Electoral results for the district of Lane Cove

Lane Cove, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1913, the second from 1927 to the present.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

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First incarnation (1904–1913)
Election	Member		Party
1904		David Fell	Liberal Reform
1907
1910

Second incarnation (1927–present)
Election	Member		Party
1927		Bryce Walmsley	Nationalist
1930 by		Herbert FitzSimons
1930
1932			United Australia
1935
1938
1941
1944		Henry Woodward	Labor
1947		Ken McCaw	Liberal
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1975 by		John Dowd
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991		Kerry Chikarovski
1995
1999
2003		Anthony Roberts
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	23,463	45.1	−7.2
	Labor	Penelope Pedersen	12,469	24.0	+3.8
	Independent	Victoria Davidson	10,608	20.4	+20.4
	Greens	Heather Armstrong	4,331	8.3	−2.1
	Sustainable Australia	Ben Wise	1,189	2.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			52,060	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			1,026	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			53,086	90.6	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	26,245	55.5	−9.2
	Labor	Penelope Pedersen	21,047	44.5	+9.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	26,388	51.80	−5.35
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	10,281	20.18	+0.05
	Independent	Richard Quinn	5,959	11.70	+11.70
	Greens	Pierre Masse	5,441	10.68	−4.13
	Keep Sydney Open	Joanne Spiteri	1,836	3.60	+3.60
	Sustainable Australia	Murray Fleming	1,036	2.03	+2.03
Total formal votes			50,941	97.92	+0.56
Informal votes			1,081	2.08	−0.56
Turnout			52,022	90.97	−0.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	29,042	64.35	−3.47
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	16,092	35.65	+3.47
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.47

