Electoral results for the district of Gordon (New South Wales)

Gordon, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1999.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1904		Charles Wade	Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917		Thomas Bavin	Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Sir Thomas Bavin	Nationalist
1930
1932			United Australia
1935
1935 by		Sir Philip Goldfinch	United Australia
1937 by		Harry Turner	United Australia
1938
1938 by
1941
1944			Democratic
1947			Liberal
1950
1953		Stewart Fraser	Liberal
1956
1959			Liberal / Independent
1962		Harry Jago	Liberal
1965
1968
1971
1973		Kevin Harrold	Democratic Labor
1976		Tim Moore	Liberal
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991
1992		Jeremy Kinross	Liberal
1995

Election results

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Gordon [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Kinross	22,928	68.0	-6.5
	Labor	Jan Butland	4,174	12.4	+1.1
	Democrats	Ann Barry	2,635	7.8	-2.6
	Greens	Ross Knowles	2,009	6.0	+6.0
	Stop Dual Occupancy	Tanya Wood	1,102	3.3	+3.3
	Call to Australia	Margaret Ratcliffe	700	2.1	-1.8
	CEC	Leone Hay	156	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			33,704	96.8	+2.7
Informal votes			1,106	3.2	-2.7
Turnout			34,810	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeremy Kinross	25,108	80.3	-3.3
	Labor	Jan Butland	6,171	19.7	+3.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.3

1992 by-election

1992 Gordon by-election
Saturday 22 August [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeremy Kinross	19,832	69.02	-6.5
	Independent	David Barnett	4,481	15.60
	CEC	Leone Hay	1,903	6.62
	Marie Bignold Team	Marie Bignold	1,844	6.42
	Call to Australia	Bruce Coleman	673	2.34	-1.5
Total formal votes			28,733	95.15
Informal votes			1,465	4.85
Turnout			30,198	80.17
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jeremy Kinross	20,999	77.85	-5.7
	Independent	David Barnett	5,975	22.15	22.15
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.7

Tim Moore (Liberal) resigned.[5]

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Gordon [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	23,984	74.5	-4.9
	Labor	Ian Latham	3,617	11.2	-4.1
	Democrats	Michelle Herfurth	3,350	10.4	+5.2
	Call to Australia	John Swan	1,244	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			32,195	94.1	-3.6
Informal votes			2,019	5.9	+3.6
Turnout			34,214	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	25,505	83.5	+1.3
	Labor	Ian Latham	5,023	16.5	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Gordon [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	22,986	77.9	+0.3
	Labor	Simon Jeans	3,719	12.6	-4.7
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	2,784	9.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			29,489	97.5	-0.5
Informal votes			762	2.5	+0.5
Turnout			30,251	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	23,764	82.9	+2.6
	Labor	Simon Jeans	4,885	17.1	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Gordon [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	22,762	77.7	+5.6
	Labor	Robert Dubler	5,083	17.4	-3.1
	Democrats	Kevin Gartrell-Wardale	1,452	5.0	-2.3
Total formal votes			29,297	98.0	+0.2
Informal votes			602	2.0	-0.2
Turnout			29,899	92.6	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore		80.3	+3.1
	Labor	Robert Dubler		19.7	-3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Gordon [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	20,594	72.1	+2.9
	Labor	George Doumanis	5,862	20.5	-3.4
	Democrats	Ilse Robey	2,087	7.3	+0.4
Total formal votes			28,543	97.8
Informal votes			631	2.2
Turnout			29,174	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	20,894	77.2	+3.2
	Labor	George Doumanis	6,162	22.8	-3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Gordon [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	18,925	69.2	+4.3
	Labor	Arthur Litchfield	6,530	23.9	+7.1
	Democrats	Ilse Robey	1,879	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			27,334	98.4	-0.4
Informal votes			429	1.6	+0.4
Turnout			27,763	90.9	-2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	20,215	74.0	-7.5
	Labor	Arthur Litchfield	7,119	26.0	+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.5

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Gordon [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	18,168	64.9	+64.9
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	4,695	16.8	-3.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	2,201	7.9	-71.5
	Independent	John Harris	1,789	6.4	+6.4
	Workers	Christopher Brown	1,147	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			28,000	98.8	+2.5
Informal votes			349	1.2	-2.5
Turnout			28,349	93.2	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	22,815	81.5	+81.5
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	5,185	18.5	-2.1
	Liberal gain from Democratic Labor		Swing	N/A

