Bega, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1988 to the present.[1][2][3][4]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Thomas Rawlinson | Ind. Protectionist | |
1895 | Henry Clarke | Ind. Protectionist | |
1898 | Protectionist | ||
1901 | Progressive | ||
1904 | William Wood | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | William Millard | Liberal Reform | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1988 | Russell Smith | Liberal | |
1991 | |||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 | Andrew Constance | Liberal | |
2007 | |||
2011 | |||
2015 | |||
2019 | |||
2022 by | Michael Holland | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Holland | 23,294 | 45.07 | +14.48 | |
Liberal | Russell Fitzpatrick | 16,268 | 31.48 | −17.43 | |
Greens | Cathy Griff | 4,322 | 8.36 | −1.39 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Debra Abbott | 3,802 | 7.36 | +0.90 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Greg White | 2,043 | 3.95 | +3.95 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Hawkins | 1,199 | 2.32 | +2.32 | |
Sustainable Australia | Karin Geiselhart | 756 | 1.46 | +1.46 | |
Total formal votes | 51,684 | 97.19 | +0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 1,495 | 2.81 | −0.01 | ||
Turnout | 53,179 | 88.99 | −0.76 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Holland | 27,835 | 60.40 | +17.33 | |
Liberal | Russell Fitzpatrick | 18,248 | 39.60 | −17.33 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.33 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Michael Holland | 21,361 | 43.16 | +12.57 | |
Liberal | Fiona Kotvojs | 19,165 | 38.72 | −10.18 | |
Greens | Peter Haggar | 3,453 | 6.98 | –2.78 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Victor Hazir | 2,312 | 4.67 | −1.79 | |
Independent | Jeffrey Hawkins | 1,379 | 2.79 | +2.79 | |
Sustainable Australia | Karin Geiselhart | 1,011 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
Independent | Ursula Bennett | 811 | 1.64 | +1.64 | |
Total formal votes | 49,492 | 98.25 | +1.07 | ||
Informal votes | 884 | 1.75 | −1.07 | ||
Turnout | 50,376 | 85.70 | −4.06 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Michael Holland | 24,837 | 55.06 | +11.99 | |
Liberal | Fiona Kotvojs | 20,269 | 44.94 | −11.99 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.99 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 24,796 | 48.91 | −4.33 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 15,508 | 30.59 | −2.25 | |
Greens | William Douglas | 4,945 | 9.75 | −0.35 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Eric Thomas | 3,275 | 6.46 | +6.46 | |
Animal Justice | Coral Anderson | 1,371 | 2.70 | +2.70 | |
Conservatives | Joshua Shoobridge | 806 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Total formal votes | 50,701 | 97.18 | +0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 1,472 | 2.82 | −0.09 | ||
Turnout | 52,173 | 89.75 | −0.32 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 26,210 | 56.93 | −1.26 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 19,830 | 43.07 | +1.26 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.26 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 25,379 | 53.2 | −5.1 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 15,652 | 32.8 | +10.7 | |
Greens | Margaret Perger | 4,817 | 10.1 | −2.0 | |
No Land Tax | Clyde Archard | 1,138 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Christian Democrats | Ursula Bennett | 683 | 1.4 | −0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 47,669 | 97.1 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,427 | 2.9 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 49,096 | 90.1 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 26,023 | 58.2 | −10.3 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 18,696 | 41.8 | +10.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 26,122 | 59.0 | +12.1 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 9,749 | 22.0 | -12.9 | |
Greens | Harriett Swift | 5,358 | 12.1 | +4.6 | |
Independent | Ivan McKay | 2,341 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Christian Democrats | Ursula Bennett | 716 | 1.6 | +0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 44,286 | 96.9 | -1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,426 | 3.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 45,712 | 92.0 | -0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 27,369 | 68.6 | +13.6 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 12,505 | 31.4 | -13.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +13.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 20,196 | 46.9 | +10.8 | |
Labor | Wilma Chinnock | 15,053 | 34.9 | +4.5 | |
Greens | Margaret Perger | 3,248 | 7.5 | -2.6 | |
Independent | David Hede | 3,071 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Against Further Immigration | Philip Hodge | 799 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Christian Democrats | Wess Buckley | 714 | 1.7 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 43,081 | 97.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 949 | 2.2 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 44,030 | 92.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 21,778 | 55.1 | +0.4 | |
Labor | Wilma Chinnock | 17,771 | 44.9 | -0.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 17,151 | 39.3 | -6.4 | |
Labor | Wilma Chinnock | 13,595 | 31.2 | -0.3 | |
Independent | Chris Vardon | 7,094 | 16.3 | +16.3 | |
Greens | Annie Florence | 4,349 | 10.0 | +6.7 | |
One Nation | Lynn Abraham | 775 | 1.8 | -11.2 | |
Christian Democrats | Ursula Bennett | 640 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 43,604 | 97.6 | -0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,068 | 2.4 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,672 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 19,417 | 53.9 | -3.3 | |
Labor | Wilma Chinnock | 16,634 | 46.1 | +3.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Russell Smith | 18,253 | 45.7 | -12.8 | |
