Electoral results for the district of South Coast

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South Coast, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927.[1][2][3][4]

Members for South Coast

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ElectionMemberParty
1927   Henry Bate Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Rupert Beale Independent
1942 by Jack Beale
1944
1947
1950   Liberal
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1973   John Hatton Independent
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991
1995   Eric Ellis Liberal
1999   Wayne Smith Labor
2003   Shelley Hancock Liberal
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023   Liza Butler Labor
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Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2023 New South Wales state election: South Coast[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Luke Sikora 17,806 34.72 −20.81
Labor Liza Butler 17,414 33.96 +2.75
Greens Amanda Findley 8,021 15.64 +2.38
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Robert Korten 3,996 7.79 +7.79
Independent Nina Digiglio 3,284 6.40 +6.40
Sustainable Australia Deanna Buffier 764 1.49 +1.49
Total formal votes 51,285 96.61 +0.55
Informal votes 1,797 3.39 −0.55
Turnout 53,082 87.56 −1.84
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Liza Butler 23,068 53.77 +14.32
Liberal Luke Sikora 19,834 46.23 −14.32
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+14.32
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Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2019 New South Wales state election: South Coast [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 27,143 55.53 +3.04
Labor Annette Alldrick 15,256 31.21 +0.83
Greens Kim Stephenson 6,481 13.26 +0.32
Total formal votes 48,880 96.06 −0.86
Informal votes 2,007 3.94 +0.86
Turnout 50,887 89.40 −0.79
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 27,902 60.55 +0.93
Labor Annette Alldrick 18,178 39.45 −0.93
Liberal hold Swing+0.93
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2015

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2015 New South Wales state election: South Coast [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 24,040 52.5 −7.5
Labor Fiona Phillips 13,915 30.4 +7.8
Greens Amanda Findley 5,927 12.9 −0.1
Christian Democrats Matt Rose 1,208 2.6 −1.8
No Land Tax Licio Mallia 706 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 45,796 96.9 +0.9
Informal votes 1,458 3.1 −0.9
Turnout 47,254 90.2 −1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 25,136 59.6 −10.5
Labor Fiona Phillips 17,026 40.4 +10.5
Liberal hold Swing−10.5
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2011

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2011 New South Wales state election: South Coast[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 27,580 60.3 +11.2
Labor Glenn Sims 10,225 22.3 −10.6
Greens Amanda Findley 5,888 12.9 +3.6
Christian Democrats Bohdan Brumerskyj 2,059 4.5 −1.8
Total formal votes 45,752 97.0 −0.9
Informal votes 1,399 3.0 +0.9
Turnout 47,151 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 29,347 70.4 +12.6
Labor Glenn Sims 12,342 29.6 −12.6
Liberal hold Swing+12.6
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Elections in the 2000s

2007

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2007 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2007 New South Wales state election: South Coast [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 21,111 49.0 +10.6
Labor Michelle Miran 14,183 32.9 −2.9
Greens Amanda Findley 3,973 9.2 +3.2
Christian Democrats Paul Green 2,733 6.3 +3.9
AAFI Rex Dobson 1,050 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 43,050 98.0 +0.1
Informal votes 900 2.0 −0.1
Turnout 43,950 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 23,167 57.8 +6.2
Labor Michelle Miran 16,921 42.2 −6.2
Liberal hold Swing+6.2
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2003

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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2003 New South Wales state election: South Coast [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Shelley Hancock 17,230 38.6 −1.3
Labor Wayne Smith 15,357 34.4 −5.8
Independent Barry McCaffery 4,043 9.1 +9.1
Independent Greg Watson 3,053 6.8 +6.8
Greens Jane Bange 2,549 5.7 +0.6
Christian Democrats Steve Ryan 1,269 2.8 −0.5
Independent Pam Arnold 646 1.4 +1.4
One Nation Carmelo Savoca 499 1.1 −9.3
Total formal votes 44,646 98.0 −0.2
Informal votes 927 2.0 +0.2
Turnout 45,573 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Shelley Hancock 20,438 52.8 +3.3
Labor Wayne Smith 18,287 47.2 −3.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing+3.3
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Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1999 New South Wales state election: South Coast [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Wayne Smith 16,543 40.2 +10.1
Liberal Eric Ellis 16,425 39.9 −3.9
One Nation Melinda Warn 4,274 10.4 +10.4
Greens Jane Bange 2,086 5.1 −0.1
Christian Democrats Steve Ryan 1,378 3.3 +0.9
AAFI Chris Bowen 479 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 41,185 98.2 +2.4
Informal votes 757 1.8 −2.4
Turnout 41,942 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Wayne Smith 18,651 50.5 +5.1
Liberal Eric Ellis 18,276 49.5 −5.1
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+5.1
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1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1995 New South Wales state election: South Coast [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eric Ellis 14,685 42.9 +14.4
Labor Veronica Husted 9,904 28.9 +11.5
Independent John Hatton[a] 6,487 18.9 −32.4
Greens May Leatch 1,724 5.0 +5.0
Call to Australia Glen Ryan 929 2.7 0.0
Independent Margaret Hutton 540 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 34,269 95.9 +2.4
Informal votes 1,467 4.1 −2.4
Turnout 35,736 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Eric Ellis 16,815 54.6 +22.9
Labor Veronica Husted 13,959 45.4 +45.4
Liberal gain from Independent Swing+22.9
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The sitting member John Hatton (Independent) did not contest the election.[a]

