Electoral results for the district of Lismore

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Election results for Lismore, New South Wales, Australia

Lismore, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1904, the second from 1913 to 1920 and the third from 1927 until the present.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Election	Member		Party
1894		Thomas Ewing	Protectionist
1895
1898
1901		John Coleman	Independent Liberal

Second incarnation (1913–1920)
Election	Member		Party
1913		George Nesbitt	Liberal Reform
1917		George Nesbitt	Nationalist

Third incarnation (1927–present)
Election	Member		Party
1927		William Missingham	Country
1930
1932
1933 by		William Frith
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953		Jack Easter
1956
1959
1959 by		Keith Compton	Labor
1962		Keith Compton	Labor
1965		Bruce Duncan	Country
1968
1971
1973
1976			National Country
1978
1981
1984			Independent
1988		Bill Rixon	National
1991
1995
1999		Thomas George
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019		Janelle Saffin	Labor
2023		Janelle Saffin	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Lismore^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	21,615	44.4	+19.0
	National	Alex Rubin	13,581	27.9	−11.2
	Greens	Adam Guise	6,979	14.3	−10.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Matthew Bertalli	3,347	6.9	+6.9
	Animal Justice	Vanessa Rosayro	1,196	2.5	0.0
	Independent	James McKenzie	791	1.6	+1.6
	Sustainable Australia	Ross Honniball	666	1.4	−0.2
	Independent	Allen Crosthwaite	511	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			48,686	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			1,312	2.6	−0.4
Turnout			49,998	87.1	−1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	28,163	65.0	+13.0
	National	Alex Rubin	15,172	35.0	−13.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2019 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Austin Curtin	19,104	39.68	−2.78
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	12,328	25.61	−0.02
	Greens	Sue Higginson	11,693	24.29	−2.14
	Independent	Greg Bennett	2,530	5.26	+5.25
	Animal Justice	Alison Waters	1,184	2.46	+0.94
	Sustainable Australia	David Taylor	742	1.54	+1.54
	Conservatives	Paul Collits	564	1.17	+1.17
Total formal votes			48,145	96.96	−0.82
Informal votes			1,508	3.04	+0.82
Turnout			49,653	88.50	−1.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	21,856	51.35	+1.57
	National	Austin Curtin	20,710	48.65	−1.57
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+1.57

2015

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2015 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	19,975	42.5	−17.2
	Greens	Adam Guise	12,435	26.4	+7.4
	Labor	Isaac Smith	12,056	25.6	+12.7
	Christian Democrats	Gianpiero Battista	1,339	2.8	+1.1
	Animal Justice	Cherie Imlah	717	1.5	+1.5
	No Land Tax	Alan Jones	525	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			47,047	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			1,067	2.2	−0.2
Turnout			48,114	89.8	+0.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Thomas George	21,247	50.2	−24.1
	Labor	Isaac Smith	21,055	49.8	+24.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	21,654	52.9	−21.5
	Greens	Adam Guise	19,309	47.1	+21.5
	National hold		Swing	−21.5

2011

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2011 New South Wales state election: Lismore^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	27,371	61.2	+7.0
	Greens	Susan Stock	9,157	20.5	+2.7
	Labor	Andrew Moy	5,902	13.2	−12.4
	Independent	Russell Kilarney	1,514	3.4	+3.4
	Christian Democrats	Margaret Kay	801	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			44,745	98.0	−0.4
Informal votes			921	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			45,666	90.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Thomas George	29,046	74.3	+14.3
	Labor	Andrew Moy	10,041	25.7	−14.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	28,993	70.2	+10.2
	Greens	Susan Stock	12,307	29.8	+29.8
	National hold		Swing	+10.2

Elections in the 2000s

2007

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2007 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	23,620	54.2	+3.4
	Labor	Peter Lanyon	11,155	25.6	−1.9
	Greens	Andy Gough	7,726	17.7	+0.6
	Democrats	Julia Melland	1,086	2.5	+1.0
Total formal votes			43,587	98.4	−0.1
Informal votes			698	1.6	+0.1
Turnout			44,285	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	24,505	60.0	+1.8
	Labor	Peter Lanyon	16,340	40.0	−1.8
	National hold		Swing	+1.8

