Electoral results for the district of Pittwater

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Pittwater in New South Wales state elections from the district's first election in 1973 until the present.

Members for Pittwater

New South Wales state election, 2015: Pittwater^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	32,761	67.8	−4.2
	Greens	Felicity Davis	7,780	16.1	−0.7
	Labor	Kieren Ash	6,167	12.8	+3.8
	Christian Democrats	Zoran Curcic	886	1.8	−0.4
	No Land Tax	Rebecca Arduca	751	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			48,345	97.6	+0.3
Informal votes			1,202	2.4	−0.3
Turnout			49,547	91.3	+2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	34,015	77.9	−6.6
	Labor	Kieren Ash	9,653	22.1	+6.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	33,706	75.7	−2.3
	Greens	Felicity Davis	10,847	24.4	+2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.3

New South Wales state election, 2011: Pittwater^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	32,225	72.0	+21.7
	Greens	Jonathan King	7,536	16.8	+7.1
	Labor	Pat Boydell	4,023	9.0	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Mark McFarlane	986	2.2	-1.1
Total formal votes			44,770	97.7	-0.1
Informal votes			1,048	2.3	+0.1
Turnout			45,818	92.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	33,180	78.0	+18.6
	Greens	Jonathan King	9,366	22.0	+22.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+18.6

New South Wales state election, 2007: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	20,807	50.3	-10.0
	Independent	Alex McTaggart	11,107	26.9	+26.9
	Greens	Craige McWhirter	4,039	9.8	-4.3
	Labor	Pat Boydell	3,046	7.4	-11.6
	Christian Democrats	Patricia Giles	1,350	3.3	+0.5
	AAFI	Charles Byrne	648	1.6	+0.2
	Democrats	Mario Nicotra	363	0.9	-1.3
Total formal votes			41,360	97.8	-0.2
Informal votes			912	2.2	+0.2
Turnout			42,272	92.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Rob Stokes	22,109	59.4	-10.7
	Independent	Alex McTaggart	15,123	40.6	+40.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.7

Pittwater state by-election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Alex McTaggart	15,052	39.23	+39.23
	Liberal	Paul Nicolaou	14,622	38.11	−22.16
	Christian Democrats	Patricia Giles	3,208	8.36	+5.54
	Greens	Natalie Stevens	2,819	7.35	−6.73
	Independent	Robert Dunn	2,316	6.04	+6.04
	Democrats	Mario Nicotra	348	0.91	−1.29
Total formal votes			38,365	98.13	+0.06
Informal votes			730	1.87	−0.06
Turnout			39,095	85.20	−5.98
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Alex McTaggart	19,683	55.36	+55.36
	Liberal	Paul Nicolaou	15,869	44.64	−25.47
	Independent gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 2003: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Brogden	24,601	60.3	+8.3
	Labor	Ben Carpentier	7,738	19.0	-0.7
	Greens	Hunter Walters	5,749	14.1	+7.6
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Amos	1,150	2.8	+0.1
	Democrats	Jane Rowe	897	2.2	-9.5
	AAFI	George Atkinson	579	1.4	+0.3
	Unity	Hue Lee	103	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			40,817	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			805	1.9	-0.2
Turnout			41,622	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Brogden	26,065	70.1	+1.3
	Labor	Ben Carpentier	11,110	29.9	-1.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.3

New South Wales state election, 1999: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Brogden	20,918	52.0	-8.5
	Labor	Pat Boydell	7,938	19.7	-0.1
	Democrats	Vicki Dimond	4,719	11.7	+7.3
	Greens	Trevor Ockenden	2,604	6.5	-3.8
	One Nation	Peter Cuthbertson	1,955	4.9	+4.9
	Christian Democrats	Rick Bristow	1,088	2.7	-0.3
	AAFI	Paul Whitmore	436	1.1	+0.6
	Earthsave	Adrian Sonza	414	1.0	+1.0
	Non-Custodial Parents	Peter Vlug	135	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			40,207	97.8	+1.7
Informal votes			897	2.2	-1.7
Turnout			41,104	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Brogden	23,201	68.8	-1.5
	Labor	Pat Boydell	10,523	31.2	+1.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.5

