Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands

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Southern Highlands, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988.[1][2][3][4] It was abolished in 2007 and largely replaced by Goulburn.[5]

Election Member Party
1988   John Fahey Liberal
1991
1995
1996   Peta Seaton Liberal
1999
2003

Election results

2003

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]
2003 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peta Seaton 22,729 52.4 +8.0
Labor Noeline Brown 15,280 35.2 +1.1
Greens Jim Clark 3,726 8.6 +4.4
One Nation Nathan McDonald 1,128 2.6 −7.6
Independent Jean McClung 542 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 43,405 97.9 +0.0
Informal votes 931 2.1 −0.0
Turnout 44,336 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 23,789 57.6 +1.9
Labor Noeline Brown 17,488 42.4 −1.9
Liberal hold Swing +1.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]
1999 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peta Seaton 17,614 44.4 −9.8
Labor Noeline Brown 13,527 34.1 +4.5
One Nation Trevor Clarke 4,055 10.2 +10.2
Greens Jim Clark 1,678 4.2 −1.9
Democrats Greg Butler 1,225 3.1 −0.2
Independent Lynette Styles 983 2.5 +2.5
Against Further Immigration Philip Lavis 464 1.2 +1.2
Non-Custodial Parents Louise Taylor 147 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 39,693 97.9 +1.9
Informal votes 833 2.1 −1.9
Turnout 40,526 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 19,209 55.7 −5.9
Labor Noeline Brown 15,289 44.3 +5.9
Liberal hold Swing −5.9

1996 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1996 Southern Highlands state by-election § Results.[edit]
1996 Southern Highlands by-election
Saturday 25 May [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Katrina Hodgkinson 11,530 32.60 +32.60
Liberal Peta Seaton 10,565 29.87 −24.69
Labor Philip Yeo 8,862 25.06 −7.48
Democrats Greg Butler 2,155 6.09 +1.54
Independent Malcolm Duncan 1,493 4.22 +4.22
Call to Australia Charles Chappell 763 2.16 +0.53
Total formal votes 35,368 98.03 +1.81
Informal votes 712 1.97 −1.81
Turnout 36,080 89.43 −5.85
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Peta Seaton 19,933 52.37 −8.00
National Katrina Hodgkinson 15,400 47.63 +47.63
Liberal hold Swing −8.00
John Fahey (Liberal) resigned to successfully contest the federal electorate of Macarthur.[8]

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]
1995 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Fahey 19,421 54.6 +6.5
Labor Ken Sullivan 11,584 32.5 −5.1
Greens Kevin Watchirs 2,014 5.7 +5.7
Democrats Greg Butler 1,619 4.5 −4.8
Call to Australia Peter Simos 956 2.7 −2.3
Total formal votes 35,594 96.2 +4.4
Informal votes 1,400 3.8 −4.4
Turnout 36,994 95.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 20,886 60.4 +3.9
Labor Ken Sullivan 13,711 39.6 −3.9
Liberal hold Swing +3.9

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]
1991 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Fahey 15,000 48.1 +20.1
Labor Ken Sullivan 11,740 37.6 +9.6
Democrats Susan Nagy 2,919 9.4 +5.7
Call to Australia Wal Tennikoff 1,547 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 31,206 91.8 −5.5
Informal votes 2,784 8.2 +5.5
Turnout 33,990 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 16,859 56.4 −10.5
Labor Ken Sullivan 13,009 43.6 +10.5
Liberal hold Swing −10.5

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]
1988 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Fahey 15,176 51.2 +9.1
Labor Nigel Watkins 7,110 24.0 −17.6
Independent Thomas Gair 5,448 18.4 +18.4
Democrats Gregory Butler 1,899 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 29,633 97.0 −1.0
Informal votes 905 3.0 +1.0
Turnout 30,538 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Fahey 18,451 66.8 +9.1
Labor Nigel Watkins 9,171 33.2 −9.1
Liberal notional hold Swing +9.1

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Ms Peta Luise Seaton (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Goulburn- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "2003 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1999 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Green, Antony. "1996 Southern Highlands by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1995 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1988 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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