ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF CUNNINGHAM, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Thirroul, Woollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,320 Votes cast: 38,588 95.7 Informal votes: 1,047 02.7 Formal votes: 37,541 97.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Aarons CPA 2,854 07.6 -04.7 Billy DAVIES + ALP 22,795 60.7 +03.0 Alan Thomson Lib 11,892 31.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,541 18.2 e 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Davies (1884-1956): Elected 1949 Born: 1884, Wales. Career: Primary education. Coalminer at 12. Self-taught, scholarship student, Oxford University. To Australia 1912. Official, Miners Federation. State politics: NSW MLA for Wollongong 1917-20, Wollondilly 1920-27, Wollongong 1927-30, Illawarra 1930-41, Wollongong-Kembla 1941-49. Minister for Public Instruction 1927, Minister for Education 1930-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Thirroul, Woollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 18.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,908 +03.9 Votes cast: 40,264 96.1 +00.4 Informal votes: 691 01.7 -01.0 Formal votes: 39,573 98.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Aarons CPA 2,466 06.2 -01.4 Billy DAVIES * ALP 24,433 61.7 +01.0 Alan Thompson Lib 12,674 32.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,573 17.7 e 00.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Davies (1884-1956): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Thirroul, Woollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 17.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,558 +11.1 Votes cast: 44,682 96.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 588 01.3 -00.4 Formal votes: 44,094 98.7 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy DAVIES * ALP 27,383 62.1 +00.4 John Parkinson Lib 14,067 31.9 -00.1 William Parkinson CPA 2,644 06.0 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,094 17.5 e 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Davies (1884-1956): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 17.5 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,750 -06.0 Votes cast: 41,653 95.2 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,172 02.8 +01.5 Formal votes: 40,481 97.2 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy DAVIES * ALP 25,180 62.2 +00.7 William Harkness CPA 1,931 04.8 -01.5 John Parkinson Lib 13,370 33.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,481 16.5 e 00.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Davies (1884-1956): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 Died 17 February 1956 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 11 APRIL 1956 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Billy Davies -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,070 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor KEARNEY + ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Dennis Kearney (1903-82): Elected 1956 By Born: 10 December 1903, Armidale, NSW. Career: Educated De la Salle College, Armidale, NSW. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Secretary, Canberra Trades and Labour Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This was the last occasion on which a member (apart from the non- voting member for the Northern Territory) was returned to the House of Representatives without opposition. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.5 e 1956 by-election two-party majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,391 +10.6 Votes cast: 45,522 94.1 -01.1 Informal votes: 2,141 04.7 +01.9 Formal votes: 43,381 05.3 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hough Lib 15,242 35.1 +02.1 Victor KEARNEY * ALP 25,087 57.8 -04.4 William McDougall CPA 1,336 03.1 -01.7 Harold Woods DLP 1,716 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,381 11.4 e 05.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hough was NSW MLA for Wollongong-Kembla 1965-68, Wollongong 1968-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Dennis Kearney (1903-82): Elected 1956 By, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 11.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,805 +13.3 Votes cast: 52,312 95.5 +01.4 Informal votes: 1,532 02.9 -01.8 Formal votes: 50,780 97.1 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Hough Lib 17,422 34.3 -00.8 Victor KEARNEY * ALP 31,474 62.0 +04.2 William McDougall CPA 1,884 03.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,780 15.3 e 03.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hough was NSW MLA for Wollongong-Kembla 1965-68, Wollongong 1968-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Victor Dennis Kearney (1903-82): Elected 1956 By, 1958, 1961 Kearney retired at the 1963 election. Later career: Moved to Queensland, joined DLP (see McPherson 1972) Died 21 January 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,760 +07.2 Votes cast: 56,031 95.4 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,390 02.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 54,641 97.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex CONNOR ALP 31,905 58.4 -03.6 Michael Hough Lib 20,900 38.2 +03.9 William McDougall CPA 1,836 03.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,641 11.5 e 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hough was NSW MLA for Wollongong-Kembla 1965-68, Wollongong 1968-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963 Born: 20 January 1909, Wollongong, NSW. Career: Educated Wollongong High School. Solicitor, car dealer, farmer. Wollongong Council 1938-45. State politics: NSW MLA for Wollongong-Kembla 1950-63. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Keira, Kembla, Wollongong, Woonona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,496 +08.1 Votes cast: 60,807 95.8 +00.4 Informal votes: 2,066 03.4 +00.9 Formal votes: 58,741 96.6 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex CONNOR * ALP 31,986 54.5 -03.9 Jeffrey Fenton 354 00.6 Victor Kearney 1,951 03.3 John Poel Lib 23,473 40.0 +01.8 Reginald Wilding CPA 977 01.7 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,741 08.0 e 03.5 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kearney was Labor member for Cunningham 1956-63. He later joined the DLP (see McPherson, Qld, 1972). -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 08.0 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 02.