Electoral results for the district of Northcott

Not to be confused with Electoral results for the district of Northcote.

Northcott, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1999.

Election	Member		Party
1968		Jim Cameron	Liberal
1973
1976
1978
1981			Liberal / Call to Australia
1984		Bruce Baird	Liberal
1988
1991
1995		Barry O'Farrell	Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	20,747	60.1	−7.9
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	8,178	23.7	+6.4
	Democrats	Suzanne Reddy	3,589	10.4	−1.0
	Against Further Immigration	Steve Van Wyk	2,034	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			34,548	96.5	+3.3
Informal votes			1,243	3.5	−3.3
Turnout			35,791	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	22,657	68.6	−7.8
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	10,358	31.4	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.8

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	22,066	67.9	−4.9
	Labor	Vanessa O'Meara	5,599	17.2	−9.2
	Democrats	Kerry Bamford	3,686	11.3	+11.3
	Call to Australia	Colin Hornshaw	1,129	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			32,480	93.3	−3.7
Informal votes			2,344	6.7	+3.7
Turnout			34,824	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,420	76.4	+3.2
	Labor	Vanessa O'Meara	7,241	23.6	−3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,271	76.0	+8.1
	Labor	John Drew	7,350	24.0	−1.6
Total formal votes			30,621	96.9	−1.3
Informal votes			988	3.1	+1.3
Turnout			31,609	94.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,048	66.9	+5.6
	Labor	Jan Dekker	9,149	26.6	−6.4
	Democrats	Clifford Wiltshire	2,236	6.5	+0.9
Total formal votes			34,433	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			647	1.8	−0.9
Turnout			35,080	93.2	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Baird		70.0	+5.9
	Labor	Jan Dekker		30.0	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,173	61.3	+6.8
	Labor	Therese McGee	10,322	33.0	−6.7
	Democrats	Ian Irwin	1,763	5.6	−0.2
Total formal votes			31,258	97.3
Informal votes			879	2.7
Turnout			32,137	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,682	64.1	+6.7
	Labor	Therese McGee	11,002	35.9	−6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	17,784	54.5	−13.7
	Labor	Kristine Klugman	12,969	39.7	+7.9
	Democrats	Graham Blackman	1,900	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			32,653	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			460	1.4	0.0
Turnout			33,113	93.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	18,734	57.4	−10.8
	Labor	Kristine Klugman	13,919	42.6	+10.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.8

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	21,408	68.2	+2.8
	Labor	Sabine Willis	9,982	31.8	+31.8
Total formal votes			31,390	98.6	+1.4
Informal votes			428	1.4	−1.4
Turnout			31,818	92.9	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	18,686	65.4	−1.7
	Australia	Vivienne Berzin	6,829	23.9	+2.7
	Democratic Labor	Michael Kane	2,449	8.6	+8.6
	Republican	Franciscus Leechburch-Auwers	616	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			28,580	97.2
Informal votes			830	2.8
Turnout			29,410	93.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	20,219	70.4	−2.6
	Australia	Vivienne Berzin	8,361	29.6	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.6

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Northcott.[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	17,553	67.1	−9.0
	Australia	David Haig	5,544	21.2	+21.2
	Defence of Government Schools	Jane Gray	3,048	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			26,145	97.3
Informal votes			711	2.7
Turnout			26,856	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,077	73.0	−7.0
	Australia	David Haig	7,068	27.0	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.0

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Northcott.[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Northcott 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,330	76.1
	Labor	Pauline Unsworth	4,831	19.0
	Democratic Labor	John Kennedy	1,252	4.9
Total formal votes			25,413	96.5
Informal votes			912	3.5
Turnout			26,325	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	20,332	80.0	+2.3
	Labor	Pauline Unsworth	5,081	20.0	−2.3
	Liberal win		(new seat)