Electoral results for the district of Wollondilly

Wollondilly, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1981 and the second from 2007 to the present. It returned 3 members between 1920 and 1927.[1][2]

Members for Wollondilly

First Incarnation 1904–1981

1904–1920, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	William McCourt	Liberal Reform	1904–1913
	Frank Badgery	Liberal Reform	1913–1915
	(Sir) George Fuller	Liberal Reform	1915–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

1920–1927, 3 members
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Sir George Fuller	Nationalist	1920–1927		Billy Davies	Labor	1920–1927		John Cleary	Labor	1920–1922
									Mark Morton	Nationalist	1922–1925
									Andrew Lysaght	Labor	1925–1927

1927–1981, 1 member
Member		Party	Term
	George Fuller	Nationalist	1927–1928
	Mark Morton	Nationalist	1928–1932
		United Australia	1932–1938
	Jeff Bate	United Australia	1938–1945
		Liberal	1945–1949
	Blake Pelly	Liberal	1950–1957
	Tom Lewis	Liberal	1957–1978
	Bill Knott	Labor	1978–1981

Second Incarnation 2007–present

1 member
Member		Party	Term
	Phil Costa	Labor	2007–2011
	Jai Rowell	Liberal	2011–2018
	Nathaniel Smith	Liberal	2019–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Nathaniel Smith	19,351	37.95	−20.00
	Independent	Judy Hannan	10,258	20.12	+20.12
	Labor	Jo-Ann Davidson	7,723	15.15	−9.08
	One Nation	Charlie Fenton	5,712	11.20	+11.20
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jason Bolwell	3,235	6.34	+6.34
	Greens	David Powell	2,847	5.58	−2.80
	Animal Justice	Heather Edwards	1,326	2.60	+2.60
	Liberal Democrats	Mitchell Black	537	1.05	+1.05
Total formal votes			50,989	96.35	+0.11
Informal votes			1,934	3.65	−0.11
Turnout			52,923	92.21	−0.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Nathaniel Smith	22,925	63.83	−3.46
	Labor	Jo-Ann Davidson	12,988	36.17	+3.46
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Nathaniel Smith	21,113	55.50	−11.80
	Independent	Judy Hannan	16,931	44.50	+44.50
	Liberal hold		Swing	−11.80

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jai Rowell	27,345	58.0	+2.1
	Labor	Ciaran O'Brien	11,429	24.2	+5.3
	Greens	Patrick Darley-Jones	3,957	8.4	+1.1
	Independent	Lynette Styles	1,821	3.9	+3.9
	Christian Democrats	Susan Pinsuti	1,559	3.3	−0.2
	No Land Tax	Maria Foia	1,073	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			47,184	96.2	+0.5
Informal votes			1,844	3.8	−0.5
Turnout			49,028	92.9	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jai Rowell	28,795	67.3	−4.3
	Labor	Ciaran O'Brien	13,994	32.7	+4.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−4.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jai Rowell	22,632	49.9	+10.6
	Labor	Phil Costa	11,558	25.5	-18.8
	Independent	Judy Hannan	4,971	11.0	+11.0
	Greens	Jess Di Blasio	2,432	5.4	-1.6
	Outdoor Recreation	Clinton Mead	2,104	4.6	+4.6
	Christian Democrats	Chris Dalton	1,669	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			45,366	95.4	-1.0
Informal votes			2,183	4.6	+1.0
Turnout			47,549	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jai Rowell	24,861	64.7	+18.0
	Labor	Phil Costa	13,559	35.3	-18.0
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+18.0

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil Costa	18,652	44.3	-2.4
	Liberal	Sharryn Hilton	16,524	39.2	-0.3
	Independent	Danny Stewart	3,069	7.3	+7.3
	Greens	Geraldine Hunt	2,931	7.0	+0.9
	Independent	Maurice Nelmes	926	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			42,102	96.4	-0.8
Informal votes			1,577	3.6	+0.8
Turnout			43,679	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil Costa	20,803	53.3	-1.3
	Liberal	Sharryn Hilton	18,226	46.7	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.3

