Electoral results for the district of Sutherland
Election results for Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
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Sutherland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1950 until 1971 and from 1988 until 1999.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Cecil Monro | Liberal | |
| 1953 | Tom Dalton | Labor | |
| 1956 | Ian Griffith | Liberal | |
| 1959 | Tom Dalton | Labor | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1965 | |||
| 1968 | Tim Walker | Liberal | |
| Second incarnation (1988–1999) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| 1988 | Chris Downy | Liberal | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 1997 by | Lorna Stone | Liberal | |
Election results
Elections in the 1990s
1997 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Lorna Stone | 16,687 | 45.46 | −5.39 | |
| Labor | Christine Hawkins | 12,674 | 34.53 | −2.83 | |
| Christian Democrats | David Copeland | 1,804 | 4.91 | +0.93 | |
| Greens | Jo-Anne Lentern | 1,710 | 4.66 | ||
| AAFI | Janey Woodger | 1,567 | 4.27 | ||
| Outdoor Recreation | Glenn Druery | 780 | 2.13 | ||
| Independent | David Hunt | 557 | 1.52 | ||
| Independent | Geoff Moore | 530 | 1.44 | ||
| Independent | David Harris | 396 | 1.08 | ||
| Total formal votes | 36,705 | 98.12 | +1.70 | ||
| Informal votes | 702 | 1.88 | −1.70 | ||
| Turnout | 37,407 | 84.59 | −11.45 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Lorna Stone | 18,950 | 56.23 | −0.21 | |
| Labor | Christine Hawkins | 14,752 | 43.77 | +0.21 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.21 | |||
Chris Downy (Liberal) resigned.[4]
1995
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 19,440 | 50.8 | +1.5 | |
| Labor | Genevieve Rankin | 14,284 | 37.4 | −2.1 | |
| Independent | Bernie Clarke | 2,988 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Call to Australia | Geoffrey Percival | 1,520 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 38,232 | 96.4 | +2.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,419 | 3.6 | −2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 39,651 | 96.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 21,165 | 56.4 | +3.4 | |
| Labor | Genevieve Rankin | 16,336 | 43.6 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 16,406 | 49.3 | −0.1 | |
| Labor | Genevieve Rankin | 13,127 | 39.4 | +1.7 | |
| Independent | Lynette Farmer | 1,997 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| Democrats | June Young | 1,749 | 5.3 | +3.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,279 | 93.8 | −4.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,211 | 6.2 | +4.1 | ||
| Turnout | 35,490 | 95.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 17,244 | 53.0 | −0.9 | |
| Labor | Genevieve Rankin | 15,262 | 47.0 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
1988
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 14,490 | 48.3 | +5.4 | |
| Labor | Maurie Keane | 11,875 | 39.6 | −13.4 | |
| Independent | Jean Manuel | 3,632 | 12.1 | +12.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,997 | 97.9 | −0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 631 | 2.1 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 30,628 | 95.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Chris Downy | 15,476 | 52.5 | +7.6 | |
| Labor | Maurie Keane | 14,028 | 47.5 | −7.6 | |
| Liberal notional gain from Labor | Swing | +7.6 | |||
District recreated
1968 - 1988
District abolished
Elections in the 1960s
1968
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tim Walker | 13,707 | 49.3 | +0.5 | |
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 13,105 | 47.1 | −0.9 | |
| Democratic Labor | William Goslett | 1,002 | 3.6 | +0.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,814 | 97.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 706 | 2.5 | |||
| Turnout | 28,520 | 95.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Tim Walker | 14,403 | 51.8 | +0.8 | |
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 13,411 | 48.2 | −0.8 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +0.8 | |||
- Sutherland became a notionally Liberal seat at the redistribution.
1965
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 15,096 | 50.0 | +3.7 | |
| Liberal | Tim Walker | 14,145 | 46.8 | +10.3 | |
| Democratic Labor | William Goslett | 975 | 3.2 | +1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,216 | 98.6 | −0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 430 | 1.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 30,646 | 95.7 | −0.4 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 15,334 | 50.8 | −4.7 | |
| Liberal | Tim Walker | 14,882 | 49.2 | +4.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −4.7 | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 12,697 | 46.3 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal | Noel Walker | 10,021 | 36.5 | −9.2 | |
| Independent | Keith Bates | 4,173 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
| Democratic Labor | Malcolm Towner | 450 | 1.6 | +0.3 | |
| Independent | John Mantova | 86 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,427 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 304 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 27,731 | 96.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 15,207 | 55.5 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | Noel Walker | 12,220 | 44.5 | −2.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
1959
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 11,845 | 50.2 | ||
| Liberal | Keith Bates | 10,783 | 45.7 | ||
| Communist | Alexander Elphinston | 680 | 2.9 | ||
| Democratic Labor | Peter Keogh | 299 | 1.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 23,607 | 98.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 351 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 23,958 | 96.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 12,449 | 52.7 | ||
| Liberal | Keith Bates | 11,158 | 47.3 | ||
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
The sitting member Ian Griffith (Liberal) successfully contested Cronulla.
1956
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ian Griffith | 14,812 | 52.5 | +5.8 | |
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 13,388 | 47.5 | −5.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,200 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 377 | 1.3 | −0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 28,577 | 94.6 | +0.7 | ||
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +5.8 | |||
1953
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Tom Dalton | 11,382 | 53.3 | ||
| Liberal | Cecil Monro | 9,957 | 46.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 21,339 | 98.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 336 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 21,675 | 93.9 | |||
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
1950
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Cecil Monro | 10,718 | 52.2 | ||
| Labor | Gough Whitlam | 9,807 | 47.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 20,525 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 251 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 20,776 | 93.8 | |||
| Liberal win | (new seat) | ||||