Electoral results for the district of Ryde

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Ryde in New South Wales state elections over the district's six incarnations from 1894 until the present.

Members for Ryde

First incarnation (1894—1904, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Farnell	Free Trade	1894—1898
	Edward Terry	Independent Protectionist	1898—1901
	Frank Farnell	Independent Liberal	1901—1903
	Edward Terry	Independent Liberal	1904—1904
Second incarnation (1913—1920, 1 members)
Member		Party	Term
	William Thompson	Liberal Reform	1913—1917
		Nationalist	1917—1920

Third incarnation (1920—1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Edward Loxton	Independent Nationalist	1920—1922		David Anderson	Nationalist	1920—1927		Thomas Bavin	Nationalist	1920—1927		Thomas Henley	Nationalist	1920—1927		Robert Greig	Labor	1920—1927
		Nationalist	1922—1925
	Edward Sanders	Nationalist	1925—1927

Fourth incarnation (1927—1968, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Henry McDicken	Labor	1927—1930
	Evan Davies	Labor	1930—1932
	Eric Spooner	United Australia	1932—1940
	Arthur Williams	Labor	1940—1941
	James Shand	Independent UAP	1941—1944
	Eric Hearnshaw	Liberal	1945—1950
	Ken Anderson	Liberal	1950—1953
	Frank Downing	Labor	1953—1968
Fifth incarnation (1981—1991, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Garry McIlwaine	Labor	1981—1988
	Michael Photios	Liberal	1988—1991
Sixth incarnation (1999—present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Watkins	Labor	1999—2008
	Victor Dominello	Liberal	2008—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Ryde^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	25,950	53.7	−8.5
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	13,958	28.9	+11.7
	Greens	Justin Alick	5,548	11.5	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Julie Worsley	2,034	4.2	+0.1
	No Land Tax	Joe Cacciotti	806	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			48,296	97.0	+0.1
Informal votes			1,512	3.0	−0.1
Turnout			49,808	91.3	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	27,516	61.5	−13.7
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	17,215	38.5	+13.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.7

New South Wales state election, 2011: Ryde^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	27,247	62.8	+34.2
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	7,374	17.0	-27.8
	Greens	Jimmy Shaw	3,969	9.1	+1.3
	Independent	Vic Tagg	3,043	7.0	+7.0
	Christian Democrats	Julie Worsley	1,774	4.1	+0.4
Total formal votes			43,407	97.2	-0.2
Informal votes			1,236	2.8	+0.2
Turnout			44,643	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	29,578	75.7	+35.8
	Labor	Jerome Laxale	9,498	24.3	-35.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.7

Elections in the 2000s

Ryde state by-election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	21,370	54.34	+25.74
	Labor	Nicole Campbell	11,725	29.81	−15.03
	Greens	Lindsay Peters	4,407	11.21	+3.34
	Independent	Victor Taffa	1,171	2.98	+2.98
	Democrats	Peter Goldfinch	656	1.67	+0.27
Total formal votes			39,329	97.96	+0.53
Informal votes			820	2.04	−0.53
Turnout			40,149	83.64	−9.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Victor Dominello	22,556	63.01	+23.10
	Labor	Nicole Campbell	13,243	36.99	−23.10
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+23.10

New South Wales state election, 2007: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Watkins	18,780	44.8	-8.9
	Liberal	Vic Tagg	11,979	28.6	-2.1
	Independent	Ivan Petch	3,539	8.4	+8.4
	Greens	Peter Bell	3,297	7.9	+0.6
	Christian Democrats	Robyn Peebles	1,532	3.7	+0.9
	Unity	Kevin Chin	1,510	3.6	+0.0
	AAFI	Furgen Gruener	660	1.6	+1.5
	Democrats	Peter Goldfinch	588	1.4	-0.4
Total formal votes			41,885	97.4	-0.3
Informal votes			1,103	2.6	+0.3
Turnout			42,988	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Watkins	22,060	60.1	-4.7
	Liberal	Vic Tagg	14,654	39.9	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.7

