Electoral results for the district of Bega

Bega, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1988 to the present.[1][2][3][4]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Thomas Rawlinson	Ind. Protectionist
1895		Henry Clarke	Ind. Protectionist
1898			Protectionist
1901			Progressive
1904		William Wood	Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913		William Millard	Liberal Reform
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1988		Russell Smith	Liberal
1991
1995
1999
2003		Andrew Constance	Liberal
2007
2011
2015
2019

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Bega [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	24,796	48.91	−4.33
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	15,508	30.59	−2.25
	Greens	William Douglas	4,945	9.75	−0.35
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Eric Thomas	3,275	6.46	+6.46
	Animal Justice	Coral Anderson	1,371	2.70	+2.70
	Conservatives	Joshua Shoobridge	806	1.59	+1.59
Total formal votes			50,701	97.18	+0.09
Informal votes			1,472	2.82	−0.09
Turnout			52,173	89.75	−0.32
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	26,210	56.93	−1.26
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	19,830	43.07	+1.26
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.26

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Bega [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	25,379	53.2	−5.1
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	15,652	32.8	+10.7
	Greens	Margaret Perger	4,817	10.1	−2.0
	No Land Tax	Clyde Archard	1,138	2.4	+2.4
	Christian Democrats	Ursula Bennett	683	1.4	−0.2
Total formal votes			47,669	97.1	+0.8
Informal votes			1,427	2.9	−0.8
Turnout			49,096	90.1	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	26,023	58.2	−10.3
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	18,696	41.8	+10.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Bega[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	26,122	59.0	+12.1
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	9,749	22.0	-12.9
	Greens	Harriett Swift	5,358	12.1	+4.6
	Independent	Ivan McKay	2,341	5.3	+5.3
	Christian Democrats	Ursula Bennett	716	1.6	+0.0
Total formal votes			44,286	96.9	-1.0
Informal votes			1,426	3.1	+1.0
Turnout			45,712	92.0	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	27,369	68.6	+13.6
	Labor	Leanne Atkinson	12,505	31.4	-13.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.6

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Bega [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	20,196	46.9	+10.8
	Labor	Wilma Chinnock	15,053	34.9	+4.5
	Greens	Margaret Perger	3,248	7.5	-2.6
	Independent	David Hede	3,071	7.1	+7.1
	AAFI	Philip Hodge	799	1.9	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Wess Buckley	714	1.7	+0.4
Total formal votes			43,081	97.8	+0.2
Informal votes			949	2.2	-0.2
Turnout			44,030	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	21,778	55.1	+0.4
	Labor	Wilma Chinnock	17,771	44.9	-0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Bega [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	17,151	39.3	-6.4
	Labor	Wilma Chinnock	13,595	31.2	-0.3
	Independent	Chris Vardon	7,094	16.3	+16.3
	Greens	Annie Florence	4,349	10.0	+6.7
	One Nation	Lynn Abraham	775	1.8	-11.2
	Christian Democrats	Ursula Bennett	640	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			43,604	97.6	-0.7
Informal votes			1,068	2.4	+0.7
Turnout			44,672	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Constance	19,417	53.9	-3.3
	Labor	Wilma Chinnock	16,634	46.1	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Bega [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Smith	18,253	45.7	-12.8
	Labor	John Boland	12,562	31.5	+3.4
	One Nation	Robin Innes	5,200	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Denise Redmond	1,751	4.4	+0.4
	Greens	Kathy Freihaut	1,465	3.7	-3.1
	Independent	Robert Paris	765	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			39,916	98.3	+2.0
Informal votes			678	1.7	-2.0
Turnout			40,594	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Smith	20,251	57.1	-6.4
	Labor	John Boland	15,186	42.9	+6.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.4

