Electoral results for the Division of Wentworth

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Wentworth in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1901 until the present.

Members

	Party	Term
Sir William McMillan	Free Trade	1901–1903
Willie Kelly	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1903–1909
	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1916
	Nationalist	1916–1919
Walter Marks	Nationalist	1919–1929
	Independent Nationalist	1929–1930
	Australian	1930–1931
	United Australia	1931–1931
(Sir) Eric Harrison	United Australia	1931–1944
(Sir) Eric Harrison	Liberal	1944–1956
Les Bury	Liberal	1956–1974
Bob Ellicott	Liberal	1974–1981
Peter Coleman	Liberal	1981–1987
John Hewson	Liberal	1987–1995
Andrew Thomson	Liberal	1995–2001
Peter King	Liberal	2001–2004
Peter King	Independent	2004–2004
Malcolm Turnbull	Liberal	2004–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

Australian federal election, 2016: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	52,353	62.26	−2.35
	Labor	Evan Hughes	14,913	17.73	−0.98
	Greens	Dejay Toborek	12,496	14.86	+0.84
	Arts	Anthony Ackroyd	1,478	1.76	+1.76
	Science	Peter Xing	988	1.17	+1.17
	Christian Democrats	Beresford Thomas	901	1.07	+0.62
	Independent	David Allen	573	0.68	+0.68
	Independent	Marc Aussie-Stone	390	0.46	+0.46
Total formal votes			84,092	94.87	+0.60
Informal votes			4,549	5.13	−0.60
Turnout			88,641	86.22	−3.78
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	56,971	67.75	−1.17
	Labor	Evan Hughes	27,121	32.25	+1.17
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.17

Australian federal election, 2013: Wentworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	58,266	63.34	+3.77
	Labor	Di Smith	17,808	19.36	-1.71
	Greens	Matthew Robertson	13,432	14.60	-2.84
	Independent	Pat Sheil	1,050	1.14	+0.55
	Palmer United	Marsha Foxman	996	1.08	+1.08
	Christian Democrats	Beresford Thomas	431	0.47	+0.47
Total formal votes			91,983	94.29	-1.21
Informal votes			5,568	5.71	+1.21
Turnout			97,551	89.28	-0.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	62,336	67.77	+2.91
	Labor	Di Smith	29,647	32.23	-2.91
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.91

Australian federal election, 2010: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	51,634	59.57	+9.20
	Labor	Steven Lewis	18,265	21.07	-9.41
	Greens	Matthew Robertson	15,114	17.44	+2.48
	Independent	Pat Sheil	515	0.59	+0.29
	Independent	Malcolm Duncan	484	0.56	+0.56
	Carers Alliance	Stuart Neal	389	0.45	+0.45
	Secular	John August	275	0.32	+0.32
Total formal votes			86,676	95.50	+0.40
Informal votes			4,085	4.50	-0.40
Turnout			90,761	89.45	-3.08
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	56,219	64.86	+11.01
	Labor	Steven Lewis	30,457	35.14	-11.01
	Liberal hold		Swing	+11.01

Elections in the 2000s

Australian federal election, 2007: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	44,463	50.37	+10.10
	Labor	George Newhouse	26,903	30.48	+1.55
	Greens	Susan Jarnason	13,205	14.96	+2.10
	Climate Change	Dixie Coulton	1,156	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Dani Ecuyer	774	0.88	+0.88
	Democrats	Pierce Field	721	0.82	-0.28
	Christian Democrats	Bradley Molony	323	0.37	+0.37
	Independent	Pat Sheil	265	0.30	+0.06
	Family First	James Adams	255	0.29	-0.04
	Liberty & Democracy	Jonatan Kelu	129	0.15	+0.15
	CEC	John Jamieson	78	0.09	-0.01
Total formal votes			88,272	95.10	+1.05
Informal votes			4,548	4.90	-1.05
Turnout			92,820	92.56	-0.54
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	47,538	53.85	+1.34
	Labor	George Newhouse	40,734	46.15	-1.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.34

Australian federal election, 2004: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	30,771	41.79	-10.29
	Labor	David Patch	19,391	26.34	-3.18
	Independent	Peter King	13,236	17.98	+17.98
	Greens	Mithra Cox	8,210	11.15	+1.38
	Democrats	Lindy Morrison	683	0.93	-5.22
	Independent	Robert Vogler	339	0.46	+0.46
	Family First	Leonie Hull	301	0.41	+0.41
	Fishing Party	Victor Shen	239	0.32	+0.32
	Independent	Pat Sheil	218	0.30	+0.30
	No GST	Brian Buckley	171	0.23	+0.23
	CEC	John Jamieson	65	0.09	+0.09
Total formal votes			73,624	93.82	-1.33
Informal votes			4,853	6.18	+1.33
Turnout			78,477	92.34	+0.61
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Malcolm Turnbull	40,847	55.48	-2.38
	Labor	David Patch	32,777	44.52	+2.38
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.38

