Electoral results for the district of Wollongong

Wollongong, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930, and the third from 1968 to the present.[1][2]

Members for Wollongong

First incarnation (1904—1920)
Member		Party	Term
	John Nicholson	Labour	1904–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Billy Davies	Labor	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927—1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Billy Davies	Labor	1927–1930
Third incarnation (1968—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Hough	Liberal	1968–1971
	Eric Ramsay	Labor	1971–1984
	Frank Arkell	Independent	1984–1991
	Gerry Sullivan	Labor	1991–1999
	Col Markham	Labor	1999–2003
	Noreen Hay	Labor	2003–2016
	Paul Scully	Labor	2016–present

Election results

2019

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Scully	25,776	50.11	+9.74
	Liberal	Zachary Fitzpatrick	11,427	22.22	+1.17
	Greens	Benjamin Arcioni	6,583	12.80	+3.25
	Independent	Nikola Nastoski	2,830	5.50	+5.50
	Sustainable Australia	Andrew Anthony	2,242	4.36	+4.36
	Animal Justice	Benjamin Bank	1,541	3.00	+3.00
	Keep Sydney Open	James Hehir	1,036	2.01	+2.01
Total formal votes			51,435	95.54	−0.36
Informal votes			2,400	4.46	+0.36
Turnout			53,835	88.50	−0.59
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Scully	31,357	71.37	+12.47
	Liberal	Zachary Fitzpatrick	12,580	28.63	−12.47
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.47

2016 by-election

2016 Wollongong state by-election [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Scully	23,588	48.1	+7.7
	Independent	Gordon Bradbery	16,707	34.0	+34.0
	Greens	Cath Blakey	5,216	10.6	+1.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Joe Rossi	1,793	3.7	+3.7
	Christian Democrats	Colleen Baxter	1,769	3.6	+0.7
Total formal votes			49,073	96.8	+0.9
Informal votes			1,605	3.2	−0.9
Turnout			50,678	93.6	+4.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Scully	26,739	58.0	−0.9
	Independent	Gordon Bradbery	19,336	42.0	+42.0
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Noreen Hay	20,071	40.4	+3.6
	Liberal	Cameron Walters	10,465	21.0	−0.1
	Independent	Arthur Rorris	10,162	20.4	+20.4
	Greens	Mitchell Bresser	4,747	9.5	−0.2
	No Land Tax	Noreen Colonelli	2,197	4.4	+4.4
	Christian Democrats	Clarrie Pratt	1,463	2.9	+0.4
	Cyclists	Phil Latz	613	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			49,718	95.9	+0.2
Informal votes			2,123	4.1	−0.2
Turnout			51,841	89.1	−1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	24,326	63.4	+4.2
	Liberal	Cameron Walters	14,019	36.6	−4.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	22,293	58.9	+4.3
	Independent	Arthur Rorris	15,556	41.1	+41.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.3

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Wollongong[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Noreen Hay	16,060	35.6	-22.7
	Independent	Gordon Bradbery	13,299	29.5	+29.5
	Liberal	Michelle Blicavs	9,124	20.2	+3.5
	Greens	Brendan Cook	4,315	9.6	-0.2
	Independent	Jim Clabour	1,143	2.5	+2.5
	Christian Democrats	Clarrie Pratt	1,127	2.5	-3.1
Total formal votes			45,068	96.3	0.0
Informal votes			1,752	3.7	0.0
Turnout			46,820	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	19,656	58.9	-16.4
	Liberal	Michelle Blicavs	13,717	41.1	+16.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	18,085	50.9	-24.3
	Independent	Gordon Bradbery	17,411	49.1	+49.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-24.3

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Noreen Hay	25,393	58.4	+9.5
	Liberal	Colin Fowler	7,306	16.8	+6.5
	Greens	Trevor Jones	4,263	9.8	-2.0
	Christian Democrats	Clarrie Pratt	2,456	5.6	+2.2
	Independent	Lenny Fares	1,983	4.6	+4.6
	AAFI	Michael Chehoff	812	1.9	+0.0
	Democrats	Madeleine Roberts	703	1.6	+1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Jess Moore	591	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			43,507	96.2	+0.2
Informal votes			1,710	3.8	-0.2
Turnout			45,217	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	27,882	75.3	-1.6
	Liberal	Colin Fowler	9,154	24.7	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.6