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Gordon [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	20,707	79.4	+61.0
	Labor	Miron Shapira	5,372	20.6	+20.6
Total formal votes			26,079	96.3
Informal votes			1,004	3.7
Turnout			27,083	92.3
	Democratic Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Gordon [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Jago	20,074	81.6	-0.2
	Democratic Labor	Allan Dwyer	4,530	18.4	+12.9
Total formal votes			24,604	94.4
Informal votes			1,452	5.6
Turnout			26,056	91.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Gordon [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Jago	20,099	81.8	-6.4
	Labor	Norman Hanscombe	3,127	12.7	+12.7
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	1,346	5.5	-6.3
Total formal votes			24,572	97.0
Informal votes			771	3.0
Turnout			25,343	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Harry Jago	21,176	86.2	-2.0
	Labor	Norman Hanscombe	3,396	13.8	+13.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Gordon [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Jago	22,870	88.2	+38.9
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	3,066	11.8	+7.2
Total formal votes			25,936	95.6	−2.4
Informal votes			1,183	4.4	+2.4
Turnout			27,119	91.8	−1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Gordon [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Jago	12,872	49.3	−50.7
	Independent	Stewart Fraser	7,872	30.2	+30.2
	Independent	Phyllis Atkins	2,216	8.5	+8.5
	Independent	George Nicol	1,941	7.4	+7.4
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	1,194	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			26,095	98.0
Informal votes			529	2.0
Turnout			26,624	93.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Harry Jago	15,156	58.1	−41.9
	Independent	Stewart Fraser	10,939	41.9	+41.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Gordon [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Fraser	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Gordon [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Fraser	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Gordon [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Fraser	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Gordon [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Turner	unopposed
	Liberal hold

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Gordon [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harry Turner	19,241	84.3	+12.7
	Independent	James O'Toole	3,572	15.7	+15.7
Total formal votes			22,813	98.5	+1.5
Informal votes			344	1.5	-1.5
Turnout			23,157	92.6	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Gordon [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry Turner	15,076	71.6	-28.4
	Liberal Democratic	Kenneth Lorimer	5,972	28.4	+28.4
Total formal votes			21,048	97.0
Informal votes			658	3.0
Turnout			21,706	92.8
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Gordon [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry Turner	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1938 by-election

1938 Gordon by-election
Saturday 24 September [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry Turner	12,421	59.97
	United Australia	William Milne	8,291	40.03
Total formal votes			20,712	97.96
Informal votes			431	2.04
Turnout			21,143	91.99
	United Australia hold		Swing

The by-election was held because the Court of Disputed Returns declared that the election of Harry Turner at the 1938 Gordon election was void.[24]

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Gordon [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry Turner	10,557	50.02	-49.98
	United Australia	William Milne	10,548	49.98	+49.98
Total formal votes			21,105	96.6
Informal votes			739	3.4
Turnout			21,844	95.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1937 by-election

1937 Gordon by-election
Saturday 7 August [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harry Turner	11,902	61.82
	Independent	Sydney Storey	7,351	38.18
Total formal votes			19,253	98.00
Informal votes			393	2.00
Turnout			19,646	89.54
	United Australia hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by resignation of Sir Philip Goldfinch (United Australia).[26]

1935 by-election

1935 Gordon by-election
Friday 8 November 1935 [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Sir Philip Goldfinch	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

The by-election was caused by resignation of Sir Thomas Bavin (United Australia) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court.[27]

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Gordon [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Bavin	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Gordon [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Bavin	16,112	87.4	+9.6
	Labor (NSW)	George Smart	2,326	12.6	-8.8
Total formal votes			18,438	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			280	1.5	-0.3
Turnout			18,718	96.0	+0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Gordon [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	13,951	77.8
	Labor	Albert Kitchen	3,840	21.4
	Communist	Esmonde Higgins	147	0.8
Total formal votes			17,938	98.2
Informal votes			323	1.8
Turnout			18,261	95.5
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Gordon [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	11,799	87.0
	Labor	Oscar Mostyn	1,768	13.0
Total formal votes			13,567	99.1
Informal votes			129	0.9
Turnout			13,696	85.3
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Gordon [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Loxton	3,822	35.2	+35.2
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	2,928	26.9	-42.0
	Ind. Nationalist	Robert Forsyth	2,753	25.3	+25.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Fitt Petrie	1,366	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			10,869	99.2	+1.1
Informal votes			89	0.8	-1.1
Turnout			10,958	62.7	-7.7

1917 New South Wales state election: Gordon - Second Round [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Bavin	5,612	50.2	-18.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Edward Loxton	5,573	49.8	+49.8
Total formal votes			11,185	99.7	+0.5
Informal votes			28	0.3	-0.5
Turnout			11,213	64.2	+1.5
	Nationalist hold

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Gordon [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Wade	6,335	68.9
	Labor	Frederick Cowdroy	2,863	31.1
Total formal votes			9,198	98.1
Informal votes			177	1.9
Turnout			9,375	70.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Gordon [34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Wade	6,497	71.23
	Labour	Conrad Von Hagen	2,624	28.77
Total formal votes			9,121	98.19
Informal votes			168	1.81
Turnout			9,289	74.59
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Gordon [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Wade	5,156	73.6
	Labour	Sydney Hutton	1,854	26.5
Total formal votes			7,010	97.2
Informal votes			203	2.8
Turnout			7,213	74.1
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Gordon [36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Wade	3,115	78.1
	Labour	Arthur Porter	873	21.9
Total formal votes			3,988	98.5
Informal votes			61	1.5
Turnout			4,049	53.8
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Gordon was a new seat and consisted of part of the abolished seat of Willoughby. The member for Willoughby was Charles Wade (Liberal Reform).

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