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Bega [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Smith	21,653	58.7	0.0
	Labor	John Boland	10,307	27.9	-2.3
	Greens	Mark Blecher	2,529	6.9	+6.9
	Democrats	Denise Redmond	1,484	4.0	-7.1
	Call to Australia	David Howes	724	2.0	+2.0
	Natural Law	Peter Fraser	209	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			36,906	96.4	+4.4
Informal votes			1,397	3.6	-4.4
Turnout			38,303	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Smith	22,769	63.7	+0.9
	Labor	John Boland	12,981	36.3	-0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Bega [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Smith	17,925	58.7	+22.5
	Labor	Ian Marshall	9,232	30.2	+9.0
	Democrats	Denise Redmond	3,402	11.1	+10.0
Total formal votes			30,559	92.0	-5.8
Informal votes			2,671	8.0	+5.8
Turnout			33,230	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Smith	18,669	62.8	-2.4
	Labor	Ian Marshall	11,082	37.2	+2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Bega [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Russell Smith	12,380	39.4	+7.2
	National	Ronald Ferguson	6,881	21.9	+14.3
	Labor	Robert Ware	6,563	20.9	-15.5
	Independent	Richard Roberts	5,235	16.6	+16.6
	Democrats	John Nicholson	389	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			31,448	98.0	-0.6
Informal votes			637	2.0	+0.6
Turnout			32,085	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Russell Smith	20,448	68.7	+16.0
	Labor	Robert Ware	9,331	31.3	-16.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+16.0

1920 - 1988

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Bega [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Millard	3,452	58.4	+17.8
	Labor	John Webster	2,459	41.6	+9.0
Total formal votes			5,911	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			52	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			5,963	63.0	-13.2
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+6.2

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Bega [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Millard	2,966	40.6
	Labor	John Webster	2,386	32.6
	Independent	Hector McWilliam	1,571	21.5
	Independent	Frederick Bland	388	5.3
Total formal votes			7,311	98.5
Informal votes			109	1.5
Turnout			7,420	76.2

1913 New South Wales state election: Bega - Second Round
Saturday 20 December [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Millard	3,810	52.2
	Labor	John Webster	3,484	47.8
Total formal votes			7,294	99.4
Informal votes			46	0.6
Turnout			7,340	75.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Bega [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Wood	3,449	56.77
	Labour	Francis Riley	2,626	43.23
Total formal votes			6,075	99.01
Informal votes			61	0.99
Turnout			6,136	77.59
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Bega [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Wood	3,024	55.5
	Labour	George Holt	2,423	44.5
Total formal votes			5,447	98.7
Informal votes			74	1.3
Turnout			5,521	74.8
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Bega [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Wood	1,904	36.9
	Progressive	Henry Clarke	1,063	20.6
	Labour	Bernard McTernan	1,062	20.6
	Independent	Frederick Bland	775	15.0
	Independent	Edmund Coman	351	6.8
Total formal votes			5,155	99.3
Informal votes			36	0.7
Turnout			5,191	72.1
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Bega was expanded to include part of the abolished district of Eden-Bombala. Henry Clarke (Progressive) was the member for Bega while William Wood (Liberal Reform) was the member for Eden-Bombala.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Bega [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Henry Clarke	925	54.8	-2.4
	Independent	William Boot	717	42.5	+0.3
	Independent	William Braine	45	2.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			1,687	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			16	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			1,703	73.8	+11.9
	Progressive hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Bega [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	Henry Clarke	753	57.2
	Independent Federalist	William Boot	555	42.2
	Independent Federalist	William Braine	8	0.6
Total formal votes			1,316	98.7
Informal votes			18	1.4
Turnout			1,334	61.9
	Member changed to National Federal from Ind. Protectionist

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Bega [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Henry Clarke	880	62.1
	Protectionist	Thomas Rawlinson	537	37.9
Total formal votes			1,417	98.8
Informal votes			17	1.2
Turnout			1,434	71.4
	Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Bega [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Thomas Rawlinson	717	41.3
	Protectionist	James Garvan	616	35.5
	Free Trade	William Neilley	349	20.1
	Ind. Free Trade	Peter Wood	55	3.2
Total formal votes			1,737	98.5
Informal votes			27	1.5
Turnout			1,764	86.9
	Ind. Protectionist win		(new seat)

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