Electoral results for the district of Upper Hunter

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Upper Hunter in New South Wales state elections. The district had four incarnations, the first from 1856 to 1880, the second from 1880 to 1894, the third from 1904 to 1920, and the fourth from 1927 to the present.

Members for Upper Hunter

First incarnation (1856–1880, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Robertson	None	1859–1861
	Thomas Dangar	None	1861–1864
	James White	None	1864–1868
	Archibald Bell	None	1868–1872
	John Creed	None	1872–1874
	Francis White	None	1874–1875
	Thomas Hungerford	None	1875–1875
	John McElhone	None	1875–1880

(1880—1894, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John McLaughlin	None	1880–1885		John McElhone	None	1880–1885
	Robert Fitzgerald	None	1885–1887		Thomas Hungerford	None	1885–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1889		John McElhone	Free Trade	1887–1889
		Protectionist	1889–1894		William Abbott	Protectionist	1889–1891
		Protectionist	1889–1894	Thomas Williams	Labor	1891–1894

Second incarnation (1904–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Fleming	Liberal Reform	1904–1910
	William Ashford	Labor	1910–1910
	Henry Willis	Liberal Reform	1910–1913
	Henry Willis	Independent Liberal	1913–1913
	Mac Abbott	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
	Mac Abbott	Nationalist	1917–1918
	William Cameron	Nationalist	1918–1920
(1927—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	William Cameron	Nationalist	1927–1931
	Malcolm Brown	Independent Country	1931–1932
	Malcolm Brown	Country	1932–1939
	D'Arcy Rose	Country	1939–1959
	Leon Punch	Country	1959–1962
	Frank O'Keefe	Country	1962–1969
	Col Fisher	Country, National	1970–1988
	George Souris	National	1988–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Upper Hunter^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Michael Johnsen	18,384	38.9	−15.6
	Labor	Martin Rush	15,387	32.5	+14.3
	Independent	Lee Watts	9,170	19.4	+19.4
	Greens	John Kaye	2,608	5.5	−0.1
	Christian Democrats	Richard Stretton	1,003	2.1	−0.3
	No Land Tax	Louisa Checchin	744	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			47,296	96.9	+0.4
Informal votes			1,506	3.1	−0.4
Turnout			48,802	91.2	+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Michael Johnsen	20,496	52.2	−20.8
	Labor	Martin Rush	18,764	47.8	+20.8
	National hold		Swing	−20.8

New South Wales state election, 2011: Upper Hunter^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	24,555	54.7	-5.5
	Independent	Tim Duddy	8,653	19.3	+19.3
	Labor	Michael Gibbons	8,047	17.9	-13.4
	Greens	Chris Parker	2,563	5.7	-2.8
	Christian Democrats	Fred Cowley	1,109	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			44,927	97.2	-0.7
Informal votes			1,276	2.8	+0.7
Turnout			46,203	93.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	George Souris	26,179	68.3	+3.5
	Independent	Tim Duddy	12,161	31.7	+31.7
	National hold		Swing	+3.5

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	26,342	60.2	+16.9
	Labor	Jennifer Lecky	13,685	31.3	-4.4
	Greens	Bev Smiles	3,731	8.5	+2.9
Total formal votes			43,758	97.9	-0.2
Informal votes			939	2.1	+0.2
Turnout			44,697	94.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	George Souris	27,189	64.7	+7.4
	Labor	Jennifer Lecky	14,807	35.3	-7.4
	National hold		Swing	+7.4

New South Wales state election, 2003: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	21,251	55.1	+5.9
	Labor	Chris Connor	12,310	31.9	+0.2
	Greens	Neil Strachan	2,285	5.9	+2.9
	Independent	Steven Lawler	1,420	3.7	+3.7
	One Nation	David Churches	1,332	3.5	-9.3
Total formal votes			38,598	96.1	+0.0
Informal votes			748	1.9	-0.0
Turnout			39,346	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	George Souris	22,446	62.7	+2.2
	Labor	Chris Connor	13,345	37.3	-2.2
	National hold		Swing	+2.2

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	19,307	49.2	-16.4
	Labor	Chris Connor	12,450	31.7	+0.8
	One Nation	Barrie Lawn	5,030	12.8	+12.8
	Greens	Neil Strachan	1,195	3.0	+3.0
	CEC	George Easey	670	1.7	+1.7
	Christian Democrats	Derrick Paxton	626	1.6	+1.1
Total formal votes			39,278	98.1	+4.8
Informal votes			756	1.9	-4.8
Turnout			40,034	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	George Souris	21,250	60.5	-8.1
	Labor	Chris Connor	13,880	39.5	+8.1
	National hold		Swing	-8.1