2003

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

2003 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	21,680	55.9	+16.7
	Labor	Peter Lanyon	9,703	25.0	−2.7
	Greens	John Corkill	5,797	15.0	+5.3
	Independent	Angela Griffiths	724	1.9	+1.9
	Democrats	Julia Melland	592	1.5	−1.8
	Socialist Alliance	Nick Fredman	261	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			38,757	98.4	+0.3
Informal votes			614	1.6	−0.3
Turnout			39,371	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	22,359	62.8	+4.3
	Labor	Peter Lanyon	13,220	37.2	−4.3
	National hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1999 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Thomas George	15,238	39.2	−19.2
	Labor	Kevin Bell	10,779	27.7	+3.4
	Liberal	John Howard	5,260	13.5	+13.5
	Greens	John Corkill	3,784	9.7	+8.4
	Christian Democrats	Ray Dhu	1,426	3.7	+3.7
	Democrats	Matthew Walsh	1,270	3.3	−0.3
	Democratic Socialist	Bernie Wunsch	322	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Judy Canales	311	0.8	+0.8
	Earthsave	Ray Thorpe	300	0.8	+0.8
	Timbarra Clean Water	Matthew Ward	217	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			38,907	98.2	+2.0
Informal votes			725	1.8	−2.0
Turnout			39,632	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Thomas George	19,293	58.5	−5.8
	Labor	Kevin Bell	13,675	41.5	+5.8
	National hold		Swing	−5.8

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Rixon	19,292	57.8	+0.3
	Labor	John Maxwell	8,260	24.8	−3.2
	Independent	Prohibition End	2,457	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	Cheryl Baxter	1,583	4.7	+4.7
	Democrats	Allan Quartly	1,163	3.5	−2.8
	The Country Party	John Spence	605	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			33,360	96.0	+1.7
Informal votes			1,408	4.0	−1.7
Turnout			34,768	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Rixon	20,403	63.7	+1.4
	Labor	John Maxwell	11,646	36.3	−1.4
	National hold		Swing	+1.4

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Rixon	18,301	57.6	−8.1
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	8,875	27.9	+2.5
	Democrats	Anne Simons	1,993	6.3	−0.1
	Greens	Joy Wallace	1,471	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Bob Hopkins	1,156	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			31,796	94.3	−3.6
Informal votes			1,930	5.7	+3.6
Turnout			33,726	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Rixon	19,204	62.2	−8.2
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	11,661	37.8	+8.2
	National hold		Swing	−8.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Rixon	19,493	65.0	+47.0
	Labor	Kenneth Gallen	7,664	25.6	−3.5
	Democrats	Stanley Gibbs	2,093	7.0	+5.5
	Independent	Jon Axtens	719	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			29,969	97.9	−0.9
Informal votes			644	2.1	+0.9
Turnout			30,613	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Bill Rixon	20,387	69.9	+0.1
	Labor	Kenneth Gallen	8,782	30.1	−0.1
	National gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Bruce Duncan	25,227	75.7	+75.7
	Labor	Claire Newton	7,340	22.0	−9.1
	Democrats	Ivor Brown	767	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			33,334	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			381	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			33,715	92.5	+0.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Country	Bruce Duncan		76.9	+76.9
	Labor	Claire Newton		23.1	−8.0
	Member changed to Independent Country from National		Swing	N/A

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Duncan	20,848	68.9	+8.3
	Labor	Alan Veacock	9,419	31.1	−2.0
Total formal votes			30,267	98.2
Informal votes			555	1.8
Turnout			30,822	91.7
	National Country hold		Swing	+5.1

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Bruce Duncan	15,144	60.6	−39.4
	Labor	William Slade	8,262	33.1	+33.1
	Democrats	Shirley Ryan	1,567	6.3	+6.3
Total formal votes			24,973	98.8
Informal votes			298	1.2
Turnout			25,271	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Bruce Duncan	15,927	63.8	−36.2
	Labor	William Slade	9,046	36.2	+36.2
	National Country hold		Swing	−36.2

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Duncan	unopposed
	Country hold

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Duncan	15,120	71.8	−28.2
	Labor	Frederick Braid	5,105	24.2	+24.2
	Democratic Labor	William Hunt	576	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	William Hargrave	258	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			21,059	98.5
Informal votes			329	1.5
Turnout			21,388	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Duncan	15,751	74.8	−25.2
	Labor	Frederick Braid	5,308	25.2	+25.2
	Country hold		Swing	−25.2

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lismore.[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Duncan	unopposed
	Country hold

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bruce Duncan	13,499	68.2	+36.4
	Labor	Barrie Eggins	6,304	31.8	−14.0
Total formal votes			19,803	99.3
Informal votes			136	0.7
Turnout			19,939	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	+16.1

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Compton	7,624	45.8	−9.7
	Country	Bruce Duncan	5,305	31.8	−10.6
	Country	Digby Wilson	2,323	13.9	+13.9
	Liberal	Alan Henderson	1,406	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			16,658	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			182	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			16,840	94.6	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Bruce Duncan	8,685	52.1	+8.0
	Labor	Keith Compton	7,973	47.9	−8.0
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+8.0

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Compton	9,268	55.5	+55.5
	Country	William Blair	7,087	42.4	−7.6
	Democratic Labor	John Antill	344	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			16,699	99.2
Informal votes			134	0.8
Turnout			16,833	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Compton	9,337	55.9	+55.9
	Country	William Blair	7,362	44.1	−5.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

The Country Party had won the 1959 election for Lismore by 2 votes, however it was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns. The resulting by-election was won by Keith Compton (Labor).

