Electoral results for the district of Canterbury

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

Members for Canterbury

First incarnation (1859–1882, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Edward Flood	None	1859–1860		Samuel Lyons	None	1859–1860
	John Lucas	None	1860–1865		Edward Raper	None	1860–1864
None	John Lucas		1860–1865	James Oatley	None	1864–1869
	James Pemell	None	1865–1868		None
	Richard Hill	None	1868–1877		None
None				Montagu Stephen	None	1869–1870
None				John Lucas	None	1871–1880
	Henry Parkes	None	1877–1880	John Lucas	None	1871–1880
	William Pigott	None	1880–1882		William Henson	None	1880–1882

First incarnation (1882–1885, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Pigott	None	1882–1884		Henry Moses	None	1882–1885		Septimus Stephen	None	1882–1885
	Mark Hammond	None	1884–1885		Henry Moses	None	1882–1885
	Mark Hammond	None	1884–1885		William Henson	None	1885–1885

First incarnation (1885–1894, 4 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Mark Hammond	None	1885–1887		William Henson	None	1885–1887		Septimus Stephen	None	1885–1887		William Judd	None	1885–1887
	William Davis	Free Trade	1887–1889		William Henson	Free Trade	1887–1889		Alexander Hutchison	Free Trade	1887–1891		Joseph Carruthers	Free Trade	1887–1894
	James Wilshire	Free Trade	1889–1891		John Wheeler	Free Trade	1889–1891		Alexander Hutchison	Free Trade	1887–1891
	Cornelius Danahey	Labor	1891–1894		James Eve	Free Trade	1891–1894		Thomas Bavister	Labor	1891–1894

First incarnation (1894–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Varney Parkes	Free Trade	1894–1900
	Sydney Smith	Free Trade	1900–1900
	Thomas Taylor	Independent	1900–1901
	Thomas Mackenzie	Liberal Reform	1901–1907
	Varney Parkes	Independent Liberal	1907–1907
	Varney Parkes	Liberal Reform	1907–1913
	Henry Peters	Labor	1913–1914
	George Cann	Labor	1914–1920
Second incarnation (1927–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonge	Labor	1927–1932
	Edward Hocking	United Australia	1932–1935
	Arthur Tonge	Labor	1935–1962
	Kevin Stewart	Labor	1962–1985
	Kevin Moss	Labor	1986–2003
	Linda Burney	Labor	2003–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Canterbury state by-election, 2016^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Sophie Cotsis	27,993	65.5	+15.2
	Christian Democrats	Branka Kouroushis	8,397	19.6	+9.4
	Greens	Kristian Bodell	6,393	14.9	+5.3
Total formal votes			42,783	95.4	+0.2
Informal votes			2,075	4.6	−0.2
Turnout			44,858	78.5	−15.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Sophie Cotsis	31,866	77.8	+12.1
	Christian Democrats	Branka Kouroushis	9,092	22.2	+22.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 2015: Canterbury^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Linda Burney	23,929	50.2	+1.4
	Liberal	Nomiky Panayiotakis	12,859	27.0	−9.9
	Christian Democrats	Tony Issa	4,854	10.2	+6.0
	Greens	Linda Eisler	4,608	9.7	+0.3
	No Land Tax	Tony Maiorana	1,386	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			47,636	95.2	+0.3
Informal votes			2,395	4.8	−0.3
Turnout			50,031	89.7	−3.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Burney	27,663	65.7	+8.3
	Liberal	Nomiky Panayiotakis	14,447	34.3	−8.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.3

New South Wales state election, 2011: Canterbury^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Linda Burney	21,417	47.2	-9.9
	Liberal	Ken Nam	16,115	35.5	+17.2
	Greens	Marc Rerceretnam	6,186	13.6	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Albert Fam	1,673	3.7	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,391	95.9	+0.1
Informal votes			1,932	4.1	-0.1
Turnout			47,323	91.9	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Burney	24,356	58.3	-18.8
	Liberal	Ken Nam	17,393	41.7	+18.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-18.8

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Linda Burney	24,634	57.1	+1.6
	Liberal	Philip Mansour	7,907	18.3	+2.1
	Greens	Christine Donayre	5,629	13.0	+1.6
	Unity	Jing Ren	2,809	6.5	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Ehab Hennien	1,359	3.1	+3.0
	AAFI	Alan Cronin	822	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			43,160	95.8	+0.0
Informal votes			1,878	4.2	+0.0
Turnout			45,038	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Burney	29,046	77.1	-0.3
	Liberal	Philip Mansour	8,609	22.9	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.3