Labor | John Boland | 12,562 | 31.5 | +3.4 | |
One Nation | Robin Innes | 5,200 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Democrats | Denise Redmond | 1,751 | 4.4 | +0.4 | |
Greens | Kathy Freihaut | 1,465 | 3.7 | -3.1 | |
Independent | Robert Paris | 685 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 39,916 | 98.3 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 678 | 1.7 | -2.0 | ||
Turnout | 40,594 | 93.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Russell Smith | 20,251 | 57.1 | -6.4 | |
Labor | John Boland | 15,186 | 42.9 | +6.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Russell Smith | 21,653 | 58.7 | 0.0 | |
Labor | John Boland | 10,307 | 27.9 | -2.3 | |
Greens | Mark Blecher | 2,529 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
Democrats | Denise Redmond | 1,484 | 4.0 | -7.1 | |
Call to Australia | David Howes | 724 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Natural Law | Peter Fraser | 209 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 36,906 | 96.4 | +4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,397 | 3.6 | -4.4 | ||
Turnout | 38,303 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Russell Smith | 22,769 | 63.7 | +0.9 | |
Labor | John Boland | 12,981 | 36.3 | -0.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Russell Smith | 17,925 | 58.7 | +22.5 | |
Labor | Ian Marshall | 9,232 | 30.2 | +9.0 | |
Democrats | Denise Redmond | 3,402 | 11.1 | +10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,559 | 92.0 | -5.8 | ||
Informal votes | 2,671 | 8.0 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 33,230 | 92.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Russell Smith | 18,669 | 62.8 | -2.4 | |
Labor | Ian Marshall | 11,082 | 37.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -2.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Russell Smith | 12,380 | 39.4 | +7.2 | |
National | Ronald Ferguson | 6,881 | 21.9 | +14.3 | |
Labor | Robert Ware | 6,563 | 20.9 | -15.5 | |
Independent | Richard Roberts | 5,235 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Democrats | John Nicholson | 389 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 31,448 | 98.0 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 637 | 2.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,085 | 92.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Russell Smith | 20,448 | 68.7 | +16.0 | |
Labor | Robert Ware | 9,331 | 31.3 | -16.0 | |
Liberal notional hold | Swing | +16.0 |
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | William Millard | 3,452 | 58.4 | +17.8 | |
Labor | John Webster | 2,459 | 41.6 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 5,911 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 52 | 0.9 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 5,963 | 63.0 | -13.2 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Millard | 2,966 | 40.6 | ||
Labor | John Webster | 2,386 | 32.6 | ||
Independent | Hector McWilliam | 1,571 | 21.5 | ||
Independent | Frederick Bland | 388 | 5.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,311 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 109 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,420 | 76.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Millard | 3,810 | 52.2 | ||
Labor | John Webster | 3,484 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,294 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,340 | 75.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Wood | 3,449 | 56.8 | ||
Labour | Francis Riley | 2,626 | 43.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,075 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 61 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,136 | 77.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Wood | 3,024 | 55.5 | ||
Labour | George Holt | 2,423 | 44.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,447 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 74 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,521 | 74.8 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Wood | 1,904 | 36.9 | ||
Progressive | Henry Clarke | 1,063 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Bernard McTernan | 1,062 | 20.6 | ||
Independent | Frederick Bland | 775 | 15.0 | ||
Independent | Edmund Coman | 351 | 6.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,155 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 36 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,191 | 72.1 | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Henry Clarke | 925 | 54.8 | -2.4 | |
Independent | William Boot | 717 | 42.5 | +0.3 | |
Independent | William Braine | 45 | 2.7 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,687 | 99.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.9 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,703 | 73.8 | +11.9 | ||
Progressive hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Henry Clarke | 753 | 57.2 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Boot | 555 | 42.2 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Braine | 8 | 0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,316 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,334 | 61.9 | |||
Member changed to National Federal from Ind. Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Henry Clarke | 880 | 62.1 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Rawlinson | 537 | 37.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,417 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,434 | 71.4 | |||
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Rawlinson | 717 | 41.3 | ||
Protectionist | James Garvan | 616 | 35.5 | ||
Free Trade | William Neilley | 349 | 20.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Peter Wood | 55 | 3.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,737 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,764 | 86.9 | |||
Ind. Protectionist win | (new seat) |