Australian federal election, 2001: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter King	39,298	52.08	+1.99
	Labor	Carolyn Neilson	22,277	29.52	-3.49
	Greens	Alison Lyssa	7,371	9.77	+4.88
	Democrats	Margaret Collings	4,639	6.15	+0.11
	One Nation	Aub Golden	1,233	1.63	-1.00
	Unity	Alan Jacobs	642	0.85	+0.85
Total formal votes			75,460	95.15	-1.20
Informal votes			3,845	4.85	+1.20
Turnout			79,305	92.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter King	43,660	57.86	+0.49
	Labor	Carolyn Neilson	31,800	42.14	-0.49
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.49

Elections in the 1990s

Australian federal election, 1998: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	36,348	49.75	-2.25
	Labor	Paul Pearce	24,198	33.12	+1.32
	Democrats	Margaret Collings	4,470	6.12	-2.55
	Greens	Tom McLoughlin	2,592	4.92	-1.04
	One Nation	Waverney Ford	2,004	2.74	+2.74
	Unity	Alan Jacobs	1,978	2.71	+2.71
	Natural Law	Dezi Koster	467	0.64	+0.34
Total formal votes			73,057	96.35	-0.20
Informal votes			2,771	3.65	+0.20
Turnout			75,828	91.95	-3.46
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	41,147	56.32	-1.51
	Labor	Paul Pearce	31,910	43.68	+1.51
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.51

Australian federal election, 1996: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	39,014	52.01	-0.66
	Labor	Paul Pearce	23,856	31.80	-5.01
	Democrats	Di Happ	6,506	8.67	+5.89
	Greens	Fiona McCrossin	4,468	5.96	+5.96
	Independent	Rodney Marks	468	0.62	+0.62
	Independent	David Synnott	358	0.48	+0.48
	Natural Law	Paddy Engelen	225	0.30	+0.30
		John Hooper	122	0.16	+0.16
Total formal votes			75,017	96.55	-0.55
Informal votes			2,684	3.45	+0.55
Turnout			77,701	95.41	+0.86
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	43,122	57.83	+2.37
	Labor	Paul Pearce	31,445	42.17	-2.37
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.37

Wentworth by-election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	30,677	52.84	+0.17
	Greens	Murray Matson	15,120	26.04	+26.04
	Independent	Bill Wentworth	10,945	18.85	+18.85
		John Hooper	1,317	2.27	+2.27
Total formal votes			58,059	96.04	-1.06
Informal votes			2,392	3.96	+1.06
Turnout			60,451	76.64	-17.91
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrew Thomson	38,261	65.90	+10.36
	Greens	Murray Matson	19,798	34.10	+34.10
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.36

Australian federal election, 1993: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Hewson	38,850	52.67	+5.46
	Labor	Paul Pearce	27,146	36.81	+4.64
	Greens	Ben Oquist	4,350	5.90	+5.90
	Democrats	Armon Hicks	2,055	2.79	-6.80
	Independent	Susan Durovic	598	0.81	+0.81
	Natural Law	Patricia Boland	503	0.68	+0.68
		Zanny Begg	253	0.34	+0.34
Total formal votes			73,765	97.09	+0.13
Informal votes			2,209	2.91	-0.13
Turnout			75,974	94.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hewson	40,891	55.46	+0.67
	Labor	Paul Pearce	32,843	44.54	-0.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.67

Australian federal election, 1990: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Hewson	29,653	51.0	-3.6
	Labor	Dimitri Tsingris	15,792	27.1	-7.2
	Democrats	Estelle Myers	6,603	11.3	+0.2
	Greens	Geoff Ash	5,357	9.2	+9.2
	Independent	James Reid	779	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			58,184	97.9
Informal votes			1,763	2.9
Turnout			59,947	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hewson	33,216	57.2	-0.8
	Labor	Dimitri Tsingris	24,809	42.8	+0.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.8

