Electoral results for the district of Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga, 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 to the present.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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First incarnation (1894–1904)
Election	Member		Party
1894		James Gormly	Protectionist
1895
1898
1901			Progressive

Second incarnation (1913–1920)
Election	Member		Party
1913		Walter Boston	Labor
1917		George Beeby	Nationalist

Third incarnation (1927–present)
Election	Member		Party
1927		Matthew Kilpatrick	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941		Eddie Graham	Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1957 by		Wal Fife	Liberal
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1975 by		Joe Schipp
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991
1995
1999		Daryl Maguire
2003
2007
2011
2015
2018		Joe McGirr	Independent
2019
2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joe McGirr	21,783	44.2	−1.9
	National	Andrianna Benjamin	7,267	14.7	−11.3
	Labor	Keryn Foley	6,729	13.6	−1.1
	Liberal	Julia Ham	6,526	13.2	+13.2
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Christopher Smith	3,777	7.7	−1.1
	Greens	Ray Goodlass	2,764	5.6	+2.8
	Public Education	Raymond Gentles	464	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			49,310	96.6	−0.2
Informal votes			1,721	3.4	+0.2
Turnout			51,031	88.9	−1.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Andrianna Benjamin	16,287	56.2	−1.3
	Labor	Keryn Foley	12,719	43.8	+1.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Joe McGirr	28,435	72.4	+6.9
	National	Andrianna Benjamin	10,847	27.6	−6.9
	Independent hold		Swing	+6.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joe McGirr	21,682	44.63	+19.23
	National	Mackenna Powell	12,635	26.01	+26.01
	Labor	Dan Hayes	7,141	14.70	−9.00
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Seb McDonagh	4,242	8.73	+1.17
	Greens	Ray Goodlass	1,346	2.77	−0.13
	Conservatives	Colin Taggart	843	1.74	+1.74
	Independent	Matt Quade	689	1.42	+1.42
Total formal votes			48,578	96.80	+0.01
Informal votes			1,607	3.20	−0.01
Turnout			50,185	90.12	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Mackenna Powell	18,055	57.51	+57.51
	Labor	Dan Hayes	13,338	42.49	−7.61
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Joe McGirr	26,869	65.47	+5.87
	National	Mackenna Powell	14,169	34.53	+34.53
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.87