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [11][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Noreen Hay	18,388	47.8	-14.9
	Independent	Anne Wood	5,609	14.6	+14.6
	Independent	David Moulds	4,578	11.9	+11.9
	Greens	Meredith Henderson	4,319	11.2	+4.7
	Liberal	George Pride	3,518	9.2	-6.4
	Christian Democrats	Phil Latz	1,024	2.7	-0.9
	AAFI	David Hughes	796	2.1	-1.1
	Unity	Van Mach	198	0.5	-1.2
Total formal votes			38,430	96.0	-0.7
Informal votes			1,607	4.0	+0.7
Turnout			40,037	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	24,367	77.7	-1.0
	Liberal	George Pride	6,984	22.3	+1.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Noreen Hay	20,913	67.3	-11.4
	Independent	Anne Wood	10,170	32.7	+32.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-11.4

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Col Markham	24,713	62.7	+3.4
	Liberal	Wade McInerney	6,153	15.6	-8.7
	Greens	Garth Dickenson	2,557	6.5	-3.4
	Democrats	Ken Russell	2,185	5.5	+4.5
	Christian Democrats	Phil Latz	1,419	3.6	+0.7
	AAFI	John James	1,274	3.2	+3.2
	Unity	Kit Yue	652	1.7	+1.7
	Democratic Socialist	Angela Luvera	470	1.2	-0.3
Total formal votes			39,423	96.6	+4.3
Informal votes			1,368	3.4	-4.3
Turnout			40,791	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Col Markham	26,996	78.7	+8.3
	Liberal	Wade McInerney	7,315	21.3	-8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerry Sullivan	18,610	58.9	+8.7
	Liberal	Warren Steel	7,662	24.3	+13.7
	Greens	Will Douglas	3,607	11.4	+6.1
	Call to Australia	Valdis Smidlers	758	2.4	+1.1
	Democratic Socialist	Chris Pickering	561	1.8	+1.8
	Socialist Labour	Dragan Grijak	383	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			31,591	92.1	+4.5
Informal votes			2,710	7.9	-4.5
Turnout			34,291	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gerry Sullivan	20,823	70.1	+11.5
	Liberal	Warren Steel	8,887	29.9	+29.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.5

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gerry Sullivan	15,196	50.2	+11.4
	Independent	Frank Arkell	8,971	29.7	-10.0
	Liberal	Mick Lucke	3,180	10.5	-1.7
	Greens	Steve Brigham	1,600	5.3	+5.3
	Democrats	April Sampson-Kelly	894	3.0	+3.0
	Call to Australia	Valdis Smidlers	402	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			30,243	87.6	-7.8
Informal votes			4,288	12.4	+7.8
Turnout			34,531	93.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Gerry Sullivan	16,125	58.6	+12.2
	Independent	Frank Arkell	11,390	41.4	-12.2
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+12.2

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Arkell	12,909	44.5	+10.8
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	11,263	38.8	-13.1
	Liberal	John Masters	2,804	9.7	-1.3
	Illawarra Workers	Graham Roberts	2,028	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			29,004	95.5	-0.2
Informal votes			1,372	4.5	+0.2
Turnout			30,376	93.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Frank Arkell	15,560	55.5	+10.2
	Labor	Laurie Kelly	12,488	44.5	-10.2
	Independent hold		Swing	+10.2

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Arkell	13,429	44.7	+3.3
	Labor	Rex Connor	13,057	43.5	-3.0
	Liberal	Ronald Brooks	2,809	9.4	+1.2
	Independent	Phillip Xenos	325	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Rudolph Dezelin	213	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Julius Kudrynski	177	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			30,010	96.3	+0.3
Informal votes			1,136	3.7	-0.3
Turnout			31,146	93.3	+1.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Frank Arkell	15,959	54.2	+4.3
	Labor	Rex Connor	13,508	45.8	-4.3
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+4.3

