Electoral results for the district of Willoughby

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Willoughby in New South Wales state elections. The district has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1988, and the third from 1991 to the present.

Members for Willoughby

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Joseph Cullen	Free Trade	1894–1894
	Edward Clark	Free Trade	1894–1895
	George Howarth	Free Trade	1895–1901
	George Howarth	Liberal Reform	1901–1903
	Charles Wade	Liberal Reform	1903–1904
	Edward Larkin	Labor	1913–1915
	John Haynes	Independent Democrat	1915–1917
	Reginald Weaver	Nationalist	1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Sanders	Independent Nationalist	1927–1930
		Nationalist	1930–1932
		United Australia	1932–1943
	George Brain	Democratic	1943–1945
	George Brain	Liberal	1945–1968
	Laurie McGinty	Liberal	1968–1977
	Laurie McGinty	Independent Liberal	1977–1978
	Eddie Britt	Labor	1978–1981
	Peter Collins	Liberal	1981–1988
Third incarnation (1991–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Peter Collins	Liberal	1991–2003
	Gladys Berejiklian	Liberal	2003–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Willoughby^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	30,066	63.6	−5.4
	Greens	Alison Haines	7,511	15.9	−0.9
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	7,507	15.9	+3.8
	Cyclists	Edward Re	845	1.8	+1.8
	Christian Democrats	Melody Ho	719	1.5	−0.7
	No Land Tax	Aldo Di Santo	662	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			47,310	97.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,186	2.4	−0.4
Turnout			48,496	90.4	+2.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	31,481	73.8	−6.6
	Labor	Peter Cavanagh	11,163	26.2	+6.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	31,324	74.5	−3.2
	Greens	Alison Haines	10,739	25.5	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

New South Wales state election, 2011: Willoughby^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	30,644	69.4	+19.2
	Greens	Robert McDougall	7,260	16.4	+5.3
	Labor	Chris Simpson	5,287	12.0	-3.2
	Christian Democrats	Philip Brown	958	2.2	+0.5
Total formal votes			44,149	97.6	-0.1
Informal votes			1,108	2.4	+0.1
Turnout			45,257	90.7	+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	31,709	78.1	+13.6
	Greens	Robert McDougall	8,883	21.9	+21.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+13.6

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	20,998	50.2	+13.5
	Independent	Pat Reilly	7,456	17.8	-5.6
	Labor	Linda Beattie	6,354	15.2	-6.5
	Greens	Mike Steel	4,683	11.2	+0.3
	Unity	Cherie Kam	1,189	2.8	-1.1
	Christian Democrats	Esther Heng	699	1.7	+0.4
	Democrats	Roy Day	478	1.1	-0.4
Total formal votes			41,857	97.7	-0.4
Informal votes			985	2.3	+0.4
Turnout			42,842	90.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	22,679	64.5	+7.5
	Independent	Pat Reilly	12,496	35.5	+35.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.5

New South Wales state election, 2003: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	14,944	36.3	-14.5
	Independent	Pat Reilly	10,237	24.8	+24.8
	Labor	Imogen Wareing	8,703	21.1	-7.0
	Greens	Mike Steel	4,361	10.6	+5.4
	Unity	Sylvia Chao	1,595	3.9	-0.6
	Christian Democrats	Leighton Thew	562	1.4	+1.4
	Democrats	Caroline Mayfield	557	1.4	-6.2
	Independent	Robert Butler	242	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			41,201	98.2	+0.5
Informal votes			769	1.8	-0.5
Turnout			41,970	89.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gladys Berejiklian	16,607	50.2	-10.9
	Independent	Pat Reilly	16,463	49.8	+49.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.9

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	20,327	50.8	-9.2
	Labor	Luke Brasch	11,262	28.1	+4.9
	Democrats	Bryan McGuire	3,048	7.6	-0.8
	Greens	Bronwyn Brown	2,090	5.2	+3.8
	Unity	Cheryl Wong	1,816	4.5	+4.5
	One Nation	Heinz Markuse	895	2.2	+2.2
	AAFI	Douglas McCallum	321	0.8	-3.6
	Earthsave	Jennifer Aukim	277	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			40,036	97.7	+2.3
Informal votes			954	2.3	-2.3
Turnout			40,990	91.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Collins	21,891	61.1	-7.7
	Labor	Luke Brasch	13,965	38.9	+7.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.7

