Electoral results for the district of Swansea
Swansea, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1981. Elections have generally been won by the Labor party.[1][2][3][4]
Members for Swansea
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | Don Bowman | Labor | |
1984 | |||
1988 | Ivan Welsh | Independent | |
1991 | Don Bowman | Labor | |
1995 | Jill Hall | ||
1999 | Milton Orkopoulos | ||
2003 | |||
2007 | Robert Coombs | Labor | |
2011 | Garry Edwards | Liberal | |
2015 | Yasmin Catley | Labor | |
2019 |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2023
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 27,943 | 53.6 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Megan Anderson | 14,590 | 28.0 | −4.9 | |
Greens | Heather Foord | 4,463 | 8.6 | +1.4 | |
Sustainable Australia | Alan Ellis | 3,253 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Jackson | 1,918 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 52,167 | 96.3 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,010 | 3.7 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 54,177 | 88.9 | −2.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 30,972 | 65.4 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Megan Anderson | 16,351 | 34.6 | −4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 24,371 | 49.54 | +4.51 | |
Liberal | Dean Bowman | 16,123 | 32.78 | +6.86 | |
Greens | Doug Williamson | 3,428 | 6.97 | +1.12 | |
Animal Justice | Julia Riseley | 2,714 | 5.52 | +2.61 | |
Conservatives | Glenn Seddon | 2,556 | 5.20 | +5.20 | |
Total formal votes | 49,192 | 95.67 | −0.63 | ||
Informal votes | 2,224 | 4.33 | +0.63 | ||
Turnout | 51,416 | 90.71 | −1.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 26,792 | 60.56 | −2.42 | |
Liberal | Dean Bowman | 17,449 | 39.44 | +2.42 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −2.42 |
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 21,712 | 45.0 | +8.8 | |
Liberal | Johanna Uidam | 12,493 | 25.9 | −11.4 | |
Independent | Garry Edwards | 6,484 | 13.4 | +13.4 | |
Greens | Phillipa Parsons | 2,818 | 5.8 | −2.9 | |
Animal Justice | Joshua Agland | 1,402 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Chris Osborne | 1,360 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Christian Democrats | Luke Cubis | 1,322 | 2.7 | +0.3 | |
No Land Tax | Paul Doughty | 624 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 48,215 | 96.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 1,850 | 3.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,065 | 92.0 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Yasmin Catley | 24,148 | 63.0 | +13.3 | |
Liberal | Johanna Uidam | 14,192 | 37.0 | −13.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.3 |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Garry Edwards | 17,283 | 37.7 | +14.0 | |
Labor | Robert Coombs | 16,133 | 35.2 | -10.7 | |
Independent | Gillian Sneddon | 7,408 | 16.2 | +16.2 | |
Greens | Phillipa Parsons | 3,845 | 8.4 | -0.2 | |
Christian Democrats | Noreen Tibbey | 1,130 | 2.5 | -0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 45,799 | 96.9 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,476 | 3.1 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,275 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Garry Edwards | 19,805 | 51.1 | +11.9 | |
Labor | Robert Coombs | 18,928 | 48.9 | -11.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +11.9 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Coombs | 19,979 | 45.9 | -11.4 | |
Liberal | Garry Edwards | 10,345 | 23.8 | -4.5 | |
Independent | Laurie Coghlan | 6,453 | 14.8 | +14.8 | |
Greens | Sue Wynn | 3,739 | 8.6 | +2.3 | |
Christian Democrats | Jill Wood | 1,413 | 3.2 | +2.8 | |
Against Further Immigration | Barbara Abrahams | 1,038 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
Democrats | Peter Lee | 574 | 1.3 | -1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 43,541 | 97.1 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,311 | 2.9 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 44,852 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert Coombs | 22,828 | 60.8 | -6.3 | |
Liberal | Garry Edwards | 14,741 | 39.2 | +6.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -6.3 |
2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Milton Orkopoulos | 24,144 | 55.9 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Dell Tschanter | 12,679 | 29.4 | +5.9 | |
Greens | Charmian Eckersley | 2,857 | 6.6 | +1.7 | |
Democrats | Peter Lee | 1,312 | 3.0 | -1.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Ingram | 900 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
One Nation | James Flowers | 889 | 2.1 | -11.1 | |
Save Our Suburbs | Anthony Meaney | 380 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 43,161 | 97.5 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,116 | 2.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,277 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Milton Orkopoulos | 25,902 | 65.9 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | Dell Tschanter | 13,406 | 34.1 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
Elections in the 1990s
1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Milton Orkopoulos | 21,152 | 51.2 | -1.5 | |
Liberal | Jane Wiltshire | 9,712 | 23.5 | -6.7 | |
One Nation | Ronald Gardnir | 5,469 | 13.2 | +13.2 | |
Greens | Deb Gorgievski | 2,038 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Democrats | Michelle Walls | 1,671 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Guy Wood | 1,300 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 41,342 | 97.8 | +2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 922 | 2.2 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,264 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Milton Orkopoulos | 23,507 | 66.6 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Jane Wiltshire | 11,803 | 33.4 | -5.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
1995
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jill Hall | 18,846 | 52.7 | +7.1 | |
Liberal | Laurie Coghlan | 10,977 | 30.7 | +12.4 | |
Independent | Mark Booth | 5,947 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Total formal votes | 35,770 | 95.2 | +2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,787 | 4.8 | -2.7 | ||
Turnout | 37,557 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jill Hall | 20,830 | 60.5 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Laurie Coghlan | 13,611 | 39.5 | +39.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Bowman | 14,658 | 45.6 | +6.6 | |
Independent | Ivan Welsh | 7,745 | 24.1 | -11.9 | |
Liberal | Laurie Coghlan | 5,888 | 18.3 | -3.8 | |
Democrats | Michael Reckenberg | 1,617 | 5.0 | +2.2 | |
Independent | John Selway | 1,400 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Call to Australia | Ivan Morrow | 629 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Harold Pyke | 195 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 32,132 | 92.6 | -4.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,579 | 7.4 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 34,711 | 94.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Bowman | 16,539 | 56.4 | +14.0 | |
Independent | Ivan Welsh | 12,797 | 43.6 | -14.0 | |
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +14.0 |
Elections in the 1980s
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Ivan Welsh | 12,145 | 38.7 | +38.7 | |
Labor | Don Bowman | 12,112 | 38.6 | -23.4 | |
Liberal | Linda Donovan | 6,168 | 19.6 | -6.8 | |
Democrats | Shane Simpson | 967 | 3.1 | -3.5 | |
Total formal votes | 31,392 | 97.0 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 973 | 3.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,365 | 95.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Ivan Welsh | 17,631 | 58.4 | +58.4 | |
Labor | Don Bowman | 12,545 | 41.6 | -27.1 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +58.4 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Bowman | 21,913 | 65.0 | -6.2 | |
Liberal | Milton Caine | 7,718 | 22.9 | +7.1 | |
Socialist Labour | Ann Leahy | 2,113 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 1,985 | 5.9 | -7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 33,729 | 97.1 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,008 | 2.9 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 34,737 | 94.1 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Bowman | 72.2 | -6.6 | ||
Liberal | Milton Caine | 27.8 | +6.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.6 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Don Bowman | 22,375 | 71.2 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Denis Dolan | 4,976 | 15.8 | -5.5 | |
Democrats | Lyn Godfrey | 4,060 | 12.9 | +12.9 | |
Total formal votes | 31,411 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,187 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 32,598 | 93.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Bowman | 23,276 | 78.8 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | Denis Dolan | 6,276 | 21.2 | -0.1 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +0.1 |
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