Electoral results for the district of North Shore

North Shore, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1920 to 1927 as a five-member electorate, the second from 1981 to the present as a single-member electorate.[1][2][3][4]

Members edit

First incarnation (1920–1927)
Election Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1920   Alfred Reid Ind. Nationalist   Arthur Cocks Nationalist   Reginald Weaver Nationalist   Richard Arthur Nationalist   Cecil Murphy Labor
1922 William Fell Independent Coalitionist
1925 apt Alfred Reid
1925   Alick Kay Independent
1926 apt   Arthur Tonge Labor
 
Second incarnation (1981–present)
Election Member Party
1981   Ted Mack Independent
1984
1988 Robyn Read
1991   Phillip Smiles Liberal
1994 by Jillian Skinner
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2017 by Felicity Wilson
2019

Election results edit

Elections in the 2020s edit

2023 edit

2023 New South Wales state election: North Shore[5][6] [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Felicity Wilson 21,308 44.23 −2.37
Independent Helen Conway 10,527 21.85 +21.85
Labor Godfrey Santer 8,239 17.10 +4.75
Greens James Mullan 5,305 11.01 −0.28
Independent Victoria Walker 1,107 2.30 +2.30
Sustainable Australia Lachlan Commins 901 1.87 +0.49
Informed Medical Options Michael Antares 790 1.64 +1.64
Total formal votes 48,177 98.08 −0.44
Informal votes 945 1.92 +0.44
Turnout 49,122 87.03 −0.61
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Felicity Wilson 24,208 58.22 −9.63
Labor Godfrey Santer 17,371 41.78 +9.63
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Felicity Wilson 23,040 55.69 −5.44
Independent Helen Conway 18,329 44.31 +44.31
Liberal hold  

Elections in the 2010s edit

2019 edit

2019 New South Wales state election: North Shore[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Felicity Wilson 22,261 46.60 −11.46
Independent Carolyn Corrigan 9,341 19.55 +19.55
Labor Michael Lester 5,900 12.35 −1.44
Greens Toby Pettigrew 5,393 11.29 −3.32
Keep Sydney Open Colin Furphy 1,993 4.17 +4.17
Animal Justice Olivia Bouchier 827 1.73 +1.73
Liberal Democrats Sam Gunning 785 1.64 +1.64
Sustainable Australia Victoria Boast 661 1.38 +1.38
Conservatives Jeffrey Grimshaw 613 1.28 +1.28
Total formal votes 47,774 98.52 +0.48
Informal votes 719 1.48 −0.48
Turnout 48,493 87.64 −0.53
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Felicity Wilson 25,032 67.85 −4.07
Labor Michael Lester 11,863 32.15 +4.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Felicity Wilson 23,917 61.13 −10.06
Independent Carolyn Corrigan 15,209 38.87 +38.87
Liberal hold  

2017 by-election edit

New South Wales state by-election, 2017: North Shore[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Felicity Wilson 18,081 42.8 −15.3
Independent Carolyn Corrigan 10,122 23.9 +23.9
Greens Justin Alick 6,723 15.9 +1.3
Independent Ian Mutton 3,456 8.2 +8.2
Independent Harry Fine 1,182 2.8 +2.8
Voluntary Euthanasia Brian Beaumont Owles 998 2.4 +2.4
Animal Justice Ila Lessing 911 2.2 +2.2
Christian Democrats Silvana Nile 819 1.9 +1.1
Total formal votes 42,292 98.1 +0.0
Informal votes 837 1.9 −0.0
Turnout 43,129 78.8 −9.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Felicity Wilson 19,733 54.7 −16.5
Independent Carolyn Corrigan 16,334 45.3 +45.3
Liberal hold  
Jillian Skinner (Liberal) resigned.

