Electoral results for the district of Gladesville

Gladesville, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1981 and abolished in 1999.[1][2][3][4][5]

Election	Member		Party
1981		Rodney Cavalier	Labor
1984
1988		Ivan Petch	Liberal
1991
1995		John Watkins	Labor

Election results

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	14,182	41.7	-6.3
	Labor	John Watkins	13,171	38.7	-3.1
	No Aircraft Noise	Jane Waddell	3,196	9.4	+9.4
	Democrats	Noel Plumb	1,960	5.8	-2.0
	AAFI	Ken Malone	953	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Iris Knight	582	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			34,044	95.5	+4.5
Informal votes			1,615	4.5	-4.5
Turnout			35,659	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Watkins	16,227	50.4	+3.3
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	15,967	49.6	-3.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.3

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	15,448	48.0	+6.8
	Labor	John Watkins	13,462	41.8	+0.4
	Democrats	Noel Plumb	2,514	7.8	+6.4
	Call to Australia	Robyn Peebles	792	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			32,216	90.9	-5.8
Informal votes			3,216	9.1	+5.8
Turnout			35,432	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	16,543	52.9	+0.5
	Labor	John Watkins	14,724	47.1	-0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.5

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	12,027	40.4	-7.2
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	11,970	40.2	+3.4
	Independent	Mick Lardelli	4,686	15.8	+5.8
	Nuclear Disarmament	Hugh Pitty	1,064	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			29,747	96.7	-0.8
Informal votes			1,013	3.3	+0.8
Turnout			30,760	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	15,254	53.0	+8.3
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	13,549	47.0	-8.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	13,818	47.8	-9.4
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	10,561	36.5	+0.9
	Independent	Michael Lardelli	2,927	10.1	+10.1
	Democrats	John Sanders	832	2.9	-4.3
	Independent	John Egan	777	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			28,915	97.5	+0.8
Informal votes			749	2.5	-0.8
Turnout			29,664	93.7	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier		55.5	-4.6
	Liberal	Ivan Petch		44.5	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Gladesville [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,381	57.2
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	10,190	35.6
	Democrats	Robert Springett	2,065	7.2
Total formal votes			28,636	96.7
Informal votes			977	3.3
Turnout			29,613	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,881	60.1	-0.4
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	11,190	39.9	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.4

References

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2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "The Hon. Rodney Mark Cavalier (1948- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
4. "The Hon. Ivan John Petch (1939- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
5. "The Hon. John Arthur Watkins AM (1955- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
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9. Green, Antony. "1984 Gladesville". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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