Electoral results for the district of Eastwood

Eastwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1927 to 1930,[1][2] and from 1950 to 1999.[3][4][5][6]

First incarnation (1927–1930)
Election	Member		Party
1927		David Anderson	Nationalist
Second incarnation (1950–1999)
Election	Member		Party
1950		Eric Hearnshaw	Liberal
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965		Jim Clough	Liberal
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988		Andrew Tink	Liberal
1991
1995

Election results

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	18,867	55.7	-6.7
	Labor	Steve Gurney	8,981	26.5	+1.6
	Greens	Alex Lepelaar	2,124	6.3	+6.3
	Democrats	Chris Dunkerley	2,051	6.1	-2.7
	AAFI	Rodney Smith	1,667	4.9	+4.9
	Natural Law	Tim Carr	192	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			33,882	96.3	+2.9
Informal votes			1,306	3.7	-2.9
Turnout			35,188	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	20,649	64.2	-4.5
	Labor	Steve Gurney	11,507	35.8	+4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.5

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	20,341	62.4	-0.9
	Labor	John Quessy	8,133	24.9	-2.7
	Democrats	Chris Dunkerley	2,856	8.8	-0.4
	Independent	Zero-Population-Growth	1,291	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			32,621	93.4	-3.8
Informal votes			2,319	6.6	+3.8
Turnout			34,940	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	21,609	68.7	+1.4
	Labor	John Quessy	9,850	31.3	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	18,660	63.3	+3.6
	Labor	Colleen Logan	7,881	26.7	-5.2
	Democrats	Christopher Dunkerley	2,958	10.0	+1.6
Total formal votes			29,499	97.1	-1.1
Informal votes			877	2.9	+1.1
Turnout			30,376	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Tink	19,635	67.6	+3.1
	Labor	Colleen Logan	9,400	32.4	-3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	17,937	60.0	+5.0
	Labor	Joyce Tuckwell	9,404	31.5	-5.3
	Democrats	Christopher Dunkerley	2,545	8.5	+0.2
Total formal votes			29,886	98.2	+0.5
Informal votes			548	1.8	-0.5
Turnout			30,434	93.3	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough		64.8	+5.1
	Labor	Joyce Tuckwell		35.2	-5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,857	55.0	+3.6
	Labor	Jeff Shaw	10,601	36.8	-5.7
	Democrats	Peter Chambers	2,387	8.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			28,845	97.7
Informal votes			685	2.3
Turnout			29,530	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	16,857	59.7	+5.2
	Labor	Jeff Shaw	11,401	40.3	-5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,715	51.4	-13.3
	Labor	Jan Murray	12,992	42.5	+7.2
	Democrats	Phillip Cockell	1,846	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			30,553	98.3	-0.5
Informal votes			537	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			31,090	92.8	-1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	16,638	54.5	-10.2
	Labor	Jan Murray	13,915	45.5	+10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.2

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	19,875	64.7	+2.2
	Labor	Robert Cummins	10,865	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			30,740	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			380	1.2	-1.5
Turnout			31,120	94.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	17,980	62.5	+3.3
	Australia	John Butterworth	7,956	27.7	+27.7
	Democratic Labor	Paul Burton	2,834	9.8	+9.8
Total formal votes			28,770	97.3
Informal votes			788	2.7
Turnout			29,558	92.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	19,397	67.4	-0.9
	Australia	John Butterworth	9,373	32.6	+32.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,491	59.2	-10.5
	Labor	John McMahon	8,211	31.4	+1.1
	Independent	Olwyn Mackenzie	2,454	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			26,156	98.1
Informal votes			518	1.9
Turnout			26,674	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	16,960	64.8	-4.9
	Labor	John McMahon	9,196	35.2	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	17,589	69.7	+16.2
	Labor	George Keniry	7,636	30.3	+4.6
Total formal votes			25,225	97.0
Informal votes			773	3.0
Turnout			25,998	94.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,264	53.5	−13.7
	Labor	George Keniry	7,323	25.7	−7.1
	Independent	Marion Hearnshaw	4,569	16.0	+16.0
	Democratic Labor	Doris Brauer	1,361	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			28,517	98.5	−0.5
Informal votes			441	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			28,958	93.6	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	19,551	68.6	+1.4
	Labor	George Keniry	8,966	31.4	−1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	18,137	67.2	−0.5
	Labor	Robert Mayhew	8,833	32.8	+0.5
Total formal votes			26,970	99.0
Informal votes			282	1.0
Turnout			27,252	94.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	17,702	72.7
	Labor	William Browne	6,649	27.3
Total formal votes			24,351	98.8
Informal votes			298	1.2
Turnout			24,649	93.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	12,757	59.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	5,525	25.6
	Independent	Francis Collings	3,335	15.4
Total formal votes			21,617	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,957	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	15,132	70.0
	Labor	Francis Corcoran	6,485	30.0
	Liberal hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hearnshaw	14,275	71.4
	Labor	John Birchall	5,712	28.6
Total formal votes			19,987	98.2
Informal votes			360	1.8
Turnout			20,347	92.2
	Liberal win		(new seat)

District recreated

1930 - 1950

District abolished

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	David Anderson	7,770	65.5
	Labor	Alan McNamara	3,630	30.6
	Protestant Labor	William Featherstone	463	3.9
Total formal votes			11,863	98.8
Informal votes			143	1.2
Turnout			12,006	81.7
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

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