Elections in the 1980s

Australian federal election, 1987: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Hewson	32,099	54.6	+2.7
	Labor	Anne-Maree Whitaker	20,181	34.3	-2.0
	Democrats	Yvonne Jayawardena	6,533	11.1	+3.4
Total formal votes			58,813	95.0
Informal votes			3,116	5.0
Turnout			61,929	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Hewson	34,101	58.0	+1.7
	Labor	Anne-Maree Whitaker	24,695	42.0	-1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.7

Australian federal election, 1984: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	30,389	51.9	+3.9
	Labor	Stephen Rothman	21,252	36.3	-5.3
	Democrats	Yvonne Jayawardena	4,478	7.7	+3.4
	Independent	George Warnecke	1,591	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	George Atkinson	410	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Roy Oakes	242	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Kasula Fitzroy-Mendis	162	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			58,524	92.9
Informal votes			4,441	7.1
Turnout			62,965	89.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	32,902	56.3	+0.6
	Labor	Stephen Rothman	25,587	43.7	-0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Australian federal election, 1983: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	31,759	54.7	-5.8
	Labor	Max Pearce	20,301	34.9	+1.6
	Independent	Katherine Wentworth	2,787	4.8	+4.8
	Democrats	Brian Hillman	2,474	4.3	-1.9
	Independent	George Warnecke	401	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Robert McCarthy	251	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Neil Roberts	115	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			58,088	97.3
Informal votes			1,591	2.7
Turnout			59,679	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman		62.4	-0.6
	Labor	Max Pearce		37.6	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Wentworth by-election, 1981
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	22,736	48.1	-12.4
	Labor	Robert Tickner	16,637	35.2	+1.9
	Independent Liberal	Katherine Wentworth	4,923	10.4	+10.4
	Democrats	Joan Kersey	2,186	4.6	-1.6
	Independent	Alfred Bussell	534	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	William More	176	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Walker Roach	92	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			47,284	97.2
Informal votes			1,349	2.8
Turnout			48,633	69.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman		59.6	-3.4
	Labor	Robert Tickner		40.4	+3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.4

Australian federal election, 1980: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott	36,426	60.5	+3.0
	Labor	Stephen McGoldrick	20,086	33.3	+1.9
	Democrats	Joan Kersey	3,746	6.2	-1.9
Total formal votes			60,258	97.5
Informal votes			1,540	2.5
Turnout			61,798	88.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott		63.0	-1.4
	Labor	Stephen McGoldrick		37.0	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

Elections in the 1970s

Australian federal election, 1977: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott	35,980	57.5	-0.4
	Labor	Michael Winters	19,638	31.4	-5.3
	Democrats	Joan Kersey	5,069	8.1	+8.1
	Progress	John Curvers	1,909	3.0	-0.9
Total formal votes			62,596	97.5
Informal votes			1,608	2.5
Turnout			64,204	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott		64.4	+2.6
	Labor	Michael Winters		35.6	-2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Australian federal election, 1975: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott	34,537	65.7	+3.9
	Labor	Mairi Petersen	15,224	28.9	-4.7
	Workers	John Curvers	2,058	3.9	+3.9
	Australia Party	Joseph Zingarelli	788	1.5	-3.1
Total formal votes			52,607	98.0
Informal votes			1,059	2.0
Turnout			53,666	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott		69.6	+6.0
	Labor	Mairi Petersen		30.4	-6.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.0

Australian federal election, 1974: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott	30,677	61.8	+8.6
	Labor	Paul Hawcroft	16,665	33.6	-3.1
	Australia Party	Julia Featherstone	2,274	4.6	-2.8
Total formal votes			49,616	98.3
Informal votes			859	1.7
Turnout			50,475	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bob Ellicott		63.6	+5.3
	Labor	Paul Hawcroft		36.4	-5.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.3

Australian federal election, 1972: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	25,612	53.2	-4.4
	Labor	Percy Allan	17,663	36.7	+2.5
	Australia Party	Helen Arbib	3,550	7.4	+7.4
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	1,310	2.7	-0.9
Total formal votes			48,135	97.9
Informal votes			1,036	2.1
Turnout			49,171	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		58.3	-5.2
	Labor	Percy Allan		41.7	+5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