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	13,223	46.5	-22.9
	Independent	Frank Arkell	11,767	41.4	+41.4
	Liberal	Ronald Brooks	2,346	8.2	-13.0
	Democrats	Megan Sampson	974	3.4	-3.9
	Independent	Ellen Love	142	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			28,452	96.0
Informal votes			1,185	4.0
Turnout			29,637	91.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	14,034	50.1	-23.7
	Independent	Frank Arkell	13,983	49.9	+49.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-23.7

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	19,733	69.4	+3.4
	Liberal	Ronald Brooks	6,026	21.2	-12.8
	Democrats	Ross Sampson	2,072	7.3	+7.3
	Socialist Workers	Andrew Jamieson	617	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			28,448	96.4	-0.6
Informal votes			1,046	3.6	+0.6
Turnout			29,494	93.2	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	21,008	73.8	+7.8
	Liberal	Ronald Brooks	7,440	26.2	-7.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	18,367	66.0	+4.2
	Liberal	Ian Brown	9,461	34.0	-0.9
Total formal votes			27,828	97.0	+0.8
Informal votes			867	3.0	-0.8
Turnout			28,695	93.0	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	17,022	61.8
	Liberal	Ian Brown	9,613	34.9
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Proust	924	3.4
Total formal votes			27,559	96.2
Informal votes			1,090	3.8
Turnout			28,649	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	17,207	62.4	+3.6
	Liberal	Ian Brown	10,352	37.6	-3.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.6

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	13,347	48.9
	Liberal	Jack Hough	11,621	42.5
	Democratic Labor	Peter Daly	2,351	8.6
Total formal votes			27,319	97.3
Informal votes			748	2.7
Turnout			28,067	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	13,699	50.1	+0.6
	Liberal	Jack Hough	13,620	49.9	-0.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.6

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jack Hough	8,694	42.7
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	7,977	39.2
	Independent	Anthony Bevan	3,345	16.4
	Independent	Walter Green	348	1.7
Total formal votes			20,364	97.9
Informal votes			446	2.1
Turnout			20,810	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jack Hough	11,565	56.8	+1.1
	Labor	Eric Ramsay	8,799	43.2	-1.1
	Liberal win		(new seat)

District re-created

1927 - 1968

District abolished District abolished

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	8,863	62.7
	Nationalist	Norman Smith	5,263	37.3
Total formal votes			14,126	99.4
Informal votes			84	0.6
Turnout			14,210	89.3
	Labor win		(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Billy Davies	4,857	55.3	-16.3
	Nationalist	John Nicholson	3,809	43.4	+19.8
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Joseph Charlton	113	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			8,779	98.7	+1.7
Informal votes			118	1.3	-1.7
Turnout			8,897	63.0	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-16.3

The sitting member John Nicholson was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[26]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [27][28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Nicholson	5,212	71.6
	Liberal Reform	Florence Healey	1,715	23.6
	Socialist Labor	Ernie Judd	351	4.8
Total formal votes			7,278	97.0
Informal votes			228	3.0
Turnout			7,506	60.6
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Nicholson	5,321	74.9
	Liberal Reform	Edward Beeby	1,785	25.1
Total formal votes			7,106	97.8
Informal votes			161	2.2
Turnout			7,267	65.2
	Labour hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Nicholson	3,333	56.6
	Liberal Reform	Alexander Campbell	2,556	43.4
Total formal votes			5,889	96.9
Informal votes			189	3.1
Turnout			6,078	68.5
	Labour hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Nicholson	3,126	55.5
	Liberal Reform	Edward Allen	2,511	44.5
Total formal votes			5,637	99.3
Informal votes			40	0.7
Turnout			5,677	71.5
	Labour win		(new seat)

Wollongong was a new seat comprising parts of the abolished seats of Woronora and Illawarra and was originally going to retain the name Woronora,[32][33] John Nicholson (Labour) was the member for Woronora while Edward Allen (Liberal Reform) was the member for Illawarra.

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