New South Wales state election, 1995: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	20,775	62.2	+4.9
	Labor	Daniel Reiss	7,711	23.1	+10.5
	Democrats	Peter Fraser	3,030	9.1	+6.2
	AAFI	Michael Wiseham	1,866	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			33,382	95.2	+2.1
Informal votes			1,692	4.8	-2.1
Turnout			35,074	92.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Collins	22,522	70.0	+8.0
	Labor	Daniel Reiss	9,654	30.0	+30.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+8.0

New South Wales state election, 1991: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	18,247	57.4	-9.2
	Independent	Louise Weingarth	7,942	25.0	+25.0
	Labor	Daniel Reiss	4,010	12.6	-14.1
	Democrats	Mary Harnett	903	2.8	+2.8
	Call to Australia	Rosemary Moore	699	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			31,801	93.1	-3.4
Informal votes			2,374	6.9	+3.4
Turnout			34,175	91.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Collins	18,777	61.9	-8.3
	Independent	Louise Weingarth	11,536	38.1	+38.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.3

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1984: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	17,391	63.2	+13.3
	Labor	Eddie Britt	8,974	32.6	-10.4
	Democrats	Sean Turkington	1,154	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			27,519	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			658	2.3	-0.8
Turnout			28,177	91.7	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Collins		65.4	+11.7
	Labor	Eddie Britt		34.6	-11.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.7

New South Wales state election, 1981: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Collins	13,185	49.9
	Labor	Eddie Britt	11,370	43.0
	Independent	Kenneth Thomas	1,880	7.1
Total formal votes			26,435	96.9
Informal votes			856	3.1
Turnout			27,291	89.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Collins	13,902	53.7	+1.5
	Labor	Eddie Britt	12,004	46.3	-1.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Nick Greiner	10,456	39.8	-23.3
	Labor	Eddie Britt	10,015	38.1	+1.2
	Independent	Laurie McGinty	4,075	15.5	+15.5
	Democrats	Christine Townend	1,748	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			26,294	96.9	-0.8
Informal votes			832	3.1	+0.8
Turnout			27,126	90.5	-2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eddie Britt	13,359	50.8	+13.9
	Liberal	Nick Greiner	12,935	49.2	-13.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.9

New South Wales state election, 1976: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	17,417	63.1	+2.0
	Labor	Eddie Britt	10,183	36.9	+12.7
Total formal votes			27,600	97.7	+0.3
Informal votes			642	2.3	-0.3
Turnout			28,242	92.5	+2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.2

New South Wales state election, 1973: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	16,322	61.1	+4.5
	Labor	Alwynne Pengelly	6,471	24.2	-3.9
	Australia Party	Mary McNish	2,574	9.6	+1.4
	Democratic Labor	Reginald Lawson	1,333	5.0	+1.4
Total formal votes			26,700	97.4
Informal votes			723	2.6
Turnout			27,423	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	18,500	69.3	+4.5
	Labor	Alwynne Pengelly	8,200	30.7	-4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

New South Wales state election, 1971: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	14,180	56.6	-9.1
	Labor	Eddie Britt	7,023	28.1	-1.0
	Australia Party	Mary McNish	2,048	8.2	+8.2
	Independent	Ida Carter	893	3.6	+3.6
	Democratic Labor	Leo Eller	893	3.6	-1.6
Total formal votes			25,037	97.6
Informal votes			625	2.4
Turnout			25,662	91.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	16,159	64.5	-5.4
	Labor	Eddie Britt	8,878	35.5	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	16,638	65.7	-5.0
	Labor	Eddie Britt	7,364	29.1	-0.2
	Democratic Labor	Peter Ledlin	1,328	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			25,330	96.5
Informal votes			928	3.5
Turnout			26,258	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Laurie McGinty	17,700	69.9	-0.9
	Labor	Eddie Britt	7,630	30.1	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

New South Wales state election, 1965: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Brain	17,897	70.7	−29.3
	Labor	Eddie Britt	7,399	29.3	+29.3
Total formal votes			25,296	98.1
Informal votes			490	1.9
Turnout			25,786	92.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1962: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Brain	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Brain	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Willoughby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	George Brain	15,682	72.0	+7.4
	Labor	Anthony Coates	6,086	28.0	−7.4
Total formal votes			21,768	98.8	+0.4
Informal votes			271	1.2	−0.4
Turnout			22,039	92.9	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.4

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Willoughby". Retrieved 10 June 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Willoughby: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Willoughby: 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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