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 59,315 -06.6 Votes cast: 56,479 95.2 -00.6 Informal votes: 1,643 02.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 54,836 97.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex CONNOR * ALP 35,092 64.0 +11.9 John Poel Lib 18,618 34.0 -08.4 Reginald Wilding CPA 1,126 02.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 54,836 15.9 e 10.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,246 +08.3 Votes cast: 61,433 95.6 +00.4 Informal votes: 1,981 03.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 59,452 96.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rex CONNOR * ALP 38,306 64.4 +00.4 Peter Daly DLP 1,968 03.3 John Poel Lib 15,524 26.1 -07.9 John Sladek AP 2,962 05.0 Reginald Wilding CPA 692 01.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,452 19.1 e 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 Minister for Minerals and Energy from 19 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,889 +11.9 Votes cast: 68,578 95.4 -00.2 Informal votes: 1,140 01.7 -01.5 Formal votes: 67,438 98.3 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Rex CONNOR * ALP 47,129 69.9 +05.5 Susan Healy AP 2,067 03.1 -01.9 Warren Hough Lib 18,242 27.1 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,438 21.8 e 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 Minister for Minerals and Energy to 14 October 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor resigned when it was shown that he had misled the Prime Minister and the House over his attempts to raise foreign loans after his authority to do so had been withdrawn. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,974 +01.5 Votes cast: 70,034 96.0 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,420 02.0 +00.3 Formal votes: 68,614 98.0 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Rex CONNOR * ALP 42,350 61.7 -08.2 Bernard Groben 611 00.9 Peter Robertson 681 01.0 Peter Swan Lib 24,972 36.4 +09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,614 12.4 e 09.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reginald Francis Xavier Connor (1909-77): Elected 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Died 22 August 1977 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 15 OCTOBER 1977 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Rex Connor -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,620 +05.0 Votes cast: 66,444 86.7 -09.3 Informal votes: 1,888 02.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 64,556 97.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rudolph Dezelin 1,136 01.8 Thomas Griffin Lib 20,748 32.1 -04.3 Ross Sampson AD 5,011 07.8 Stewart WEST + ALP 36,425 56.4 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,556 10.7 e 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By Born: 31 March 1934, Forbes, NSW Career: Waterside worker. President Port Kembla Branch Waterside Workers Federation. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.3 e 1977 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.7 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,697 +01.0 Votes cast: 70,354 95.5 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,957 02.8 +00.8 Formal votes: 68,397 97.2 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Dennett 1,583 02.3 Rudolph Dezelin 375 00.5 Thomas Griffin Lib 21,419 31.3 -05.1 Mervyn Nixon CPA 1,073 01.6 Ross Sampson AD 7,388 10.8 Stewart WEST * ALP 36,559 53.5 -08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,397 10.7 e 01.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,906 +05.7 Votes cast: 74,113 95.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 2,476 03.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 71,637 96.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Cockcroft CPA 2,585 03.6 +02.0 Thomas Griffin Lib 21,818 30.5 -00.8 Andrew Jamieson 1,197 01.7 Richard Moore 810 01.1 Megan Sampson AD 5,185 07.2 -03.6 Stewart WEST * ALP 40,042 55.9 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,637 15.1 e 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (born 1934): Elected 1977 By, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Fairy Meadow, Keira, Oak Flats, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,545 +02.1 Votes cast: 75,734 95.2 +00.1 Informal votes: 2,260 03.0 -00.3 Formal votes: 73,474 97.0 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Diana Covell 2,802 03.8 Gary Fisher Lib 17,874 24.3 -06.2 George Jones AD 4,986 06.8 -00.4 Rudolf Pasara 689 00.9 Romaine Rutnam CPA 704 01.0 -02.6 Stewart WEST * ALP 46,419 63.2 +07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,474 21.5 e 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By, 1977, 1980, 1983 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs from 11 March 1983 -------------------------------------------------------------------- West resigned from Cabinet on 4 November 1983 in protest at the government's decision to permit the export of uranium, but retained his portfolio. He was reappointed to Cabinet on 3 April 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Figtree, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.5 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.6 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,776 -19.8 Votes cast: 60,490 94.8 -00.4 Informal votes: 4,347 07.2 +04.2 Formal votes: 56,143 92.8 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Stewart WEST * ALP 35,250 62.8 +01.2 Rudolph Dezelin 621 01.1 Neil Cleary 1,221 02.2 Greg Butler AD 4,281 07.6 +00.8 John Garcia 561 01.0 -02.8 Gayle Mitchell Lib 14,209 25.3 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,143 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Garcia's 561 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST * 333 60.0 35,583 63.4 Dezelin 26 04.7 647 01.2 Cleary 34 06.1 1,255 02.2 Butler 124 22.3 4,405 07.8 Mitchell 39 07.0 14,248 25.4 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 561 56,143 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dezelin's 647 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST * 156 24.3 35,739 63.7 Cleary 390 60.7 1,645 02.9 Butler 49 07.6 4,454 07.9 Mitchell 48 07.5 14,296 07.9 (exhausted 4 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 647 56,143 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cleary's 1,645 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST * 491 30.0 36,230 64.5 Butler 706 43.1 5,160 09.2 Mitchell 442 27.0 14,738 26.3 (exhausted 6 15 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,645 56,143 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Butler's 5,160 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- WEST * 2,520 49.0 38,750 69.1 Mitchell 2,627 51.0 17,365 30.9 (exhausted 13 28 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,160 56,143 19.1 00.