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	27,789	57.1	−8.3
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	9,790	20.1	+6.1
	Greens	Pierre Masse	7,203	14.8	−2.7
	Independent	Jim Sanderson	2,029	4.2	+4.2
	Christian Democrats	Peter Colsell	1,060	2.2	−0.5
	No Land Tax	Irma Di Santo	754	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			48,625	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			1,317	2.6	−0.4
Turnout			49,942	91.7	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	29,451	67.8	−9.5
	Labor	Andrew Zbik	13,972	32.2	+9.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−9.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	28,350	65.6	+13.4
	Greens	Keith McIlroy	7,646	17.7	+3.0
	Labor	Mario Tsang	6,046	14.0	−10.5
	Christian Democrats	Esther Heng	1,174	2.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			43,216	97.4	0.0
Informal votes			1,173	2.6	0.0
Turnout			44,389	92.5	+0.6
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	30,093	77.3	+15.0
	Labor	Mario Tsang	8,819	22.7	–15.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	29,556	75.7	+13.3
	Greens	Keith McIlroy	9,496	24.3	+24.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	21,579	52.3	+6.7
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	10,094	24.4	−8.7
	Greens	Shauna Forrest	6,059	14.7	−0.2
	Democrats	Kate Botting	1,801	4.4	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Arie Baalbergen	960	2.3	+2.1
	Unity	William Ho	806	2.0	−0.1
Total formal votes			41,299	97.4	−0.2
Informal votes			1,113	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			42,412	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	23,365	62.4	+9.6
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	14,101	37.6	−9.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	18,302	46.4	−3.4
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	12,894	32.7	+0.4
	Greens	Shauna Forrest	6,162	15.6	+10.4
	Democrats	Suzanne McGillivray	1,234	3.1	−6.1
	Unity	Pei Li	835	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			39,427	97.5	−0.1
Informal votes			994	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			40,421	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Anthony Roberts	19,343	53.2	−4.2
	Labor	Gabrielle O'Donnell	17,002	46.8	+4.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	19,896	49.8	+1.2
	Labor	Brad Powe	12,911	32.3	+8.5
	Democrats	David Harcourt-Norton	3,665	9.2	+3.8
	Greens	Suzy Orme	2,060	5.2	+2.2
	One Nation	Joanne May	1,092	2.7	+2.7
	AAFI	Bernd Rindermann	357	0.9	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,981	97.7	+1.2
Informal votes			958	2.3	−1.2
Turnout			40,939	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	21,379	57.4	−4.9
	Labor	Brad Powe	15,846	42.6	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	18,579	54.6	−12.9
	Labor	Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe	5,542	16.3	−1.9
	No Aircraft Noise	Peter Astridge	4,658	13.7	+13.7
	Democrats	Matthew Baird	1,882	5.5	−8.7
	Greens	Cameron Little	1,753	5.1	+5.1
	Independent	Ian Longbottom	1,626	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			34,040	96.9	+4.1
Informal votes			1,082	3.1	−4.1
Turnout			35,122	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	22,165	70.2	−3.5
	Labor	Cheryl Lawrence-Rowe	9,396	29.8	+3.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	21,425	67.5	−5.0
	Labor	Luther Weate	5,777	18.2	−7.1
	Democrats	Simon Disney	4,531	14.3	+12.6
Total formal votes			31,733	92.8	−4.0
Informal votes			2,466	7.2	+4.0
Turnout			34,199	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	22,537	73.7	0.0
	Labor	Luther Weate	8,049	26.3	0.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	20,871	72.6	+7.4
	Labor	Gary Stainton	7,886	27.4	−0.6
Total formal votes			28,757	96.7	−1.4
Informal votes			980	3.3	+1.4
Turnout			29,737	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	17,720	65.6	+7.5
	Labor	Miron Shapira	7,446	27.6	−4.1
	Democrats	Graham Baker	1,831	6.8	+0.2
Total formal votes			26,997	98.1	+0.5
Informal votes			515	1.9	−0.5
Turnout			27,512	91.4	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd		69.2	+5.1
	Labor	Miron Shapira		30.8	−5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,511	58.1	+5.9
	Labor	Miron Shapira	8,464	31.7	−7.8
	Democrats	Gary Smith	1,750	6.6	−1.7
	Independent	Rhody Thomas	966	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			26,691	97.6
Informal votes			646	2.4
Turnout			27,337	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	16,511	64.1	+6.6
	Labor	Miron Shapira	9,264	35.9	−6.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,025	52.2	−13.0
	Labor	Elizabeth Bishop	11,359	39.5	+8.6
	Democrats	John Newman	2,380	8.3	+8.3
Total formal votes			28,764	98.1	−0.6
Informal votes			552	1.9	+0.6
Turnout			29,316	90.7	−1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	16,548	57.5	−8.9
	Labor	Elizabeth Bishop	12,216	42.5	+8.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	18,846	65.2	+4.2
	Labor	Alan Lees	8,922	30.9	+11.3
	Australia	Elizabeth Poppleton	1,147	4.0	−8.9
Total formal votes			28,915	98.7	+1.2
Informal votes			371	1.3	−1.2
Turnout			29,286	92.5	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Dowd	19,188	66.4	−2.9
	Labor	Alan Lees	9,720	33.6	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.9

1968 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,170	70.8	−10.0
	Labor	James Westerway	6,071	23.6	+23.6
	Democratic Labor	Antony Liddle	1,439	5.6	−13.6
Total formal votes			25,680	96.6
Informal votes			906	3.4
Turnout			26,586	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	19,321	75.2	−5.6
	Labor	James Westerway	6,359	24.8	+24.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.6

1944 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Henry Woodward	9,521	44.4	−2.3
	Democratic	John Cramer	5,641	26.3	−20.5
	Liberal Democratic	Norman Thomas	4,122	19.2	+19.2
	Independent	George Holloway	2,168	10.1	+10.1
Total formal votes			21,451	97.2	−1.1
Informal votes			617	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			21,452	93.3	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Henry Woodward	11,143	51.9	+2.8
	Democratic	John Cramer	10,309	48.1	−2.8
	Labor gain from Democratic		Swing	+2.8

1930 Lane Cove state by-election^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	5,775	43.5	−14.3
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	4,080	30.7	+8.0
	Australian	Frederick Dunn	3,399	25.6	+6.0^[a]
	Unlimited Revolutionary	Theodore McLennan	30	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			13,284	99.2	+0.6
Informal votes			113	0.8	−0.6
Turnout			13,397	72.8	−9.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	7,160	58.9	+58.9
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	4,990	41.1	+41.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

