Electoral results for the district of Balmain

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

Members for Balmain

First incarnation (1880–1882, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1880–1882

(1882–1885, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1882–1885		William Hutchinson	None	1882–1885

(1885–1889, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1885–1887		Solomon Hyam	None	1885–1887		John Hawthorne	None	1885–1887
	Jacob Garrard	Free Trade	1887–1889		Frank Smith	Free Trade	1887–1889		John Hawthorne	Free Trade	1887–1889

(1889–1894, 4 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	Free Trade	1889–1891		Frank Smith	Free Trade	1889–1891		John Hawthorne	Free Trade	1889–1891		George Clubb	Free Trade	1889–1891
	George Clark	Labor	1891–1891		Edward Darnley	Labor	1891–1894		James Johnston	Labor	1891–1894		William Murphy	Labor	1891–1894
	George Clark	Free Trade	1891–1894		Edward Darnley	Labor	1891–1894		James Johnston	Labor	1891–1894		William Murphy	Labor	1891–1894

Second incarnation (1904–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Anderson	Liberal Reform	1904–1907
	John Storey	Labor	1907–1920

(1920–1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Storey	Labor	1920–1921		John Doyle	Labor	1920–1922		Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor	1920–1927		John Quirk	Labor	1920–1927		Albert Smith	Nationalist	1920–1922
	Tom Keegan	Labor	1921–1927		John Doyle	Labor	1920–1922										Albert Smith	Nationalist	1920–1922
				Robert Stopford	Nationalist	1922–1925		Albert Lane				Nationalist				1922–1927
				H. V. Evatt	Labor	1925–1927		Albert Lane				Nationalist				1922–1927

(1927–1991, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	H. V. Evatt	Independent Labor	1927–1930
	John Quirk	Labor	1930–1938
	Mary Quirk	Labor	1939–1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940–1941
		Labor	1941–1950
		Independent Labor	1950–1950
	John McMahon	Labor	1950–1968
	Roger Degen	Labor	1968–1984
	Peter Crawford	Labor	1984–1988
	Dawn Fraser	Independent	1988–1991
Third incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Verity Firth	Labor	2007–2011
	Jamie Parker	Greens	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Balmain^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Greens	Jamie Parker	17,556	37.4	+6.3
	Labor	Verity Firth	14,930	31.8	+1.9
	Liberal	Lyndon Gannon	11,682	24.9	−5.8
	Cyclists	Patrick Fogarty	951	2.0	+2.0
	Animal Justice	Michelle Nielsen	913	1.9	+1.9
	No Land Tax	Gordon Brown	527	1.1	+1.1
	Christian Democrats	Rhonda Avasalu	393	0.8	−0.1
Total formal votes			46,952	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			999	2.1	−0.8
Turnout			47,951	88.3	+2.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	20,019	54.7	−0.3
	Labor	Verity Firth	16,557	45.3	+45.3
	Greens hold		Swing	−0.3

New South Wales state election, 2011: Balmain^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	James Falk	14,860	32.6	+8.8
	Greens	Jamie Parker	14,019	30.7	+1.2
	Labor	Verity Firth	13,765	30.2	-9.1
	Independent	Maire Sheehan	1,375	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Jane Ward	681	1.5	-1.6
	Christian Democrats	Leeanne Gesling	426	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Nicholas Folkes	289	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Jon Shapiro	223	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,638	97.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,149	2.5	-0.1
Turnout			46,787	90.2	+0.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	19,141	53.5	+7.2
	Liberal	James Falk	16,664	46.5	+46.5
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Verity Firth	16,562	39.2	-2.9
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	12,471	29.5	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Shmigel	10,031	23.8	+2.7
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,297	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Jane Hyde	987	2.3	+2.3
	Democrats	Edward Okulicz	881	2.1	-0.3
Total formal votes			42,229	97.5	-0.1
Informal votes			1,088	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			43,317	89.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Verity Firth	17,933	53.7	-3.4
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	15,431	46.3	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Crawford	11,071	39.3	-21.5
	Independent	Dawn Fraser	6,381	22.6	+22.6
	Liberal	Geoffrey Courtney	5,383	19.1	-4.6
	Community Independents	Larry Hand	2,422	8.6	+8.6
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,990	7.1	+7.1
	Democrats	William Cole	558	2.0	-5.4
	Independent	Patricia Webster	370	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			28,175	96.3	+0.2
Informal votes			1,091	3.7	-0.2
Turnout			29,266	89.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dawn Fraser	13,440	51.7	+51.7
	Labor	Peter Crawford	12,576	48.3	-21.0
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1984: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Crawford	15,158	60.7	+1.5
	Liberal	Gibson Bennie	6,003	24.0	+9.4
	Socialist	Noel Hazard	2,061	8.3	+5.5
	Democrats	Karen McEwan	1,763	7.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			24,985	96.1	+0.7
Informal votes			1,025	3.9	-0.7
Turnout			26,010	89.0	+2.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Crawford		69.0	-12.0
	Liberal	Gibson Bennie		31.0	+12.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-12.0

