Electoral results for the district of Peats

Peats, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, existed from 1973 until its abolition in 2007 and was always held by the Labor party.[1][2][3][4][5][6]


Members edit

Election Member Party
1973   Keith O'Connell Labor
1976
1978
1981
1984
1984   Paul Landa Labor
1985 by   Tony Doyle Labor
1988
1991
1995   Marie Andrews Labor
1999
2003

Election results edit

Elections in the 2000s edit

2003 edit

2003 New South Wales state election: Peats[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Marie Andrews 18,180 43.9 -6.0
Liberal Debra Wales 11,620 28.1 -3.2
Independent Chris Holstein 7,582 18.3 +18.3
Greens Vicki Brooke 2,028 4.9 +2.0
Against Further Immigration John Goldsmith 643 1.6 +0.5
Independent Peter Moore 547 1.3 +1.3
Save Our Suburbs Mark Ellis 513 1.2 +1.2
Democrats Geoff Ward 306 0.7 -3.2
Total formal votes 41,419 97.8 +0.3
Informal votes 936 2.2 -0.3
Turnout 42,355 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marie Andrews 21,181 59.7 -1.6
Liberal Debra Wales 14,289 40.3 +1.6
Labor hold Swing -1.6

Elections in the 1990s edit

1999 edit

1999 New South Wales state election: Peats[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Marie Andrews 20,451 49.9 -2.3
Liberal Debra Wales 12,803 31,3 -7.4
One Nation Jeffrey Prest 2,767 6.8 +6.8
Democrats Geoff Preece 1,598 3.9 +3.9
Greens Stephen Lacey 1,194 2.9 +2.9
Christian Democrats Sue Spencer 1,104 2.7 +2.7
Against Further Immigration Ian King 461 1.1 +1.1
Earthsave Norm Purcival 372 0.9 +0.9
Unity Xiong Guo 193 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 40,943 97.5 +2.5
Informal votes 1,040 2.5 -2.5
Turnout 41,983 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marie Andrews 22,397 61.3 +3.6
Liberal Debra Wales 14,114 38.7 -3.6
Labor hold Swing +3.6

1995 edit

1995 New South Wales state election: Peats[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Marie Andrews 18,788 52.7 -2.3
Liberal Thomas Bojanic 13,491 37.8 +5.2
Independent Bryan Ellis 3,401 9.5 +9.5
Total formal votes 35,680 95.2 +3.1
Informal votes 1,816 4.8 -3.1
Turnout 37,496 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Marie Andrews 20,131 58.4 -2.6
Liberal Thomas Bojanic 14,329 41.6 +2.6
Labor hold Swing -2.6

1991 edit

1991 New South Wales state election: Peats[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Doyle 17,690 54.9 +6.1
Liberal Keith Lavers 10,490 32.6 -1.8
Independent Pat Harrison 2,579 8.0 -8.8
Democrats Merv Howlett 1,445 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 32,204 92.1 -5.0
Informal votes 2,776 7.9 +5.0
Turnout 34,980 94.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Doyle 19,040 61.0 +3.7
Liberal Keith Lavers 12,150 39.0 -3.7
Labor hold Swing +3.7

Elections in the 1980s edit

1988 edit

1988 New South Wales state election: Peats[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Doyle 15,223 48.8 -11.6
Liberal Dennis Swadling 10,568 33.9 +1.2
Independent Patricia Harrison 5,378 17.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 31,169 97.1 -1.1
Informal votes 942 2.9 +1.1
Turnout 32,111 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Doyle 16,894 57.5 -6.4
Liberal Dennis Swadling 12,462 42.5 +6.4
Labor hold Swing -6.4

1985 by-election edit

1985 Peats by-election
Saturday 2 February [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Doyle 14,382 48.9 -10.8
Liberal Peter Walsh 12,068 41.1 +7.7
Independent Keith Whitfield 1,533 5.2
Democrats John Aitken 1,411 4.8 -2.1
Total formal votes 29,394 98.9
Informal votes 315 1.1
Turnout 29,709 88.0
Labor hold Swing
Paul Landa (Labor) died.[12]

1984 edit

1984 New South Wales state election: Peats[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Landa 17,789 59.7 -4.8
Liberal Jim Lloyd 9,959 33.4 +8.4
Democrats John Aitken 2,065 6.9 -3.6
Total formal votes 29,813 98.2 +1.9
Informal votes 539 1.8 -1.9
Turnout 30,352 93.3 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Landa 63.2 -7.2
Liberal Jim Lloyd 36.8 +7.2
Labor hold Swing -7.2

1981 edit

1981 New South Wales state election: Peats[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith O'Connell 18,046 64.5 -3.8
Liberal Raymond Carter 7,014 25.0 +0.7
Democrats John Aitken 2,937 10.5 +7.2
Total formal votes 27,997 96.3
Informal votes 1,082 3.7
Turnout 29,079 91.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith O'Connell 19,060 70.4 -0.4
Liberal Raymond Carter 8,014 29.6 +0.4
Labor hold Swing -0.4

Elections in the 1970s edit

1978 edit

1978 New South Wales state election: Peats[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith O'Connell 24,692 68.3 +9.6
Liberal Robert Hanington 8,788 24.3 -17.0
Independent Barry Phillips 1,489 4.1 +4.1
Democrats Ray Griffiths 1,174 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 36,143 97.8 -0.5
Informal votes 795 2.2 +0.5
Turnout 36,938 93.5 -1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Keith O'Connell 25,578 70.8 +12.1
Liberal Robert Hanington 10,565 29.2 -12.1
Labor hold Swing +12.1

1976 edit

1976 New South Wales state election: Peats[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith O'Connell 19,289 58.7 +1.4
Liberal Peter Walsh 13,579 41.3 -1.4
Total formal votes 32,868 98.3 +0.5
Informal votes 556 1.7 -0.5
Turnout 33,424 94.6 +1.2
Labor hold Swing +1.4

1973 edit

1973 New South Wales state election: Peats[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Keith O'Connell 15,948 57.3 -1.5
Liberal Graeme Hallett 11,886 42.7 +1.5
Total formal votes 27,834 97.8
Informal votes 617 2.2
Turnout 28,451 93.4
Labor notional hold Swing -1.5
Peats was a new seat with a notional Labor majority.

References edit

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