Electoral results for the district of Hornsby

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Hornsby in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1927 to 1991, the second from 1999 to the present.

Members for Hornsby

First incarnation (1927–1991)
Member		Party	Term
	James Shand	Nationalist	1927–1932
		United Australia	1932–1941
		Independent UAP	1941–1941
	Sydney Storey	Independent UAP	1941–1945
		Liberal	1945–1962
		Independent Liberal	1962–1962
	John Maddison	Liberal	1962–1973
	Neil Pickard	Liberal	1973–1991
Second incarnation (1999–present)
	Stephen O'Doherty	Liberal	1999–2002
	Judy Hopwood	Liberal	2002–2011
	Matt Kean	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Hornsby^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Matt Kean	29,097	58.4	+8.1
	Labor	Steve Ackerman	9,647	19.4	+8.4
	Greens	John Storey	6,925	13.9	+1.4
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	2,379	4.8	+1.4
	Christian Democrats	Leighton Thew	1,256	2.5	−0.8
	No Land Tax	Mary Di Cosmo	542	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			49,846	97.7	+0.8
Informal votes			1,164	2.3	−0.8
Turnout			51,010	93.4	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Kean	31,225	68.9	−7.5
	Labor	Steve Ackerman	14,065	31.1	+7.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.5

New South Wales state election, 2011: Hornsby^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Matt Kean	23,317	49.4	-3.5
	Independent	Nick Berman	10,418	22.1	+22.1
	Greens	Toni Wright-Turner	5,242	11.1	+0.6
	Labor	Nicholas Car	4,846	10.3	-12.6
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	1,876	4.0	+0.9
	Christian Democrats	Leighton Thew	1,495	3.2	-1.5
Total formal votes			47,194	97.5	-0.1
Informal votes			1,228	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			48,422	94.5	+0.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Matt Kean	25,158	62.1	-4.4
	Independent	Nick Berman	15,361	37.9	+37.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.4

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	23,636	52.9	+8.6
	Labor	Janelle McIntosh	10,201	22.8	-10.5
	Greens	Catherine Turner	4,714	10.5	+1.6
	Christian Democrats	Leighton Thew	2,067	4.6	+1.4
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	1,389	3.1	+0.1
	Unity	Fei Zhou	878	2.0	+0.0
	Democrats	Peter Fallon	676	1.5	+0.0
	AAFI	Lyndon Shepherd	640	1.4	+0.0
	Independent	Ian Johnston	494	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			44,695	97.6	-0.3
Informal votes			1,110	2.4	+0.3
Turnout			45,805	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	26,118	66.5	+12.3
	Labor	Janelle McIntosh	13,137	33.5	-12.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.3

New South Wales state election, 2003: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	18,780	44.2	+3.1
	Labor	Susan White	14,696	34.6	+0.8
	Greens	Wendy McMurdo	3,967	9.3	+5.5
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	1,659	3.9	-0.7
	Christian Democrats	John Salvaggio	1,408	3.3	+3.3
	Unity	William Chan	715	1.7	-0.3
	AAFI	David Wadsworth	615	1.4	+0.5
	Democrats	Kate Orman	608	1.4	-3.5
Total formal votes			42,448	98.0	+0.3
Informal votes			857	2.0	-0.3
Turnout			43,305	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	20,321	53.1	+0.4
	Labor	Susan White	17,923	46.9	-0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Hornsby state by-election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	18,206	48.12	-4.57
	Independent	John Muirhead	6,634	17.54
	Greens	Tony Mohr	4,975	13.15	+9.39
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	4,675	12.36	+7.8
	Democrats	Joanna Wong	2,296	6.07	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Owen Nannelli	1,045	2.76
Informal votes			878	2.27	-0.05
Turnout			39,188	85.51	-7.41
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	20,096	60.16
	Independent	John Muirhead	13,309	39.84
	Liberal hold		Swing

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stephen O'Doherty	16,976	41.1	-11.2
	Labor	Scott Cardamatis	13,966	33.8	+8.8
	Democrats	Alicia Swallow	2,012	4.9	-2.0
	Independent	Chris Meany	1,925	4.7	+4.7
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	1,882	4.6	-7.4
	One Nation	Peter Jansson	1,679	4.1	+4.1
	Greens	Steve Douglas	1,554	3.8	+3.8
	Unity	Xiaogang Zhang	817	2.0	+2.0
	AAFI	David Mudgee	363	0.9	-1.6
	Independent	Russell Howe	141	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			41,315	97.7	+1.5
Informal votes			982	2.3	-1.5
Turnout			42,297	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stephen O'Doherty	19,065	52.7	-11.0
	Labor	Scott Cardamatis	17,117	47.3	+11.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-11.0