New South Wales state election, 1995: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	23,421	69.0	+10.8
	Labor	Pat Baks	10,521	31.0	-0.9
Total formal votes			33,942	93.0	+0.1
Informal votes			2,542	7.0	-0.1
Turnout			36,484	94.7
	National hold		Swing	+4.3

New South Wales state election, 1991: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	19,262	58.2	-4.5
	Labor	Pat Baks	10,554	31.9	+0.6
	Country Residents	Robert Duff	2,177	6.6	+6.6
	CEC	Margaret Hawkins	1,115	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			33,108	93.0	-4.6
Informal votes			2,511	7.0	+4.6
Turnout			35,619	94.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	George Souris	20,661	64.7	-2.5
	Labor	Pat Baks	11,274	35.3	+2.5
	National hold		Swing	-2.5

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	George Souris	20,055	67.8	+9.7
	Labor	Colleen Green	9,522	32.2	-8.3
Total formal votes			29,577	97.0	-1.9
Informal votes			900	3.0	+1.9
Turnout			30,477	94.0
	National hold		Swing	+9.1

New South Wales state election, 1984: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Col Fisher	18,999	59.5	+3.1
	Labor	Colleen Green	12,926	40.5	-3.1
Total formal votes			31,925	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			456	1.4	-0.6
Turnout			32,381	93.9	+1.1
	National hold		Swing	+3.1

New South Wales state election, 1981: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National Country	Col Fisher	16,640	56.4	+2.0
	Labor	Ronald Brumpton	12,886	43.6	-2.0
Total formal votes			29,526	98.0
Informal votes			589	2.0
Turnout			30,115	92.8
	National Country hold		Swing	+2.0

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Col Fisher	13,818	54.4	-8.3
	Labor	Ronald Brumpton	11,597	45.6	+8.3
Total formal votes			25,415	98.3	-0.3
Informal votes			436	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			25,851	95.2	+0.1
	Country hold		Swing	-8.3

New South Wales state election, 1976: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Col Fisher	15,432	62.7	+1.5
	Labor	Michael Reddy	9,164	37.3	+1.8
Total formal votes			24,596	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			357	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			24,953	95.1	-0.1
	Country hold		Swing	-1.1

New South Wales state election, 1973: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Col Fisher	14,413	61.2	+4.6
	Labor	Kenneth Cosgrove	8,360	35.5	-7.9
	Democratic Labor	Kathleen Buckingham	711	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			23,544	98.8
Informal votes			277	1.2
Turnout			23,821	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Col Fisher	15,030	63.8	+7.2
	Labor	Kenneth Cosgrove	8,514	36.2	-7.2
	Country hold		Swing	+7.2

New South Wales state election, 1971: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Col Fisher	9,631	48.1	-17.1
	Labor	Kenneth Cosgrove	5,922	29.6	-4.9
	Labor	Alexander Trevallion	4,474	22.3	+22.3
Total formal votes			20,027	98.8
Informal votes			248	1.2
Turnout			20,275	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Col Fisher	10,347	51.7	-13.8
	Labor	Alexander Trevallion	9,680	48.3	+13.8
	Country hold		Swing	-13.8

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	12,860	65.5	+1.8
	Labor	Leo Musgrave	6,785	34.5	-1.8
Total formal votes			19,645	99.1
Informal votes			184	0.9
Turnout			19,829	96.0
	Country hold		Swing	+1.8

New South Wales state election, 1965: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	10,797	63.7	+13.3
	Labor	Leslie Uhrig	6,162	36.3	−13.3
Total formal votes			16,959	99.1	−0.3
Informal votes			145	0.9	+0.3
Turnout			17,104	95.6	−0.4
	Country hold		Swing	+13.3

New South Wales state election, 1962: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Frank O'Keefe	8,651	50.4	+10.4
	Labor	Geoffrey Heuston	8,517	49.6	+8.8
Total formal votes			17,168	99.4
Informal votes			97	0.6
Turnout			17,265	96.0
	Country hold		Swing	−2.1

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Geoffrey Heuston	6,564	40.8
	Country	Leon Punch	6,430	40.0
	Independent	George Adams	2,025	12.6
	Independent	John Moore	1,066	6.6
Total formal votes			16,085	98.4
Informal votes			263	1.6
Turnout			16,348	96.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	8,442	52.5
	Labor	Geoffrey Heuston	7,643	47.5
	Country hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Upper Hunter
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	D'Arcy Rose	9,166	57.0	+1.7
	Labor	Albert Khan	6,907	43.0	−1.7
Total formal votes			16,073	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			99	0.6	−0.3
Turnout			16,172	94.6	−1.1
	Country hold		Swing	+1.7

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Upper Hunter". Retrieved 24 September 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Upper Hunter: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Upper Hunter: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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