Electoral district of Gladesville
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Gladesville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1981 replacing Fuller. It included the Sydney suburb of Gladesville. It was abolished in 1999 and was replaced by Ryde.[1][2][3]
Members for Gladesville
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Cavalier [4] | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
| Ivan Petch [5] | Liberal | 1988–1995 | |
| John Watkins [6] | Labor | 1995–1999 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ivan Petch | 14,182 | 41.7 | −6.3 | |
| Labor | John Watkins | 13,171 | 38.7 | −3.1 | |
| No Aircraft Noise | Jane Waddell | 3,196 | 9.4 | +9.4 | |
| Democrats | Noel Plumb | 1,960 | 5.8 | −2.0 | |
| AAFI | Ken Malone | 953 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Iris Knight | 582 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,044 | 95.5 | +4.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,615 | 4.5 | −4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 35,659 | 93.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | John Watkins | 16,227 | 50.4 | +3.3 | |
| Liberal | Ivan Petch | 15,967 | 49.6 | −3.3 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.3 | |||