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs to 13 December 1984 Minister for Housing and Construction from 13 December 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Figtree, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,896 +04.9 Votes cast: 62,130 92.9 +01.9 Informal votes: 3,988 06.4 -00.8 Formal votes: 58,142 93.6 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ray Dargavel AD 6,038 10.4 +02.8 Jeff Thomson Lib 17,171 29.5 +04.2 Hon Stewart WEST * ALP 34,365 59.1 -03.7 Rudy Pasara 568 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,142 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pasara's 568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dargavel 187 32.9 6,225 10.7 Thomson 75 13.2 17,246 29.7 WEST * 306 53.9 34,671 59.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 568 58,142 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dargavel's 6,225 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomson 3,447 55.4 20,693 35.6 WEST * 2,771 44.6 37,442 64.4 (exhausted 7 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,225 5 8,142 14.4 04.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Minister for Housing and Construction to 24 July 1987 Minister for Administrative Services from 24 July 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Figtree, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,282 +00.6 Votes cast: 64,434 95.8 +02.9 Informal votes: 2,371 03.7 -02.7 Formal votes: 62,063 96.3 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Meg Sampson AD 8,455 13.6 +03.2 Steve Brigham Grn 4,295 06.9 Jeff Thompson Lib 13,511 21.8 -07.7 Rex Connor 7,947 12.8 Peter Symonds 308 00.5 Hon Stewart West * ALP 27,547 44.4 -14.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor was the son of Hon Rex Connor, member for Cunningham 1963-77. He stood as the Rex Connor Senior Labor Party. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Symonds's 308 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson 66 21.6 8,521 13.7 Brigham 51 16.7 4,346 07.0 Thompson 29 09.5 13,540 21.8 Connor 41 13.4 7,988 12.9 West * 119 38.9 27,666 44.6 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 308 62,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brigham's 4,346 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson 2,946 68.0 11,467 18.5 Thompson 267 06.2 13,807 22.3 Connor 297 06.9 8,285 13.4 West * 821 19.0 28,487 45.9 (exhausted 15 17 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,346 62,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Connor's 8,285 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson 4,562 55.3 16,029 25.8 Thompson 757 09.2 14,564 23.5 WEST * 2,931 35.5 31,418 50.7 (exhausted 35 52 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,285 62,063 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Thompsonąs 14,564 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sampson 13,444 92.7 29,473 47.6 WEST * 1,053 07.3 32,471 52.4 (exhausted 67 119 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,564 62,063 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. West's notional two-party majority over Thompson was 12.3. This represented a notional swing of 02.1 to Liberal. 2. This is the closest the Australian Democrats ever came to winning a House of Representatives seat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart John West (1934-2023): Elected 1977 By, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 Minister for Administrative Services to 4 April 1990 West retired at the 1993 election. Died 29 March 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 majority: ALP over AD 02.5 Effect of redistribution: The notional two-party ALP majority in 1990 was 12.3%, a margin not altered by the redistribution. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,134 +11.7 Votes cast: 72,410 96.4 +00.6 Informal votes: 2,419 03.4 -00.3 Formal votes: 69,991 96.6 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniela Reverberi AD 2,890 04.1 -09.6 Ralph Lynch Lib 18,453 26.4 +01.7 Hon Stephen MARTIN * ALP 41,011 58.6 +08.7 Michael West 740 01.1 Carole Medcalf 3,300 04.7 Meg Sampson 1,932 02.8 Robert O'Neill CTA 1,155 01.7 Fred Misdom 510 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin was member for Macarthur 1984-93. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Misdom's 510 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverberi 47 09.3 2,937 04.2 Lynch 60 11.9 18,513 26.5 MARTIN * 128 25.4 41,139 58.8 West 28 05.6 768 01.1 Medcalf 106 21.0 3,406 04.9 Sampson 73 14.5 2,005 02.9 O'Neill 62 12.3 1,217 01.7 (exhausted 6 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 510 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: West's 768 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverberi 93 12.2 3,030 04.3 Lynch 109 14.3 18,622 26.6 MARTIN * 212 27.8 41,351 59.1 Medcalf 115 15.1 3,521 05.0 Sampson 211 27.7 2,216 03.2 O'Neill 22 02.9 1,239 01.8 (exhausted 6 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 768 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: O'Neill's 1,239 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverberi 121 09.8 3,151 04.5 Lynch 548 44.4 19,170 27.4 MARTIN * 223 18.1 41,574 59.1 Medcalf 117 09.5 3,638 05.2 Sampson 225 18.2 2,441 03.5 (exhausted 5 17 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,239 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Sampson's 2,441 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Reverberi 422 17.3 3,573 05.1 Lynch 289 11.9 19,459 27.8 MARTIN * 331 13.6 41,905 59.9 Medcalf 1,391 57.2 5,029 07.2 (exhausted 8 25 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,441 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Reverberi's 3,573 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lynch 