Electoral results for the district of Rockdale

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Rockdale in New South Wales state elections. The district has had two incarnations, the first from 1927 to 1930, the second from in 1941 to the present.

Members

First incarnation (1927—1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Guy Arkins	Nationalist	1927—1930
Second incarnation (1941—present)
Member		Party	Term
	John McGrath	Labor	1941—1959
	Brian Bannon	Labor	1959—1986
	Barrie Unsworth	Labor	1986—1991
	George Thompson	Labor	1991—2003
	Frank Sartor	Labor	2003—2011
	John Flowers	Liberal	2011—present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

New South Wales state election, 2011: Rockdale^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Flowers	19,072	43.3	+9.9
	Labor	Steve Kamper	15,990	36.3	-14.0
	Greens	Lauren Moore	3,877	8.8	+1.2
	Independent	Michael Nagi	3,274	7.4	+7.4
	Christian Democrats	Anita Strezova	1,881	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			44,094	96.2	+0.4
Informal votes			1,757	3.8	-0.4
Turnout			45,851	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Flowers	20,546	53.6	+13.9
	Labor	Steve Kamper	17,805	46.4	-13.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.9

Elections in the 2000s

New South Wales state election, 2007: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Sartor	20,891	50.2	+0.7
	Liberal	Lili Gestakovska	13,864	33.3	+9.2
	Greens	Liam McGillicuddy	3,139	7.5	+1.1
	Independent	Brian Walsh	1,672	4.0	+4.0
	Unity	Gang Wang	1,036	2.5	+0.8
		Amin Abbas	533	1.3	+1.3
	Save Our Suburbs	Lesleyanne Azel	461	1.1	+0.3
Total formal votes			41,596	95.8	-0.3
Informal votes			1,816	4.2	+0.3
Turnout			43,412	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Sartor	22,486	60.3	-5.5
	Liberal	Lili Gestakovska	14,807	39.7	+5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.5

New South Wales state election, 2003: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Sartor	19,122	49.1	-6.8
	Liberal	Jan Brennan	9,205	23.6	-4.0
	Independent	Kevin Ryan	3,653	9.4	+9.4
	Greens	Lesa De Leau	2,510	6.4	+3.4
	Independent	Mahmoud Ghalayini	1,275	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	John Nikolovski	795	2.0	+2.0
	Christian Democrats	Stephen Winter	747	1.9	+1.9
	Unity	Cong Tran	674	1.7	+1.7
	AAFI	Thomas Foley	378	1.0	+0.1
	Save Our Suburbs	Mark Curran	335	0.9	+0.9
	Democrats	Eoin Coghlan	240	0.6	-2.1
Total formal votes			38,934	96.1	+0.0
Informal votes			1,600	3.9	-0.0
Turnout			40,534	92.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Sartor	21,139	65.9	-0.6
	Liberal	Jan Brennan	10,938	34.1	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.6

Elections in the 1990s

New South Wales state election, 1999: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Thompson	22,258	55.9	+2.9
	Liberal	Phillip Kaloudis	11,003	27.6	-11.4
	One Nation	Michael Citton	2,185	5.5	+5.5
	Greens	Nola Taylor	1,191	3.0	+3.0
	Democrats	Craig Chung	1,087	2.7	-1.9
	Independent	Peter Johnson	818	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Joanne Jones	651	1.6	+1.6
	AAFI	Ian Gelling	339	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	William Ryan	172	0.4	+0.4
	Non-Custodial Parents	Pino Cardillo	128	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,832	96.1	+2.6
Informal votes			1,629	3.9	-2.6
Turnout			41,461	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Thompson	23,930	66.5	+8.7
	Liberal	Phillip Kaloudis	12,042	33.5	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

New South Wales state election, 1995: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Thompson	17,827	55.4	+4.7
	Liberal	Graham Abel	11,541	35.9	-3.9
	Democrats	Reagan Murphy	1,479	4.6	+1.2
	Transport Action Group	Nola Taylor	1,324	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			32,171	92.9	+6.1
Informal votes			2,477	7.1	-6.1
Turnout			34,648	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Thompson	19,134	61.2	+4.4
	Liberal	Graham Abel	12,125	38.8	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

New South Wales state election, 1991: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Thompson	15,110	50.7	-1.5
	Liberal	Peter Johnson	11,859	39.8	+2.4
	Democrats	Leslie Wand	1,005	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Sergio Bustamante	969	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Anne Targett	875	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			29,818	86.8	-9.4
Informal votes			4,541	13.2	+9.4
Turnout			34,359	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Thompson	16,350	56.8	+1.6
	Liberal	Peter Johnson	12,454	43.2	-1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.6

Elections in the 1980s

New South Wales state election, 1988: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barrie Unsworth	15,793	53.6	-9.6
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell	9,878	33.6	-0.5
	Independent EFF	Ian Yates	3,251	11.0	+11.0
	Independent	Robert Routledge	520	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			29,442	96.2	-0.5
Informal votes			1,148	3.8	+0.5
Turnout			30,590	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Barrie Unsworth	16,382	57.0	-7.6
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell	12,359	43.0	+7.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

