Electoral results for the district of Port Stephens

Port Stephens, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members for Port Stephens

Election		Party
1988	Bob Martin	Labor
1988 by
1991
1995
1999	John Bartlett
2003	John Bartlett
2007	Craig Baumann	Liberal
2011	Craig Baumann	Liberal
2015	Kate Washington	Labor
2019	Kate Washington	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

2023 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	27,957	53.60	+5.46
	Liberal	Nathan Errington	11,883	22.78	−17.14
	One Nation	Mark Watson	6,720	12.88	+12.88
	Greens	Jordan Jensen	2,511	4.81	+1.01
	Animal Justice	Michelle Buckmaster	1,569	3.01	+0.39
	Informed Medical Options	Angela Ketas	769	1.47	+1.47
	Sustainable Australia	Beverley Jelfs	752	1.44	−0.54
Total formal votes			52,161	97.18	+0.66
Informal votes			1,511	2.82	−0.66
Turnout			53,672	89.04	−2.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	30,777	69.02	+13.27
	Liberal	Nathan Errington	13,812	30.98	−13.27
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.27

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	23,896	48.14	+1.02
	Liberal	Jaimie Abbott	19,818	39.92	−1.03
	Greens	Maureen Magee	1,885	3.80	−2.86
	Independent	Bill Doran	1,756	3.54	+3.54
	Animal Justice	Theresa Taylor	1,303	2.62	+2.62
	Sustainable Australia	Bradley Jelfs	984	1.98	+1.98
Total formal votes			49,642	96.52	−0.17
Informal votes			1,790	3.48	+0.17
Turnout			51,432	91.07	−1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	25,766	55.75	+1.03
	Liberal	Jaimie Abbott	20,448	44.25	−1.03
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.03

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Washington	22,161	47.1	+20.4
	Liberal	Ken Jordan	19,265	41.0	−12.1
	Greens	Rochelle Flood	3,132	6.7	−1.4
	No Land Tax	Joe Shirley	1,331	2.8	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	Peter Arena	1,149	2.4	+0.2
Total formal votes			47,038	96.7	+0.2
Informal votes			1,610	3.3	−0.2
Turnout			48,648	92.3	+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kate Washington	24,221	54.7	+19.5
	Liberal	Ken Jordan	20,045	45.3	−19.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+19.5

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	22,956	51.1	+8.6
	Labor	Kate Washington	12,781	28.5	-13.2
	Greens	Liz Stephens	4,062	9.0	+3.0
	Fishing Party	Paul Hennelly	3,002	6.7	+2.0
	Christian Democrats	Julian Grayson	1,083	2.4	-0.5
	Family First	Christopher Stokes	1,018	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			44,902	97.1	−0.1
Informal votes			1,349	2.9	+0.1
Turnout			46,251	93.4	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	24,561	62.4	+12.4
	Labor	Kate Washington	14,770	37.6	-12.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.4

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	17,881	42.5	+8.7
	Labor	Jim Arneman	17,536	41.7	-6.2
	Greens	Charmian Eckersley	2,541	6.0	-0.3
	Fishing Party	Paul Hennelly	1,972	4.7	+4.7
	Christian Democrats	Margaret Higgins	1,235	2.9	+1.4
	Against Further Immigration	Lawrence Wood	912	2.2	+2.1
Total formal votes			42,077	97.4	−0.2
Informal votes			1,141	2.6	+0.2
Turnout			43,218	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Baumann	19,369	50.1	+7.3
	Labor	Jim Arneman	19,301	49.9	-7.3
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.3

