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Download the Full Paper As NSW Legislative Council Elections 1995 by Antony Green NSW PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY RESEARCH SERVICE Dr David Clune (230 2484), Manager Ms Honor Figgis (230 2768) Research Officer, Law Dr Gareth Griffith (230 2356) Senior Research Officer, Politics and Government Ms Fiona Manning (230 3085) Research Office, Law/Social Issues Mr Stewart Smith (230 2798) Research Officer, Environment/Science Ms Marie Swain (230 2003) Research Officer, Law Mr John Wilkinson (230 2006) Research Officer, Economics ISSN 1325-4456 ISBN O 7310 5953 0 © 1996 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, without 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. June 1996 Background Paper is published by the NSW Parliamentary Library The Author Antony Green is well known as the Election Analyst for 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. He has produced previously a number of major studies on NSW elections for the Parliamentary Library. Most recently he is the author of the Federal Election Guide 1996 for ABC Books. CONTENTS Page Introduction .................................................................................. 1 Index of Party Abbreviations ....................................................................... 3 Regional Classification of Electorates ........................................................... 4 Section 1 : Summaries of Results Tables 1.1 Summary of Vote by Party ............................................................... 5 1.2 Change in Vote 1991 - 1995 ........................................................... 5 1.3 Distribution of Vote within Party Groups ............................................ 6 1 .4 Detailed Distribution of Party Preferences ........................................... 7 1.5 Detailed Progress of Count ............... : .............................................. 9 1.6 Summary of Party Progressive Quotas by Count ............................... 21 Section 2: Council Results by Electorate Tables 2.1 Summary of Council Vote by Electorate ........................................... 23 2.2 Summary of Council Vote by Region ............................................... 36 Section 3: Summary of Party Vote in Electorate (Ordered by % Vote) Tables 3.1 Australian Independents Coalition for Political Integrity ...................... 37 3.2 Smokers Rights Party .................................................................... 38 3.3 Daylight Saving Extension Party ..................................................... 39 3.4 Environment Independents ............................................................. 40 3.5 No Aircraft Noise .......................................................................... 41 3.6 The Country Party ........................................................................ 42 3.7 Citizen Opinion Law Order Capital Punishment .................................. 43 3.8 A Better Future For Our Children .................................................... 44 3.9 Independent EFF ........................................................................... 45 3.10 Indigenous Peoples Party ............................................................... 46 3.11 Citizens Electoral Councils Group .................................................... 4 7 3.12 The Seniors ................................................................................. 48 3.13 Liberal / National Party .................................................................. 49 3.14 Riders' and Motorists' Party Inc ...................................................... 50 3.15 Democratic Socialist ..................................................................... 51 3.16 Public Hospital Alliance ................................................................. 52 3.17 Call to Australia (Fred Nile) Group ................................................... 53 3.18 Australians Against Further Immigration .......................................... 54 3.19 The Greens .................................................................................. 5 5 3.20 Confederate Action Party of Australia .............................................. 56 3.21 Grey Power ................................................................................. 5 7 3.22 Australian Democrats .................................................................... 58 3.23 Abolish State Government Party ..................................................... 59 3.24 Shooters Party ............................................................................. 60 3.25 Australian Labor Party ................................................................... 61 3.26 Natural Law Party .......................................................... : .............. 62 3.27 Stop Dual Occupancy Party ........................................................... 63 3.28 Ungrouped Candidates .................................................................. 64 Section 4: Comparison of Assembly and Council Results Tables 4.1 Comparison by Electorate .............................................................. 65 4.2 Comparison by Region .................................................................. 68 4.3 Difference in Labor Vote ................................................................ 69 4.4 Diference in Liberal/National Vote ................................................... 70 NSW Legislative Council Election INTRODUCTION This paper contains a summary of the results of the 1995 election for 21 members of the New South Wales Legislative Council. It is based on the election statistics published by the NSW Electoral Commissioner, though the data has been summarized and re­ ordered to provide more information on the results. The publication consists of four section: Section 1 summarizes the results of the election, and details the progress of the count during the distribution of preferences. Section 2 lists the Legislative Council results for each Legislative Assembly electorate. Tables provide the primary votes and primary percentage vote received by each party group. Section 3 breaks down the state-wide vote for each party group by electorate, providing tables of votes recorded in each electorate, ordered by the size of the percentage vote received. Section 4 provides summary tables comparing the vote in the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. While all calculations are based on the published Statistical Returns, all calculation of percentages, flows of preferences, total votes for party groupings and analysis by electorate are the responsibility of the Author. 1995 NSW Legislative Council Election 2 NSW Legislative Council Election INDEX OF PARTY ABBREVIATIONS CODE Party Name Group ( 1) (2) (blank) Non-Aligned Candidates AAFI Australians Against Further Immigration R 54 92 AICFPI Australian Independents Coalition For Political Integrity A 37 94 ALP Labor Party y 61 97 ASG Abolish State Government Party w 59 78 BFC A Better Future For Our Children H 44 94 CAP Confederate Action Party T 56 70 CEC Citizens Electoral Council K 47 75 COLOCP Citizens Opinion Law Order Capital Punishment G 43 84 CP Country Party F 42 86 CTA Call to Australia (Fred Nile) Group Q 53 93 DEM Australian Democrats V 58 97 DSE Daylight Saving Extension Party C 39 90 DSP Democratic Socialist Party 0 51 79 EFF Independent EFF I 45 81 El Environment Independents D 40 88 GRN The Greens s 55 90 GRY Greypower u 57 80 IND Independents IPP Indigenous Peoples Party j 46 82 LAW Natural Law Party z 62 77 LIB Liberal Party LNP Liberal/National Party M 49 93 NAN No Aircraft Noise E 41 97 NAT National Party 0TH Others PHA Public Hospital Alliance p 52 85 RAMP Riders' and Motorists' Party N 50 83 SDO Stop Dual Occupancy AB 63 76 SEN Seniors Party L 48 89 SHOO Shooters Party X 60 92 SMR Smokers Rights Party B 38 87 UNG Ungrouped 64 71 NOTES: ( 1 ) Page number of results table for this party group (2) Count at which final candidate of group was excluded. Underlining indicates where the exclusion was due to the final candidat~ being successfully elected. 3 1995 NSW Legislative Council Election REGIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF ELECTORATES Table 2.2 and Table 4.2 provide summaries of vote by region. Electorates have been classified as set out below. North Coast Ballina, Clarence, Coffs Harbour, Lismore, Murwillumbah, Myall Lakes, Oxley, Port Macquarie (8) Southern Country Albury, Bega, Burrinjuck, Monaro, South Coast, Southern Highlands, Wagga Wagga (7) Western Country Barwon, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Dubbo, Lachlan, Murrumbidgee, Murray, Northern Tablelands, Orange, Tamworth, Upper Hunter ( 11) Hunter Seats Cessnock, Charlestown, Lake Macquarie, Maitland, Newcastle, Port Stephens, Swansea, Wallsend, Waratah (9) lllawarra Seats Bulli, lllawarra, Keira, Kiama, Wollongong (5) Central Coast Gosford, Peats, The Entrance, Wyong (4) Inner City Ashfield, Bligh, Coogee, Drummoyne,
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