Elections in the 1960s

Australian federal election, 1969: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	28,935	57.6	-6.4
	Labor	Frederick Cross	17,151	34.2	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	Doris Brown	1,820	3.6	-0.6
	Independent	Geoff Mullen	1,345	2.7	+2.7
	Pensioner Power	Neville Yeomans	951	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			50,202	96.9
Informal votes			1,598	3.1
Turnout			51,800	90.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		63.5	-4.9
	Labor	Frederick Cross		36.5	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Australian federal election, 1966: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	26,601	75.1	+2.0
	Labor	Kerry Sibraa	6,471	18.3	-5.6
	Democratic Labor	Doris Brown	1,489	4.2	+4.2
	Independent	Brian King	527	1.5	+1.5
	Communist	Jack Mundey	334	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			35,422	95.8
Informal votes			1,539	4.2
Turnout			36,961	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		79.5	+4.4
	Labor	Kerry Sibraa		20.5	-4.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

Australian federal election, 1963: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	27,485	73.1	+10.6
	Labor	Nell Simpson	8,991	23.9	-4.6
	Independent	Arthur Bergman	1,140	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			37,616	98.0
Informal votes			763	2.0
Turnout			38,379	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		75.1	+5.2
	Labor	Nell Simpson		24.9	-5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

Australian federal election, 1961: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	23,084	62.5	-6.7
	Labor	John Hirshman	10,536	28.5	+5.3
	Democratic Labor	Francis Bull	3,313	9.0	+1.4
Total formal votes			36,933	97.4
Informal votes			999	2.6
Turnout			37,932	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		69.9	-5.4
	Labor	John Hirshman		30.1	+5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

Elections in the 1950s

Australian federal election, 1958: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	26,823	69.2	-2.8
	Labor	Sydney Davis	8,816	23.2	+23.2
	Democratic Labor	John Gillian	2,892	7.6	+7.6
Total formal votes			38,031	97.1
Informal votes			1,156	2.9
Turnout			39,187	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury		75.3	+3.3
	Labor	Sydney Davis		24.7	+24.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.3

Wentworth by-election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Les Bury	13,956	41.3	-30.7
	Labor	Kevin Starr	6,455	19.1	+19.1
	Independent Liberal	Reg Robson	6,414	19.0	+19.0
	Independent Liberal	Reg Bartley	4,109	12.2	+12.2
	Independent	Cecil Sindel	1,470	4.3	+4.3
	Independent Liberal	Alan Laing	1,414	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			33,818	96.7
Informal votes			1,167	3.3
Turnout			34,985	81.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Bury	17,460	51.6	-20.4
	Independent	Reg Robson	16,358	48.4	+48.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-20.4

Australian federal election, 1955: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Eric Harrison	28,009	72.0	-28.0
	Independent	Hal Lashwood	10,896	28.0	+28.0
Total formal votes			38,905	96.8
Informal votes			1,283	3.2
Turnout			40,188	92.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-28.0

Australian federal election, 1954: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir Eric Harrison	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Australian federal election, 1951: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Harrison	28,127	75.7	+0.6
	Labor	Cecil Trevelyan	9,041	24.3	-0.6
Total formal votes			37,168	98.4
Informal votes			614	1.6
Turnout			37,782	95.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.6

Elections in the 1940s

Australian federal election, 1949: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Harrison	28,821	75.1	+7.9
	Labor	William McKell	9,533	24.9	-5.5
Total formal votes			38,354	98.2
Informal votes			703	1.8
Turnout			39,057	96.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Australian federal election, 1946: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Harrison	40,790	54.3	+21.4
	Labor	Jessie Street	31,432	41.8	-1.7
	Lang Labor	Charles Walsh	2,898	3.9	+3.9
Total formal votes			75,120	98.0
Informal votes			1,501	2.0
Turnout			76,621	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Harrison		55.3	+3.7
	Labor	Jessie Street		44.7	-3.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.7

Australian federal election, 1943: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jessie Street	31,048	43.5	+20.4
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	23,519	32.9	-32.7
	National Government	Bill Wentworth	14,875	20.8	+20.8
	Liberal Democratic	Charles Mayo	1,654	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Thomas Whitehouse	311	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			71,407	97.4
Informal votes			1,897	2.6
Turnout			73,304	98.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	36,871	51.6	-14.2
	Labor	Jessie Street	34,536	48.4	+14.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	-14.2

Australian federal election, 1940: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	26,969	43.0	-1.8
	Labor	Norman Smith	14,500	23.1	-9.5
	United Australia	Norman Cowper	13,099	20.9	+20.9
	State Labor	Jim Morley	6,249	10.0	+10.0
	United Australia	Richard Stranger	1,062	1.7	+1.7
	Ind. Nationalist	George McDonald	771	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			62,650	96.7
Informal votes			2,139	3.3
Turnout			64,789	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	41,218	65.8	-1.6
	Labor	Norman Smith	21,432	34.2	+1.6
	United Australia hold		Swing	-1.6