Elections in the 1950s

1959 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1959 Lismore state by-election § Result.[edit]

1959 Lismore by-election
Saturday 5 November ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Keith Compton	7,563	47.1
	Country	Jack Easter (defeated)	5,903	36.8	−13.2
	Country	Clyde Campbell	2,575	16.1	−33.9
Total formal votes			16,041	99.4	+1.1
Informal votes			89	0.6	−1.1
Turnout			16,130	92.4	−0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith Compton	8,312	51.8
	Country	Jack Easter	7,729	48.2	−1.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

The 1959 Lismore election was declared void.^[27]

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jack Easter	7,996	50.01
	Independent	Clyde Campbell	7,994	49.99
Total formal votes			15,990	98.3
Informal votes			273	1.7
Turnout			16,263	93.1
	Country hold		Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Easter	9,914	61.4	+25.5
	Labor	Archibald McEwan	4,039	25.0	−9.3
	Independent	Constance Wilson	2,190	13.6	+13.6
Total formal votes			16,143	99.3	+0.4
Informal votes			109	0.7	−0.4
Turnout			16,252	92.4	−2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jack Easter	11,009	68.2	+5.2
	Labor	Archibald McEwan	5,134	31.8	−5.2
	Country hold		Swing	+5.2

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Jack Easter	5,775	35.9
	Labor	Donald Watson (mathematician)	5,520	34.3
	Country	William Frith	4,786	29.8
Total formal votes			16,081	98.9
Informal votes			185	1.1
Turnout			16,266	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jack Easter	10,132	63.0
	Labor	Donald Watson (mathematician)	5,949	37.0
	Country hold		Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Frith	10,631	70.4
	Labor	Francis Fredericks	4,467	29.6
Total formal votes			15,098	97.6
Informal votes			375	2.4
Turnout			15,473	92.4
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	9,628	62.9	+3.4
	Independent	Frederick Stoker	5,686	37.1	+37.1
Total formal votes			15,314	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			227	1.5	−0.2
Turnout			15,541	93.6	+4.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	8,025	59.5	+19.3
	Lang Labor	Warren Oakes	5,469	40.5	+40.5
Total formal votes			13,494	98.3	−0.8
Informal votes			232	1.7	+0.8
Turnout			13,726	89.3	−4.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Frith	5,728	40.2
	Labor	Jim Fredericks	4,439	31.1
	Independent	Edward Thorncroft	3,161	22.2
	Independent	David Harrison	925	6.5
Total formal votes			14,253	99.1
Informal votes			123	0.9
Turnout			14,376	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Frith	8,764	61.5
	Labor	Jim Fredericks	5,489	38.5
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	unopposed
	Country hold

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	unopposed
	Country hold

1933 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1933 Lismore state by-election § Result.[edit]

1933 Lismore by-election
Saturday 11 March ^[37]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Frith	4,039	33.4
	Labor (NSW)	Jim Fredericks	3,634	30.1	+6.1
	Country	Robert Gibson	2,456	20.3
	Country	Percy Tighe	931	7.7
	Independent	Phillip Wilkins	924	7.7
Total formal votes			12,079	97.8	−1.2
Informal votes			277	2.2	+1.2
Turnout			12,356	90.6	−6.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	William Frith	7,730	64.0	−12.0
	Labor (NSW)	Jim Fredericks	4,349	36.0	+12.0
	Country hold		Swing	−12.0

William Missingham, Country died.^[37]

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[38]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	William Missingham	9,823	76.0	+12.6
	Labor (NSW)	Charles Taylor	3,093	24.0	−12.2
Total formal votes			12,916	99.0	+1.1
Informal votes			127	1.0	−1.1
Turnout			13,043	96.8	+1.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[39]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Missingham	7,674	63.4
	Labor	Jim Fredericks	4,381	36.2
	Communist	William Harkin	42	0.4
Total formal votes			12,097	97.9
Informal votes			265	2.1
Turnout			12,362	95.2
	Country hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	William Missingham	9,008	74.0
	Independent	George Boyd	3,157	26.0
Total formal votes			12,165	99.1
Informal votes			109	0.9
Turnout			12,274	78.7
	Country win		(new seat)

District re-created

1920–1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[41]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Nesbitt	4,720	79.1	+8.3
	Independent Labor	Michael O'Halloran	1,250	20.9	+20.9
Total formal votes			5,970	99.1	+1.2
Informal votes			52	0.9	−1.2
Turnout			6,022	53.3	−16.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+8.3

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Lismore.[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Lismore ^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Farmers and Settlers	George Nesbitt ^[a]	5,383	70.8
	Labor	Roger Kearney	2,218	29.2
Total formal votes			7,601	97.9
Informal votes			159	2.1
Turnout			7,760	70.0
	Farmers and Settlers win		(new seat)