Electoral results for the district of Earlwood

Earlwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1950 and abolished in 1991.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Election		Party
1950	Eric Willis	Liberal
1953
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978 by	Ken Gabb	Labor
1978
1981
1984
1988	Phil White	Liberal

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Phil White	15,528	51.3	+8.5
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,764	48.7	−5.7
Total formal votes			30,292	95.7	−1.5
Informal votes			1,353	4.3	+1.5
Turnout			31,645	95.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Gabb	15,528	53.7	−7.0
	Liberal	John Ryan	12,534	43.3	+6.7
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	862	3.0	+0.3
Total formal votes			28,924	97.2	+0.7
Informal votes			833	2.8	−0.7
Turnout			29,757	94.6	+1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb		55.2	−7.0
	Liberal	John Ryan		44.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,265	60.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,404	36.6	−1.2
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	756	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			28,435	96.5
Informal votes			1,022	3.5
Turnout			29,457	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,465	62.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,614	37.8	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Gabb	18,647	60.1	+14.6
	Liberal	Alan Jones	11,725	37.8	−16.7
	Independent	Charles Bingle	667	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			31,039	98.1	−0.4
Informal votes			596	1.9	+0.4
Turnout			31,635	94.4	−0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb	19,114	61.6	+16.1
	Liberal	Alan Jones	11,925	38.4	−16.1
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+16.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Gabb	15,168	52.62	+7.17
	Liberal	Alan Jones	12,118	42.04	−12.51
	Democrats	Kerry Warr	1,053	3.65	+3.65
	Independent	Neville Fleming	269	0.93	+0.93
	Gay Liberation	Peter Blazey	105	0.36	+0.36
	Independent	Charles Bingle	52	0.18	+0.18
	Conservative	Josephine Mallett	33	0.11	+0.11
	Independent	Edwin Bellchambers	27	0.09	+0.09
Total formal votes			28,825	97.38	−1.14
Informal votes			775	2.62	+1.14
Turnout			29,600	88.24	−7.02
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.17

Electoral results for the district of Earlwood

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1984

1981

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 by-election

1976

1973

1971

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1965

1962

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1956

1953

1950

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,111	54.5	+2.9
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,259	45.5	+6.8
Total formal votes			31,370	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			471	1.5	−1.3
Turnout			31,841	95.3	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	15,498	51.6	−5.7
	Labor	Colin Williams	11,628	38.7	−4.0
	Australia	Alexander Paterson	1,566	5.2	+5.2
	Democratic Labor	Doris Allison	1,331	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			30,023	97.2
Informal votes			848	2.8
Turnout			30,871	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,033	56.7	−0.6
	Labor	Colin Williams	12,990	43.3	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	14,815	57.3	−5.4
	Labor	Barry Robinson	11,044	42.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			25,859	97.9
Informal votes			544	2.1
Turnout			26,403	95.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	16,289	62.7	+2.8
	Labor	Cavell Becher	9,689	37.3	−2.8
Total formal votes			25,978	97.3
Informal votes			710	2.7
Turnout			26,688	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,902	59.9	+2.6
	Labor	Harry Chandler	9,289	40.1	−2.6
Total formal votes			23,191	98.6	−0.4
Informal votes			330	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			23,521	95.2	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,286	57.3	−1.1
	Labor	William Thompson	9,918	42.7	+1.1
Total formal votes			23,204	99.0
Informal votes			230	1.0
Turnout			23,434	95.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	13,377	58.4
	Labor	John Buckeridge	9,518	41.6
Total formal votes			22,895	98.8
Informal votes			274	1.2
Turnout			23,169	95.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	14,561	58.0	+7.7
	Labor	David Connors	10,525	42.0	−7.7
Total formal votes			25,086	98.8	+0.5
Informal votes			310	1.2	−0.5
Turnout			25,396	95.4	−0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,844	50.3
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	11,691	49.7
Total formal votes			23,535	98.3
Informal votes			401	1.7
Turnout			23,936	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	11,774	55.5
	Labor	Arthur Higgins	9,428	44.5
Total formal votes			21,202	98.7
Informal votes			274	1.3
Turnout			21,476	94.6
	Liberal notional hold

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