Electoral results for the district of Burwood (New South Wales)

1984 New South Wales state election: Burwood [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paul Zammit	14,377	49.9	+8.1
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	13,556	47.1	-8.1
	Democrats	Stephen Kirkham	857	3.0	-0.1
Total formal votes			28,790	97.4	+0.9
Informal votes			775	2.6	-0.9
Turnout			29,565	92.8	+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Zammit	14,802	51.6	+8.8
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	13,869	48.4	-8.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+8.8

1981 New South Wales state election: Burwood [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	14,976	55.2	+5.5
	Liberal	Bruce MacCarthy	11,334	41.8	-4.9
	Democrats	Stephen Kirkham	834	3.1	-0.5
Total formal votes			27,144	96.5
Informal votes			970	3.5
Turnout			28,114	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	15,076	56.9	+2.2
	Liberal	Bruce MacCarthy	11,434	43.1	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1978 New South Wales state election: Burwood [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	12,611	49.7	+9.4
	Liberal	John Jackett	11,836	46.7	-8.7
	Democrats	Stephen Kirkham	907	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			25,354	97.2	-0.8
Informal votes			736	2.8	+0.8
Turnout			26,090	91.4	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	13,083	51.6	+10.0
	Liberal	John Jackett	12,271	48.4	-10.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.0

1976 New South Wales state election: Burwood [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	14,680	55.4	-1.8
	Labor	Peter Woods	10,687	40.3	+4.0
	Workers	John Coles	1,137	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			26,504	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			550	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			27,054	92.3	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,476	58.4	-4.0
	Labor	Peter Woods	11,028	41.6	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

1973 New South Wales state election: Burwood [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	14,401	57.2	+5.6
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	9,142	36.3	+2.5
	Democratic Labor	Agnes Bannon	1,642	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			25,185	97.0
Informal votes			765	3.0
Turnout			25,950	91.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,715	62.4	-1.4
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	9,470	37.6	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.4

1971 New South Wales state election: Burwood [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	12,476	51.6	-0.1
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	8,184	33.8	+4.3
	Independent	Ben Doig	3,091	12.8	-6.0
	Communist	Jack Mundey	441	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			24,192	97.4
Informal votes			633	2.6
Turnout			24,825	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,164	62.7	-4.8
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	9,028	37.3	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

1968 New South Wales state election: Burwood [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	12,030	51.7	+9.8
	Labor	Antony Kelly	6,857	29.5	-0.3
	Independent	Ben Doig	4,364	18.8	-9.5
Total formal votes			23,251	96.9
Informal votes			739	3.1
Turnout			23,990	91.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,700	67.5	+2.0
	Labor	Antony Kelly	7,551	32.5	-2.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.0

1965 New South Wales state election: Burwood [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	10,125	42.9	−18.7
	Labor	Norman Newey	6,806	28.8	−9.6
	Independent	Ben Doig	6,672	28.3	+28.3
Total formal votes			23,603	98.1	−0.2
Informal votes			463	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			24,066	92.4	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,734	66.7	+5.1
	Labor	Norman Newey	7,869	33.3	−5.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.1

• Ben Doig was the sitting Liberal member for Burwood, however he lost pre-selection which he blamed on his suppoirt for state aid to church schools.[13]

1962 New South Wales state election: Burwood [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Doig	14,862	61.6	0.0
	Labor	Doug Sutherland	9,272	38.4	0.0
Total formal votes			24,134	98.3
Informal votes			407	1.7
Turnout			24,541	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	0.0

1959 New South Wales state election: Burwood [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Doig	13,413	61.6
	Labor	John Cunningham	8,375	38.4
Total formal votes			21,788	97.6
Informal votes			525	2.4
Turnout			22,313	92.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1957 Burwood by-election
Saturday 16 February [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Doig	8,414	45.8
	Democratic Labor	Maurice Colreavy	3,815	20.8
	Independent Liberal	Henry Seldon	2,951	16.1
	Independent Labor	John Cunningham	2,748	15.0
	Independent	Edward Spensley	431	2.4
Total formal votes			18,359	97.3
Informal votes			514	2.7
Turnout			18,873	84.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Leslie Parr (Liberal) died.[16]

1956 New South Wales state election: Burwood [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	unopposed
	Liberal hold		Swing

1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	12,411	57.1
	Labor	William Weiss	9,311	42.9
Total formal votes			21,722	98.7
Informal votes			278	1.3
Turnout			22,000	93.2
	Liberal hold		Swing

1951 Burwood by-election
Saturday 2 June [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Leslie Parr	11,045	52.6	-5.4
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	7,783	37.1
	Independent	Rex Reynolds	2,168	10.3
Total formal votes			20,996	99.0	+3.9
Informal votes			210	1.0	-3.9
Turnout			21,206	85.9	-6.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1950 New South Wales state election: Burwood [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Jackett	12,587	58.0
	Independent	Harrie Mitchell	9,122	42.0
Total formal votes			21,709	95.1
Informal votes			1,114	4.9
Turnout			22,823	92.4
	Liberal hold		Swing

1947 New South Wales state election: Burwood [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Jackett	14,216	60.3	+21.7
	Labor	George Russell	9,361	39.7	+5.5
Total formal votes			23,577	98.7	+2.2
Informal votes			305	1.3	-2.2
Turnout			23,882	95.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.9

1944 New South Wales state election: Burwood [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Gordon Jackett	8,253	38.6	+9.8
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	7,310	34.2	-4.7
	Communist	Stanley Coulton	3,010	14.1	+14.1
	Liberal Democratic	Keith Sutherland	2,802	13.1	+13.1
Total formal votes			21,375	96.5	-1.6
Informal votes			780	3.5	+1.6
Turnout			22,155	93.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Democratic	Gordon Jackett	11,205	52.4	+52.4
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	10,170	47.6	+6.3
	Member changed to Democratic from Independent UAP		Swing	N/A

• Gordon Jackett had been elected at the previous election as an Independent UAP candidate, and held the seat as a Democratic member.