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	18,591	61.5	+4.0
	Labor	Alan Wells	9,664	32.0	-6.1
	Independent	Michael Voorbij	1,951	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			30,206	97.2	-1.1
Informal votes			873	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			31,079	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	19,259	64.7	+5.0
	Labor	Alan Wells	10,529	35.3	-5.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

New South Wales state election, 1984: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	18,177	56.7	+5.2
	Labor	Christopher Gorrick	12,339	38.5	-5.5
	Democrats	Michael Pettigrew	1,520	4.7	+1.5
Total formal votes			32,036	98.3	+1.0
Informal votes			562	1.7	-1.0
Turnout			32,598	92.3	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Pickard		59.2	+5.4
	Labor	Christopher Gorrick		40.8	-5.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.4

New South Wales state election, 1981: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	15,814	51.5
	Labor	Christopher Gorrick	13,507	44.0
	Democrats	John Haydon	996	3.2
	Independent	Timothy Daly	381	1.2
Total formal votes			30,698	97.3
Informal votes			845	2.7
Turnout			31,543	92.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	16,314	53.8	+5.5
	Labor	Christopher Gorrick	14,007	46.2	-5.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	16,769	50.8	-10.8
	Labor	Christopher Gorrick	16,207	49.2	+10.8
Total formal votes			32,976	97.4	-0.7
Informal votes			887	2.6	+0.7
Turnout			33,863	92.3	-3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.8

New South Wales state election, 1976: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	20,107	61.6	+1.6
	Labor	Hans Eisler	12,555	38.4	+5.2
Total formal votes			32,662	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			619	1.9	-0.2
Turnout			33,281	95.3	+2.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.8

New South Wales state election, 1973: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	17,788	60.0	+5.6
	Labor	Brian Silvia	9,852	33.2	+33.2
	Democratic Labor	Cecil Wallace	2,021	6.8	+0.3
Total formal votes			29,661	97.9
Informal votes			647	2.1
Turnout			30,308	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Neil Pickard	19,405	65.4	+5.6
	Labor	Brian Silvia	10,256	34.6	+34.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.6

New South Wales state election, 1971: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Maddison	13,938	54.4	-14.7
	Independent	David Hill	7,200	28.1	+28.1
	Australia Party	George Black	2,825	11.0	+11.0
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Felton	1,668	6.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			25,631	98.1
Informal votes			491	1.9
Turnout			26,122	93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	16,185	63.1	-10.6
	Independent	David Hill	9,446	36.9	+36.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.6

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Maddison	18,929	69.1	-0.5
	Labor	Kenneth Reid	6,882	25.1	+0.3
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Felton	1,591	5.8	+0.1
Total formal votes			27,402	97.0
Informal votes			849	3.0
Turnout			28,251	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	20,202	73.7	+1.4
	Labor	Kenneth Reid	7,200	26.3	-1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.4

New South Wales state election, 1965: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Maddison	21,191	69.6	+15.4
	Labor	Terrence Foster	7,543	24.8	+0.1
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Felton	1,723	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			30,457	98.4	-0.5
Informal votes			491	1.6	+0.5
Turnout			30,948	93.6	-0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	22,569	74.1	+4.1
	Labor	Terrence Foster	7,888	25.9	-4.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.1

New South Wales state election, 1962: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Maddison	14,508	54.2	-15.5
	Labor	Percy Staines	6,604	24.7	-5.6
	Independent	Sydney Storey	3,494	13.1	+13.1
	Independent	Robert Turner	2,141	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			26,747	98.9
Informal votes			307	1.1
Turnout			27,054	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	18,723	70.0	-0.4
	Labor	Percy Staines	8,024	30.0	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.4

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	16,234	66.7
	Labor	Arthur Evans	8,087	33.3
Total formal votes			24,321	98.2
Informal votes			447	1.8
Turnout			24,768	92.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sydney Storey	16,665	69.1	+8.6
	Labor	Francis O'Connell	7,447	30.9	+30.9
Total formal votes			24,112	98.4	+0.6
Informal votes			402	1.6	-0.6
Turnout			24,514	93.1	+0.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hornsby". Retrieved 9 June 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Hornsby: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Hornsby: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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