Electoral results for the district of Port Stephens

Port Stephens, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988.[1][2]

Members for Port Stephens

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Martin [3]	Labor	1988–1999
	John Bartlett [4]	Labor	1999–2007
	Craig Baumann [5]	Liberal	2007–2014
		Independent	2014–2015
	Kate Washington [6]	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	23,896	48.14	+1.02
	Liberal	Jaimie Abbott	19,818	39.92	−1.03
	Greens	Maureen Magee	1,885	3.80	−2.86
	Independent	Bill Doran	1,756	3.54	+3.54
	Animal Justice	Theresa Taylor	1,303	2.62	+2.62
	Sustainable Australia	Bradley Jelfs	984	1.98	+1.98
Total formal votes			49,642	96.52	−0.17
Informal votes			1,790	3.48	+0.17
Turnout			51,432	91.07	−1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	25,766	55.75	+1.03
	Liberal	Jaimie Abbott	20,448	44.25	−1.03
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.03

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	22,161	47.1	+20.4
	Liberal	Ken Jordan	19,265	41.0	−12.1
	Greens	Rochelle Flood	3,132	6.7	−1.4
	No Land Tax	Joe Shirley	1,331	2.8	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	Peter Arena	1,149	2.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			47,038	96.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,610	3.3	−0.2
Turnout			48,648	92.3	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	24,221	54.7	+19.5
	Liberal	Ken Jordan	20,045	45.3	−19.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+19.5

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	22,956	51.1	+8.6
	Labor	Kate Washington	12,781	28.5	-13.2
	Greens	Liz Stephens	4,062	9.0	+3.0
	Fishing Party	Paul Hennelly	3,002	6.7	+2.0
	Christian Democrats	Julian Grayson	1,083	2.4	-0.5
	Family First	Christopher Stokes	1,018	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			44,902	97.1	-0.1
Informal votes			1,349	2.9	+0.1
Turnout			46,251	93.4	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	24,561	62.4	+12.4
	Labor	Kate Washington	14,770	37.6	-12.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.4

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	17,881	42.5	+8.7
	Labor	Jim Arneman	17,536	41.7	-6.2
	Greens	Charmian Eckersley	2,541	6.0	-0.3
	Fishing Party	Paul Hennelly	1,972	4.7	+4.7
	Christian Democrats	Margaret Higgins	1,235	2.9	+1.4
	AAFI	Lawrence Wood	912	2.2	+2.1
Total formal votes			42,077	97.4	-0.2
Informal votes			1,141	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			43,218	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	19,369	50.1	+7.3
	Labor	Jim Arneman	19,301	49.9	-7.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.3

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bartlett	21,308	49.7	+4.0
	Liberal	Sally Dover	14,811	34.5	+34.5
	Greens	Tom Griffiths	2,974	6.9	+1.4
	Independent	Tony King	1,164	2.7	+1.6
	One Nation	Paul Fuller	1,047	2.4	-10.6
	Democrats	Felicity Boyd	828	1.9	-1.4
	Christian Democrats	Brian Milton	776	1.8	-3.0
Total formal votes			42,908	97.4	-0.4
Informal votes			1,150	2.6	+0.4
Turnout			44,058	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bartlett	23,129	59.3	-3.0
	Liberal	Sally Dover	15,845	40.7	+40.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bartlett	18,415	45.6	-6.5
	National	Geoff Robinson	9,650	23.9	+23.9
	One Nation	Mark Conway	5,247	13.0	+13.0
	Greens	Glen Stevenson	2,237	5.5	-1.0
	Christian Democrats	Sally Dover	1,930	4.8	+0.9
	Democrats	Felicity Boyd	1,345	3.3	+0.4
	Independent	Maxina McCann	1,073	2.7	+2.7
	CEC	Tony King	449	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			40,346	97.7	+3.5
Informal votes			932	2.3	-3.5
Turnout			41,278	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bartlett	20,495	62.3	+2.6
	National	Geoff Robinson	12,421	37.7	-2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	18,917	51.6	-2.9
	Liberal	Tony McCormack	12,897	35.2	+6.5
	Greens	Cathy Burgess	2,281	6.2	+6.2
	Call to Australia	Sally Dover	1,446	3.9	+3.9
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	1,104	3.0	-2.4
Total formal votes			36,645	94.3	+1.4
Informal votes			2,222	5.7	-1.4
Turnout			38,867	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	20,739	59.0	-1.1
	Liberal	Tony McCormack	14,440	41.0	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	17,498	54.5	+15.1
	Liberal	Lee Mather	9,209	28.7	-8.9
	National	Len Roberts	3,665	11.4	+6.4
	Democrats	Lance Woods	1,739	5.4	+4.7
Total formal votes			32,111	92.9	-3.9
Informal votes			2,449	7.1	+3.9
Turnout			34,560	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	18,515	60.1	+13.1
	Liberal	Lee Mather	12,315	39.9	-13.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.1

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	12,967	42.2	-7.6
	Liberal	Walter Scott	12,391	40.4	+10.3
	Independent	George Perrin	4,119	13.4	+13.4
	Independent	Arthur Dalton	1,227	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			30,704	96.6	-1.3
Informal votes			1,072	3.4	+1.3
Turnout			31,776	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	14,235	50.2	-10.2
	Liberal	Walter Scott	14,145	49.8	+10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.2

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