2015 edit

2015 New South Wales state election: North Shore[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 26,853 58.1 −9.3
Greens Arthur Chesterfield-Evans 6,755 14.6 −5.6
Labor James Wheeldon 6,378 13.8 +3.0
Independent Stephen Ruff 4,655 10.1 +10.1
Cyclists Pip Vice 838 1.8 +1.8
No Land Tax Moya Kertesz 390 0.8 +0.8
Christian Democrats Giuseppe Rotiroti 386 0.8 −0.9
Total formal votes 46,255 98.0 +0.4
Informal votes 926 2.0 −0.4
Turnout 47,181 88.2 +0.6
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Jillian Skinner 28,874 71.9 −8.5
Labor James Wheeldon 11,278 28.1 +8.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 28,613 71.2 −2.1
Greens Arthur Chesterfield-Evans 11,579 28.8 +2.1
Liberal hold Swing −2.1

2011 edit

2011 New South Wales state election: North Shore[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 30,424 67.3 +13.9
Greens Andrew Robjohns 9,143 20.2 +2.3
Labor Tabitha Winton 4,881 10.8 -7.0
Christian Democrats David Kelly 766 1.7 +0.0
Total formal votes 45,214 98.0 +0.2
Informal votes 905 2.0 -0.2
Turnout 46,119 89.5 +0.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Jillian Skinner 32,416 80.3 +11.1
Labor Tabitha Winton 7,939 19.7 -11.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 31,305 73.2 +7.4
Greens Andrew Robjohns 11,460 26.8 -7.4
Liberal hold Swing +7.4

Elections in the 2000s edit

2007 edit

2007 New South Wales state election: North Shore[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 22,531 53.4 +3.5
Greens Lynne Saville 7,553 17.9 +2.4
Labor Tabitha Winton 7,523 17.8 -7.1
Independent Jim Reid 3,080 7.3 +0.9
Democrats Jan De Voogd 781 1.9 +0.2
Christian Democrats David Brock 720 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 42,188 97.9 -0.6
Informal votes 926 2.1 +0.6
Turnout 43,114 89.0
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Jillian Skinner 24,911 69.2 +7.1
Labor Tabitha Winton 11,099 30.8 –7.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 24,299 65.8 +3.7
Greens Lynne Saville 12,602 34.2 +34.2
Liberal hold Swing +3.7

2003 edit

2003 New South Wales state election: North Shore[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 19,865 50.3 -3.6
Labor Tabitha Winton 9,825 24.9 -3.0
Greens Ted Nixon 6,116 15.5 +8.5
Independent Jim Reid 2,560 6.5 +6.5
Democrats Allen Frick 649 1.6 -6.4
Unity Xiaogang Zhang 512 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 40,160 98.4 +0.2
Informal votes 633 1.6 -0.2
Turnout 40,160 87.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 21,559 62.3 +0.0
Labor Tabitha Winton 13,052 37.7 -0.0
Liberal hold Swing +0.0

Elections in the 1990s edit

1999 edit

1999 New South Wales state election: North Shore[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 20,994 53.9 -8.2
Labor Janet McDonald 10,888 27.9 +7.8
Democrats Brenda Padgett 3,121 8.0 -1.3
Greens David Bell 2,743 7.0 -0.8
One Nation David Kelly 867 2.2 +2.2
Against Further Immigration Lindon Dedman 346 0.9 +0.2
Total formal votes 38,959 98.3 +1.6
Informal votes 386 1.7 -1.6
Turnout 39,645 88.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 22,495 62.3 -8.0
Labor Janet McDonald 13,624 37.7 +8.0
Liberal hold Swing -8.0

1995 edit

1995 New South Wales state election: North Shore[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 19,756 60.9 +9.8
Labor Lynda Voltz 6,703 20.7 +12.8
Democrats Linda Wade 3,039 9.4 +9.4
Greens Mervyn Murchie 2,940 9.1 +9.1
Total formal votes 32,438 96.7 +2.3
Informal votes 1,107 3.3 -2.3
Turnout 33,545 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 21,481 69.2 +16.7
Labor Lynda Voltz 9,554 30.8 +30.8
Liberal hold Swing +16.7

1994 by-election edit

1994 North Shore by-election
Saturday 5 February [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jillian Skinner 15,267 54.7 +3.6
Independent Robyn Read 10,408 37.3 -3.8
Independent Gerry Nolan 878 3.1
Independent Jim Reid 787 2.8
Democrats Alec Cater 590 2.1
Total formal votes 27,930 98.3 +3.9
Informal votes 473 1.7 -3.9
Turnout 28,403 76.0 -14.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Jillian Skinner 15,905 58.4 +5.9
Independent Robyn Read 11,338 41.6 -5.9
Liberal hold Swing +5.9
Phillip Smiles (Liberal) resigned.[19]

1991 edit

1991 New South Wales state election: North Shore[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Phillip Smiles 15,422 51.1 +1.6
Independent Robyn Read 12,389 41.0 +7.4
Labor Steven Torpey 2,388 7.9 -7.3
Total formal votes 30,199 94.4 -3.4
Informal votes 1,786 5.6 +3.4
Turnout 31,985 90.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Phillip Smiles 15,613 52.5 -0.4
Independent Robyn Read 14,132 47.5 +0.4
Liberal notional hold Swing -0.4
The sitting member was Robyn Read (Independent) however North Shore became a notional Liberal seat as a result of the 1990 redistribution.