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bartlett	21,308	49.7	+4.0
	Liberal	Sally Dover	14,811	34.5	+34.5
	Greens	Tom Griffiths	2,974	6.9	+1.4
	Independent	Tony King	1,164	2.7	+1.6
	One Nation	Paul Fuller	1,047	2.4	-10.6
	Democrats	Felicity Boyd	828	1.9	-1.4
	Christian Democrats	Brian Milton	776	1.8	-3.0
Total formal votes			42,908	97.4	−0.4
Informal votes			1,150	2.6	+0.4
Turnout			44,058	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bartlett	23,129	59.3	-3.0
	Liberal	Sally Dover	15,845	40.7	+40.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bartlett	18,415	45.6	-6.5
	National	Geoff Robinson	9,650	23.9	+23.9
	One Nation	Mark Conway	5,247	13.0	+13.0
	Greens	Glen Stevenson	2,237	5.5	-1.0
	Christian Democrats	Sally Dover	1,930	4.8	+0.9
	Democrats	Felicity Boyd	1,345	3.3	+0.4
	Independent	Maxina McCann	1,073	2.7	+2.7
	Citizens Electoral Council	Tony King	449	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			40,346	97.7	+3.5
Informal votes			932	2.3	−3.5
Turnout			41,278	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Bartlett	20,495	62.3	+2.6
	National	Geoff Robinson	12,421	37.7	-2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	18,917	51.6	-2.9
	Liberal	Tony McCormack	12,897	35.2	+6.5
	Greens	Cathy Burgess	2,281	6.2	+6.2
	Call to Australia	Sally Dover	1,446	3.9	+3.9
	Democrats	Ronald Hellyer	1,104	3.0	-2.4
Total formal votes			36,645	94.3	+1.4
Informal votes			2,222	5.7	−1.4
Turnout			38,867	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	20,739	59.0	-1.1
	Liberal	Tony McCormack	14,440	41.0	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	17,498	54.5	+15.1
	Liberal	Lee Mather	9,209	28.7	-8.9
	National	Len Roberts	3,665	11.4	+6.4
	Democrats	Lance Woods	1,739	5.4	+4.7
Total formal votes			32,111	92.9	−3.9
Informal votes			2,449	7.1	+3.9
Turnout			34,560	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	18,515	60.1	+13.1
	Liberal	Lee Mather	12,315	39.9	-13.1
	Labor notional gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.1

Port Stephens became a notional Liberal seat as a result of the 1990 redistribution, however Bob Martin (Labor) retained the seat with an increased margin.

Elections in the 1980s

1988 by-election

1988 Port Stephens by-election
Saturday 5 November ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin (re-elected)	15,953	53.6	+11.4
	Liberal	Bob Scott	8,930	30.0	-10.4
	Independent	Innes Creighton	4,368	14.7
	Independent	Arthur Dalton	496	1.7
Total formal votes			29,747	98.1
Informal votes			581	1.9
Turnout			30,328	87.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	17,925	63.0	+12.9
	Liberal	Bob Scott	10,521	37.0	-12.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.9^[a]

The 1988 Port Stephens election was declared void due to bribery.^[17]

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Port Stephens ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Martin	12,967	42.2	-7.6
	Liberal	Bob Scott	12,391	40.4	+10.3
	Independent	George Perrin	4,119	13.4	+13.4
	Independent	Arthur Dalton	1,227	4.0	+4.0
Total formal votes			30,704	96.6	−1.3
Informal votes			1,072	3.4	+1.3
Turnout			31,776	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Martin	14,235	50.2	-10.2
	Liberal	Bob Scott	14,145	49.8	+10.2
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-10.2

Notes

^ Compared to the result at the 1988 election.^[18]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "Port Stephens- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
^ LA First Preference: Port Stephens, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Port Stephens, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ "Port Stephens: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Port Stephens: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ State Electoral District of Port Stephens: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
^ State Electoral District of Port Stephens: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
^ Green, Antony. "2007 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "2003 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1999 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1995 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1991 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1988 Port Stephens by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "Port Stephens". NSW Votes 2011. ABC.net.au. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1988 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[19] Compared to the result at the 1988 election.^[18]

[Green_Port_Stephens-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[2] "Port Stephens- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[3] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[4] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

[5] LA First Preference: Port Stephens, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[6] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Port Stephens, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[7] "Port Stephens: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[8] "Port Stephens: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[9] State Electoral District of Port Stephens: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[10] State Electoral District of Port Stephens: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

[Results_of_the_2011_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2011-11] Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

[Results_of_the_2007_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2007_Port_Stephens-12] Green, Antony. "2007 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_2003_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2003_Port_Stephens-13] Green, Antony. "2003 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1999_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1999_Port_Stephens-14] Green, Antony. "1999 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1995_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1995_Port_Stephens-15] Green, Antony. "1995 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1991_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1991_Port_Stephens-16] Green, Antony. "1991 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[1988_Port_Stephens_state_by-election_Green-17] Green, Antony. "1988 Port Stephens by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[18] Green, Antony. "Port Stephens". NSW Votes 2011. ABC.net.au. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

[Results_of_the_1988_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1988_Port_Stephens-20] Green, Antony. "1988 Port Stephens". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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