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1991 New South Wales state election: South Coast [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 15,327 51.4 +11.2
Liberal Graeme Hurst 8,499 28.5 −5.5
Labor Veronica Hursted 5,199 17.4 −1.6
Call to Australia Neil McLean 815 2.7 −0.5
Total formal votes 29,840 93.5 −4.5
Informal votes 2,071 6.5 +4.5
Turnout 31,911 93.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Hatton 19,416 68.3 +8.2
Liberal Graeme Hurst 9,028 31.7 −8.2
Independent hold Swing+8.2
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Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1988 New South Wales state election: South Coast [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 14,272 46.2 −13.8
Liberal Graeme Hurst 9,703 31.4 +13.1
Labor Robyn Drysdale 5,826 18.9 −1.3
Call to Australia Peter Burge 1,064 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 30,865 97.9 −0.7
Informal votes 672 2.1 +0.7
Turnout 31,537 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Hatton 19,426 64.7 −10.2
Liberal Graeme Hurst 10,582 35.3 +10.2
Independent hold Swing−10.2
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1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1984 New South Wales state election: South Coast [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 21,497 61.4
Labor Robyn Drysdale 6,906 19.7
Liberal David Egan 6,633 18.9
Total formal votes 35,036 98.6
Informal votes 503 1.4
Turnout 35,539 92.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Hatton 76.0
Labor Robyn Drysdale 24.0
Independent hold SwingN/A
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  • Hatton was elected unopposed at the previous election.

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1981 New South Wales state election: South Coast [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton unopposed
Independent hold  
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Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § South Coast.[edit]
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1978 New South Wales state election: South Coast [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 21,895 70.5 +5.0
Liberal Peter Ryan 9,160 29.5 −3.6
Total formal votes 31,055 98.4 −0.6
Informal votes 505 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 31,560 93.7 +0.2
Independent hold Swing+4.3
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1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § South Coast.[edit]
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1976 New South Wales state election: South Coast [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 18,362 65.5 +20.8
Liberal Irwin Heaton 9,274 33.1 −2.4
Workers Noel Dennett 385 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 28,021 99.0 +2.2
Informal votes 284 1.0 −2.2
Turnout 28,305 93.5 +0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Hatton 18,555 66.2 +14.5
Liberal Irwin Heaton 9,466 33.8 −14.5
Independent hold Swing+14.5
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1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § South Coast.[edit]
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1973 New South Wales state election: South Coast [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hatton 10,421 44.7 −4.4
Liberal Doug Otton 8,264 35.5 −15.4
Country Alexander Cochrane 1,502 6.5 +6.5
Independent Robert Coburn 1,440 6.2 +6.2
Country Basil Emery 1,289 5.5 +5.5
Independent Robert Burke 381 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 23,297 96.8
Informal votes 764 3.2
Turnout 24,061 93.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent John Hatton 12,048 51.7 +2.6
Liberal Doug Otton 11,249 48.3 −2.6
Independent gain from Liberal Swing+2.6
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The sitting member Jack Beale (Liberal) resigned from Parliament in October 1973.[22]

