Electoral results for the district of The Entrance
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This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of The Entrance in New South Wales state elections from the district's first election in 1988 until the present.
Contents
Members for The Entrance
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Bob Graham | Liberal | 1988—1991 | |
Grant McBride | Labor | 1992—2011 | |
Chris Spence | Liberal | 2011–2014 | |
Independent | 2014–2015 | ||
David Mehan | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Sharpe | 21,049 | 43.9 | −6.7 | |
Labor | David Mehan | 20,086 | 41.9 | +12.0 | |
Greens | Scott Rickard | 4,493 | 9.4 | −1.4 | |
Christian Democrats | Hadden Ervin | 1,301 | 2.7 | −1.7 | |
No Land Tax | Sonia Lopreiato | 1,031 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 47,960 | 96.3 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,850 | 3.7 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,810 | 90.5 | +0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Mehan | 22,392 | 50.4 | +12.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Sharpe | 22,054 | 49.6 | −12.1 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Chris Spence | 22,898 | 50.9 | +11.1 | |
Labor | David Mehan | 13,057 | 29.0 | -18.5 | |
Greens | Deidrie Jinks | 4,877 | 10.8 | +2.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Bob Mirovic | 2,083 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Family First | James Bond | 2,082 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 44,997 | 96.5 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 1,633 | 3.5 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 46,630 | 93.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Chris Spence | 24,760 | 62.5 | +17.3 | |
Labor | David Mehan | 14,880 | 37.5 | -17.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +17.3 |
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grant McBride | 20,239 | 47.5 | -2.6 | |
Liberal | Phil Walker | 16,954 | 39.8 | +6.2 | |
Greens | Kerryn Parry-Jones | 3,763 | 8.8 | +3.5 | |
AAFI | Maria Overend | 1,663 | 3.9 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 42,619 | 97.4 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,122 | 2.6 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 43,741 | 93.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grant McBride | 21,762 | 54.9 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | Phil Walker | 17,907 | 45.1 | +4.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grant McBride | 21,763 | 52.1 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Phil Walker | 14,920 | 35.7 | +8.1 | |
Greens | Gwen Parry-Jones | 2,362 | 5.7 | +3.4 | |
Christian Democrats | Steve Wood | 866 | 2.1 | +0.0 | |
AAFI | Garry Oates | 548 | 1.3 | +0.5 | |
Democrats | Carolyn Hastie | 496 | 1.2 | -1.6 | |
One Nation | Peter Chermak | 465 | 1.1 | -5.8 | |
Save Our Suburbs | Bryan Ellis | 327 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 41,747 | 97.8 | +0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 929 | 2.2 | -0.0 | ||
Turnout | 42,676 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grant McBride | 23,118 | 59.6 | -0.1 | |
Liberal | Phil Walker | 15,700 | 40.4 | +0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grant McBride | 19,526 | 47.3 | -0.3 | |
Liberal | Philip Walker | 11,404 | 27.6 | -13.0 | |
National | Bob Graham | 3,909 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
One Nation | John Cantwell | 2,861 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Democrats | Sarah Browning | 1,167 | 2.8 | -0.8 | |
Greens | Rachel Alterator | 936 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Christian Democrats | Karen Russell | 880 | 2.1 | -1.0 | |
AAFI | Garry OAtes | 323 | 0.8 | -4.3 | |
Outdoor Recreation | Garth Coulter | 271 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 41,277 | 97.8 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 936 | 2.2 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 42,213 | 94.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grant McBride | 21,292 | 59.7 | +5.7 | |
Liberal | Philip Walker | 14,365 | 40.3 | -5.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Grant McBride | 16,933 | 47.4 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Doug Eaton | 14,369 | 40.3 | -5.9 | |
AAFI | Roy Whaite | 1,899 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Democrats | Glenice Griffiths | 1,340 | 3.8 | -2.1 | |
Call to Australia | Graham Freemantle | 1,158 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 35,699 | 96.0 | +4.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,494 | 4.0 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,193 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Grant McBride | 18,441 | 54.1 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Doug Eaton | 15,642 | 45.9 | -4.3 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Graham | 14,356 | 46.1 | -5.8 | |
Labor | Grant McBride | 13,415 | 43.1 | -3.5 | |
Democrats | Lynn Sawyer | 1,825 | 5.9 | +5.3 | |
Independent | Tony Irving | 1,516 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 31,112 | 91.7 | -5.0 | ||
Informal votes | 2,801 | 8.3 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 33,913 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bob Graham | 15,165 | 50.2 | -2.6 | |
Labor | Grant McBride | 15,049 | 49.8 | +2.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.6 |
- This result was overturned by the Court of Disputed Returns and a by-election was called, where Labor won.
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bob Graham | 16,080 | 52.0 | +21.2 | |
Labor | Brian McGowan | 14,852 | 48.0 | -3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 30,932 | 96.7 | -1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,069 | 3.3 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 32,001 | 94.5 | |||
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.9 |
References
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- ↑ State Electoral District of The Entrance: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ↑ State Electoral District of The Entrance: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
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