1941 New South Wales state election: Burwood [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Albert Thompson	7,950	38.9
	Independent UAP	Gordon Jackett	6,620	32.4
	United Australia	Harrie Mitchell	5,882	28.8
Total formal votes			20,452	98.1
Informal votes			386	1.9
Turnout			20,838	93.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent UAP	Gordon Jackett	11,997	58.7
	Labor	Albert Thompson	8,455	41.3
	Independent UAP gain from United Australia		Swing

1938 New South Wales state election: Burwood [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Harrie Mitchell	9,199	51.0	+51.0
	United Australia	Gordon Jackett	8,853	49.0	-13.4
Total formal votes			18,052	92.3	-6.2
Informal votes			1,503	7.7	+6.2
Turnout			19,555	95.6	-0.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935 New South Wales state election: Burwood [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Gordon Jackett	11,316	62.4	-1.4
	Labor (NSW)	Arthur Dowd	5,035	27.8	-5.0
	Independent	George Bland	1,792	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			18,143	98.5	-0.5
Informal votes			270	1.5	+0.5
Turnout			18,413	96.5	+0.5
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932 New South Wales state election: Burwood [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Thomas Henley	11,523	63.8	+19.6
	Labor (NSW)	Horace Foley	5,930	32.8	-6.4
	Independent UAP	Abraham Taylor	602	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,055	99.0	+1.5
Informal votes			183	1.0	-1.5
Turnout			18,238	96.0	-0.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 New South Wales state election: Burwood [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	7,821	44.2
	Labor	Francis Miller	6,937	39.2
	Australian	Stan Lloyd	2,813	15.9
	Communist	Frank Dodds	128	0.7
Total formal votes			17,699	97.5
Informal votes			460	2.5
Turnout			18,159	96.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	9,183	51.9
	Labor	Francis Miller	8,516	48.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927 New South Wales state election: Burwood [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	8,555	69.2
	Labor	Henry Joyce	2,858	23.1
	Independent	Harry Beach	949	7.7
Total formal votes			12,362	99.0
Informal votes			121	1.0
Turnout			12,483	80.4
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1917 New South Wales state election: Burwood [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Thomas Henley	7,125	77.0	+9.5
	Labor	Arthur Apsey	2,122	23.0	-9.5
Total formal votes			9,247	99.1	+1.8
Informal votes			83	0.9	-1.8
Turnout			9,330	60.1	-8.3
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+9.5

1913 New South Wales state election: Burwood [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Henley	5,680	67.5
	Labor	William Hocking	2,728	32.5
Total formal votes			8,408	97.3
Informal votes			235	2.7
Turnout			8,643	68.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1910 New South Wales state election: Burwood [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Henley	5,563	62.59
	Labour	Thomas Tytherleigh	3,325	37.41
Total formal votes			8,888	98.46
Informal votes			139	1.54
Turnout			9,027	74.83
	Liberal Reform hold

1907 New South Wales state election: Burwood [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Henley	3,948	55.2
	Labour	Thomas Tytherleigh	1,503	21.0
	Independent	William Archer	1,103	15.4
	Independent	Stapleton Rodd	600	8.4
Total formal votes			7,154	97.3
Informal votes			197	2.7
Turnout			7,351	74.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1904 New South Wales state election: Burwood [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Henley	3,265	58.5
	Independent	William Archer	2,299	41.2
	Independent	Harry McConnell	20	0.4
Total formal votes			5,584	99.3
Informal votes			38	0.7
Turnout			5,622	64.0
	Liberal Reform gain from Independent

Burwood was expanded to include part of Ashfield. The member for Burwood was William Archer (Independent). The member for Ashfield was Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that electorate.

1901 New South Wales state election: Burwood [34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Archer	1,084	64.6	+15.9
	Liberal Reform	Alexander Ralston	594	35.4
Total formal votes			1,678	99.4	-
Informal votes			10	0.6	-
Turnout			1,688	65.3	+2.8
	Independent hold

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	William Archer	700	48.7
	National Federal	William McMillan	647	45.0
	Ind. Free Trade	James Eve	90	6.3
Total formal votes			1,437	99.5
Informal votes			8	0.6
Turnout			1,445	62.5
	Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade

William McMillan had been elected as a Free Trade member, but changed to National Federal for this election.

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William McMillan	730	62.5
	Ind. Free Trade	William Archer	439	37.6
Total formal votes			1,169	99.2
Informal votes			10	0.9
Turnout			1,179	60.4
	Free Trade hold

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William McMillan	932	56.9
	Labour	John Quinnen	340	20.7
	Ind. Free Trade	Griffith Russell-Jones	192	11.7
	Ind. Free Trade	William Dumbrell	82	5.0
	Protectionist	Frederick Gipps	58	3.5
	Ind. Free Trade	Adam Pringle	35	2.1
Total formal votes			1,639	99.3
Informal votes			12	0.7
Turnout			1,651	82.7
	Free Trade win		(new seat)