New South Wales state election, 1981: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	14,444	59.2	-15.1
	Liberal	Dianne Street	3,553	14.6	+0.3
	Independent	Douglas Spedding	3,162	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Franco Paisio	1,712	7.0	+7.0
	Communist	Denis Freney	849	3.5	-0.5
	Socialist	James Donovan	676	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,396	95.4
Informal votes			1,167	4.6
Turnout			25,563	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,044	81.0	-3.2
	Liberal	Dianne Street	4,453	18.9	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	20,289	74.3	+7.0
	Liberal	Ivor Balmain	3,906	14.3	-10.4
	Socialist Workers	Lynda Boland	2,030	7.4	+3.9
	Communist	Brian Aarons	1,102	4.0	+1.6
Total formal votes			27,327	96.4	-0.6
Informal votes			1,006	3.6	+0.6
Turnout			28,333	88.4	-0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	23,014	84.2	+10.0
	Liberal	Ivor Balmain	4,313	15.8	-10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

New South Wales state election, 1976: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,204	67.3	-1.9
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,054	24.7	+24.7
	Socialist Workers	Juanita Keig	1,002	3.5	+3.5
	Communist	Peter Cockroft	680	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Donald Henderson	615	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			28,555	97.0	+2.4
Informal votes			875	3.0	-2.4
Turnout			29,430	89.2	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	21,188	74.2	-2.3
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,367	25.8	+25.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.3

New South Wales state election, 1973: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	18,013	69.2	-3.8
	Democratic Labor	Gary Doherty	4,196	16.1	+16.1
	Australia Party	Rosemary Smith	3,839	14.7	+14.7
Total formal votes			26,048	94.6
Informal votes			1,476	5.4
Turnout			27,524	89.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,933	76.5	+3.5
	Democratic Labor	Gary Doherty	6,115	23.5	+23.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1971: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	17,358	73.0	+23.0
	Liberal	Robert Ward	6,423	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,781	95.9
Informal votes			1,021	4.1
Turnout			24,802	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	12,974	50.0	-14.5
	Independent	Nick Origlass	6,794	26.2	+26.2
	Liberal	Peter Middleton	6,174	23.8	-4.5
Total formal votes			25,942	96.5
Informal votes			950	3.5
Turnout			26,892	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	17,928	69.1	-1.2
	Liberal	Peter Middleton	8,014	30.9	+1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.2

The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and Independent candidates for Balmain.

New South Wales state election, 1965: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John McMahon	13,689	64.5	-9.5
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,992	28.2	+6.9
	Communist	Harry Black	1,530	7.2	+2.5
Total formal votes			21,211	96.9	-0.8
Informal votes			682	3.1	+0.8
Turnout			21,893	94.0	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	14,913	70.3	-7.4
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	6,298	29.7	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

New South Wales state election, 1962: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John McMahon	16,245	74.0	+3.6
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	4,679	21.3	-2.1
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,030	4.7	-1.5
Total formal votes			21,954	97.7
Informal votes			519	2.3
Turnout			22,473	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	17,069	77.7	+2.4
	Liberal	Winston Pickering	4,885	22.3	-2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.4

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	John McMahon	15,216	70.4
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,067	23.4
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,328	6.2
Total formal votes			21,611	97.7
Informal votes			511	2.3
Turnout			22,122	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	16,278	75.3
	Liberal	Sabina Greenman	5,333	24.7
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John McMahon	14,613	67.3	-11.8
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,643	26.0	+26.0
	Communist	Stanley Moran	1,461	6.7	+0.2
Total formal votes			21,717	98.3	+2.1
Informal votes			384	1.7	-2.1
Turnout			22,101	92.9	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John McMahon	15,928	75.3	-7.0
	Liberal	Elton Lewis	5,789	24.7	+24.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balmain". Retrieved 27 June 2011.

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