1,167 32.9 20,626 29.5 MARTIN * 945 26.6 42,850 61.3 Medcalf 1,440 40.5 6,469 09.2 (exhausted 21 46 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,573 69,991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Medcalf's 6,469 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lynch 1,814 28.1 22,440 32.1 MARTIN * 4,635 71.9 47,485 67.9 (exhausted 20 66 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,573 69,991 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a notional two-party swing of 5.6% to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Paul Martin (born 1948): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to 24 March 1993 Speaker of the House of Representatives from 4 May 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 majority: ALP over Liberal 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,150 +01.4 Votes cast: 73,510 96.5 +00.1 Informal votes: 2,651 03.6 +00.2 Formal votes: 70,859 96.4 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Margaret Perrott 1,675 02.4 Fred Misdom 317 00.5 Hon Stephen MARTIN * ALP 37,267 52.6 -06.0 Mark Chilton AD 3,535 05.0 +00.9 Will Douglas Grn 4,139 05.8 Paul Wilcock 939 01.3 Philip Williams Lib 21,124 29.8 +03.4 Robert O'Neill CTA 1,863 02.6 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Misdom's 317 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Perrott 93 30.1 1,768 02.5 MARTIN * 73 23.6 37,340 52.7 Chilton 41 13.3 3,576 05.0 Douglas 42 13.6 4,181 05.9 Wilcock 19 06.1 958 01.4 Williams 26 08.4 21,150 29.9 O'Neill 15 04.9 1,878 02.7 (exhausted 8 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 317 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wilcock's 958 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Perrott 84 08.8 1,852 02.6 MARTIN * 148 15.6 37,488 52.9 Chilton 250 26.3 3,826 05.4 Douglas 196 20.6 4,377 06.2 Williams 218 22.9 21,368 30.2 O'Neill 55 05.8 1,933 02.7 (exhausted 7 15 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 958 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Perrott's 1,852 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN * 931 51.5 38,419 54.3 Chilton 253 14.0 4,079 05.8 Douglas 436 24.1 4,813 06.8 Williams 107 05.9 21,475 30.3 O'Neill 82 04.5 2,015 02.8 (exhausted 43 58 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,852 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: O'Neill's 2,015 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN * 425 21.3 38,844 54.9 Chilton 238 11.9 4,317 06.1 Douglas 235 11.8 5,048 07.1 Williams 1,096 55.0 22,571 31.9 (exhausted 21 79 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,015 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Chilton's 4,317 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN * 1,257 29.6 40,101 56.7 Douglas 2,028 47.8 7,076 10.0 Williams 961 22.6 23,532 33.3 (exhausted 71 150 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,317 70,859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Douglas's 7,076 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN * 4,201 61.9 44,302 62.9 Williams 2,590 38.1 26,122 38.1 (exhausted 285 435 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,076 70,859 12.9 05.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Paul Martin (born 1948): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 Speaker of the House of Representatives to 30 April 1996 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 majority: ALP over Liberal 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,544 +00.5 Votes cast: 73,568 96.1 -00.4 Informal votes: 2,564 03.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 71,004 96.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtis ON 5,378 07.6 Margaret Perrott 663 00.9 Frank Coluccio 515 00.7 Les Robinson Grn 3,158 04.4 -01.4 Stephen Ivaneza AD 4,108 05.8 +00.8 Jennifer van der Horn 550 00.8 Hon Stephen MARTIN * ALP 37,592 52.9 +00.3 Alan Akhurst Lib 17,285 24.3 -05.5 Robert O'Neill CDP 1,755 02.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coluccio's 515 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 45 08.7 5,423 07.6 Perrott 61 11.8 724 01.0 Robinson 114 22.1 3,272 04.6 Ivaneza 99 19.2 4,207 05.9 Van der Horn 21 04.1 571 00.8 MARTIN * 81 15.7 37,673 53.1 Akhurst 76 14.8 17,361 24.5 O'Neill 18 03.5 1,773 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 515 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Van der Horn's 571 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 16 02.8 5,439 07.7 Perrott 48 08.4 772 01.1 Robinson 96 16.8 3,368 04.7 Ivaneza 86 15.1 4,293 06.0 MARTIN * 248 43.4 37,921 53.4 Akhurst 62 10.9 17,423 24.5 O'Neill 15 02.6 1,788 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 571 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Perrott's 772 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 120 15.5 5,559 07.8 Robinson 336 43.5 3,704 05.2 Ivaneza 117 15.2 4,410 06.2 MARTIN * 142 18.4 38,063 53.6 Akhurst 36 04.7 17,459 24.6 O'Neill 21 02.7 1,809 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 772 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: O'Neill's 1,809 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 160 08.8 5,719 08.1 Robinson 137 07.6 3,841 05.4 Ivaneza 229 12.7 4,639 06.5 MARTIN * 410 22.7 38,473 54.2 Akhurst 873 48.3 18,332 25.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,809 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Robinson's 3,841 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 242 06.3 5,961 08.4 Ivaneza 2,083 54.2 6,722 09.5 MARTIN * 1,242 32.3 39,715 55.9 Akhurst 274 07.1 18,606 26.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,841 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Curtis's 5,961 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivaneza 2,022 33.9 8,744 12.3 MARTIN * 2,567 43.1 42,282 59.5 Akhurst 1,372 23.0 19,978 28.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,961 71,004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Ivaneza's 8,744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MARTIN * 6,141 70.2 48,423 68.2 Akhurst 2,603 29.8 22,581 31.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,744 71,004 18.2 05.