Electoral district of Northcott

Northcott was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1968 and 1999.[1]

History

It was named after Sir John Northcott who served as Governor of New South Wales from 1 August 1946 to 1 August 1957. Northcott was the first Australian appointed to a State vice-regal position.

It was represented by Jim Cameron, Bruce Baird and Barry O'Farrell, all of whom served as Deputy Leaders of their party, although in O'Farrell's case he became Deputy Liberal leader after moving to Ku-ring-gai following Northcott's abolition.

O'Farrell succeeded Baird in Northcott in 1995. Ironically when O'Farrell resigned as NSW Premier in 2014 he was succeeded by Baird's son Mike. Bruce Baird himself had failed to become Premier to succeed Nick Greiner in 1992 which eventually led to Baird's retirement from Northcott in 1995 and then enabled O'Farrell to succeed him in the seat. Northcott marked the beginning of O'Farrell's tenure in the New South Wales Parliament and his eventual path in becoming Premier, a premiership that ended when O'Farrell was succeeded by Mike Baird, the son of O'Farrell's Northcott predecessor.[2]

Members for Northcott

	Party	Period
Jim Cameron [3]	Liberal	1968–1983
Jim Cameron [3]	Call to Australia	1983–1984
Bruce Baird [4]	Liberal	1984–1995
Barry O'Farrell [5]	Liberal	1995–1999

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Northcott [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	20,747	60.1	-7.9
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	8,178	23.7	+6.4
	Democrats	Suzanne Reddy	3,589	10.4	-1.0
	AAFI	Steve Van Wyk	2,034	5.9	+5.9
Total formal votes			34,548	96.5	+3.3
Informal votes			1,243	3.5	-3.3
Turnout			35,791	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Barry O'Farrell	22,657	68.6	-7.8
	Labor	Andrew Leigh	10,358	31.4	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.8

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Northcott [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	22,066	67.9	-4.9
	Labor	Vanessa O'Meara	5,599	17.2	-9.2
	Democrats	Kerry Bamford	3,686	11.3	+11.3
	Call to Australia	Colin Hornshaw	1,129	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			32,480	93.3	-3.7
Informal votes			2,344	6.7	+3.7
Turnout			34,824	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,420	76.4	+3.2
	Labor	Vanessa O'Meara	7,241	23.6	-3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Northcott [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,271	76.0	+8.1
	Labor	John Drew	7,350	24.0	-1.6
Total formal votes			30,621	96.9	-1.3
Informal votes			988	3.1	+1.3
Turnout			31,609	94.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Northcott [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bruce Baird	23,048	66.9	+5.6
	Labor	Jan Dekker	9,149	26.6	-6.4
	Democrats	Clifford Wiltshire	2,236	6.5	+0.9
Total formal votes			34,433	98.2	+0.9
Informal votes			647	1.8	-0.9
Turnout			35,080	93.2	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce Baird		70.0	+5.9
	Labor	Jan Dekker		30.0	-5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Northcott [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,173	61.3	+6.8
	Labor	Therese McGee	10,322	33.0	-6.7
	Democrats	Ian Irwin	1,763	5.6	-0.2
Total formal votes			31,258	97.3
Informal votes			879	2.7
Turnout			32,137	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,682	64.1	+6.7
	Labor	Therese McGee	11,002	35.9	-6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.7

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Northcott [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	17,784	54.5	-13.7
	Labor	Kristine Klugman	12,969	39.7	+7.9
	Democrats	Graham Blackman	1,900	5.8	+5.8
Total formal votes			32,653	98.6	0.0
Informal votes			460	1.4	0.0
Turnout			33,113	93.2	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	18,734	57.4	-10.8
	Labor	Kristine Klugman	13,919	42.6	+10.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.8

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Northcott [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	21,408	68.2	+2.8
	Labor	Sabine Willis	9,982	31.8	+31.8
Total formal votes			31,390	98.6	+1.4
Informal votes			428	1.4	-1.4
Turnout			31,818	92.9	-0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Northcott [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	18,686	65.4	-1.7
	Australia	Vivienne Berzin	6,829	23.9	+2.7
	Democratic Labor	Michael Kane	2,449	8.6	+8.6
	Republican	Franciscus Leechburch-Auwers	616	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			28,580	97.2
Informal votes			830	2.8
Turnout			29,410	93.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	20,219	70.4	-2.6
	Australia	Vivienne Berzin	8,361	29.6	+2.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Northcott [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	17,553	67.1	-9.0
	Australia	David Haig	5,544	21.2	+21.2
	Def. of Govt Schools	Jane Gray	3,048	11.7	+11.7
Total formal votes			26,145	97.3
Informal votes			711	2.7
Turnout			26,856	93.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,077	73.0	-7.0
	Australia	David Haig	7,068	27.0	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.0

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Northcott [15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	19,330	76.1
	Labor	Pauline Unsworth	4,831	19.0
	Democratic Labor	John Kennedy	1,252	4.9
Total formal votes			25,413	96.5
Informal votes			912	3.5
Turnout			26,325	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Cameron	20,332	80.0	+2.3
	Labor	Pauline Unsworth	5,081	20.0	-2.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.3

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