Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

2015 New South Wales state election
(Legislative Council)

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21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Duncan Gay Luke Foley None
Party Coalition Labor Greens
Seats before 19 14 5
Seats won 9 7 2
Seats after 20 12 5
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 1,839,452 1,341,943 428,036
Percentage 42.61% 31.09% 9.92%
Swing Decrease 5.07pp Increase 7.36pp Decrease 1.20pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
SFF
AJP
Leader Robert Borsak Fred Nile None
Party SFF Christian Democrats Animal Justice
Seats before 2 2 0
Seats won 1 1 1
Seats after 2 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 167,871 126,305 76,819
Percentage 3.89% 2.93% 1.78%
Swing Increase 0.20pp Decrease 0.20pp Increase 1.78pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2015 New South Wales state election.

Results

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2015 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 196,205
Liberal/National Coalition 1. John Ajaka (Lib) (elected 1)
2. Ben Franklin (Nat) (elected 4)
3. Matthew Mason-Cox (Lib) (elected 7)
4. Don Harwin (Lib) (elected 9)
5. Bronnie Taylor (Nat) (elected 11)
6. Lou Amato (Lib) (elected 13)
7. Shayne Mallard (Lib) (elected 15)
8. Trevor Khan (Nat) (elected 16)
9. Scott Farlow (Lib) (elected 17)
10. Hollie Hughes (Lib)
11. John Williams (Nat)
12. Reena Jethi (Lib)
13. Craig Chung (Lib)
14. Jennifer Carpenter (Lib)
15. Matthew Connolly (Nat)
16. Steve Yang (Lib)
1,839,452 42.61 -5.07
Labor 1. Sophie Cotsis (elected 2)
2. Walt Secord (elected 5)
3. Lynda Voltz (elected 8)
4. Shaoquett Moselmane (elected 10)
5. Mick Veitch (elected 12)
6. Adam Searle (elected 14)
7. Courtney Houssos (elected 18)
8. Daniel Mookhey
9. Helen Westwood
10. Aisha Amjad
11. Annette Priest
12. Jill Lay
13. Floris Lam
14. Blake Mooney
15. Keith Williams
16. Frank Alafaci
17. Kun Huang
18. Lucille McKenna
19. Jennifer Clapham
20. Rosemary Maker
21. Daniel Barbar
1,341,943 31.09 +7.36
Greens 1. John Kaye (elected 3)
2. Mehreen Faruqi (elected 6)
3. Justin Field
4. Dawn Walker
5. James Ryan
6. Penny Blatchford
7. Melissa Brooks
8. Jan Davis
9. Christine Donayre
10. Mithra Cox
11. Marika Kontellis
12. Sylvie Ellsmore
13. Therese Doyle
14. Harriett Swift
15. Darelle Duncan
16. Susan Jarnason
17. Barbara Bloch
18. Matthew Thompson
19. Sue Stock
20. De Brierley Newton
21. Kylie Turner
428,036 9.92 -1.20
Shooters and Fishers 1. Robert Borsak (elected 19)
2. Peter Johnson
3. Karl Houseman
4. Steve Lee
5. Daniel Spears
6. Jacqui Wood
7. Alain Noujaim
8. Dane Van Der Neut
9. Leslie Palmer
10. Sam Cannuli
11. Danielle Neville
12. Nadrra Sarkis
13. Jason LeSage
14. Craig Steel
15. Tony McManus
16. Mike Crockford
17. Peter Richards
18. Arthur Baker
19. Linda Patchett
20. Bob Shaw
21. Dave Cook
167,871 3.89 +0.2
Christian Democrats 1. Fred Nile (elected 20)
2. Ross Clifford
3. Peter Tadros
4. Simon Khoury
5. Soon-Hyung Kwon
6. Stan Colefax
7. Elwyn Sheppard
8. Valerie Tarela-Moyes
9. Beth Smith
10. Joe Chircop
11. Roger Bolling
12. Kay Bolling
13. Elwynne Waddell
14. Graham Waddell
15. Andrew Green
16. Robyn Peebles
17. Bernie Gesling
18. Leeanne Gesling
19. Arthur Moore
20. Diana Thew
126,305 2.93 -0.2
No Land Tax 1. Peter Jones
2. Pat Carbone
3. Gus Macri
4. James Ruben
5. Gary Adamson
6. Cathy O'Toole
7. Sharon Fitzpatrick
8. Ron Wilson
9. Joe Lopreiato
10. Jezza Armer
11. Emma Cacciotti
12. James Austin