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Paul Martin (born 1948): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 majority: ALP over Liberal 18.2 Effect of redistribution: 00.4 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,207 +06.1 Votes cast: 77,807 95.8 -00.3 Informal votes: 3,763 04.8 +01.3 Formal votes: 74,044 95.2 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Curtis ON 3,425 04.6 -03.1 Edwin Pink 840 01.1 Jeremy Fields Lib 20,760 28.0 +03.0 Carol Berry Grn 4,914 06.6 +02.2 Trevor Mott 4,235 05.7 Hon Stephen Martin * ALP 32,722 44.2 -08.1 Michael Newman AD 5,307 07.2 +01.4 Paul Skinner CTA 1,841 02.5 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Pink's 840 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 171 20.4 3,596 04.9 Fields 138 16.4 20,898 28.2 Berry 172 20.5 5,086 06.9 Mott 114 13.6 4,349 05.9 Martin * 188 22.4 32,910 44.4 Newman 28 03.3 5,335 07.2 Skinner 29 03.4 1,870 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 840 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Skinner's 1,870 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Curtis 413 22.1 4,009 05.4 Fields 644 34.4 21,542 29.1 Berry 108 05.8 5,194 07.0 Mott 171 09.1 4,520 06.1 Martin * 229 12.2 33,139 44.8 Newman 305 16.3 5,640 07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,870 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Curtis's 4,009 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fields 1,452 36.2 22,994 31.0 Berry 743 18.5 5,937 08.0 Mott 913 22.8 5,433 07.3 Martin * 672 16.8 33,811 45.7 Newman 229 05.7 5,869 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,009 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Mott's 5,433 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fields 1,440 26.5 24,434 33.0 Berry 2,095 38.6 8,032 10.8 Martin * 997 18.3 34,808 47.0 Newman 901 16.6 6,770 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,433 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Newman's 6,770 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fields 1,084 16.0 25,518 34.5 Berry 3,495 51.6 11,527 15.6 Martin * 2,191 32.4 36,999 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,770 74,044 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Berry's 11,527 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fields 3,622 31.4 29,140 39.4 MARTIN * 7,905 68.6 44,904 60.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,527 74,044 10.6 07.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Paul Martin (born 1948): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 Resigned seat 16 August 2002 (see by-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 19 OCTOBER 2002 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Stephen Martin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,521 +00.4 Votes cast: 72,971 89.5 -06.3 Informal votes: 5,647 07.7 +02.9 Formal votes: 67,324 92.3 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owen Nannelli CDP 2,566 03.8 +01.3 Peter Wilson 7,107 10.6 Hal Johnson 120 00.2 Michael Organ Grn 15,505 23.0 +16.4 Sharon Bird + ALP 25,671 38.1 -06.1 John Flanagan 556 00.8 Geoff Crocker ON 2,696 04.0 -00.6 David Hughes 889 01.3 James Keene 483 00.7 Meg Sampson 671 01.0 David Moulds 9,147 13.6 Linda Chapman AD 1,514 02.2 -04.9 Chris Williams 399 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bird, see Cunningham 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Johnson's 120 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 14 11.7 2,580 03.8 Wilson 38 31.7 7,145 10.6 Organ 22 18.3 15,527 23.1 Bird + 13 10.8 25,684 38.1 Flanagan 5 04.2 561 00.8 Crocker 13 10.8 2,709 04.0 Hughes 6 05.0 895 01.3 Keene 0 483 00.7 Sampson 4 03.3 675 03.3 Moulds 3 02.5 9,150 13.6 Chapman 2 01.7 1,516 02.2 Williams 0 399 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 120 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Williams's 399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 15 03.8 2,595 03.8 Wilson 27 06.8 7,172 10.6 Organ 167 41.8 15,694 23.3 Bird + 44 11.0 25,728 38.2 Flanagan 11 02.8 572 00.8 Crocker 7 01.7 2,716 04.0 Hughes 15 03.8 910 01.3 Keene 6 01.5 489 00.7 Sampson 9 02.3 684 01.0 Moulds 19 04.8 9,169 13.6 Chapman 79 19.8 1,595 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 399 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Keene's 489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 13 02.7 2,608 03.9 Wilson 64 13.1 7,236 10.7 Organ 88 18.0 15,782 23.4 Bird + 47 09.6 25,775 38.3 Flanagan 6 01.2 578 00.9 Crocker 14 02.9 2,730 04.1 Hughes 23 04.7 933 01.4 Sampson 169 34.6 853 01.3 Moulds 50 10.2 9,219 13.7 Chapman 15 03.1 1,610 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 489 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Flanagan's 578 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 134 23.2 2,742 04.1 Wilson 60 10.4 7,296 10.4 Organ 78 13.5 15,860 23.6 Bird + 82 14.2 25,857 38.4 Crocker 91 15.7 2,821 04.2 Hughes 55 09.5 988 01.5 Sampson 16 02.8 869 01.3 Moulds 42 07.3 9,261 13.8 Chapman 20 03.5 1,630 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 578 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sampson's 869 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 31 03.6 2,773 04.1 Wilson 133 15.3 7,429 11.0 Organ 57 06.6 15,917 23.6 Bird + 63 07.2 25,920 38.5 Crocker 28 03.2 2,849 04.2 Hughes 37 04.3 1,025 01.5 Moulds 419 48.2 9,680 14.4 Chapman 101 11.6 1,731 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 869 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hughes's 1,025 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 72 07.0 2,845 04.2 Wilson 91 08.9 7,520 11.2 Organ 112 10.9 16,029 23.8 Bird + 143 13.9 26,063 38.7 Crocker 350 34.1 3,199 04.7 Moulds 196 19.1 9,876 14.7 Chapman 61 05.9 1,792 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,025 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Chapman's 1,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 107 06.0 2,952 04.4 Wilson 445 24.8 7,965 11.8 Organ 379 21.1 16,408 24.4 Bird + 290 16.2 26,353 39.1 Crocker 65 03.6 3,264 04.8 Moulds 506 28.2 10,382 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,792 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Nannelli's 2,952 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson 1,397 47.3 9,362 13.9 Organ 349 11.8 16,757 24.9 Bird + 327 11.1 26,680 39.6 Crocker 318 10.8 3,582 05.3 Moulds 561 19.0 10,943 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,952 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Crocker's 3,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson 741 20.7 10,103 15.0 Organ 448 12.5 17,205 25.6 Bird + 566 15.8 27,246 40.5 Moulds 1,827 51.0 12,770 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,582 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Wilson's 10,103 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 5,973 59.1 23,178 34.4 Bird + 1,552 15.4 28,798 42.8 Moulds 2,578 25.5 15,348 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,103 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Moulds's 15,348 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGAN 11,982 78.1 35,160 52.2 Bird + 3,366 21.9 32,164 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,348 67,324 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Organ (born 1956): Elected 2002 by Born: 22 September 1956, Bulli NSW Career: Educated Wollongong University, University of NSW. Archivist and research assistant, historian. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Organ was the first member of the Australian Greens elected to the House of Representatives, and the first to win a single-member constituency in any Australian parliament. 2. Labor's loss of this by-election led to the resignation of Simon Crean as party leader. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.6 2002 by-election two-candidate majority: Green over ALP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,844 +00.8 Votes cast: 78,303 95.9 +00.1 Informal votes: 5,048 06.4 +01.6 Formal votes: 73,255 93.6 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Keene 1,774 02.4 Tony Evans AD 686 00.9 -06.2 John Flanagan 355 00.5 Michael Organ * Grn 14,747 20.1 +13.5 Jeff Dakers CDP 2,547 03.5 +01.0 Christopher Scrogie 509 00.7 Paul Wilcock 375 00.5 Sharon Bird ALP 29,041 39.6 -04.5 Chris Williams 310 00.4 David Moulds 1,796 02.4 John Larter Lib 21,115 28.8 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Williams's 310 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keene 19 06.1 1,793 02.5 Evans 10 03.2 696 01.0 Flanagan 2 00.7 357 00.5 Organ * 173 55.8 14,920 20.4 Dakers 6 01.9 2,553 03.5 Scrogie 7 02.3 516 00.7 Wilcock 11 03.6 386 00.5 Bird 44 14.2 29,085 39.7 Moulds 28 09.0 1,824 02.5 Larter 10 03.2 21,125 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 310 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Flanagan's 357 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keene 23 06.4 1,816 02.5 Evans 39 10.9 735 01.0 Organ * 69 19.3 14,989 20.5 Dakers 93 26.1 2,646 03.6 Scrogie 18 05.0 534 00.7 Wilcock 13 03.6 399 00.5 Bird 43 12.0 29,128 39.8 Moulds 24 06.7 1,848 02.5 Larter 35 09.8 21,160 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 357 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wilcock's 399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keene 25 06.3 1,841 02.5 Evans 19 04.8 754 01.0 Organ * 39 09.8 15,028 20.5 Dakers 17 04.3 2,663 03.6 Scrogie 33 08.3 567 00.8 Bird 64 16.0 29,192 39.9 Moulds 166 41.6 2,014 02.8 Larter 36 09.0 21,196 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 399 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Scrogie's 567 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keene 44 07.8 1,885 02.6 Evans 30 05.3 784 01.1 Organ * 79 13.9 15,107 20.6 Dakers 62 10.9 2,725 03.7 Bird 70 12.4 29,262 40.0 Moulds 49 08.6 2,063 02.8 Larter 233 41.1 21,429 29.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 567 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Evans's 784 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keene 138 17.6 2,023 02.8 Organ * 235 30.0 15,342 20.9 Dakers 66 08.4 2,791 03.8 Bird 133 17.0 29,395 40.1 Moulds 111 14.2 2,174 03.0 Larter 101 12.9 21,530 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 784 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Keene's 2,023 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ * 1,176 58.1 16,518 22.6 Dakers 182 09.0 2,973 04.1 Bird 433 21.4 29,828 40.7 Moulds 99 04.9 2,273 03.1 Larter 133 06.6 21,663 29.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,023 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Moulds's 2,273 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ * 560 24.6 17,078 23.3 Dakers 239 10.5 3,212 04.4 Bird 495 21.8 30,323 41.4 Larter 979 43.1 22,642 30.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,273 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Dakers's 3,212 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ * 580 18.1 17,658 24.1 Bird 512 15.9 30,835 42.1 Larter 2,120 66.0 24,762 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,212 73,255 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Organ's 17,658 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD 14,191 80.4 45,026 61.5 Larter 3,467 19.6 28,229 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,658 73,255 11.5 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Michael Organ (born 1956): Elected 2002 by. Defeated 2004 > Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004 Born: 15 November 1962, Wollongong NSW Career: Educated University of Wollongong. High school teacher, TAFE teacher 1989-95.Senior Project Officer, NSW Department of Juvenile Justice. Shellharbour City Council 1991-95. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.5 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 91,663 +12.0 Votes cast: 87,700 95.7 -00.2 Informal votes: 3,471 04.0 -02.4 Formal votes: 84,229 96.0 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Organ Grn 12,326 14.6 -04.8 Jess Moore 706 00.8 Jemma Tribe FF 1,203 01.4 Nolene Norsworthy CDP 2,232 02.7 -00.5 John Flanagan 489 00.6 Sharon BIRD * ALP 44,835 53.2 +12.5 Colin Fowler Lib 22,438 26.6 -02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 84,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ was MHR for Cunningham 2002-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flanagan's 489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 79 16.2 12,405 14.7 Moore 44 09.0 750 00.9 Tribe 80 16.4 1,283 01.5 Norsworthy 105 21.5 2,337 02.8 BIRD * 106 21.7 44,941 53.4 Fowler 75 15.3 22,513 26.