Pittwater state by-election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Brogden	16,772	50.38	-10.56
	Democrats	Vicki Dimond	4,694	14.10	+9.79
	Labor	Gary Sargent	4,429	13.30	-5.72
	AAFI	Janey Woodger	2,502	7.52
	Greens	Chris Cairns	2,344	7.04	-4.10
	Independent	Gerard Smith	1,591	4.78
	Call to Australia	Rick Bristow	960	2.88	-0.19
Informal votes			548	1.62	-2.23
Turnout			33,840	83.38	-10.20
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	John Brogden	19,346	65.02	-5.81
	Democrats	Vicki Dimond	10,409	34.98
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.81

New South Wales state election, 1995: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Longley	21,244	60.9	-5.4
	Labor	Gary Sargent	6,631	19.0	+1.5
	Greens	Chris Cairns	3,882	11.1	+11.1
	Democrats	Peter Baker	1,503	4.3	-11.9
	Call to Australia	Rick Bristow	1,070	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Ian Pash	532	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			34,862	96.1	+4.9
Informal votes			1,397	3.9	-4.9
Turnout			36,259	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Longley	23,381	70.8	-2.6
	Labor	Gary Sargent	9,631	29.2	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

New South Wales state election, 1991: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Longley	20,893	66.3	+10.2
	Labor	Garry Sargent	5,515	17.5	+1.2
	Democrats	David Plumb	5,108	16.2	+13.5
Total formal votes			31,516	91.2	-5.7
Informal votes			3,036	8.8	+5.7
Turnout			34,552	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Longley	22,150	73.4	+1.1
	Labor	Garry Sargent	8,008	26.6	-1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.1

New South Wales state election, 1988: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Longley	16,952	56.5	-2.2
	Independent	Eric Green	7,640	25.5	+25.5
	Labor	Anthony Britt	4,280	14.3	-12.8
	Democrats	Graeme MacLennan	905	3.0	-1.1
	Independent	Ronald Jamieson	235	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			30,012	97.1	-0.7
Informal votes			896	2.9	+0.7
Turnout			30,908	92.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Longley	17,424	60.1	-6.0
	Independent	Eric Green	11,559	39.9	+39.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.0

New South Wales state election, 1984: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Max Smith	17,452	58.1	-2.8
	Labor	Denise Morgan	8,290	27.6	-11.5
	Independent	John Webeck	3,035	10.1	+10.1
	Democrats	Graeme MacLennan	1,249	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			30,026	97.8	+1.6
Informal votes			661	2.2	-1.6
Turnout			30,687	91.5	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Smith		65.5	+4.6
	Labor	Denise Morgan		34.5	-4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

New South Wales state election, 1981: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Max Smith	16,910	60.9	+14.9
	Labor	Patrick Sewell	10,872	39.1	-1.5
Total formal votes			27,782	96.2
Informal votes			1,087	3.8
Turnout			28,869	88.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.5

New South Wales state election, 1978: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Max Smith	12,707	46.0	-15.2
	Labor	Charles Wild	11,220	40.6	+10.8
	Independent	John Webeck	2,924	10.6	+10.6
	Democrats	Kerry Warr	777	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			27,628	97.3	-1.4
Informal votes			764	2.7	+1.4
Turnout			28,392	90.2	-1.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Max Smith	14,205	51.4	-13.8
	Labor	Charles Wild	13,423	48.6	+13.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-13.8

New South Wales state election, 1976: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce Webster	16,798	61.2	-2.8
	Labor	Charles Wild	8,176	29.8	+0.3
	Workers	John Booth	1,982	7.2	+7.2
	Independent	Peter Middlebrook	473	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			27,429	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			368	1.3	-1.1
Turnout			27,797	92.0	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Webster	17,871	65.2	-4.0
	Labor	Charles Wild	9,558	34.8	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

New South Wales state election, 1973: Pittwater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Askin	15,522	64.0	+2.0
	Labor	Dorothy Jeffery	7,144	29.5	+29.5
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Lee	1,583	6.5	+0.3
Total formal votes			24,249	97.6
Informal votes			607	2.4
Turnout			24,856	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Askin	16,788	69.2	-1.4
	Labor	Dorothy Jeffery	7,461	30.8	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

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