13. Frank Franzone
14. Ulysses Maclaren
15. Kate Lynch
16. Patria Cook
82,054 1.90
Animal Justice 1. Mark Pearson (elected 21)
2. Lynda Stoner
3. Tracey Keenan
4. Rosemary Garlick
5. Marcel Woolfe
6. Julia Riseley
7. Sally Dingle Wall
8. Douglas Davison
9. Ellie Robertson
10. Wayne Ericksen
11. Joanna Ericksen
12. Carol Bellenger
13. Debbie Tomasums
14. Kate Paterson
15. Laurie Akkanen
16. Theresa Taylor
76,819 1.78
Voluntary Euthanasia 1. Shayne Higson
2. Richard Mills
3. Deirdre Johnson
4. Brian Beaumont Owles
5. Judith Daley
6. Bill King
7. Natasha Mulhall
8. Joshua Britt
9. Kath Schilling
10. John Mackenzie
11. Sandi Steep
12. Ken Meyer
13. Donald Bayley
14. Patricia Driscoll
15. Geoffrey Williams
40,710 0.94
No Parking Meters 1. Charles Matthews
2. Robert Morris
3. Jeff Sayle
4. Victor Brooking
5. Eddie Nasr
6. Kevin Barron
7. Louise Morrisey
8. Frank Bennett
9. Paul Dean
10. Michael Morrisey
11. Ranbir Singh
12. Hasmukhlal Gohil
13. Jo-Anne Morrisey
14. Michelle Morrisey
15. Carol Matthews
16. John Downey
17. Neil Paine
18. Michael Garnett
19. Susan Bisaro
20. Christopher Quinane
21. Eileen Quinane
34,852 0.81 -0.40
Fishing Party 1. Bob Smith
2. Liz Stocker
3. Craig Oaten
4. Chris Goodbar
5. Deanne Shepherd
6. Stewart Paterson
7. Luke Vitnell
8. Adrian Purcell
9. Miranda Shepherd
10. Scott Atkins
11. Craig McCartney
12. Ted Mackay
13. Kevin Johnson
14. Vicki Johns
15. Dave McCartney
16. Michael O'Connor
17. Paul Derrick
18. Adrian Callaghan
19. Matt Small
20. Victor Shen
31,882 0.74 -0.59
Outdoor Recreation 1. Peter Whelan
2. Mark Ellis
3. James Whelan
4. Suellen Bell
5. Joaquim De Lima
6. Richard Berner
7. Adam Frost
8. Graham Nickols
9. Jim Musgrave
10. Terje Petersen
11. Vinay Kolhatkar
12. Stephen Denton
13. Keith Garemyn
14. Janos Beregszaszi
15. Robert Dawson
31,445 0.73 -0.04
Motorist 1. Denis Walford
2. Bob Honeybrook
3. Grant Walford
4. Paul Di Meglio
5. Lindy Kyle
6. Anthony Hogan
7. Christine Sutherland
8. Ross Bridge
9. Robert Ward
10. Neil Blanch
11. Brendon Munn
12. Terry Foster
13. Phillip Diiorio
14. John Wardle
15. Wes Ward
16. Nicole Walford
17. Kath Ward
27,785 0.64
Democrats 1. Rendall Wagner
2. Ronaldo Villaver
3. Simon Lovell
4. Julia Melland
5. Andrew Wallace
6. Sue-Maree Olsen
7. Mayo Materazzo
8. David King
9. Samantha Elliott-Halls
10. Glenn Luxford
11. Stephen Bingle
12. Garry Dalrymple
13. John Wiggin
14. Thomas Barca
15. Chris Ridings
23,466 0.54 -0.30
Cyclists 1. Omar Khalifa
2. Anthony New
3. Ingrid Ralph
4. Ken Thompson
5. George Paxinos
6. Yvette Paxinos
7. James Pennefather
8. Philip Griffiths
9. Nick Bonich
10. Chloe Mason
11. David Denton
12. Dave Gardiner
13. Roman Ciurpita
14. Barbara Hickson
15. Angus Harper-Smith
21,280 0.49
Building Australia 1. Ray Brown
2. Eva Emrich
3. Michael O'Donnell
4. David Walter
5. Nikki Atkins
6. Geoff Craig
7. Ross Harwood
8. Christine Murray
9. Bob Hearn
10. Neville Jones
11. John Vellenga
12. Helen Boland
13. Chris Ericoli
14. John Rostirolla
15. Simon Costigan
16. Gregory Atkins
17. Kevin Cranfield
12,466 0.29 +0.07
Socialist Alliance 1. Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
2. John Rainford
3. Mia Sanders
4. Howard Byrnes
5. Pip Hinman
6. Gregory McFarlane
7. Rachel Evans
8. John Coleman
9. Coral Wynter
10. Ben Kohler
11. Jemma Nott
12. Paul Benedek
13. Kathryn Fairfax
14. Duncan Roden
15. Margaret Allan
16. Nicole McGregor
8,489 0.20 -0.06
Group D 1. Christopher Buttel
2. Sean Stratton
3. Nicholas Renshaw
4. Kristy Strong
5. Peter Brennan
6. Jamie Ambrose
7. Mark Fisher-Webster
