Electoral results for the district of Balmain

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Balmain in New South Wales state elections.

Contents 1 Members for Balmain 2 Election results 2.1 Elections in the 2010s 2.2 Elections in the 2000s 3 References

Members for Balmain

First incarnation (1880–1882, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1880—1882

(1882–1885, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1882—1885		William Hutchinson	None	1882—1885

(1885–1889, 3 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	None	1885—1887		Solomon Hyam	None	1885—1887		John Hawthorne	None	1885—1887
		Free Trade	1887—1889		Frank Smith	Free Trade	1887—1889			Free Trade	1887—1889

(1889–1894, 4 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Jacob Garrard	Free Trade	1889—1891		Frank Smith	Free Trade	1889—1891		John Hawthorne	Free Trade	1889—1891		George Clubb	Free Trade	1889—1891
	George Clark	Labor	1891—1891		Edward Darnley	Labor	1891—1894		James Johnston	Labor	1891—1894		William Murphy	Labor	1891—1894
		Free Trade	1891—1894

Second incarnation (1904–1920, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Anderson	Liberal Reform	1904—1907
	John Storey	Labor	1907—1920

(1920–1927, 5 members)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Storey	Labor	1920—1921		John Doyle	Labor	1920—1922		Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor	1920—1927		John Quirk	Labor	1920—1927		Albert Smith	Nationalist	1920—1922
	Tom Keegan	Labor	1921—1927
					Robert Stopford	Nationalist	1922—1925										Albert Lane	Nationalist	1922—1927
					H. V. Evatt	Labor	1925—1927

(1927–1991, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	H. V. Evatt	Independent Labor	1927—1930
	John Quirk	Labor	1930—1938
	Mary Quirk	Labor	1939—1940
		Labor (N-C)	1940—1941
		Labor	1941—1950
		Independent Labor	1950—1950
	John McMahon	Labor	1950—1968
	Roger Degen	Labor	1968—1984
	Peter Crawford	Labor	1984—1988
	Dawn Fraser	Independent	1988—1991
Third incarnation (2007–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Verity Firth	Labor	2007—2011
	Jamie Parker	Greens	2011—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2011: Balmain[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Falk	14,860	32.6	+8.8
	Greens	Jamie Parker	14,019	30.7	+1.2
	Labor	Verity Firth	13,765	30.2	-9.1
	Independent	Marie Sheehan	1,375	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Jane Ward	681	1.5	-1.6
	Christian Democrats	Leeanne Gesling	426	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Nicholas Folkes	289	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Jon Shapiro	223	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			45,638	97.5	+0.1
Informal votes			1,149	2.5	-0.1
Turnout			46,787	90.2	+0.4
Two-candidate preferred result
	Greens	Jamie Parker	19,141	53.5	+7.2
	Liberal	James Falk	16,664	46.5	+46.5
	Greens gain from Labor		Swing	+7.2

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Verity Firth	16,562	39.2	-2.9
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	12,471	29.5	+0.2
	Liberal	Peter Shmigel	10,031	23.8	+2.7
	Independent	Jane Ward	1,297	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Jane Hyde	987	2.3	+2.3
	Democrats	Edward Okulicz	881	2.1	-0.3
Total formal votes			42,229	97.5	-0.1
Informal votes			1,088	2.5	+0.1
Turnout			43,317	89.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Verity Firth	17,933	53.7	-3.4
	Greens	Rochelle Porteous	15,431	46.3	+3.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.4

References