Murwillumbah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1988 and abolished in 1999.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Don Beck | National | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1995 | |||
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1990s[edit]
1995[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Don Beck | 14,701 | 41.2 | +4.3 | |
| Labor | Trevor Wilson | 10,005 | 28.0 | -1.7 | |
| Independent | Jade Hurley | 8,139 | 22.8 | +5.4 | |
| Greens | Samuelle Leonard | 1,543 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Independent | John Diamond | 665 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Against Further Immigration | Ken Harradine | 359 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| The Country Party | John Morrison | 213 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | Ron Evans | 100 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 35,725 | 95.9 | +0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,511 | 4.1 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 37,236 | 92.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Don Beck | 16,713 | 52.1 | -1.0 | |
| Labor | Trevor Wilson | 15,394 | 47.9 | +1.0 | |
| National hold | Swing | -1.0 | |||
1991[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Don Beck | 11,196 | 36.8 | -19.1 | |
| Labor | Trevor Wilson | 9,038 | 29.7 | -6.9 | |
| Independent | John Hurley | 4,984 | 16.4 | +16.4 | |
| Independent | Max Boyd | 4,431 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
| Democrats | Ken Nicholson | 772 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,421 | 95.3 | -2.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,499 | 4.7 | +2.4 | ||
| Turnout | 31,920 | 92.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Don Beck | 14,937 | 53.1 | -6.5 | |
| Labor | Trevor Wilson | 13,201 | 46.9 | +6.5 | |
| National hold | Swing | -6.5 | |||
Elections in the 1980s[edit]
1988[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Don Beck | 16,687 | 56.1 | +10.7 | |
| Labor | James McCaughey | 10,847 | 36.5 | -6.6 | |
| Independent | Angus Pearson | 2,220 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,754 | 97.7 | -0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 689 | 2.3 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 30,443 | 92.9 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Don Beck | 17,648 | 60.1 | +9.9 | |
| Labor | James McCaughey | 11,714 | 39.9 | -9.9 | |
| National notional hold | Swing | +9.9 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Mr Donald Frederick Charles Beck (1936- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Murwillumbah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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