New South Wales Legislative Council Elections 1999 Background Paper
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NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE New South Wales Legislative Council Elections 1999 by Antony Green Background Paper No 2/2000 RELATED PUBLICATIONS C NSW Elections 1999 by Antony Green, Background Paper 4/99 C New South Wales Legislative Assembly Elections 1999: Two- Candidate preferred results by Polling Place by Antony Green, Background Paper 6/99 ISSN 1325-5142 ISBN 0 7313 1676 2 May 2000 8 2000 Except to the extent of the uses permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including information storage and retrieval systems, with the prior written consent from the Librarian, New South Wales Parliamentary Library, other than by Members of the New South Wales Parliament in the course of their official duties. The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the New South Wales Parliamentary Library. NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE Dr David Clune, Manager...........................................................................(02) 9230 2484 Dr Gareth Griffith, Senior Research Officer, Politics and Government / Law ..................................................................(02) 9230 2356 Ms Abigail Rath, Research Officer, Law ...................................................(02) 9230 2768 Ms Rachel Simpson, Research Officer, Law..............................................(02) 9230 3085 Mr Stewart Smith, Research Officer, Environment....................................(02) 9230 2798 Ms Marie Swain, Research Officer, Law/Social Issues..............................(02) 9230 2003 Mr John Wilkinson, Research Officer, Economics ....................................(02) 9230 2006 Acknowledgments I would like to thank NSW Electoral Commissioner, Mr John Wasson, and the staff of the State Electoral Office, for their assistance in providing elections results. In particular, I would like to thank Mr Terry Jessop. The Author Antony Green is an Election Analyst with ABC-Television, and has worked for the ABC on every state and federal election coverage since 1989. He also writes regularly on electoral matters for the Sydney Morning Herald. Antony studied at Sydney University, obtaining a Bachelor of Science in mathematics and computing, and a Bachelor of Economics with Honours in politics. Antony has prepared a number of publications for the Parliamentary Library on different aspects on New South Wales electoral politics. Information about Research Publications can be found on the Internet at: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/gi/library/publicn.html CONTENTS Page Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 Party Abbreviations ........................................................................................ 2 Regional Classification of Electorates ................................................................ 4 Section 1: Summaries of Results Tables 1.1 Summary of Vote by Party ................................................................... 5 1.2 Detail of Count by Candidate, and Detailed Progress of Count. .................. 7 1.3 Summary of Distribution of Preferences................................................ 24 1.4 Composition of Final Quotas ............................................................... 30 Section 2: Council Results by Electorate Tables 2.1 Summary of Council Vote by Region .................................................... 37 2.2 Summary of Council Vote by Electorate................................................ 40 Section 3: Summary of Party Vote in Electorate (Ordered by % Vote) Table 3.1 Australian Labor Party........................................................................ 78 3.2 Liberal/National Party ......................................................................... 79 3.3 Pauline Hanson's One Nation .............................................................. 80 3.4 Australian Democrats......................................................................... 81 3.5 Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) ......................................... 82 3.6 The Greens....................................................................................... 83 3.7 John Tingle - The Shooters Party........................................................ 84 3.8 Progressive Labor Party...................................................................... 85 3.9 Marijuana Smokers Rights Party .......................................................... 86 3.10 Reform the Legal System ................................................................... 87 3.11 Unity ............................................................................................... 88 3.12 Country Summit Alliance .................................................................... 89 3.13 Registered Clubs Party ....................................................................... 90 3.14 Gun Owners & Sporting Hunters Rights................................................ 91 3.15 Country Party ................................................................................... 92 3.16 What's Doing? Party.......................................................................... 93 3.17 A Better Future For Our Children ......................................................... 94 3.18 Franca Arena Child Safety Alliance ...................................................... 95 3.19 Three Day Weekend Party .................................................................. 96 3.20 Australian Family Alliance................................................................... 97 3.21 Young Australians Caring for our Future ............................................... 98 3.22 Australians Against Further Immigration ............................................... 99 3.23 Gay and Lesbian Party ..................................................................... 100 3.24 Australians Against the Promotion of Homosexuality ............................ 101 3.25 The Australian Small Business Party................................................... 102 3.26 Animal Liberation Party .................................................................... 103 3.27 Democratic Socialists....................................................................... 104 3.28 Speranza: Hope for Better Health NSW............................................... 105 3.29 The Four Wheel Drive Party .............................................................. 106 3.30 Outdoor Recreation Party ................................................................. 107 3.31 Riders' and Motorists' Party.............................................................. 108 3.32 Kevin Ryan - Drug Reform ................................................................ 109 3.33 The Seniors Party............................................................................ 110 3.34 Jobs for Everyone - Futures for All..................................................... 111 3.35 Marine Environment Conservation Party.............................................. 112 3.36 The Wilderness Party ....................................................................... 113 3.37 Stop Banks from Exploiting Australians Group ..................................... 114 Table 3.38 Australian Independents Coalition for Political Integrity.......................... 115 3.39 Fair Tax Party ................................................................................. 116 3.40 Help Disabled People........................................................................ 117 3.41 No GST/Mick Gallagher for Australia .................................................. 118 3.42 NSW Ratepayers Party ..................................................................... 119 3.43 Womens Party/Save the Forests ........................................................ 120 3.44 Australia First.................................................................................. 121 3.45 Make Billionaires Pay More Tax!......................................................... 122 3.46 Euthanasia Referendum Party ............................................................ 123 3.47 Care For Us Party ............................................................................ 124 3.48 (Godfrey Bigot) People Before Party Politics......................................... 125 3.49 Hospitals, Education, Law, Privacy..................................................... 126 3.50 Earthsave ....................................................................................... 127 3.51 People Against Paedophiles............................................................... 128 3.52 Independent Community Network ...................................................... 129 3.53 Abolish State Governments!.............................................................. 130 3.54 A Fair Go For Families ...................................................................... 131 3.55 Communist Party of Australia ............................................................ 132 3.56 Voice of the People Party.................................................................. 133 3.57 Citizens Electoral Councils of Australia (NSW) ..................................... 134 3.58 Natural Law Party............................................................................ 135 3.59 Give Criminals Longer Sentences ....................................................... 136 3.60 Responsible