Elections in the 1930s

Australian federal election, 1937: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	40,398	67.4	+1.7
	Labor	Thomas Conway	19,499	32.6	+32.6
Total formal votes			59,897	97.8
Informal votes			1,343	2.2
Turnout			61,240	96.1
	United Australia hold		Swing	-3.6

Australian federal election, 1934: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	34,012	65.7	-34.3
	Labor (NSW)	James Ormonde	13,287	25.7	+25.7
	Social Credit	Ralph Fretwell	4,466	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			51,765	97.6
Informal votes			1,296	2.4
Turnout			53,061	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	United Australia	Eric Harrison		71.0	+5.2
	Labor (NSW)	James Ormonde		29.0	+29.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	+5.2

Australian federal election, 1931: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	United Australia	Eric Harrison	35,460	65.8	+65.8
	United Australia	Walter Marks	18,434	34.2	+34.2
Total formal votes			53,894	94.2
Informal votes			3,293	5.8
Turnout			57,187	92.8
	United Australia gain from Ind. Nationalist		Swing	+58.3

Elections in the 1920s

Australian federal election, 1929: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Ind. Nationalist	Walter Marks	31,991	58.3	+58.3
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	22,878	41.7	-19.8
Total formal votes			54,869	96.5
Informal votes			1,982	3.5
Turnout			56,851	94.0
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Nationalist		Swing	+19.8

Australian federal election, 1928: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	29,639	61.5	-2.9
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	18,539	38.5	+2.9
Total formal votes			48,178	95.7
Informal votes			2,161	4.3
Turnout			50,339	89.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-2.9

Australian federal election, 1925: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	27,945	64.4	+14.7
	Labor	William Crick	15,436	35.6	+3.0
Total formal votes			43,381	98.2
Informal votes			790	1.8
Turnout			44,171	87.7
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+2.5

Australian federal election, 1922: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	9,843	49.7	-11.4
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	6,455	32.6	-6.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Henry Morton	3,502	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			19,800	96.2
Informal votes			776	3.8
Turnout			20,575	50.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	12,251	61.9	+0.8
	Labor	William Fitzgerald	7,549	38.1	-0.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+0.8

Elections in the 1910s

Australian federal election, 1919: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Walter Marks	20,768	61.5	-7.0
	Labor	James Dunn	12,998	38.5	+7.0
Total formal votes			33,766	98.3
Informal votes			595	1.7
Turnout			34,361	63.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	-7.0

Australian federal election, 1917: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Willie Kelly	22,653	68.5	+12.0
	Labor	Henrietta Greville	10,437	31.5	-12.0
Total formal votes			33,090	96.1
Informal votes			1,340	3.9
Turnout			64,430	67.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+12.0

Australian federal election, 1914: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Willie Kelly	17,079	56.5	-5.2
	Labor	Robert Cruickshank	13,171	43.5	+5.2
Total formal votes			30,250	97.5
Informal votes			790	2.5
Turnout			31,040	63.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

Australian federal election, 1913: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Willie Kelly	18,375	61.7	+0.0
	Labor	Sydney Green	11,386	38.3	-0.0
Total formal votes			29,761	97.1
Informal votes			877	2.9
Turnout			30,638	71.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.0

Australian federal election, 1910: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Willie Kelly	11,641	61.0	-12.2
	Labour	Arthur Vernon	7,451	39.0	+12.2
Total formal votes			19,092	98.7
Informal votes			257	1.3
Turnout			19,349	53.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-12.2

Elections in the 1900s

Australian federal election, 1906: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Anti-Socialist	Willie Kelly	10,505	73.2	+1.4
	Labour	William Duncan	3,846	26.8	+26.8
Total formal votes			14,351	95.3
Informal votes			701	4.7
Turnout			15,052	52.8
	Anti-Socialist hold		Swing	+1.4

Australian federal election, 1903: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Willie Kelly	13,894	71.8	+3.4
	Protectionist	John Dalley	5,459	28.2	-3.4
Total formal votes			19,353	98.5
Informal votes			286	1.5
Turnout			19,639	62.6
	Free Trade hold		Swing	+3.4

Australian federal election, 1901: Wentworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	Sir William McMillan	6,315	68.4	+68.4
	Protectionist	John Gannon	2,915	31.6	+31.6
Total formal votes			9,230	98.4
Informal votes			153	1.6
Turnout			9,383	70.0
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

↑ "Wentworth, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2013.

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