

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Park	21,083	70.0	+11.7
	Labor	Christine Robertson	6,608	21.9	-12.8
	Democrats	Ivan Bielefeld	2,444	8.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			30,135	98.1	-0.8
Informal votes			587	1.9	+0.8
Turnout			30,722	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Park	22,230	75.4	+13.2
	Labor	Christine Robertson	7,255	24.6	-13.2
	National hold		Swing	+13.2

New South Wales state election, 1984: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Noel Park	18,639	59.1	+0.7
	Labor	Garry Ryan	10,459	33.1	-2.6
	Democrats	Anne Irvine	2,463	7.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			31,561	98.9	+0.9
Informal votes			354	1.1	-0.9
Turnout			31,915	94.1	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Noel Park		63.4	+1.3
	Labor	Garry Ryan		36.6	-1.3
	National hold		Swing	+1.3

New South Wales state election, 1981: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Noel Park	17,504	58.4	+8.8
	Labor	Garrett Ryan	10,689	35.7	-6.6
	Democrats	Noel Cassel	1,782	5.9	0.0
Total formal votes			29,975	98.0
Informal votes			596	2.0
Turnout			30,571	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Noel Park	18,384	62.1	+8.8
	Labor	Garrett Ryan	11,229	37.9	-8.8
	National Country hold		Swing	+8.8

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Noel Park	13,033	49.6	-13.2
	Labor	William Forrest	11,114	42.3	+5.1
	Democrats	Peter McLoughlin	1,564	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Noel Cassel	564	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			26,275	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			362	1.4	0.0
Turnout			26,637	94.9	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Noel Park	14,002	53.3	-9.5
	Labor	William Forrest	12,273	46.7	+9.5
	Country hold		Swing	-9.5

New South Wales state election, 1976: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Noel Park	15,508	62.8	+26.9
	Labor	Noel Cassel	9,190	37.2	+19.5
Total formal votes			24,698	98.6	+2.7
Informal votes			347	1.4	-2.7
Turnout			25,045	94.5	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	-0.8

New South Wales state election, 1973: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Noel Park	7,884	35.9	-6.9
	Liberal	Neil Roberts	5,902	26.9	+26.9
	Labor	William Forrest	3,888	17.7	-17.3
	Labor	William Bischoff	2,959	13.5	+13.5
	Australia Party	Joan Byrne	559	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Leonard Hill	467	2.1	+2.1
	Democratic Labor	Peter Young	304	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			21,963	95.9
Informal votes			943	4.1
Turnout			22,906	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Noel Park	13,975	63.6	+5.5
	Labor	William Forrest	7,988	36.4	-5.5
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

New South Wales state election, 1971: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	8,661	42.8	-12.9
	Labor	Francis Briscoe-Hough	7,070	35.0	+35.0
	Independent	Alexander Dickinson	1,758	8.7	+8.7
	Independent	Ellis Wall	1,736	8.6	+8.6
	Democratic Labor	Ian de Courcy Dutton	1,002	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			20,227	98.6
Informal votes			295	1.4
Turnout			20,522	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bill Chaffey	11,750	58.1	-15.5
	Labor	Francis Briscoe-Hough	8,477	41.9	+41.9
	Country hold		Swing	-15.5

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	10,506	55.7	-3.2
	Independent	Stanley Cole	4,976	26.4	+26.4
	New Staters	Alexander Dickinson	3,370	17.9	+17.9
Total formal votes			18,852	98.1
Informal votes			355	1.9
Turnout			19,207	95.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Bill Chaffey	12,191	64.7	+5.8
	Independent	Stanley Cole	6,661	35.3	+35.3
	Country hold		Swing	+5.8

New South Wales state election, 1965: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	11,708	58.9	−2.6
	Labor	Stanley Cole	8,164	41.1	+2.6
Total formal votes			19,872	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			164	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			20,036	95.6	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−2.6

New South Wales state election, 1962: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	11,679	61.4	−38.6
	Labor	Norman Turner	7,328	38.6	+38.6
Total formal votes			19,007	99.1
Informal votes			173	0.9
Turnout			19,180	95.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Tamworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Chaffey	11,203	61.8	+7.2
	Labor	Arthur Foran	6,921	38.2	−7.2
Total formal votes			18,124	99.1	+0.1
Informal votes			163	0.9	−0.1
Turnout			18,287	92.8	−3.1
	Country hold		Swing	+7.2

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tamworth". Retrieved 28 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Tamworth: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Tamworth: 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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