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Electoral district of Eastwood

Eastwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930 and from 1950 to 1999.[1][2] It included Eastwood. It was abolished in 1999, and mostly replaced by Epping.[3]

Members for Eastwood

First incarnation (1927–1930)
Member Party Term
David Anderson [4] Nationalist 1927–1930
Second incarnation (1950–1999)
Member Party Term
Eric Hearnshaw [5] Liberal 1950–1965
Jim Clough [6] Liberal 1965–1988
Andrew Tink [7] Liberal 1988–1999

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Eastwood
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Eastwood[edit]
1995 New South Wales state election: Eastwood [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Tink 18,867 55.7 -6.7
Labor Steve Gurney 8,981 26.5 +1.6
Greens Alex Lepelaar 2,124 6.3 +6.3
Democrats Chris Dunkerley 2,051 6.1 -2.7
AAFI Rodney Smith 1,667 4.9 +4.9
Natural Law Tim Carr 192 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 33,882 96.3 +2.9
Informal votes 1,306 3.7 -2.9
Turnout 35,188 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Tink 20,649 64.2 -4.5
Labor Steve Gurney 11,507 35.8 +4.5
Liberal hold Swing -4.5

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Epping". New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News.
  4. ^ "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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