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Julia Ham	12,031	25.5	−28.3
	Independent	Joe McGirr	12,003	25.4	+25.4
	Country Labor	Dan Hayes	11,197	23.7	−4.4
	Independent	Paul Funnell	5,028	10.6	+0.9
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Seb McDonagh	4,682	9.9	+9.9
	Greens	Ray Goodlass	1,377	2.9	−2.1
	Christian Democrats	Tom Arentz	900	1.9	−0.4
Total formal votes			47,218	96.8	+0.0
Informal votes			1,561	3.2	−0.0
Turnout			48,779	88.3	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Labor	Dan Hayes	18,495	50.1	+13.0
	Liberal	Julia Ham	18,389	49.9	−13.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Joe McGirr	23,001	59.6	+59.6
	Liberal	Julia Ham	15,570	40.4	−22.5
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	25,061	53.8	+0.2
	Labor	Dan Hayes	13,084	28.1	+18.0
	Independent Country	Paul Funnell	4,523	9.7	+9.7
	Greens	Kevin Poynter	2,320	5.0	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Keith Pech	1,111	2.4	+0.0
	No Land Tax	Joe Sidoti	515	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			46,614	96.8	−0.6
Informal votes			1,548	3.2	+0.6
Turnout			48,162	90.3	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	26,704	62.9	−14.9
	Labor	Dan Hayes	15,756	37.1	+14.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−14.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	24,393	53.5	−5.5
	Hatton's Independent Team	Joe McGirr	13,960	30.6	+30.6
	Labor	Glenn Elliott-Rudder	4,609	10.1	−22.4
	Greens	Ros Prangnell	1,527	3.4	−5.0
	Christian Democrats	Sylvia Mulholland	1,070	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			45,559	97.8	−0.1
Informal votes			1,028	2.2	+0.1
Turnout			46,587	92.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	28,628	77.8	+14.8
	Labor	Glenn Elliott-Rudder	8,172	22.2	−14.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	25,542	60.3	−2.8
	Hatton's Independent Team	Joe McGirr	16,823	39.7	+39.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	25,750	59.1	+10.6
	Labor	Glenn Elliott-Rudder	14,196	32.6	−0.2
	Greens	Ray Goodlass	3,661	8.4	+2.9
Total formal votes			43,607	97.9	−0.2
Informal votes			947	2.1	+0.2
Turnout			44,554	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	26,453	63.0	+0.3
	Labor	Glenn Elliott-Rudder	15,506	37.0	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	23,530	58.9	+33.5
	Labor	Col McPherson	12,645	31.7	+5.4
	Greens	Jim Rees	2,259	5.7	+5.7
	One Nation	Daniel Chermak	761	1.9	−6.1
	Democrats	Rex Graham	725	1.8	−0.9
Total formal votes			39,920	98.0	−0.2
Informal votes			798	2.0	+0.2
Turnout			40,718	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	24,162	63.7	+6.2
	Labor	Col McPherson	13,749	36.3	−6.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Col McPherson	10,391	26.3	−6.8
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	10,032	25.4	−29.7
	National	Jim Booth	9,052	22.9	+19.7
	Independent	Peter Dale	4,214	10.7	+10.7
	One Nation	Greg Jerrick	3,147	8.0	+8.0
	Independent	Leigh Campbell	1,650	4.2	+4.2
	Democrats	Rex Graham	1,071	2.7	+2.5
Total formal votes			39,557	98.3	+2.8
Informal votes			695	1.7	−2.8
Turnout			40,252	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Daryl Maguire	18,297	57.5	−5.3
	Labor	Col McPherson	13,500	42.5	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	19,566	56.1	−9.7
	Labor	Col McPherson	12,227	35.0	+0.9
	Independent	Jim Rees	3,103	8.9	+8.9
Total formal votes			34,896	95.2	+10.1
Informal votes			1,752	4.8	−10.1
Turnout			36,648	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	20,702	60.7	−5.1
	Labor	Col McPherson	13,415	39.3	+5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	19,031	65.8	−1.7
	Labor	Geoff Burch	9,886	34.2	+4.9
Total formal votes			28,917	85.1	−12.8
Informal votes			5,064	14.9	+12.8
Turnout			33,981	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	22,085	72.6	+12.2
	Labor	Geoffrey Burch	8,321	27.4	−4.3
Total formal votes			30,406	97.9	−0.8
Informal votes			662	2.1	+0.8
Turnout			31,068	90.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	18,923	61.3	+10.0
	Labor	Barry Leal	10,339	33.5	−4.2
	Democrats	Scott Milne	1,609	5.2	−5.7
Total formal votes			30,871	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			456	1.5	0.0
Turnout			31,327	92.3	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp		64.0	+9.7
	Labor	Barry Leal		36.0	−9.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	15,351	51.3	−0.8
	Labor	Thomas Watson	11,287	37.7	−6.8
	Democrats	Rodney Dominish	3,270	10.9	+10.9
Total formal votes			29,908	98.5
Informal votes			457	1.5
Turnout			30,365	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	16,351	58.1	+4.3
	Labor	Thomas Watson	11,787	41.9	−4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	12,354	52.1	−6.7
	Labor	Thomas Watson	10,547	44.5	+3.3
	Independent	Anthony Robinson	802	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			23,703	98.5	−0.3
Informal votes			354	1.5	+0.3
Turnout			24,057	92.6	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	12,620	53.8	−5.0
	Labor	Thomas Watson	10,859	46.2	+5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.0

**1975 Wagga Wagga by-election**
Saturday 6 December ^[24]^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	9,731	45.4	−18.2
	Labor	Richard Gorman	7,990	37.2	+10.9
	Country	Ronald Hunter	2,904	13.5	+13.5
	Workers	Roger Kendall	569	2.7	+2.7
	Australia	June Sutherland	195	0.9	−0.9
	Independent	William Cooper	67	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			21,456	98.7
Informal votes			282	1.3	−0.2
Turnout			21,738	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	13,087	61.0
	Labor	Richard Gorman	8,369	39.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

1973 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	13,105	63.6	+2.7
	Labor	Kenneth Fletcher	5,429	26.4	−3.9
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Murphy	1,088	5.3	−3.5
	Australia	Pamela Osmond	985	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			20,607	98.5
Informal votes			315	1.5
Turnout			20,922	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	14,369	69.7	+1.7
	Labor	Kenneth Fletcher	6,238	30.3	−1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

1971 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	11,844	60.9	−7.3
	Labor	John Skeers	5,889	30.3	+4.7
	Democratic Labor	Peter Piltz	1,718	8.8	+2.6
Total formal votes			19,451	98.7
Informal votes			259	1.3
Turnout			19,710	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	13,218	68.0	−5.2
	Labor	John Skeers	6,233	32.0	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.2