District re-created

1981 - 2007

District abolished District abolished

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Reynolds	13,074	43.1	-9.1
	Labor	Bill Knott	13,005	42.8	+3.7
	Independent	Robert Wilson	2,647	8.7	+8.7
	Democrats	Paul Stocker	1,631	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			30,357	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			475	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			30,832	93.5	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Knott	15,313	50.4	+8.0
	Liberal	Peter Reynolds	15,044	49.6	-8.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.0

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	14,514	52.2	-3.1
	Labor	Bill Knott	10,883	39.1	+7.9
	Workers	Victor Thomas	1,526	5.5	+5.5
	Independent	William Tangye	880	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			27,803	98.7	+0.4
Informal votes			379	1.3	-0.4
Turnout			28,182	93.6	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	16,023	57.6	-4.4
	Labor	Bill Knott	11,780	42.4	+4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	13,426	55.3	-0.4
	Labor	Bill Knott	7,582	31.2	-5.0
	Independent	Dianne Allen	1,714	7.1	+7.1
	Australia	Jill Kerr	1,007	4.2	+4.2
	Democratic Labor	Bernard McRae	554	2.3	-1.8
Total formal votes			24,283	98.3
Informal votes			415	1.7
Turnout			24,698	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	15,055	62.0	+1.0
	Labor	Bill Knott	9,228	38.0	-1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	11,538	55.7	-9.3
	Labor	John Kerin	7,506	36.2	+1.2
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	858	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Alexander Gould	814	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			20,716	98.5
Informal votes			323	1.5
Turnout			21,039	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	12,631	61.0	-4.0
	Labor	John Kerin	8,085	39.0	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	10,652	59.2	+0.4
	Labor	Bernard Carroll	7,330	40.8	+5.1
Total formal votes			17,982	97.7
Informal votes			425	2.3
Turnout			18,407	95.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.4

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	14,933	58.8	+1.9
	Labor	Patrick O'Halloran	9,050	35.7	−7.4
	Independent	James Downing	1,405	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			25,388	98.7	−0.3
Informal votes			341	1.3	+0.3
Turnout			25,729	95.1	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	15,636	61.6	+4.7
	Labor	Patrick O'Halloran	9,752	38.4	−4.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.7

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	12,825	56.9	+0.2
	Labor	Jack Wharton	9,719	43.1	−0.2
Total formal votes			22,544	99.0
Informal votes			234	1.0
Turnout			22,778	94.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Lewis	12,591	60.9
	Labor	Ernest Seager	8,091	39.1
Total formal votes			20,682	98.6
Informal votes			284	1.4
Turnout			20,966	95.3
	Liberal hold		Swing

1957 by-election

1957 Wollondilly state by-election

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Blake Pelly	11,675	65.2	+8.3
	Labor	Ernest Seager	6,220	34.8	−8.3
Total formal votes			17,895	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			204	1.1	−0.3
Turnout			18,099	94.6	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Blake Pelly	9,747	56.9
	Labor	Albert Hughes	7,392	43.1
Total formal votes			17,139	98.6
Informal votes			248	1.4
Turnout			17,387	94.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Blake Pelly	8,615	65.9
	Independent	Gerard Wylie	3,323	25.4
	Independent	Erle Sampson	1,127	8.6
Total formal votes			13,065	96.7
Informal votes			445	3.3
Turnout			13,510	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1950 by-election

1950 Wollondilly state by-election

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jeff Bate	9,919	66.4	+0.9
	Labor	James Walsh	5,013	33.6	+33.6
Total formal votes			14,932	98.8	+1.9
Informal votes			184	1.2	-1.9
Turnout			15,116	94.5	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jeff Bate	8,305	65.5	-34.5
	Independent Labor	Patrick Kenna	2,432	19.2	+19.2
	Liberal Democratic	Gerald Wylie	1,934	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			12,671	96.9
Informal votes			403	3.1
Turnout			13,074	88.4
	Democratic hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Jeff Bate	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1938 by-election

1938 Wollondilly state by-election

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Mark Morton	unopposed
	United Australia hold

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Mark Morton	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Mark Morton	8,971	70.6	+14.3
	Labor (NSW)	John Cleary	3,232	25.4	-18.3
	Federal Labor	Patrick Kenna	500	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			12,703	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			157	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			12,860	96.1	+0.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	7,215	56.3
	Labor	Edward Burns	5,601	43.7
Total formal votes			12,816	98.5
Informal votes			190	1.5
Turnout			13,006	95.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1928 by-election