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 489 84,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Moore's 750 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 472 62.9 12,877 15.3 Tribe 87 11.6 1,370 01.6 Norsworthy 47 06.3 2,384 02.8 BIRD * 118 15.7 45,059 53.5 Fowler 26 03.5 22,539 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 750 84,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Tribe's 1,370 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 364 26.6 13,241 15.7 Norsworthy 397 29.0 2,781 03.3 BIRD * 297 21.7 45,356 53.9 Fowler 312 22.8 22,851 27.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,370 84,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Norsworthy's 2,781 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 462 16.6 13,703 16.3 BIRD * 728 26.2 46,084 54.7 Fowler 1,591 57.2 24,442 29.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,781 84,229 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Organ's 13,703 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRD * 11,298 82.5 57,382 68.1 Fowler 2,405 17.5 26,847 31.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,703 84,229 18.1 06.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004, 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Heathcote, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 18.1 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 01.2 shift to Liberal 2010 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 16.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 100,698 +09.9 Votes cast: 94,373 93.7 -02.0 Informal votes: 5,359 05.7 +01.7 Formal votes: 89,014 94.3 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Clifford Lib 29,241 32.9 +04.9 Sharon Bird * ALP 43,769 49.2 -03.2 John Flanagan 1,240 01.4 George Takacs Grn 13,461 15.1 +00.9 Jess Moore 1,303 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,014 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flanagan's 1,240 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 422 34.0 29,663 33.3 Bird * 304 24.5 44,073 49.5 Takacs 277 22.3 13,738 15.4 Moore 237 19.1 1,540 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,240 89,014 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Moore's 1,540 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 277 14.7 29,890 33.6 Bird * 318 20.7 44,391 49.9 Takacs 995 64.6 14,733 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,540 89,014 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Takacs's 14,733 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 2,890 19.6 32,780 36.8 BIRD * 11,843 80.4 56,234 63.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,733 89,014 13.2 03.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004, 2007, 2010 Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and Skills from 5 March 2012 to 25 March 2013 Minister for Higher Education and Skills 25 March 2013 to 1 July 2013 Minister for Regional Development from 1 July 2013 Minister for Regional Communications from 1 July 2013 Minister for Road Safety from 1 July 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Heathcote, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 13.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 104,084 +03.4 Votes cast: 93,385 93.6 -00.1 Informal votes: 6,208 06.4 +00.7 Formal votes: 91,177 93.6 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Clifford Lib 30,685 33.7 +00.8 Christopher Atlee PUP 4,253 04.7 Helen Wilson Grn 10,730 11.8 -03.4 Rob George CDP 2,204 02.4 Hon Sharon Bird * ALP 41,522 45.5 -03.6 John Bursill KAP 886 01.0 John Flanagan 897 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 91,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bursill's 886 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 142 16.0 30,827 33.8 Atlee 302 34.1 4,555 05.0 Wilson 85 09.6 10,815 11.9 George 81 09.1 2,285 02.5 Bird * 178 20.1 41,700 45.7 Flanagan 98 11.1 995 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 886 91,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Flanagan's 995 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 151 15.2 30,978 34.0 Atlee 185 18.6 4,740 05.2 Wilson 163 16.4 10,978 12.0 George 186 18.7 2,471 02.7 Bird * 310 31.2 42,010 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 995 91,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: George's 2,471 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 1,388 56.2 32,366 35.5 Atlee 362 14.7 5,102 05.6 Wilson 215 08.7 11,193 22.6 Bird * 506 20.5 42,516 46.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,471 91,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Atlee's 5,102 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 2,215 43.4 34,581 37.9 Wilson 1,151 22.6 12,344 13.5 Bird * 1,736 34.0 44,252 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,102 91,177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Wilson's 12,344 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford 2,001 16.2 36,582 40.1 BIRD * 10,343 83.8 54,595 59.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,344 91,177 09.9 03.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 Minister for Regional Development to 18 September 2013 Minister for Regional Communications to 18 September 2013 Minister for Road Safety to 18 September 2013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Port Kembla, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 09.9 Effect of 2016 redistribution: 01.4 shift to Labor 2016 notional two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 111,304 +06.9 Votes cast: 101,857 91.5 -02.1 Informal votes: 4,933 04.8 -01.6 Formal votes: 96,924 95.2 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cath Blakey Grn 14,200 14.7 +03.3 Nathan Waters 2,526 02.6 Michelle Blicavs Lib 28,263 29.2 -02.8 Michelle Ryan CDP 3,939 04.1 +01.7 Hon Sharon Bird * ALP 46,414 47.9 +00.9 John Flanagan 1,582 01.6 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 96,924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flanagan's 1,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakey 224 14.2 14,424 14.9 Waters 395 25.0 2,921 03.0 Blicavs 192 12.1 28,455 29.4 Ryan 342 21.6 4,281 04.4 Bird * 429 27.1 46,843 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,582 96,924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Waters's 2,921 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakey 1,272 43.6 15,696 16.2 Blicavs 577 19.8 29,032 30.0 Ryan 396 13.6 4,677 04.8 Bird * 676 23.1 47,519 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,921 96,924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Ryan's 4,677 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakey 683 14.6 16,379 16.9 Blicavs 2,869 61.3 31,901 32.9 BIRD * 1,125 24.1 48,644 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,677 96,924 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Blakey's 16,379 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blicavs 3,646 22.3 35,547 36.7 BIRD * 12,733 77.7 61,377 63.