Electoral results for the district of Cronulla
Election results for Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia
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Cronulla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has existed from 1959 until the present.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Cronulla
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 28,505 | 54.18 | −9.34 | |
| Labor | Paul Constance | 14,468 | 27.50 | +4.30 | |
| Greens | Catherine Dyson | 4,585 | 8.71 | +1.30 | |
| One Nation | Craig Ibbotson | 3,197 | 6.08 | +6.08 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Richard Moran | 1,012 | 1.92 | −0.55 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Domna Giannakis | 845 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
| Total formal votes | 52,612 | 97.68 | +0.20 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,251 | 2.32 | −0.20 | ||
| Turnout | 53,863 | 91.41 | −0.19 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 30,407 | 63.79 | −5.82 | |
| Labor | Paul Constance | 17,263 | 36.21 | +5.82 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −5.82 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 32,484 | 63.52 | +1.57 | |
| Labor | Teressa Farhart | 11,866 | 23.20 | +1.30 | |
| Greens | Jon Doig | 3,789 | 7.41 | −1.69 | |
| Keep Sydney Open | Phillip Burriel | 1,738 | 3.40 | +3.40 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Richard Moran | 1,264 | 2.47 | +2.47 | |
| Total formal votes | 51,141 | 97.48 | +0.47 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,321 | 2.52 | −0.47 | ||
| Turnout | 52,462 | 91.60 | −1.38 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 33,349 | 69.61 | −1.32 | |
| Labor | Teressa Farhart | 14,556 | 30.39 | +1.32 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.32 | |||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 31,189 | 61.9 | −3.1 | |
| Labor | Peter Scaysbrook | 11,029 | 21.9 | +2.3 | |
| Greens | Nathan Hunt | 4,580 | 9.1 | +0.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | George Capsis | 2,571 | 5.1 | +1.8 | |
| No Land Tax | Christie Mortimer | 978 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 50,347 | 97.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,550 | 3.0 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 51,897 | 93.0 | +1.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 32,788 | 70.9 | −3.9 | |
| Labor | Peter Scaysbrook | 13,436 | 29.1 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.9 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 29,845 | 66.1 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Stefanie Jones | 8,653 | 19.2 | −6.9 | |
| Greens | Josh Peacock | 3,681 | 8.1 | +1.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | Beth Smith | 1,571 | 3.5 | −1.1 | |
| Independent | Patricia Poulos | 1,424 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,174 | 97.2 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,291 | 2.8 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 46,465 | 93.3 | −0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Mark Speakman | 31,382 | 75.5 | +8.1 | |
| Labor | Stefanie Jones | 10,157 | 24.5 | −8.1 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Elections in the 2000s
2007
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 24,339 | 56.7 | +10.7 | |
| Labor | Paul Constance | 11,195 | 26.1 | −3.1 | |
| Greens | Naomi Waizer | 2,948 | 6.9 | +1.5 | |
| Christian Democrats | Beth Smith | 1,963 | 4.6 | +2.1 | |
| AAFI | Warren Feinbier | 1,299 | 3.0 | +1.2 | |
| Independent | John Moffat | 1,193 | 2.8 | +2.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 42,937 | 97.7 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,013 | 2.3 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 43,950 | 93.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 26,363 | 67.5 | +8.7 | |
| Labor | Paul Constance | 12,708 | 32.5 | −8.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
2003
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 18,669 | 45.9 | +1.0 | |
| Labor | Scott Docherty | 11,549 | 28.4 | −6.5 | |
| Independent | Tracie Sonda | 5,836 | 14.4 | +14.4 | |
| Greens | John Vlamitsopoulos | 2,173 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
| Christian Democrats | Beth Smith | 1,046 | 2.6 | +0.1 | |
| AAFI | Warren Feinbier | 761 | 1.9 | +0.3 | |
| One Nation | Renata McCallum | 394 | 1.0 | −6.6 | |
| Unity | Siu Au | 206 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,634 | 97.8 | +0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 911 | 2.2 | −0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 41,545 | 92.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 20,402 | 59.3 | +4.2 | |
| Labor | Scott Docherty | 14,024 | 40.7 | −4.2 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +4.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 18,160 | 44.9 | −5.5 | |
| Labor | Scott Docherty | 14,123 | 34.9 | +5.8 | |
| One Nation | Jack Manasserian | 3,057 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
| Greens | Cathy Power | 1,885 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Democrats | Roy Day | 1,148 | 2.8 | −0.2 | |
| Christian Democrats | Malcolm Smith | 1,015 | 2.5 | +0.4 | |
| AAFI | Warren Feinbier | 632 | 1.6 | −1.6 | |
| Independent | Patricia Poulos | 404 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,424 | 97.8 | +1.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 892 | 2.2 | −1.5 | ||
| Turnout | 41,316 | 93.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 19,785 | 55.1 | −5.2 | |
| Labor | Scott Docherty | 16,137 | 44.9 | +5.2 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −5.2 | |||
1995
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 16,925 | 49.3 | −8.5 | |
| Labor | Noreen Solomon | 9,847 | 28.7 | −5.1 | |
| Independent | Byron Hurst | 4,668 | 13.6 | +13.6 | |
| AAFI | Peter Smith | 1,103 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Democrats | Valerie Bush | 1,077 | 3.1 | −5.3 | |
| Call to Australia | Malcolm Smith | 710 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,330 | 96.4 | +4.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,288 | 3.6 | −4.3 | ||