1928 Wollondilly state by-election

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Fuller	7,249	62.5
	Labor	Daniel Chalker	4,342	37.5
Total formal votes			11,591	98.9
Informal votes			132	1.1
Turnout			11,723	81.8
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,924
	Labor	Billy Davies (elected 1)	12,428	39.2	+10.8
	Labor	Andrew Lysaght (elected 3)	3,525	11.1	+11.1
	Labor	Patrick Malloy	417	1.3	+1.3
	Nationalist	George Fuller (elected 2)	11,144	35.2	-4.6
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	3,148	9.9	-1.3
	Nationalist	Alexander South	141	0.4	+0.4
	Progressive	William Howarth	673	2.1	-0.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Samuel Emmett	204	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Edward Newton	10	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			31,690	97.4	+1.1
Informal votes			830	2.6	-1.1
Turnout			32,520	75.0	-0.4
Party total votes
	Labor		16,370	51.7	+8.5
	Nationalist		14,433	45.5	-7.8
	Progressive		673	2.1	-0.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Samuel Emmett	204	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Edward Newton	10	0.03	+0.03

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,222
	Nationalist	George Fuller (elected 1)	11,507	39.8	+11.6
	Nationalist	Mark Morton (elected 3)	3,229	11.2	-6.5
	Nationalist	Samuel Emmett	647	2.2	+2.2
	Labor	Billy Davies (elected 2)	8,208	28.4	-9.5
	Labor	John Cleary	4,158	14.4	+6.5
	Labor	Walter Thompson	100	0.4	+0.4
	Progressive	William Howarth	711	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Arthur Silvey-Reardon	324	1.1	-0.6
Total formal votes			28,884	96.3	+2.2
Informal votes			1,121	3.7	-2.2
Turnout			30,005	75.4	+14.9
Party total votes
	Nationalist		15,383	53.2	+7.3
	Labor		12,466	43.2	-9.2
	Progressive		711	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Arthur Silvey-Reardon	324	1.1	-0.6

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			5,562
	Labor	Billy Davies (elected 1)	8,440	37.9
	Labor	John Cleary (elected 3)	1,756	7.9
	Labor	Daniel Chalker	1,471	6.6
	Nationalist	George Fuller (elected 2)	6,267	28.2
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	3,935	17.7
	Independent	Arthur Silvey-Reardon	375	1.7
Total formal votes			22,244	94.1
Informal votes			1,401	5.9
Turnout			23,645	60.5
Party total votes
	Labor		11,667	52.5
	Nationalist		10,202	45.9
	Independent	Arthur Silvey-Reardon	375	1.7

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Fuller	4,425	56.8	-0.8
	Labor	Daniel Chalker	3,364	43.2	+9.3
Total formal votes			7,789	99.1	+1.9
Informal votes			71	0.9	-1.9
Turnout			7,860	65.6	-0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-0.8

1915 by-election

1915 Wollondilly state by-election

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Frank Badgery	3,801	57.6
	Labor	James Donaldson	2,238	33.9
	Country Party Association	Samuel Emmett	290	4.4
	Independent Liberal	Thomas Raw	266	4.0
Total formal votes			6,595	97.2
Informal votes			188	2.8
Turnout			6,783	66.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1913 by-election

1913 Wollondilly state by-election

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William McCourt	3,383	65.0
	Labour	Charles Fern	1,825	35.0
Total formal votes			5,208	97.9
Informal votes			112	2.1
Turnout			5,320	68.0
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William McCourt	3,220	78.1
	Independent	Leonard Green	671	16.3
	Labour	Laurence Gilmartin	232	5.6
Total formal votes			4,123	96.4
Informal votes			153	3.6
Turnout			4,276	56.3
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William McCourt	2,266	55.2
	Independent Liberal	Sidney Innes-Noad	1,824	44.4
	Independent	Theodore Corby	16	0.4
Total formal votes			4,106	98.9
Informal votes			44	1.1
Turnout			4,150	57.4
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Wollondilly was a new seat comprising parts of the abolished seats of Bowral and Argyle and parts of Camden and Hartley. William McCourt (Liberal Reform) was the member for Bowral. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (Independent) who successfully retained that seat. The member for Argyle was Thomas Rose (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Belubula. The member for Camden was John Kidd (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested Camden.

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