Electoral results for the district of Vaucluse

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Vaucluse in New South Wales state elections from the district's first election in 1927 until the present.

Members for Vaucluse

	Party	Period
William Foster	United Australia	1927–1936
Murray Robson	Independent UAP	1936–1938
	United Australia	1938–1945
	Liberal	1945–1957
Geoffrey Cox	Liberal	1957–1964
Keith Doyle	Liberal	1965–1978
Rosemary Foot	Liberal	1978–1986
Ray Aston	Liberal	1986–1988
Michael Yabsley	Liberal	1988–1994
Peter Debnam	Liberal	1994–2011
Gabrielle Upton	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2015: Vaucluse^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	30,257	65.6	−4.2
	Greens	Megan McEwin	8,559	18.5	+0.3
	Labor	Gloria Nicol	6,090	13.2	+2.5
	No Land Tax	Susanne Gervay	854	1.9	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Beresford Thomas	387	0.8	−0.4
Total formal votes			46,147	97.6	+0.8
Informal votes			1,155	2.4	−0.8
Turnout			47,302	85.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	31,493	75.3	−6.1
	Labor	Gloria Nicol	10,331	24.7	+6.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	31,118	72.9	−3.2
	Greens	Megan McEwin	11,551	27.1	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	−3.2

New South Wales state election, 2011: Vaucluse^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	30,187	69.8	+9.9
	Greens	Susan Jarnason	7,879	18.2	-2.2
	Labor	Pauline Neill	4,645	10.7	-8.9
	Christian Democrats	Beresford Thomas	549	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			43,260	97.4	+0.2
Informal votes			1,134	2.6	-0.2
Turnout			44,394	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	31,564	81.4	+13.5
	Labor	Pauline Neill	7,215	18.6	–13.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Gabrielle Upton	30,895	76.1	+10.0
	Greens	Susan Jarnason	9,714	23.9	-10.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.0

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	24,377	59.9	+6.1
	Greens	David Shoebridge	8,319	20.4	+3.7
	Labor	Alison Rahill	7,992	19.6	-5.8
Total formal votes			40,688	97.2	-0.6
Informal votes			1,170	2.8	+0.6
Turnout			41,858	88.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	25,445	67.9	+7.0
	Labor	Alison Rahill	12,055	32.1	–7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	24,986	66.1	+5.2
	Greens	David Shoebridge	12,842	33.9	+33.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

New South Wales state election, 2003: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	19,735	54.4	+0.6
	Labor	Alice Salomon	9,667	26.6	-0.6
	Greens	Rory O'Gorman	6,463	17.8	+7.7
	Unity	Teck Yong	441	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			36,306	97.8	+0.0
Informal votes			826	2.2	-0.0
Turnout			37,132	85.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	20,333	60.3	-2.2
	Labor	Alice Salomon	13,407	39.7	+2.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	20,271	53.8	-5.4
	Labor	David Patch	10,244	27.2	+0.9
	Greens	Haete Weiner	3,797	10.1	0.0
	Democrats	Margaret Collings	2,269	6.0	+2.1
	One Nation	Waverney Ford	791	2.1	+2.1
	Euthanasia Referendum Party	Gregor Zylber	305	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			37,677	97.8
Informal votes			860	2.2
Turnout			38,537	88.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	21,486	62.5	-2.9
	Labor	David Patch	12,903	37.5	+2.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.9

New South Wales state election, 1995: Vaucluse^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	19,576	59.2	+4.1
	Labor	Barbara Armitage	8,695	26.3	+8.9
	Greens	Tom McLoughlin	3,331	10.1	+5.1
	Democrats	Mary de Merindol	1,277	3.9	+0.5
	Natural Law	Patricia Boland	212	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			33,091	95.8
Informal votes			1,449	4.2
Turnout			34,540	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Debnam	20,540	65.4	+2.4
	Labor	Barbara Armitage	10,862	34.6	+34.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

New South Wales state election, 1991: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley	16,876	55.1	-9.4
	Labor	James Dupree	5,337	17.4	-14.8
	Independent	Rose Watson	4,444	14.5	+14.5
	Greens	Geoff Ash	1,509	4.9	+4.9
	Democrats	Victoria Resch	1,050	3.4	+0.1
	Independent	Yvonne Jayawardena	1,022	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Tony Waldron	412	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			30,650	90.7	-5.7
Informal votes			3,128	9.3	+5.7
Turnout			33,778	90.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Yabsley	17,862	63.0	-3.2
	Independent	Rose Watson	10,475	37.0	+37.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ray Aston	20,267	77.2	+4.4
	Labor	Beverley Crane	5,982	22.8	-0.4
Total formal votes			26,249	96.4	-0.6
Informal votes			993	3.6	+0.6
Turnout			27,242	89.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

