New South Wales state election, 25 May 1991[1]
Legislative Council
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Enrolled voters 3,631,618
Votes cast 3,398,550 Turnout 93.58 +1.66
Informal votes 192,718 Informal 5.67 –2.64
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats
won 		Seats
held
  Liberal/National Coalition 1,453,441 45.34 –0.81 7 20
  Labor 1,195,324 37.29 –0.22 6 18
  Democrats 167,245 6.70 +3.97 1 2
  Call to Australia 114,648 3.58 –2.16 1 2
  Greens 106,325 3.32 +3.32 0 0
  EFF/Greypower/CEC 49,077 1.53 –0.87 0 0
  Country Residents Party 21,628 0.67 +0.67 0 0
  No Toxic Incinerator Group 18,706 0.58 +0.58 0 0
  Marie Bignold Team 14,403 0.45 +0.45 0 0
  Other 17,598 0.54 * 0 0
Total 3,205,832     15  

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 1991 New South Wales state election.

Results

1991 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 200,365
Liberal/National Coalition 1. Ted Pickering (elected 1)
2. Robert Webster (elected 4)
3. Max Willis (elected 6)
4. Patricia Forsythe (elected 8)
5. Doug Moppett (elected 10)
6. John Ryan (elected 12)
7. Jenny Gardiner (elected 13)
8. Tony Gentile
9. Marilyn Pidgeon
10. Ian Brown 		1,453,441 45.3 -0.8
Labor 1. Jack Hallam (elected 2)
2. Jeff Shaw (elected 5)
3. Bryan Vaughan (elected 7)
4. Meredith Burgmann (elected 9)
5. Franca Arena (elected 11)
6. Jan Burnswoods (elected 15)
7. Eddie Obeid
8. Tony Kelly
9. Graham Freudenberg
10. Hatton Kwok 		1,192,678 37.2 -0.2
Democrats 1. Elisabeth Kirkby (elected 3)
2. Jonathan King
3. Ray Griffiths
4. Meg Simpson 		214,682 6.7 +4.0
Call to Australia 1. Fred Nile (elected 14)
2. Beville Varidel
3. Bruce Coleman
4. Peter Walker
5. John Everingham 		114,648 3.6 -2.2
Greens 1. Ian Cohen
2. David Nerlich 		106,325 3.3 +3.3
  EFF/Grey Power/CEC 1. Eddy Azzopardi
2. Robert Clarke
3. Paul Galea
4. Leone Hay 		49,077 1.5 -0.9
  Country Residents 1. William Gilmore
2. Desmond Ayres
3. John Kember 		21,628 0.7 +0.7
No Toxic Incinerator 1. Ray Fardell
2. Mark Findlay 		18,706 0.6 +0.6
Marie Bignold Team 1. Alicia Bignold
2. Brett Hartley
3. Christine Smith
4. Nancy Malcolm 		14,403 0.5 +0.5
Group E 1. Andy Hart
2. Paul Wilton
3. George Vitanza
4. Greg Hirst 		8,080 0.3 +0.3
Group I 1. Patricia Poulos
2. John Holley 		6,885 0.2 +0.2
Independent John Kouroupakis 1,030 0.03 +0.03
Independent Lord Rolo 1,011 0.03 +0.03
Independent John Hegarty 411 0.01 +0.01
Independent Tony Galati 181 0.01 +0.01
Total formal votes 3,205,832 94.3 +2.6
Informal votes 192,718 5.7 -2.6
Turnout 3,398,550 93.6 +1.7

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member Party End term Years in office
  Virginia Chadwick Liberal 1999 1988–1999
  Beryl Evans Liberal 1995 1984–1995
  Marlene Goldsmith Liberal 1999 1988–1999
  John Hannaford Liberal 1995 1984–1999
  John Jobling Liberal 1995 1984–2003
  Stephen Mutch Liberal 1999 1988–1996
  Brian Pezzutti Liberal 1999 1988–2003
  Jim Samios Liberal 1995 1984–2003
  Helen Sham-Ho Liberal 1999 1988–2003
  Richard Bull National 1995 1984–2000
  Duncan Gay National 1999 1988–2017
  Judy Jakins National 1995 [a] 1984–1991
  Bob Rowland Smith National 1999 1988–1999
  Adrian Solomons National 1995 1984–1991
  Ron Dyer Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Michael Egan Labor 1995 1988–1995
  Keith Enderbury Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Mick Ibbett Labor 1995 [a] 1984–1991
  Dorothy Isaksen Labor 1999 1978–1988, 1990–1999
  Johno Johnson Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Jim Kaldis Labor 1999 1988–1999
  Delcia Kite Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Ian Macdonald Labor 1999 1988–2010
  Andy Manson Labor 1995 1988–1995
  Paul O'Grady Labor 1995 1988–1996
  Ann Symonds Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Judith Walker Labor 1995 1984–1995
  Elaine Nile Call to Australia 1999 1988–2002
  Richard Jones Democrats 1999 1988–2003
  Marie Bignold Marie Bignold Team 1995 [a] 1984–1991
  1. ^ a b c The result of the 1991 referendum held at the same time was that only the first 12 elected at the 1984 election continued to be members and the last 3 elected ceased to be members.

See also

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony (October 1998). "Changing Boundaries Changing Fortunes: an analysis of the NSW Elections of 1988 and 1991" (PDF). Occasional Paper No 7. NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Electing the Legislative Council 1978-1995" (PDF). ABC Election Archives.
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