Electoral district of Southern Highlands
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Southern Highlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 2007, named after the Southern Highlands.[1][2][3][4] It was replaced by a recreated Goulburn electorate.[5]
Members for Southern Highlands
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Fahey | Liberal | 1988–1996 | |
| Peta Seaton | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Peta Seaton | 22,729 | 52.4 | +8.0 | |
| Labor | Noeline Brown | 15,280 | 35.2 | +1.1 | |
| Greens | Jim Clark | 3,726 | 8.6 | +4.4 | |
| One Nation | Nathan McDonald | 1,128 | 2.6 | −7.6 | |
| Independent | Jean McClung | 542 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 43,405 | 97.9 | +0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 931 | 2.1 | −0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 44,336 | 93.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Peta Seaton | 23,789 | 57.6 | +1.9 | |
| Labor | Noeline Brown | 17,488 | 42.4 | −1.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