New South Wales state election, 1984: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot	19,331	72.4	+7.8
	Labor	David Curtis	6,271	23.5	-1.5
	Democrats	Joseph Zingarelli	1,080	4.1	-0.2
Total formal votes			26,682	97.0	+0.8
Informal votes			823	3.0	-0.8
Turnout			27,505	88.8	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot		74.6	+4.5
	Labor	David Curtis		25.4	-4.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.5

New South Wales state election, 1981: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot	16,840	64.6
	Labor	Nance Loney	6,529	25.0
	Independent	Mark Ure	1,602	6.1
	Democrats	Brian Hillman	1,112	4.3
Total formal votes			26,083	96.2
Informal votes			1,018	3.8
Turnout			27,101	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot	17,600	70.1	+7.9
	Labor	Nance Loney	7,500	29.9	-7.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.9

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot	12,643	49.4	-14.2
	Labor	Barbara Fuller-Quinn	10,977	42.9	+6.5
	Democrats	Norman Majer	1,984	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			25,604	96.7	-0.4
Informal votes			882	3.3	+0.4
Turnout			26,486	88.6	-0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rosemary Foot	13,965	54.5	-9.1
	Labor	Barbara Fuller-Quinn	11,639	45.5	+9.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.1

New South Wales state election, 1976: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,492	63.6	+0.5
	Labor	Barbara Fuller-Quinn	9,994	36.4	+36.4
Total formal votes			27,486	97.1	+2.6
Informal votes			816	2.9	-2.6
Turnout			28,302	89.0	+1.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.2

New South Wales state election, 1973: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	15,906	63.1	-1.1
	Australia Party	Brian Hickey	6,403	25.4	+25.4
	Democratic Labor	Doris Anderson	2,901	11.5	+11.5
Total formal votes			25,210	94.5
Informal votes			1,463	5.5
Turnout			26,673	88.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,357	68.8	+0.3
	Australia Party	Brian Hickey	7,853	31.2	+31.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.3

New South Wales state election, 1971: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	16,099	64.2	-7.1
	Independent	Lincoln Oppenheimer	6,794	27.1	+27.1
	Independent	Harry Marsh	2,190	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			25,083	94.6
Informal votes			1,433	5.4
Turnout			26,516	90.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,194	68.5	-8.5
	Independent	Lincoln Oppenheimer	7,889	31.5	+31.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.5

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	16,079	71.3	-3.7
	Labor	William Ross	4,875	21.6	+21.6
	Democratic Labor	Hugh Bartlett	1,611	7.1	-4.9
Total formal votes			22,565	96.4
Informal votes			842	3.6
Turnout			23,407	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,368	77.0	-4.0
	Labor	William Ross	5,197	23.0	+23.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

New South Wales state election, 1965: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	17,319	75.0	−4.0
	Independent	Kevin McDermott	2,996	13.0	+13.0
	Democratic Labor	Edward Byrnes	2,781	12.0	−9.0
Total formal votes			23,096	95.0	+1.7
Informal votes			1,221	5.0	−1.7
Turnout			24,317	90.6	+0.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Keith Doyle	18,709	81.0	+9.7
	Independent	Kevin McDermott	4,387	19.0	−9.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

New South Wales state election, 1962: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cox	17,840	79.0	−21.0
	Democratic Labor	Valerie Olsen	4,754	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			22,594	93.3
Informal votes			1,625	6.7
Turnout			24,219	90.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cox	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

Vaucluse state by-election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cox	7,716	44.94	-26.47
	Independent Liberal	Hugh Foster	3,802	22.14
	Independent Liberal	Norman Mills	2,616	15.24
	Independent	Alfred Elboz	2,354	13.71
	Independent	Edward Spensley	681	3.97
Total formal votes			17,169	74.81
Informal votes			792	4.41
Turnout			17,961	79.22
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Geoffrey Cox	8,854	51.57
	Independent Liberal	Hugh Foster	8,315	48.43
	Liberal hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Vaucluse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Murray Robson	14,865	71.4	−28.6
	Independent	Alfred Elboz	5,950	28.6	+28.6
Total formal votes			20,815	97.3
Informal votes			575	2.7
Turnout			21,390	90.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Vaucluse". Retrieved 3 April 2011.

↑ State Electoral District of Vaucluse: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
↑ State Electoral District of Vaucluse: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
↑ Antony Green. "NSW Elections 1995" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 17 October 2011.

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

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