Elections in the 1980s edit

1988 by-election edit

1988 North Shore by-election
Saturday 5 November [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robyn Read 11,523 51.8
Liberal Jillian Skinner 7,913 35.6 -1.5
Labor Kirk McKenzie 1,625 7.3
Democrats Burnum Burnum 718 3.2
Nuclear Disarmament Robert Wood 462 2.1
Total formal votes 22,241 98.2 +0.2
Informal votes 402 1.8 -0.2
Turnout 22,643 70.1 -19.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robyn Read 13,838 63.0
Liberal Jillian Skinner 8,129 37.0 -3.1[a]
Independent hold Swing
Ted Mack (Independent) resigned.[21]

1988 edit

1988 New South Wales state election: North Shore[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ted Mack 13,684 49.3 +13.3
Liberal Jillian Skinner 10,283 37.0 -5.2
Labor Peter Blakey 3,108 11.2 -8.5
Independent Mary Day 698 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 27,773 98.0 -0.1
Informal votes 554 2.0 +0.1
Turnout 28,327 89.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ted Mack 16,257 59.9 +4.1
Liberal Jillian Skinner 10,876 40.1 -4.1
Independent hold Swing +4.1

1984 edit

1984 New South Wales state election: North Shore[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ted Mack 11,122 42.2 +13.5
Liberal Jillian Skinner 10,850 41.2 -0.4
Labor Peter Semmler 4,365 16.6 -11.6
Total formal votes 26,337 98.4 -0.1
Informal votes 436 1.6 +0.1
Turnout 26,773 88.5 +4.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ted Mack 15,043 57.7 +3.1
Liberal Jillian Skinner 11,037 42.3 -3.1
Independent hold Swing +3.1

1981 edit

1981 New South Wales state election: North Shore[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce McDonald 10,359 41.6 -12.2
Independent Ted Mack 7,163 28.7 +28.7
Labor Maurice May 7,036 28.2 -18.0
Democrats Norman Ward 362 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 24,920 97.8
Informal votes 559 2.2
Turnout 25,479 84.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ted Mack 13,130 54.6 +54.6
Liberal Bruce McDonald 10,936 45.4 -8.4
Independent notional gain from Liberal Swing +54.6

District recreated

1927 - 1981 edit

District abolished

Elections in the 1920s edit

1926 appointment edit

Alick Kay, who had been elected as an independent, resigned on 28 July 1926 to accept appointment to the Metropolitan Meat Board.[25] Which party interest Kay supported was determined by the Clerk of the Assembly after considering the votes of the late member on any motion of censure. Kay had supported the Lang Government in votes of confidence in the Assembly,[26] the clerk therefore declared Kay represented the interests of the Labor Party. Arthur Tonge had the most votes of the unsuccessful Labor candidates at the 1925 election and took his seat on 22 September 1926.[27]

1925 edit

1925 New South Wales state election: North Shore[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,768
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 1) 10,898 20.7 +9.9
Nationalist Alfred Reid (elected 4) 5,853 11.1 +2.3
Nationalist Ernest Marks 3,005 5.7 +5.7
Nationalist Ernest Salmon 2,713 5.2 +5.2
Nationalist William Wood 1,442 2.7 +2.7
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 8,362 15.9 -0.5
Labor Arthur Tonge 3,338 6.4 +6.3
Labor Bertrand Childs 1,226 2.3 +2.3
Labor Oliver Kelly 107 0.2 +0.2
Labor Samuel Sloane 78 0.2 +0.2
Ind. Nationalist William Fell (elected 3) 6,965 13.2 +1.9
Independent Alick Kay (elected 5) 5,126 9.7 +9.7
Independent Mary Williams 2,278 4.3 +4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse 657 1.3 +1.3
Protestant Labor Raymond Campbell-Cowan 542 1.0 +1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham 14 0.03 -0.08
Total formal votes 52,604 97.5 -0.2
Informal votes 1,335 2.5 +0.2
Turnout 53,939 69.7 -3.1
Party total votes
Nationalist 23,911 45.4 -14.2
Labor 13,111 24.9 +6.9
Ind. Nationalist William Fell 6,965 13.2 +1.9
Independent Alick Kay 5,126 9.7 +9.7
Independent Mary Williams 2,278 4.3 +4.3
Independent Alfred Waterhouse 657 1.3 +1.3
Protestant Labor 542 1.0 +1.0
Independent Harry Meatheringham 14 0.03 -0.08

