ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF RIVERINA-DARLING, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Griffith, Hay, Narrandera -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: Notional majority: ALP over NPA 01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,325 -06.4 Votes cast: 63,029 93.6 -01.1 Informal votes: 3,228 05.1 +03.6 Formal votes: 59,801 94.9 -03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Sullivan Lib 3,936 06.6 +06.5 Noel Hicks * NPA 28,316 47.4 +00.0 Frederick Martin 276 00.5 Ron Adams + ALP 26,304 44.0 -05.9 Peter Hains AD 969 01.6 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Enrolment and formality are compared with Riverina in 1983. 2. Following the redistribution, Labor is shown as the defending party. 3. Sullivan was member (CP/NCP) for Riverina 1974-77. 4. Hicks was member for Riverina 1980-84. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Martin's 276 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sullivan 31 11.4 3,967 06.6 Hicks * 80 29.3 28,396 47.5 Adams + 94 34.4 26,398 44.1 Hains 68 24.9 1,037 01.7 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 276 59,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hains's 1,037 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sullivan 149 14.4 4,116 06.9 Hicks * 413 39.8 28,809 48.2 Adams + 475 45.8 26,873 44.9 (exhausted 0 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,037 59,801 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Sullivan's 4,116 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HICKS * 3,833 93.4 32,642 54.6 Adams + 273 06.6 27,146 45.4 (exhausted 10 13 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,116 59,801 04.6 05.9 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Jeffrey Hicks (born 1940): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Griffith, Hay, Narrandera -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,774 -02.3 Votes cast: 62,257 94.7 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,002 03.2 -01.9 Formal votes: 60,255 96.8 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Black ALP 28,017 46.5 +02.5 Noel HICKS * NPA 32,238 53.5 +06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,255 03.5 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Black was Mayor of Broken Hill 1980-99 and NSW MLA for Murray- Darling 1999-2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Jeffrey Hicks (born 1940): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Griffith, Hay, Narrandera -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,471 -00.5 Votes cast: 62,155 94.9 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,818 02.9 -00.3 Formal votes: 60,337 97.1 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Dansie 2,181 03.6 Peter Black ALP 26,216 43.4 -03.1 Noel HICKS * NPA 31,940 52.9 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,337 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Black was Mayor of Broken Hill 1980-99 and NSW MLA for Murray- Darling 1999-2007. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dansie's 2,181 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Black 1,229 56.4 27,445 45.5 HICKS * 952 43.6 32,892 54.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,181 60,337 04.5 01.0 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Noel Jeffrey Hicks (born 1940): Elected 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Riverina-Darling was abolished at the 1993 redistribution. Hicks contested Riverina in 1993. -------------------------------------------------------------------