8. Thomas Russell
9. Bradley Law
10. Andrew George
11. Philip Imsies
12. Simon Zammit
13. Mark Howard
14. Darrel Greentree
15. Joshua Rousell
16. Lynette Miller
6,251 0.14
Group J 1. James Liu
2. Wei Jing
3. Cerelia Fountain
4. Bao Ming Xian
5. Jie Liang
6. Hua Mei Ruan
7. Xiao Fang Zhou
8. Xiao Yi Guo
9. Lam Chong Cheung
10. Iok Long Ng
11. Xue Ming Pan
12. Kim Fong Ng
12. Yingxi Ma
14. Nan Yin
15. Feng Yi Ni
4,361 0.10
  Strata[a] 1. Christine Byrne
2. Jan Rashbrook
3. Pamela Dilworth
4. John Hutchinson
5. Ken Parkes
6. Brent Clark
7. Luke Derwent
8. Allan Hoy
9. Adam Jones
10. Sarah Hatcher
11. Janet Donald
12. Tonja Gibson
13. Peter Driscoll
14. Bruce Aitken
15. Wendy Johnson
3,024 0.07
  Future[a] 1. James Jansson
2. Andrea Finno
3. Saritha Manickam
4. Daniel Powell
5. Cory Bill
6. Markus Pfister
7. Thomas Gordon
8. Colin Simmer
9. Jared Ackerman
10. Myles Cover
11. Eve Slavich
12. Cameron Walsh
13. Todd Rockoff
14. James Haggerty
15. Tom Byrt
16. Nathan Page
2,782 0.06
Group P 1. Andrew Thaler
2. Kate Schwager
3. David Quince
4. Anne Kennedy
5. Peter Hill
6. Venecia Wilson
7. Mark Robinson
8. Benjamin Heslop
9. Sonya Marshall
10. Ron Campey
11. Pam Goldsmith
12. Drew Simmons
13. Rusan Hil
14. Alisa Thaler
15. Bill Schwager
2,767 0.06
  Country[a] 1. Ron Pike
2. Paul Snaidero
3. Paul Pierotti
4. Pete Mailler
5. Alan Barton
6. Ross Davidson
7. John Egan
8. James Harker-Mortlock
9. Brian Hopper
10. Ellemarie McLachlan
11. Lorraine Mouafi
12. Julie Pike
13. Jenny Wills
14. Carmen Woods
959 0.02
Independent Ramsay Nuthall 266 0.01
  Arts PJ Collins 233 0.01 +9.7
Independent Jane Ward 118 0.00
Group U 1. Jennifer Stefanac
2. Tucky Cooley
113 0.00
Group W 1. Warwick Erwin
2. Ray Robinson
113 0.00
Independent Sal Scevola 111 0.00
Independent David Ash 83 0.00
Independent Mahesh Pundpal 81 0.00
Independent David Chen 70 0.00
Independent Alan Hood 62 0.00
Independent Tony Bennett 42 0.00
Independent Anthony Craig 39 0.00
Independent Alain Brix-Nielsen 38 0.00
Independent Gordon Crisp 28 0.00
Independent Stuart Baanstra 23 0.00
Independent Geoff Cox 21 0.00
Independent Robert Spreadborough 20 0.00
Independent Aaron Baldwin 20 0.00
Independent John Justice 18 0.00
Total formal votes 4,316,498 94.35 −0.30
Informal votes 258,368 5.65 +0.30
Turnout 4,574,866 90.76 −2.13

Continuing members

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The following members of the Legislative Council were not up for re-election this year.

Party Member
  Liberal David Clarke
Catherine Cusack
Scot MacDonald
Natasha Maclaren-Jones
Greg Pearce
Peter Phelps
  National NSW Niall Blair
Rick Colless
Duncan Gay
Sarah Mitchell
  Labor Greg Donnelly
Peter Primrose
Penny Sharpe[b]
Steve Whan[c]
Ernest Wong
  Greens Jan Barham
Jeremy Buckingham
David Shoebridge
  Christian Democrats Paul Green
  Shooters and Fishers Robert Brown
  Independent (Ex Liberal) Mike Gallacher

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Not a registered party and no affiliation was shown on the ballot paper
  2. ^ Penny Sharpe resigned her seat in March 2015 to unsuccessfully contest the lower house seat of Newtown at the 2015 state election. In May 2015 Sharpe was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by her resignation.
  3. ^ Steve Whan resigned his seat in March 2015 to unsuccessfully contest the lower house seat of Monaro at the 2015 state election. In May 2015 Daniel Mookhey was appointed to fill the vacancy.

References

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