Rockdale state by-election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Barrie Unsworth	11,251	46.2	−17.1
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell	9,896	40.6	+6.5
	Independent	James McLean	1,720	7.1	+7.1
	Socialist Workers	Valmai Frances Edwards	725	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	John Badman	375	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Charles Bellchambers	334	1.4	−1.3
	Uninflated Movemement	Nadar Ponnuswamy	67	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			24,368	96.5	−0.2
Informal votes			885	3.5	+0.2
Turnout			25,253	79.6	−13.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Barrie Unsworth	11,946	50.1	−14.5
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell	11,892	49.9	+14.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−14.5

New South Wales state election, 1984: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	18,015	63.3	-5.9
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell	9,705	34.1	+3.3
	Independent	Edwin Bellchambers	755	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			28,475	96.7	+0.6
Informal votes			968	3.3	-0.6
Turnout			29,443	92.8	+1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon		64.6	-4.6
	Liberal	Bob Gemmell		35.4	+4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.6

New South Wales state election, 1981: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	18,639	69.2
	Liberal	John Tonkin	8,294	30.8
Total formal votes			26,933	96.1
Informal votes			1,094	3.9
Turnout			28,027	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.5

Elections in the 1970s

New South Wales state election, 1978: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	21,643	75.2	+8.7
	Liberal	Joan Loew	5,651	19.6	-13.9
	Independent	Edwin Bellchambers	1,501	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			28,795	96.8	-0.4
Informal votes			953	3.2	+0.4
Turnout			29,748	92.3	-1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	22,943	79.7	+13.2
	Liberal	Joan Loew	5,852	20.3	-13.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.2

New South Wales state election, 1976: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	19,017	66.5	+3.8
	Liberal	Raymond Scaysbrook	9,597	33.5	-0.2
Total formal votes			28,614	97.2	+0.9
Informal votes			814	2.8	-0.9
Turnout			29,428	93.4	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

New South Wales state election, 1973: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	16,826	62.7
	Liberal	Kenneth Gates	9,056	33.7
	Democratic Labor	Alan Lewis	968	3.6
Total formal votes			26,850	96.3
Informal votes			1,019	3.7
Turnout			27,869	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	17,020	63.4	0.0
	Liberal	Kenneth Gates	9,830	36.6	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	0.0

New South Wales state election, 1971: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	14,983	57.3	+2.2
	Liberal	Roye Gaha	9,681	37.0	+4.5
	Democratic Labor	Mary Hennessy	1,053	4.0	+0.5
	Independent	Edwin Bellchambers	424	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			26,141	97.5
Informal votes			677	2.5
Turnout			26,818	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	15,406	58.9	+3.2
	Liberal	Roye Gaha	10,735	41.1	-3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1960s

New South Wales state election, 1968: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	14,420	55.1	+2.4
	Liberal	Harold Heslehurst	10,860	41.5	-2.7
	Democratic Labor	Peter Height	916	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			26,196	97.2
Informal votes			759	2.8
Turnout			26,955	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	14,603	55.7	+1.4
	Liberal	Harold Heslehurst	11,593	44.3	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

New South Wales state election, 1965: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	12,828	52.7	−2.1
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	10,749	44.2	+3.0
	Independent	Keith Richardson	763	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			24,340	98.2	−0.5
Informal votes			435	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			24,775	94.4	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	13,210	54.3	−1.3
	Liberal	Angus Bristow	11,130	45.7	+1.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.3

New South Wales state election, 1962: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	13,544	54.8	+8.7
	Liberal	Sidney Alewood	10,185	41.2	−2.1
	Democratic Labor	Brian Adams	1,006	4.1	+0.7
Total formal votes			24,735	98.7
Informal votes			330	1.3
Turnout			25,065	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	13,745	55.6	+4.2
	Liberal	Sidney Alewood	10,990	44.4	−4.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.2

Elections in the 1950s

New South Wales state election, 1959: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Bannon	10,035	46.1
	Liberal	Ronald Hislop	9,426	43.3
	Independent	Arthur Henderson	1,587	7.3
	Democratic Labor	Wesley Johns	742	3.4
Total formal votes			21,790	98.0
Informal votes			449	2.0
Turnout			22,239	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian Bannon	11,208	51.4
	Liberal	Ronald Hislop	10,582	48.6
	Labor hold		Swing

New South Wales state election, 1956: Rockdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John McGrath	11,469	51.3	−9.2
	Liberal	Harold Heslehurst	10,890	48.7	+9.2
Total formal votes			22,359	98.3	+0.8
Informal votes			387	1.7	−0.8
Turnout			22,746	94.1	−0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−9.2

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rockdale". Retrieved 11 October 2011.

↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results". NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.

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