1927 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove ^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	Bryce Walmsley	7,618	57.8
	Labor	Edgar Nelson	2,987	22.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Frederick Dunn	2,585	19.6
Total formal votes			13,190	98.6
Informal votes			181	1.4
Turnout			13,371	82.1
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Dowd	15,709	70.8	+9.8
	Australia	Brian Johnson	5,870	26.4	+13.5
	British Australia	Harry Marsh	622	2.8
Total formal votes			22,201	97.7	+0.2
Informal votes			521	2.3	−0.2
Turnout			22,722	73.0	−17.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−69.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,681	61.0	+1.7
	Labor	Robert Toner	5,367	19.6	−2.8
	Australia	Malcolm Hilbery	3,540	12.9	+0.6
	Democratic Labor	Francis Hernage	1,270	4.6	−1.5
	Independent	Gregory Lewis	315	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	Peter Livesey	174	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			27,347	97.5
Informal votes			706	2.5
Turnout			28,053	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,951	69.3	+0.2
	Labor	Robert Toner	8,396	30.7	−0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	15,494	59.3	−11.5
	Labor	Ronald Gornall	5,854	22.4	−1.2
	Australia	Malcolm Hilbery	3,208	12.3	+12.3
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Lawson	1,590	6.1	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,146	98.4
Informal votes			427	1.6
Turnout			26,573	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	18,077	69.1	−6.1
	Labor	Ronald Gornall	8,069	30.9	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	19,246	80.8	−19.2
	Democratic Labor	Edward Connolly	4,583	19.2	+19.2
Total formal votes			23,829	93.7
Informal votes			1,606	6.3
Turnout			25,435	92.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,842	69.6
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,556	27.1
	Democratic Labor	Mary Gray	816	3.4
Total formal votes			24,214	98.5
Informal votes			360	1.5
Turnout			24,574	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	17,495	72.3
	Labor	Arthur Braddock	6,719	27.7
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	16,066	74.1	+8.7
	Labor	Geoffrey O'Donnell	5,605	25.9	−8.7
Total formal votes			21,671	98.6	+0.5
Informal votes			316	1.4	−0.5
Turnout			21,987	93.1	+0.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	13,514	65.4
	Labor	Alan Bagot	7,153	34.6
Total formal votes			20,667	98.1
Informal votes			390	1.9
Turnout			21,057	93.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	15,470	70.7
	Labor	Hugh Milne	6,425	29.3
Total formal votes			21,895	98.7
Informal votes			294	1.3
Turnout			22,189	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken McCaw	12,865	53.1	+26.8
	Labor	Henry Woodward	10,289	42.5	−1.9
	Communist	Leslie Greenfield	1,083	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			24,237	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			316	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			24,553	95.9	+2.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	9,669	46.8
	Labor	Arthur Treble	9,652	46.7
	Independent	Arthur Russell	1,337	6.5
Total formal votes			20,658	98.3
Informal votes			359	1.7
Turnout			21,017	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	10,523	50.9
	Labor	Arthur Treble	10,135	49.1
	United Australia hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	unopposed
	United Australia hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	14,018	83.3	+4.6
	Centre	Eric Campbell	2,813	16.7	+16.7
Total formal votes			16,831	90.1	−8.5
Informal votes			1,852	9.9	+8.5
Turnout			18,683	96.3	0.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Herbert FitzSimons	14,402	78.7	+20.1
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Fitzpatrick	3,894	21.3	−7.9
Total formal votes			18,296	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			251	1.4	0.0
Turnout			18,547	96.3	+1.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nationalist	Herbert FitzSimons	10,419	58.6
	Labor	Frederick Hutt	5,195	29.2
	Australian	Henry Macourt	2,147	12.1
	Communist	George Smith	32	0.2
Total formal votes			17,793	98.6
Informal votes			245	1.4
Turnout			18,038	95.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	David Fell	5,385	61.0
	Labour	Sydney Hutton	3,444	39.0
Total formal votes			8,829	99.3
Informal votes			67	0.7
Turnout			8,896	68.7
	Liberal Reform hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	David Fell	4,380	72.4
	Labour	Robert Boxall	1,673	27.6
Total formal votes			6,053	96.6
Informal votes			212	3.4
Turnout			6,265	60.6
	Liberal Reform hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	David Fell	3,395	65.8
	Labour	Sydney Hutton	1,765	34.2
Total formal votes			5,160	99.6
Informal votes			19	0.4
Turnout			5,179	56.8
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)