1925 appointment edit

Arthur Cocks resigned on 14 February 1925 to accept appointment to the position of Agent-General for NSW in London.[29] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[30] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate "who represents the same party interest as the late member". As there were no unsuccessful Nationalist candidates, Cocks was replaced by another Nationalist member, Alfred Reid, who took his seat on 24 March 1925.[31]

1922 edit

1922 New South Wales state election: North Shore[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,456
Nationalist Reginald Weaver (elected 1) 10,226 20.2 +4.9
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 4) 5,488 10.8 -3.4
Nationalist Arthur Cocks (elected 3) 5,483 10.8 +2.8
Nationalist Alfred Reid (defeated) 4,469 8.8
Nationalist Arthur Walker 2,493 4.9
Nationalist Albert Whatmore 2,088 4.12
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 8,302 16.4 +8.5
Labor James Donaldson 505 1.0 +1.0
Labor John Cochran 206 0.4 +0.4
Labor Arthur Tonge 63 +0.1 +0.1
Labor William Killingsworth 43 0.1 +0.1
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell (elected 5) 5,727 11.3 +11.3
Democratic Timothy O'Donoghue 3,569 7.0 -0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham 1,381 2.7 +2.7
Independent Edward Clark 633 1.3 -1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham 58 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 50,734 97.7 +10.4
Informal votes 1,205 2.3 -10.4
Turnout 51,939 72.8 +16.8
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,247 59.6 +13.7
Labor 9,119 18.0 -0.3
Ind. Coalitionist William Fell 5,727 11.3 +11.3
Democratic 3,569 7.0 -0.3
Independent Jacob Fotheringham 1,381 2.7 +2.7
Independent Edward Clark 633 1.3 -1.5
Independent Harry Meatheringham 58 0.1 +0.1

1920 edit

1920 New South Wales state election: North Shore[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,211
Nationalist Reginald Weaver (elected 1) 4,786 15.3
Nationalist Richard Arthur (elected 3) 4,425 14.2
Nationalist Arthur Cocks (elected 4) 2,492 8.0
Nationalist Percy Colquhoun (defeated) 1,873 6.0
Nationalist Richard Lambton 773 2.5
Labor Cecil Murphy (elected 2) 2,461 7.9
Labor Henry Willis 1,181 3.8
Labor Alexander Campbell 1,132 3.6
Labor Alfred Warton 557 1.8
Labor Albert Roberts 395 1.3
Progressive Arthur Walker 1,752 5.6
Progressive Frank Farnell 451 1.4
Progressive Francis Killeen 376 1.2
Progressive Archie Ogilvy 139 0.4
Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid (elected 5) 2,628 8.4
Democratic Timothy O'Donoghue 2,297 7.4
Women's Party (1920) Mary Booth 1,610 5.2
Soldiers & Citizens Edward Cortis 692 2.2
Soldiers & Citizens Richard Fitz-Gerald 341 1.1
Independent Edward Clark 879 2.8
Independent Frederick Clancy 20 0.1
Total formal votes 31,260 88.3
Informal votes 4,535 12.7
Turnout 35,795 56.0
Party total votes
Nationalist 14,349 45.9
Labor 5,726 18.3
Progressive 2,718 8.7
Ind. Nationalist Alfred Reid 2,628 8.4
Democratic 2,297 7.4
Women's Party (1920) 1,610 5.2
Soldiers & Citizens 1,033 3.3
Independent Edward Clark 879 2.8
Independent Frederick Clancy 20 0.1

Notes edit

  1. ^ compared to the two-candidate-preferred result for the 1988 North Shore election.

References edit

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