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Electoral district of Eastwood 
Summary
Eastwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1927 to 1930 and from 1950 to 1999.[1][2] It included Eastwood. In its second incarnation, it was a comfortably safe seat for the Liberal Party.
It was abolished in 1999, and mostly replaced by Epping.[3]
Members for Eastwood edit
| First incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| David Anderson [4] | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
| Second incarnation (1950–1999) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Eric Hearnshaw [5] | Liberal | 1950–1965 | |
| Jim Clough [6] | Liberal | 1965–1988 | |
| Andrew Tink [7] | Liberal | 1988–1999 | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Andrew Tink | 18,867 | 55.7 | -6.7 | |
| Labor | Steve Gurney | 8,981 | 26.5 | +1.6 | |
| Greens | Alex Lepelaar | 2,124 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Democrats | Chris Dunkerley | 2,051 | 6.1 | -2.7 | |
| Against Further Immigration | Rodney Smith | 1,667 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
| Natural Law | Tim Carr | 192 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 33,882 | 96.3 | +2.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,306 | 3.7 | -2.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,188 | 93.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Andrew Tink | 20,649 | 64.2 | -4.5 | |
| Labor | Steve Gurney | 11,507 | 35.8 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.5 | |||
References edit
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Epping". New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News.
- ^ "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.