New South Wales state election, 2003: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Watkins	22,499	54.8	+10.7
	Liberal	Paul Nicolaou	12,500	30.4	-3.2
	Greens	Jimmy Shaw	2,934	7.1	+4.4
	Unity	Lawrence Chan	1,400	3.4	+0.3
	Christian Democrats	David Collins	1,030	2.5	+2.5
	Democrats	Chris Owens	731	1.8	-2.0
Total formal votes			41,094	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			946	2.3	-0.5
Turnout			42,040	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Watkins	25,278	65.5	+8.9
	Liberal	Paul Nicolaou	13,289	34.5	-8.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.9

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	John Watkins	18,169	44.1	+7.4
	Liberal	Michael Photios	13,853	33.6	-13.2
	Independent	Ivan Petch	3,494	8.5	+8.5
	Democrats	Noel Plumb	1,551	3.8	-2.1
	Unity	Ning Gao	1,260	3.1	+3.1
	Greens	Jimmy Shaw	1,098	2.7	+1.2
	One Nation	Gordon King	1,023	2.5	+2.5
	AAFI	Fiona Paton	276	0.7	-1.6
	Outdoor Recreation	Jennifer Mathews	232	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Iris Knight	184	0.4	-1.1
	People First	Rod Salmon	80	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			41,220	97.3	+2.0
Informal votes			1,151	2.7	-2.0
Turnout			42,371	93.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Watkins	20,813	56.6	+10.8
	Liberal	Michael Photios	15,961	43.4	-10.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.8

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	13,253	46.1	-5.3
	Liberal	Michael Photios	13,183	45.9	+5.5
	Democrats	Robert Springett	2,311	8.0	+0.7
Total formal votes			28,747	97.0	-0.1
Informal votes			876	3.0	+0.1
Turnout			29,623	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Photios	14,189	50.2	+5.3
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	14,092	49.8	-5.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.3

New South Wales state election, 1984: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	14,059	51.5	-5.5
	Liberal	Ian Kortlang	11,163	40.9	+3.7
	Democrats	Peter Chambers	2,093	7.7	+1.9
Total formal votes			27,315	97.1	+0.7
Informal votes			816	2.9	-0.7
Turnout			28,131	92.8	+2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine		54.9	-5.4
	Liberal	Ian Kortlang		45.1	+5.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.4

New South Wales state election, 1981: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	15,570	57.0
	Liberal	Donald Wilkinson	10,160	37.2
	Democrats	Christopher Dunkerley	1,588	5.8
Total formal votes			27,318	96.4
Informal votes			1,032	3.6
Turnout			28,350	90.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Garry McIlwaine	15,870	60.3	-3.4
	Liberal	Donald Wilkinson	10,460	39.7	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1965: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Downing	14,386	52.1	−7.9
	Liberal	Henry Mitchell	12,297	44.5	+4.5
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Kennedy	948	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			27,631	98.3	−0.5
Informal votes			465	1.7	+0.5
Turnout			28,096	95.3	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Downing	14,576	52.8	−7.2
	Liberal	Henry Mitchell	13,055	47.2	+7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.2

New South Wales state election, 1962: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Downing	15,827	60.0	+8.5
	Liberal	Edward Hall	10,555	40.0	−5.0
Total formal votes			26,382	98.8
Informal votes			318	1.2
Turnout			26,700	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.8

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Downing	13,454	51.5
	Liberal	Ian Millar	11,768	45.0
	Democratic Labor	Francis Bull	925	3.5
Total formal votes			26,147	98.7
Informal votes			352	1.3
Turnout			26,499	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Downing	13,639	52.2
	Liberal	Ian Millar	12,508	47.8
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Ryde

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Downing	12,001	50.1	−4.4
	Liberal	Francis Collings	11,959	49.9	+4.4
Total formal votes			23,960	98.2	+0.1
Informal votes			436	1.8	−0.1
Turnout			24,396	94.6	−0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.4

References

• Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ryde". Retrieved 24 June 2011.

1. State Electoral District of Ryde: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
2. State Electoral District of Ryde: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
3. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.