Electoral results for the district of Wakehurst

Wakehurst, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had one incarnation, from 1962 until the present.[1][2]

Members for Wakehurst

Member		Party	Period
	Dick Healey [3]	Liberal	1962–1971
	Allan Viney [4]	Liberal	1971–1978
	Tom Webster [5]	Labor	1978–1984
	John Booth [6]	Liberal	1984–1991
	Brad Hazzard [7]	Liberal	1991–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	28,704	58.93	−4.99
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	8,600	17.65	+2.23
	Greens	Lilith Zaharias	4,867	9.99	−1.97
	Keep Sydney Open	Katika Schultz	1,928	3.96	+3.96
	Animal Justice	Susan Sorensen	1,685	3.46	+3.46
	Independent	Darren Hough	1,606	3.30	+3.30
	Sustainable Australia	Greg Mawson	1,322	2.71	+2.71
Total formal votes			48,712	96.94	+0.39
Informal votes			1,537	3.06	−0.39
Turnout			50,249	90.03	−1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	30,182	71.00	−4.24
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	12,326	29.00	+4.24
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.24

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [10][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	30,611	63.9	−5.5
	Labor	Ned Barsi	7,387	15.4	+2.4
	Greens	Jonathan King	5,727	12.0	−2.8
	Independent	Conny Harris	2,057	4.3	+4.3
	Christian Democrats	Silvana Nero	1,259	2.6	−0.2
	No Land Tax	Robert Di Cosmo	853	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			47,894	96.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,712	3.5	−0.1
Turnout			49,606	91.6	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	32,105	75.2	−5.3
	Labor	Ned Barsi	10,565	24.8	+5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	31,634	69.4	+12.5
	Greens	Conny Harris	6,717	14.7	+2.1
	Labor	Linda Beattie	5,930	13.0	-10.9
	Christian Democrats	Peter Colsell	1,271	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			45,552	96.9	0.0
Informal votes			1,466	3.1	0.0
Turnout			47,018	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	33,210	80.5	+13.2
	Labor	Linda Beattie	8,021	19.5	-13.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	32,811	78.5	+11.2
	Greens	Conny Harris	8,969	21.5	+21.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.2

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	24,488	56.9	+8.9
	Labor	Patricio Chavez	10,305	24.0	+0.3
	Greens	Conny Harris	5,436	12.6	+2.2
	Democrats	Georgina Johanson	1,528	3.6	+2.2
	AAFI	Thomas Moody	1,249	2.9	+1.3
Total formal votes			43,006	96.9	+0.1
Informal votes			1,389	3.1	-0.1
Turnout			44,395	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	25,980	67.3	+4.1
	Labor	Patricio Chavez	12,628	32.7	-4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	18,584	47.2	-1.2
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	9,416	23.9	-4.9
	Independent	Vincent De Luca	4,485	11.4	+11.4
	Greens	Peter Forrest	3,997	10.1	+3.5
	Christian Democrats	Mike Hubbard	1,206	3.1	+3.1
	Unity	Rita Lee	591	1.5	+1.5
	AAFI	Anthony Mavin	591	1.5	-1.4
	Democrats	Tony Howells	527	1.3	-5.2
Total formal votes			39,397	96.6	-0.4
Informal votes			1,387	3.4	+0.4
Turnout			40,784	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	20,542	62.7	+1.9
	Labor	Chris Sharpe	12,230	37.3	-1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.9

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	19,278	48.4	-7.3
	Labor	Cherie Stokes	11,455	28.8	+1.3
	One Nation	Ian Nelson	2,684	6.7	+6.7
	Greens	Barbara Hatten	2,644	6.6	+5.1
	Democrats	Gabrielle Russell	2,583	6.5	+1.0
	AAFI	Alexander Hampel	1,172	2.9	-4.0
Total formal votes			39,816	97.0	+1.6
Informal votes			1,219	3.0	-1.6
Turnout			41,035	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	21,225	60.8	-4.1
	Labor	Cherie Stokes	13,713	39.2	+4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.1