New South Wales state election, 2003: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Linda Burney	21,699	56.0	-0.5
	Liberal	Jack Kouzi	6,225	16.1	-0.8
	Greens	Dominic Fitzsimmons	4,048	10.4	+6.2
	Independent	John Koutsouras	3,470	8.9	+3.9
	Unity	Ken Nam	2,322	6.0	+1.3
	Save Our Suburbs	Peter Siapos	1,014	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			38,778	95.7	+0.0
Informal votes			1,754	4.3	-0.0
Turnout			40,532	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Linda Burney	25,643	77.6	+2.4
	Liberal	Jack Kouzi	7,413	22.4	-2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Bankstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Moss	22,302	56.5	+1.5
	Liberal	Natalie Baini	6,686	16.9	-17.3
	Independent	John Koutsouras	1,973	5.0	+5.0
	Unity	Guang-Hua Wan	1,870	4.7	+4.7
	Greens	William Smith	1,662	4.2	+3.4
	Democrats	Garry Dalrymple	1,137	2.9	-0.5
	Christian Democrats	Michael Robinson	1,122	2.8	+2.7
	One Nation	Khiloud Shakir	1,114	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Joshua Nam	715	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Phillip Tsavellas	691	1.8	+1.8
	AAFI	Gerard Vanderwel	184	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			39,456	95.7	+5.1
Informal votes			1,783	4.3	-5.1
Turnout			41,239	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Moss	25,871	75.2	+13.5
	Liberal	Natalie Baini	8,542	24.8	-13.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.5

New South Wales state election, 1995: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Moss	18,792	56.5	+3.9
	Liberal	Paul Terrett	11,527	34.6	-5.9
	Independent	Shane Nicholls	1,077	3.2	+3.2
	Democrats	Garry Dalrymple	1,014	3.0	-3.8
	Transport Action Group	John Warrington	864	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			33,274	89.8	+5.1
Informal votes			3,793	10.2	-5.1
Turnout			37,067	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Moss	19,905	61.7	+4.9
	Liberal	Paul Terrett	12,364	38.3	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

New South Wales state election, 1991: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Moss	15,756	52.6	+3.1
	Liberal	Carlo Favorito	12,154	40.5	+5.1
	Democrats	Garry Dalrymple	2,066	6.9	+6.9
Total formal votes			29,976	84.7	-10.6
Informal votes			5,411	15.3	+10.6
Turnout			35,387	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Moss	16,715	56.8	+1.0
	Liberal	Carlo Favorito	12,699	43.2	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Moss	13,692	47.7	-20.6
	Independent EFF	Victoria Paradakis	7,194	25.0	+25.0
	Liberal	Paul Ritchie	6,911	24.1	-7.5
	Socialist	Dorothy Costa	923	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			28,720	95.3	-0.6
Informal votes			1,417	4.7	+0.6
Turnout			30,137	92.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Moss	14,527	53.4	-14.9
	Independent EFF	Victoria Paradakis	12,678	46.6	+46.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-14.9

New South Wales state election, 1984: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	19,253	67.9	-10.7
	Liberal	Robert Sharp	9,087	32.1	+10.7
Total formal votes			28,340	95.9	+0.9
Informal votes			1,214	4.1	-0.9
Turnout			29,554	92.1	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.7

New South Wales state election, 1981: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	21,681	78.6	+4.6
	Liberal	Colin Thew	5,917	21.4	-4.6
Total formal votes			27,598	95.0
Informal votes			1,454	5.0
Turnout			29,052	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	22,519	76.0	+11.7
	Liberal	Marjorie Pennington	7,104	24.0	-11.7
Total formal votes			29,623	95.8	-1.0
Informal votes			1,290	4.2	+1.0
Turnout			30,913	92.2	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.7

New South Wales state election, 1976: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	19,581	64.3	+5.5
	Liberal	Marjorie Pennington	10,889	35.7	-0.4
Total formal votes			30,470	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			990	3.2	-0.4
Turnout			31,460	92.6	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

New South Wales state election, 1973: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	16,784	58.8	-3.7
	Liberal	Jack Backer	10,296	36.1	-1.4
	Democratic Labor	John George	1,448	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			28,528	96.4
Informal votes			1,071	3.6
Turnout			29,599	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	17,078	59.9	-2.6
	Liberal	Jack Backer	11,450	40.1	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.6

New South Wales state election, 1971: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	15,711	62.5	+7.3
	Liberal	Jack Backer	9,431	37.5	-2.6
Total formal votes			25,142	96.3
Informal votes			970	3.7
Turnout			26,112	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	14,272	55.2	-1.9
	Liberal	Stanley Squire	10,371	40.1	-2.8
	Communist	Jack Mundey	1,226	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			25,869	96.7
Informal votes			891	3.3
Turnout			26,760	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	15,130	58.5	+1.4
	Liberal	Stanley Squire	10,739	41.5	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

New South Wales state election, 1965: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	13,355	57.1	-3.0
	Liberal	Colin McPhee	10,045	42.9	+3.0
Total formal votes			23,400	97.9	-0.5
Informal votes			500	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			23,900	93.3	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

New South Wales state election, 1962: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	14,469	60.1	+1.5
	Liberal	Donald Arthur	9,589	39.9	-1.5
Total formal votes			24,058	98.4
Informal votes			399	1.6
Turnout			24,457	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	13,353	58.6
	Liberal	William Dowd	9,417	41.4
Total formal votes			22,770	98.6
Informal votes			321	1.4
Turnout			23,091	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Arthur Tonge	12,032	59.4	-7.1
	Liberal	Cecil Ford	8,241	40.6	+11.5
Total formal votes			20,273	98.7	+0.6
Informal votes			275	1.3	-0.6
Turnout			20,548	94.0	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-10.7

References

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

↑ First Preference Votes Report Parliamentary Election: Canterbury, Electoral Commission New South Wales.
↑ Election Night TCP Results, Electoral Commission New South Wales.
↑ State Electoral District of Canterbury: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Canterbury: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

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

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