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 16,379 96,924 13.3 02.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 115,231 +03.5 Votes cast: 106,757 92.7 +01.2 Informal votes: 6,080 05.7 +00.9 Formal votes: 100,677 94.3 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Atlee Lib 31,177 31.0 +01.8 Rowan Huxtable Grn 15,196 15.1 +00.4 Hon Sharon Bird * ALP 46,923 46.6 -01.3 John Flanagan 1,213 01.2 John Gill 2,340 02.3 Grace Younger UAP 3,828 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 100,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Flanagan's 1,213 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlee 262 21.6 31,439 31.2 Huxtable 118 09.7 15,314 15.2 Bird * 221 18.2 47,144 46.8 Gill 420 34.6 2,760 02.7 Younger 192 15.8 4,020 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,213 100,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gill's 2,760 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlee 470 17.0 31,909 31.7 Huxtable 910 33.0 16,224 16.1 Bird * 643 23.3 47,787 47.5 Younger 737 26.7 4,757 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,760 100,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Younger's 4,757 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlee 2,247 47.2 34,156 33.9 Huxtable 975 20.5 17,199 17.1 Bird * 1,535 32.3 49,322 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,757 100,677 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Huxtable's 17,199 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Atlee 2,685 15.6 36,841 36.6 BIRD * 14,514 84.4 63,836 63.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,199 100,677 13.4 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharon Bird (born 1962): Elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 Bird retired at the 2022 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 117,169 +01.7 Votes cast: 107,185 91.4 -01.3 Informal votes: 5,514 05.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 101,671 94.9 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus Uren Lib 25,418 25.0 -06.0 Ben Britton UAP 4,936 04.9 +01.1 Alison Byrnes + ALP 40,783 40.1 -06.5 Alexis Garnaut-Miller ACP 1,098 01.1 Dylan Green Grn 22,011 21.7 +06.6 Michael Glover LDP 2,207 02.2 Thomas Grogan PHON 5,218 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 101,671 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Garnaut-Miller's 1,098 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uren 92 08.4 25,510 25.1 Britton 242 22.0 5,178 05.1 Byrnes + 183 16.7 40,966 40.3 Green 292 26.6 22,303 21.9 Glover 116 10.6 2,323 02.3 Grogan 173 15.8 5,391 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,098 92,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Glover's 2,323 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uren 928 40.0 26,438 26.0 Britton 460 19.8 5,638 05.6 Byrnes + 264 11.4 41,230 40.6 Green 252 10.9 22,555 22.2 Grogan 419 18.0 5,810 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,323 92,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Britton's 5,638 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uren 969 17.2 27,407 27.0 Byrnes + 838 14.9 42,068 41.4 Green 596 10.6 23,151 22.8 Grogan 3,235 57.4 9,045 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,638 92,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Grogan's 9,045 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uren 4,841 53.5 32,248 31.7 Byrnes + 1,925 21.3 43,993 43.3 Green 2,279 25.2 25,430 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,045 92,045 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Green's 25,430 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Uren 3,640 14.3 35,888 35.3 BYRNES + 21,790 85.7 65,783 64.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,430 92,045 14.7 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alison Joy Byrnes (born 1974): Elected 2022 Born: 5 February 1974, Wollongong NSW Career: Staffer to Hon Sharon Bird MP 2004-22. Wife of Paul Scully MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Bulli, Corrimal, Port Kembla, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 14.7 Effect of 2024 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Labor 2025 notional two-candidate majority: Labor over Liberal 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 132,139 +12.8 Votes cast: 122,060 92.3 +00.9 Informal votes: 6,586 05.4 +00.1 Formal votes: 115,474 94.6 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alison Byrnes * Labor 51,607 44.7 +03.5 Alexis Garnaut-Miller 1,657 01.4 Amanda Ivaneza Lib 26,813 23.2 -01.3 John Fuller PHON 8,765 07.6 +02.2 Tim Lavers AJP 3,048 02.6 Jess Whittaker Grn 23,584 20.4 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 115,474 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Garnaut-Miller's 1,657 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrnes * 316 19.1 51,923 45.0 Ivaneza 235 14.2 27,048 23.4 Fuller 555 33.5 9,320 08.1 Lavers 361 21.8 3,409 03.0 Whittaker 190 11.5 23,774 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,657 115,474 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Lavers's 3,409 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrnes * 628 18.4 52,551 45.5 Ivaneza 348 10.2 27,396 23.7 Fuller 770 22.6 10,090 08.7 Whittaker 1,663 48.8 25,437 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,409 115,474 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fuller's 10,090 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrnes * 2,017 20.0 54,568 47.3 Ivaneza 6,046 59.9 33,442 29.0 Whittaker 2,027 20.1 27,464 23.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,090 115,474 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Whittaker's 27,464 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BYRNES * 23,402 85.2 77,970 67.5 Ivaneza 4,062 14.8 37,504 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 27,464 115,474 17.5 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alison Joy Byrnes: Elected 2022, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------