| Turnout | 35,618 | 93.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 18,928 | 59.8 | −1.5 | |
| Labor | Noreen Solomon | 12,734 | 40.2 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 18,722 | 57.8 | +3.8 | |
| Labor | Tony Brownlow | 10,944 | 33.8 | +2.6 | |
| Democrats | Terri Richardson | 2,719 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,385 | 92.1 | −5.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,784 | 7.9 | +5.4 | ||
| Turnout | 35,169 | 93.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 19,396 | 61.3 | 0.0 | |
| Labor | Tony Brownlow | 12,252 | 38.7 | 0.0 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
1988
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 15,632 | 52.7 | +2.2 | |
| Labor | Thomas Brownlow | 8,649 | 29.2 | −20.4 | |
| Independent | Carol Provan | 5,381 | 18.1 | +18.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,662 | 97.7 | −0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 706 | 2.3 | +0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 30,368 | 94.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 17,147 | 61.6 | +11.1 | |
| Labor | Thomas Brownlow | 10,694 | 38.4 | −11.1 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +11.1 | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Malcolm Kerr | 14,644 | 50.5 | +5.8 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 14,375 | 49.5 | −5.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,019 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 490 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 29,509 | 92.7 | +1.2 | ||
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.8 | |||
1981
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Egan | 15,406 | 55.3 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal | Stephen Mutch | 12,435 | 44.7 | +3.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,841 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 549 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 28,390 | 91.5 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | −3.3 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Egan | 18,029 | 58.6 | +13.5 | |
| Liberal | Dennis Porter | 12,749 | 41.4 | −9.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,778 | 98.1 | −0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 603 | 1.9 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 31,381 | 93.2 | −0.8 | ||
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.4 | |||
1976
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,960 | 51.2 | +0.4 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 14,045 | 45.1 | +4.9 | |
| Workers | Ian Scott | 1,147 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,152 | 98.9 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 337 | 1.1 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 31,489 | 94.0 | −0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 16,763 | 53.8 | −0.9 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 14,389 | 46.2 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
1973
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 14,782 | 50.8 | +0.7 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 11,686 | 40.2 | −2.0 | |
| Australia | Marjory Gray | 1,936 | 6.6 | +6.6 | |
| Democratic Labor | Bernard Forshaw | 700 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,104 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 423 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 29,527 | 94.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,923 | 54.7 | +2.2 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 13,181 | 45.3 | −2.2 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 13,683 | 50.1 | −9.1 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 11,510 | 42.2 | +6.7 | |
| Defence of Government Schools | Robin Alleway | 2,097 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,290 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 386 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,676 | 94.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 14,314 | 52.5 | −8.4 | |
| Labor | Michael Egan | 12,976 | 47.5 | +8.4 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −8.4 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
1968
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,231 | 59.2 | −2.9 | |
| Labor | John Cudmore | 9,126 | 35.5 | +0.8 | |
| Democratic Labor | Kevin Ryan | 750 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Communist | Alexander Elphinston | 622 | 2.4 | −0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,729 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 601 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 26,330 | 94.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,955 | 62.0 | −0.7 | |
| Labor | John Cudmore | 9,774 | 38.0 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.7 | |||
1965
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 17,023 | 62.1 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | Wallace Page | 9,528 | 34.7 | −4.1 | |
| Communist | Alexander Elphinston | 878 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,429 | 98.7 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 365 | 1.3 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 27,794 | 94.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 17,199 | 62.7 | +1.5 | |
| Labor | Wallace Page | 10,230 | 37.3 | −1.5 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 15,618 | 61.2 | +0.6 | |
| Labor | Francis Russell | 9,919 | 38.8 | −0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,537 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 250 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 25,787 | 94.8 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
1959
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 13,085 | 60.6 | ||
| Labor | Gordon Neilson | 8,498 | 39.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 21,583 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 249 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 21,832 | 95.5 | |||
| Liberal notional hold | |||||
Ian Griffith (Liberal) was the member for Sutherland.