Electoral results for the district of Goulburn

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Goulburn in New South Wales state elections.

Members

Single-member (1859–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	William Roberts	None	1859–1860
	Charles Hamilton Walsh	None	1860–1861
	Maurice Alexander	None	1861–1872
	William Teece	None	1872–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1890
	Cecil Teece	Independent	1890–1891
	Leslie Hollis	Labor	1891–1894
		Free Trade	1894–1898
	James Ashton	Free Trade	1898–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1907
	Augustus James	Liberal Reform	1907–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

Three members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Augustus James	Nationalist	1920–1920		Thomas Rutledge	Progressive	1920–1925		John Bailey	Labor	1920–1925
	William Millard	Nationalist	1920–1921
	John Perkins	Nationalist	1921–1926
				Paddy Stokes	Labor	1925–1927		Jack Tully	Labor	1925–1927
	Henry Bate	Nationalist	1926–1927

Single member (1927–1991)
Member		Party	Term
	Jack Tully	Labor	1927–1932
	Peter Loughlin	United Australia	1932–1935
	Jack Tully	Labor	1935–1946
	Laurie Tully	Labor	1946–1965
	Ron Brewer	Country	1965–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1984
	Robert Webster	National	1984–1991
Single member (2007–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Pru Goward	Liberal	2007–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Goulburn^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Pru Goward	23,725	48.7	+9.7
	Labor	Ursula Stephens	16,681	34.3	+18.5
	Greens	Iain Fyfe	3,827	7.9	−2.1
	Outdoor Recreation	Wal Ashton	2,552	5.2	+5.2
	Christian Democrats	Adrian Van Der Byl	1,196	2.5	−0.5
	No Land Tax	Stephen Fitzpatrick	692	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			48,673	97.3	+0.7
Informal votes			1,373	2.7	−0.7
Turnout			50,046	92.7	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Pru Goward	25,138	56.6	−20.2
	Labor	Ursula Stephens	19,248	43.4	+20.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−20.2

New South Wales state election, 2011: Goulburn^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Pru Goward	27,828	61.3	+21.5
	Labor	Crystal Validakis	6,690	14.7	-7.8
	Independent	Robert Parker	4,962	10.9	+10.9
	Greens	Maree Byrne	4,341	9.6	+3.0
	Christian Democrats	Adrian Van Der Byl	1,551	3.4	-0.8
Total formal votes			45,372	96.8	-1.0
Informal votes			1,508	3.2	+1.0
Turnout			46,880	93.7	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Pru Goward	30,540	76.6	+25.3
	Labor	Crystal Validakis	9,312	23.4	+23.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+25.3

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Pru Goward	17,115	39.9	+7.8
	Independent	Paul Stephenson	10,603	24.7	+24.7
	Labor	Rob Parker	9,695	22.6	-16.4
	Greens	Bill Dorman	2,834	6.6	-0.7
	Christian Democrats	Geoff Peet	1,817	4.2	+3.6
	AAFI	David Hughes	860	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			42,924	97.8	-0.4
Informal votes			958	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			43,882	93.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Pru Goward	18,769	51.3	-3.2
	Independent	Paul Stephenson	17,807	48.7	+48.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Robert Webster	20,606	69.3	+16.8
	Labor	Roger Lucas	9,144	30.7	-13.2
Total formal votes			29,750	97.6	-1.2
Informal votes			745	2.4	+1.2
Turnout			30,495	95.0
	National hold		Swing	+15.2

New South Wales state election, 1984: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Robert Webster	15,089	49.7	-2.1
	Labor	Bob Stephens	13,652	45.0	-3.2
	Independent	Miriam Naughton	1,369	4.5	+4.5
	Independent	Ronald Sarina	222	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			30,332	98.5	+0.2
Informal votes			451	1.5	-0.2
Turnout			30,783	94.1	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Robert Webster		52.3	+0.4
	Labor	Bob Stephens		47.7	-0.4
	National hold		Swing	+0.4

New South Wales state election, 1981: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Ron Brewer	14,999	51.8
	Labor	Robert Stephens	13,926	48.1
Total formal votes			28,925	98.3
Informal votes			509	1.7
Turnout			29,434	92.9
	National Country hold		Swing	-0.5

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	11,353	49.8	-4.8
	Labor	Brian Lulham	10,945	48.1	+2.7
	Democrats	Gregory Butler	479	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			22,777	98.8	-0.3
Informal votes			268	1.2	+0.3
Turnout			23,045	95.3	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ron Brewer	11,592	50.9	-3.7
	Labor	Brian Lulham	11,185	49.1	+3.7
	Country hold		Swing	-3.7

New South Wales state election, 1976: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	12,091	54.6	-9.4
	Labor	Brian Lulham	10,044	45.4	+14.6
Total formal votes			22,135	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			202	0.9	-0.8
Turnout			22,337	95.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	-13.3

New South Wales state election, 1973: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	13,386	64.0	+2.0
	Labor	Noel Lane	6,453	30.8	-7.2
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Albrighton	773	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Evan Treharne	311	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			20,923	98.3
Informal votes			354	1.7
Turnout			21,277	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ron Brewer	14,215	67.9	+5.9
	Labor	Noel Lane	6,708	32.1	-5.9
	Country hold		Swing	+5.9

New South Wales state election, 1971: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	11,882	62.0	-2.9
	Labor	Norman Barnwell	7,267	38.0	+6.2
Total formal votes			19,149	98.9
Informal votes			206	1.1
Turnout			19,355	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	-4.3

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	11,940	64.9	+36.5
	Labor	John Longhurst	5,853	31.8	-14.0
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Clancy	598	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,391	99.0
Informal votes			191	1.0
Turnout			18,582	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ron Brewer	12,418	67.5	+14.8
	Labor	John Longhurst	5,973	32.5	-14.8
	Country hold		Swing	+14.8

New South Wales state election, 1965: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	7,630	45.8	-5.6
	Country	Ron Brewer	4,718	28.3	+28.3
	Liberal	Brian Keating	4,313	25.9	-19.3
Total formal votes			16,661	98.7	-0.7
Informal votes			222	1.3	+0.7
Turnout			16,883	96.7	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ron Brewer	8,589	51.5	+51.5
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	8,072	48.5	-3.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+3.6

New South Wales state election, 1962: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,869	51.4	+1.5
	Liberal	George Ashley	7,793	45.2	+1.7
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Andrews	579	3.4	-3.2
Total formal votes			17,241	99.4
Informal votes			100	0.6
Turnout			17,341	96.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,985	52.1	+0.2
	Liberal	George Ashley	8,256	47.9	-0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.2

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,135	49.9
	Liberal	William Bladwell	7,105	43.5
	Democratic Labor	Charles O'Brien	1,073	6.6
Total formal votes			16,313	99.1
Informal votes			142	0.9
Turnout			16,455	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,468	51.9
	Liberal	William Bladwell	7,845	48.1
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Goulburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Laurie Tully	8,666	52.9	-9.7
	Liberal	William Bladwell	7,724	47.1	+9.7
Total formal votes			16,390	99.4	+1.2
Informal votes			97	0.6	-1.2
Turnout			16,487	95.2	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.7

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Goulburn". Retrieved 13 October 2011.

1. State Electoral District of Goulburn: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
2. State Electoral District of Goulburn: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
3. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 8 December 2011.