Electoral district of Eastwood

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. It was abolished in 1999, and mostly replaced by Epping.[3]

Members for Eastwood

First incarnation (1927–1930)
MemberPartyTerm
  David Anderson[4] Nationalist 1927–1930
 
Second incarnation (1950–1999)
MemberPartyTerm
  Eric Hearnshaw[5] Liberal 1950–1965
  Jim Clough[6] Liberal 1965–1988
  Andrew Tink[7] Liberal 1988–1999

Election results

1995 New South Wales state election: Eastwood[8]
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
AAFI 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

  1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "Epping". New South Wales Election 2019. ABC News.
  4. "Mr David More Anderson (1865–1936)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  5. "Mr Eric Hearnshaw (1900-1967)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "Mr James Arthur Clough". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. "Mr Andrew Arnold Tink (1953- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. Green, Antony. "1995 Eastwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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