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § South Coast.[edit]
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1971 New South Wales state election: South Coast [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 9,633 50.9 −6.4
Independent John Hatton 9,293 49.1 +6.4
Total formal votes 18,926 98.1
Informal votes 362 1.9
Turnout 19,288 94.7
Liberal hold Swing−6.4
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Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1968 New South Wales state election: South Coast [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 12,165 57.3 −10.8
Independent John Hatton 9,073 42.7 +10.8
Total formal votes 21,238 98.4
Informal votes 334 1.6
Turnout 21,572 94.2
Liberal hold Swing−10.8
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1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1965 New South Wales state election: South Coast [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 15,465 68.1 +18.2
Independent Noel Williams 7,240 31.9 +31.9
Total formal votes 22,705 98.2 −0.9
Informal votes 425 1.8 +0.9
Turnout 23,130 94.4 0.0
Liberal hold SwingN/A
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1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1962 New South Wales state election: South Coast [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 10,807 49.9 −15.6
Labor John Seiffert 7,407 34.2 +34.2
Independent Liberal Charles Shirley 3,436 15.9 +15.9
Total formal votes 21,650 99.1
Informal votes 203 0.9
Turnout 21,853 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jack Beale 13,289 61.4 −4.1
Labor John Seiffert 8,361 38.6 +38.6
Liberal hold SwingN/A
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Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1959 New South Wales state election: South Coast [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 11,501 65.5
Independent Douglas Glass 6,049 34.5
Total formal votes 17,550 98.8
Informal votes 204 1.2
Turnout 17,754 94.8
Liberal hold Swing
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1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1956 New South Wales state election: South Coast [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 11,795 68.5 +7.7
Labor Allan Beaton 5,416 31.5 −7.7
Total formal votes 17,211 99.2 +0.4
Informal votes 132 0.8 −0.4
Turnout 17,343 94.1 +0.2
Liberal hold Swing+7.7
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1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1953 New South Wales state election: South Coast [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 9,874 60.8
Labor Alfred Berriman 6,376 39.2
Total formal votes 16,250 98.8
Informal votes 195 1.2
Turnout 16,445 93.9
Liberal hold Swing
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1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1950 New South Wales state election: South Coast [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jack Beale 10,340 67.5
Labor Alfred Berriman 4,980 32.5
Total formal votes 15,320 98.1
Informal votes 296 1.9
Turnout 15,616 93.6
Member changed to Liberal from Independent SwingN/A
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Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1947 New South Wales state election: South Coast [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jack Beale 8,682 61.9 +6.1
Liberal Richard Bush 5,354 38.1 −23.1
Total formal votes 14,036 99.0 +0.7
Informal votes 141 1.0 −0.7
Turnout 14,177 95.8 +5.5
Independent hold SwingN/A
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1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1944 New South Wales state election: South Coast [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jack Beale 6,600 55.8 +5.6
Independent Labor Herb Turner 2,138 18.1 +18.1
Democratic Charles Woodhill 1,779 15.0 −34.8
Independent Percy Treasure 1,313 11.1 +11.1
Total formal votes 11,830 98.3 −0.2
Informal votes 200 1.7 +0.2
Turnout 12,030 90.3 −2.5
Independent hold SwingN/A
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  • Preferences were not distributed.

1942 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1942 South Coast state by-election § Result.[edit]
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1942 South Coast by-election
Saturday 14 November [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jack Beale 7,915 72.9
United Australia Henry Bate 2,942 27.1 −22.7
Total formal votes 10,857 99.2 +0.7
Informal votes 86 0.8 −0.7
Turnout 10,943 84.0 −8.8
Independent hold SwingN/A
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Rupert Beale (Independent) died.[33]

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1941 New South Wales state election: South Coast [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rupert Beale 6,389 50.2
United Australia Henry Bate 6,350 49.8
Total formal votes 12,739 98.5
Informal votes 187 1.5
Turnout 12,926 92.8
Independent gain from United Australia Swing
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Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1938 New South Wales state election: South Coast [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Bate unopposed
United Australia hold  
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1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1935 New South Wales state election: South Coast [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Bate 9,142 64.7 −10.2
Labor (NSW) Reginald Murphy 3,379 23.9 −1.2
Independent Herb Turner 1,608 11.4 +11.4
Total formal votes 14,129 98.1 −0.5
Informal votes 267 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 14,396 95.8 −0.7
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1932 New South Wales state election: South Coast [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Henry Bate 9,947 74.9 +16.3
Labor (NSW) John Dooley 3,338 25.1 −9.0
Total formal votes 13,285 98.6 +1.5
Informal votes 186 1.4 −1.5
Turnout 13,471 96.5 +0.4
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1930 New South Wales state election: South Coast [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Bate 7,374 58.6
Labor Thomas Robertson 4,285 34.1
Independent Edgar Maddrell 833 6.6
Independent Willie Hunt 86 0.7
Total formal votes 12,578 97.1
Informal votes 378 2.9
Turnout 12,956 96.1
Nationalist hold Swing
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Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § South Coast.[edit]
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1927 New South Wales state election: South Coast [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Bate 8,188 72.1
Labor Francis Rifley 3,161 27.9
Total formal votes 11,349 98.5
Informal votes 176 1.5
Turnout 11,525 78.7
Nationalist win (new seat)
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Sitting Independent MP John Edward Hatton Sr retired. His son John Edward Hatton Jr contested the seat, after being advised by his father against a career in politics.[15]

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