1913 New South Wales state election: Wagga Wagga ^[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Walter Boston	3,951	51.2
	Liberal Reform	John Fletcher ^[b]	3,765	48.8
Total formal votes			7,716	97.4
Informal votes			202	2.6
Turnout			7,918	73.3
	Labor win		(new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joe Schipp	13,245	58.8	−4.8
	Labor	Richard Gorman	9,265	41.2	+14.8
Total formal votes			22,510	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			261	1.2	−0.3
Turnout			22,771	93.9	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	13,299	68.2	+3.1
	Labor	John Skeers	4,984	25.6	−3.3
	Democratic Labor	Peter Piltz	1,205	6.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			19,488	98.3
Informal votes			338	1.7
Turnout			19,826	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	14,263	73.2	+3.3
	Labor	John Skeers	5,225	26.8	−3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	12,122	65.1	+7.9
	Labor	John Skeers	5,374	28.9	−8.2
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Abbey	1,128	6.1	+0.4
Total formal votes			18,624	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			260	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			18,884	94.7	+0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	13,024	69.9	+8.2
	Labor	John Skeers	5,600	30.1	−8.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	10,259	57.2	+2.3
	Labor	Leonard Brown	6,659	37.1	−0.9
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Abbey	1,027	5.7	−1.4
Total formal votes			17,945	98.9
Informal votes			197	1.1
Turnout			18,142	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	11,081	61.7	+1.1
	Labor	Leonard Brown	6,864	38.3	−1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Wal Fife	9,571	54.9
	Labor	Dudley Graham	6,615	38.0
	Democratic Labor	Robert Harris	1,239	7.1
Total formal votes			17,425	98.8
Informal votes			207	1.2
Turnout			17,632	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	10,562	60.6
	Labor	Dudley Graham	6,863	39.4
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Dudley Graham	5,499	35.5
	Liberal	Wal Fife	5,375	34.7
	Country	William Lampe	2,233	14.4
	Democratic Labor	Jim Kennedy	1,983	12.8
	Independent	Alexander Cook	223	1.4
	Independent	John Skeers	91	0.59
	Independent	George O'Donoghue	90	0.58
Total formal votes			15,494
Informal votes			546	3.4
Turnout			16,040	87.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Wal Fife	9,148	59.0
	Labor	Dudley Graham	6,346	41.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	10,250	60.3	−3.9
	Liberal	Wal Fife	6,743	39.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			16,993	99.2	+1.1
Informal votes			144	0.8	−1.1
Turnout			17,137	93.9	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	10,292	64.2
	Liberal	Wal Fife	4,350	27.1
	Country	William Wright	1,279	8.0
	Communist	Leslie Kelton	107	0.7
Total formal votes			16,028	98.1
Informal votes			314	1.9
Turnout			16,342	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Graham	10,578	66.0
	Liberal	Wal Fife	5,450	34.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	9,509	59.9
	Liberal	Ivan Jack	3,792	23.9
	Country	Richard Blamey	2,575	16.2
Total formal votes			15,876	98.8
Informal votes			190	1.2
Turnout			16,066	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Graham		61.0 ^[a]
	Liberal	Ivan Jack		39.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	9,408	64.7	−3.3
	Country	Ernest Wenke	5,141	35.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			14,549	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			153	1.0	−0.3
Turnout			14,702	94.8	+4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	−3.3

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	9,287	68.0	+18.3
	Country	John McInnes	4,375	32.0	−10.8
Total formal votes			13,662	98.7	−0.1
Informal votes			182	1.3	+0.1
Turnout			13,844	89.9	−2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Eddie Graham	6,850	49.7
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	5,900	42.8
	Independent	Ronald Cuttle	1,027	7.5
Total formal votes			13,777	98.8
Informal votes			170	1.2
Turnout			13,947	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Graham	7,417	53.8
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	6,360	46.2
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	8,092	63.1	−0.4
	Labor	Eric McKeig	4,734	36.9	+0.4
Total formal votes			12,826	98.5	−0.2
Informal votes			196	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			13,022	95.3	−0.5
	Country hold		Swing	−0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	7,876	63.5	−4.1
	Labor (NSW)	Ray Maher	4,529	36.5	+4.1
Total formal votes			12,405	98.7	+0.8
Informal votes			158	1.3	−0.8
Turnout			12,563	95.8	−1.9
	Country hold		Swing	−4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	7,909	67.6	+11.2
	Labor (NSW)	Kenneth Campbell	3,783	32.4	−11.2
Total formal votes			11,692	97.9	−1.0
Informal votes			251	2.1	+1.0
Turnout			11,943	97.7	+2.6
	Country hold		Swing	+11.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	6,571	56.4
	Labor	Thomas Lavelle	5,077	43.6
Total formal votes			11,648	98.9
Informal votes			132	1.1
Turnout			11,780	95.1
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Matthew Kilpatrick	7,602	66.6
	Labor	Edward Locke	3,818	33.4
Total formal votes			11,420	98.5
Informal votes			169	1.5
Turnout			11,589	82.0
	Country win		(new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	James Gormly	742	70.6
	Independent	John Norman	309	29.4
Total formal votes			1,051	99.3
Informal votes			7	0.7
Turnout			1,058	52.6
	National Federal hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	James Gormly	933	77.3
	Independent Labour	James McDarra	274	22.7
Total formal votes			1,207	98.9
Informal votes			13	1.1
Turnout			1,220	68.0
	Protectionist win		(new seat)