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	18,524	54.5	-0.9
	Labor	Patricia Armstrong	10,152	29.8	+3.8
	AAFI	David Kitson	2,163	6.4	+6.4
	Democrats	Sylvia Adam	1,880	5.5	-2.0
	Call to Australia	Lesley Maher	820	2.4	+2.4
	Natural Law	Catherine Webster	479	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			34,018	95.5	+4.8
Informal votes			1,592	4.5	-4.8
Turnout			35,610	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	20,188	62.9	+0.2
	Labor	Patricia Armstrong	11,899	37.1	-0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	17,161	55.3	+2.4
	Labor	Anne Purcell	8,077	26.0	-6.4
	Independent	Tim Maguire	3,435	11.1	+11.1
	Democrats	Richard Hill	2,336	7.5	+7.4
Total formal votes			31,009	90.8	-5.6
Informal votes			3,155	9.2	+5.6
Turnout			34,164	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Brad Hazzard	18,550	62.7	+3.2
	Labor	Anne Purcell	11,048	37.3	-3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Booth	15,013	52.2	+2.6
	Labor	Tom Webster	10,022	34.9	-10.6
	Independent	Michael Pawley	3,717	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			28,752	96.3	-1.3
Informal votes			1,090	3.7	+1.3
Turnout			29,842	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Booth	16,004	57.5	+5.5
	Labor	Tom Webster	11,809	42.5	-5.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.5

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Booth	13,767	49.2	+7.6
	Labor	Tom Webster	13,038	46.6	+8.7
	Independent	Maurice Foley	606	2.2	+2.2
	Democrats	Laurence Bourke	581	2.1	-1.0
Total formal votes			27,992	97.6	+0.6
Informal votes			680	2.4	-0.6
Turnout			28,672	91.6	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Booth		51.2	+8.2
	Labor	Tom Webster		48.8	-8.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Webster	14,891	55.3	-0.8
	Liberal	Phillip Wearne	11,194	41.6	-2.3
	Democrats	Henri Rathgeber	837	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			26,922	97.0
Informal votes			833	3.0
Turnout			27,755	90.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Webster	15,098	57.0	+0.9
	Liberal	Phillip Wearne	11,394	43.0	-0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Webster	17,066	56.2	+14.0
	Liberal	Allan Viney	13,329	43.8	-14.0
Total formal votes			30,395	97.0	-0.7
Informal votes			938	3.0	+0.7
Turnout			31,333	91.5	-0.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.0

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Viney	17,836	57.8	+4.4
	Labor	Noel Berrell	12,999	42.2	+10.6
Total formal votes			30,835	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			715	2.3	-0.4
Turnout			31,550	91.7	+1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Viney	14,876	53.4	-0.9
	Labor	Colin McIlwraith	8,801	31.6	-7.0
	Australia	Pamela Wilson	2,770	9.9	+9.9
	Democratic Labor	Terrence Fay	1,412	5.1	-2.0
Total formal votes			27,859	97.3
Informal votes			782	2.7
Turnout			28,641	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Allan Viney	17,114	61.4	+1.4
	Labor	Colin McIlwraith	10,745	38.6	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Allan Viney	15,074	52.3	-7.3
	Labor	Evan Davies	11,706	40.6	+7.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Lee	2,038	7.1	-0.2
Total formal votes			28,818	97.7
Informal votes			664	2.3
Turnout			29,482	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Allan Viney	16,704	58.0	-7.5
	Labor	Evan Davies	12,114	42.0	+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.5

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	18,475	63.6	0.0
	Labor	Dorothy Isaksen	8,442	29.1	-3.7
	Democratic Labor	Lyle Antcliff	2,115	7.3	+7.3
Total formal votes			29,032	96.8
Informal votes			965	3.2
Turnout			29,997	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Healey	20,167	69.5	+3.0
	Labor	Dorothy Isaksen	8,865	30.5	-3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	17,285	63.6	+11.9
	Labor	Geoffrey Mill	8,912	32.8	−2.8
	Independent	Frederick Jones	981	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			27,178	98.4	+0.5
Informal votes			434	1.6	−0.5
Turnout			27,612	92.7	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Healey	18,070	66.5	+7.6
	Labor	Geoffrey Mill	9,108	33.5	−7.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.6

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Wakehurst [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	11,689	51.7	−9.4
	Labor	John Fisher	8,062	35.6	−3.3
	Independent	Edgar Wilson	1,440	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Beverley Job	792	3.5	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Philip Cohen	638	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			22,621	97.9
Informal votes			491	2.1
Turnout			23,112	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dick Healey	13,315	58.9	−2.2
	Labor	John Fisher	9,306	41.1	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.2

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