Electoral results for the district of Wentworthville

Wentworthville, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1962 until 1991 and from 1999 until 2007.[1][2][3][4]

Election	Member		Party
1962		Ernie Quinn	Labor
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1988		Pam Allan	Labor
Election	Member		Party
1999		Pam Allan	Labor
2003

Election results

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Allan	21,744	54.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Brett Murray	11,746	29.6	+2.3
	Greens	Darren Reader	1,926	4.9	+2.2
	Christian Democrats	Sam Baissari	1,728	4.4	-0.1
	AAFI	Lyndon Shepherd	1,235	3.1	+1.8
	Unity	Cynthia Su	813	2.0	-0.4
	Democrats	Ian Swallow	506	1.3	-1.5
Total formal votes			39,698	96.8	+0.1
Informal votes			1,292	3.2	-0.1
Turnout			40,990	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Allan	23,664	64.8	-0.6
	Liberal	Brett Murray	12,866	35.2	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Allan	21,250	52.5	+0.9
	Liberal	Rachel Merton	11,071	27.3	-9.0
	One Nation	John Hutchinson	2,609	6.4	+6.4
	Christian Democrats	Dee Jonsson	1,819	4.5	+0.5
	Democrats	Geoffrey Rutledge	1,132	2.8	+1.1
	Greens	Rebecca Filipczyk	1,093	2.7	+2.7
	Unity	See-Yung Chin	972	2.4	+2.4
	AAFI	Ken O'Leary	534	1.3	-2.3
Total formal votes			40,480	96.8	+2.6
Informal votes			1,341	3.2	-2.6
Turnout			41,821	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Allan	22,631	65.4	+7.7
	Liberal	Rachel Merton	11,969	34.6	-7.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.7

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pam Allan	14,603	47.7	-10.0
	Liberal	Gregory Hooper	10,287	33.6	-1.2
	Independent	Allan Ezzy	4,476	14.6	+14.6
	Independent	Manny Poularas	634	2.1	+2.1
	Democrats	William Utterson	604	2.0	-3.0
Total formal votes			30,604	95.9	-0.7
Informal votes			1,314	4.1	+0.7
Turnout			31,918	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pam Allan	15,681	53.9	-7.6
	Liberal	Gregory Hooper	13,428	46.1	+7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	14,593	50.9	-11.7
	Liberal	Colin Edwards	11,962	41.7	+4.3
	Democrats	David Knight	2,107	7.4	+7.4
Total formal votes			28,662	97.0	+1.0
Informal votes			876	3.0	-1.0
Turnout			29,538	94.3	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn		54.6	-8.0
	Liberal	Colin Edwards		45.4	+8.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.0

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	17,182	62.6
	Liberal	Colin Edwards	10,279	37.4
Total formal votes			27,461	96.0
Informal votes			1,157	4.0
Turnout			28,618	93.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.5

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	24,088	70.9	+12.5
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	7,911	23.3	-15.3
	Democrats	Peggy Cable	1,997	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			33,996	97.5	-0.8
Informal votes			867	2.5	+0.8
Turnout			34,863	94.6	-0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	25,193	74.2	+13.5
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	8,773	25.8	-13.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.5

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	19,266	58.4	+2.9
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	12,711	38.6	+1.6
	Independent	Heather Gow	990	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			32,967	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			572	1.7	-1.5
Turnout			33,539	95.1	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	20,002	60.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	12,965	39.3	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	16,686	55.5	-5.3
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	11,133	37.0	-2.2
	Independent	Ian Purdie	2,267	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			30,086	96.8
Informal votes			984	3.2
Turnout			31,070	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	18,080	60.1	-0.7
	Liberal	Edward Roberts	12,006	39.9	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	15,697	60.8	+4.3
	Liberal	Peter Andrews	10,122	39.2	+0.3
Total formal votes			25,819	97.8
Informal votes			588	2.2
Turnout			26,407	94.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	15,854	56.5	+5.6
	Liberal	Richard Gregory	10,899	38.9	-5.2
	Rates and Taxpayers	Albert Hall	1,288	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			28,041	97.1
Informal votes			850	2.9
Turnout			28,891	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	16,498	58.8	+3.7
	Liberal	Richard Gregory	11,543	41.2	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	14,197	50.9	−0.3
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	12,300	44.1	+14.3
	Democratic Labor	Arthur Byrnes	1,139	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Albert Hahn	260	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			27,896	97.4	−1.0
Informal votes			733	2.6	+1.0
Turnout			28,629	94.8	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	14,555	52.2	−8.5
	Liberal	Ralph Stewart	13,341	47.8	+8.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.5

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Wentworthville [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	12,362	51.2	−4.7
	Liberal	Graham Cullis	7,204	29.8	−14.3
	Independent	Montague Bennett	4,604	19.0	+19.0
Total formal votes			24,170	98.4
Informal votes			390	1.6
Turnout			24,560	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Quinn	14,664	60.7	+4.8
	Liberal	Graham Cullis	9,506	39.3	−4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.8

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