Results of the New South Wales state election, 1991 (Legislative Council)

New South Wales state election, 25 May 1991 Legislative Council << 1988 — 1995 >>
Enrolled voters		3,631,618
Votes cast		3,398,550		Turnout	93.58	+1.66
Informal votes		192,718		Informal	5.67	–2.64
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats won	Seats held
	Liberal/National Coalition	1,453,441	45.34	–0.81	7	20
	Labor	1,195,324	37.29	–0.22	6	18
	Democrats	167,245	6.70	+3.97	1	2
	Call to Australia	114,648	3.58	–2.16	1	2
	Greens	106,325	3.32	+3.32	0	0
	EFF/Greypower/CEC	49,077	1.53	–0.87	0	0
	Country Residents Party	21,628	0.67	+0.67	0	0
	No Toxic Incinerator Group	18,706	0.58	+0.58	0	0
	Marie Bignold Team	14,403	0.45	+0.45	0	0
	Other	17,598	0.54	*	0	0
Total		3,205,832			15

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the New South Wales 1991 Election.

Results

New South Wales state election, 1991: Legislative Council[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			200,365
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Ted Pickering (elected 1) 2. Robert Webster (elected 4) 3. Max Willis (elected 6) 4. Patricia Forsythe (elected 8) 5. Doug Moppett (elected 10) 6. John Ryan (elected 12) 7. Jenny Gardiner (elected 13) 8. Tony Gentile 9. Marilyn Pidgeon 10. Ian Brown	1,453,441	45.3	-0.8
	Labor	1. Jack Hallam (elected 2) 2. Jeff Shaw (elected 5) 3. Bryan Vaughan (elected 7) 4. Meredith Burgmann (elected 9) 5. Franca Arena (elected 11) 6. Jan Burnswoods (elected 15) 7. Eddie Obeid 8. Tony Kelly 9. Graham Freudenberg 10. Hatton Kwok	1,192,678	37.2	-0.2
	Democrats	1. Elisabeth Kirkby (elected 3) 2. Jonathan King 3. Ray Griffiths 4. Meg Simpson	214,682	6.7	+4.0
	Call to Australia	1. Fred Nile (elected 14) 2. Beville Varidel 3. Bruce Coleman 4. Peter Walker 5. John Everingham	114,648	3.6	-2.2
	Greens	1. Ian Cohen 2. David Nerlich	106,325	3.3	+3.3
	EFF/Greypower/CEC	1. Eddy Azzopardi 2. Robert Clarke 3. Paul Galea 4. Leone Hay	49,077	1.5	-0.9
	Country Residents	1. William Gilmore 2. Desmond Ayres 3. John Kember	21,628	0.7	+0.7
	No Toxic Incinerator	1. Ray Fardell 2. Mark Findlay	18,706	0.6	+0.6
	Marie Bignold Team	1. Alicia Bignold 2. Brett Hartley 3. Christine Smith 4. Nancy Malcolm	14,403	0.5	+0.5
	Group E	1. Andy Hart 2. Paul Wilton 3. George Vitanza 4. Greg Hirst	8,080	0.3	+0.3
	Group I	1. Patricia Poulos 2. John Holley	6,885	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	John Kouroupakis	1,030	0.03	+0.03
	Independent	Lord Rolo	1,011	0.03	+0.03
	Independent	John Hegarty	411	0.01	+0.01
	Independent	Tony Galati	181	0.01	+0.01
Total formal votes			3,205,832	94.3	+2.6
Informal votes			192,718	5.7	-2.6
Turnout			3,398,550	93.6	+1.7

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member		Party	Term
	John Hannaford	Liberal	1984–1995
	Jim Samios	Liberal	1984–1995
	John Jobling	Liberal	1984–1995
	Beryl Evans	Liberal	1984–1995
	Virginia Chadwick	Liberal	1988–1999
	Marlene Goldsmith	Liberal	1988–1999
	Brian Pezzutti	Liberal	1988–1995
	Stephen Mutch	Liberal	1988–1995
	Helen Sham-Ho	Liberal	1988–1995
	Adrian Solomons	National	1984–1995
	Richard Bull	National	1984–1995
	Bob Smith	National	1988–1999
	Duncan Gay	National	1988–1995
	Johno Johnson	Labor	1984–1995
	Delcia Kite	Labor	1984–1995
	Ron Dyer	Labor	1984–1995
	Judith Walker	Labor	1984–1995
	Ann Symonds	Labor	1984–1995
	Keith Enderbury	Labor	1984–1995
	Ian Macdonald	Labor	1988–1999
	Jim Kaldis	Labor	1988–1999
	Paul O'Grady	Labor	1988–1996
	Michael Egan	Labor	1988–1995
	Andy Manson	Labor	1988–1995
	Jeff Shaw	Labor	1990–1999
	Elaine Nile	Call to Australia	1988–1995
	Richard Jones	Democrats	1988–1995

See also

• Results of the New South Wales state election, 1991 (Legislative Assembly A-L)
• Results of the New South Wales state election, 1991 (Legislative Assembly M-Z)
• New South Wales state election, 1991
• Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1991
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 1991–1995

References

1. Green, Antony. "Electing the Legislative Council 1978-1995" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.