Electoral district of Sutherland

Sutherland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1971 before it was abolished. The seat was reformed in 1988 until 1999. The seat was based on the suburb of Sutherland in the southern districts of Sydney.[1]

The seat was abolished for the 1999 state election, and Lorna Stone, the sitting member contested the new seat of Heathcote. The new seat had a notional Labor margin and was also contested by Ian McManus, the Labor member for the abolished seat of Bulli. McManus convincingly defeated Stone.

Members for Sutherland

First incarnation (1950–1971)
Member		Party	Term
	Cecil Monro	Liberal	1950–1953
	Tom Dalton	Labor	1953–1956
	Ian Griffith	Liberal	1956–1959
	Tom Dalton	Labor	1959–1968
	Tim Walker	Liberal	1968–1971
Second incarnation (1988–1999)
Member		Party	Term
	Chris Downy	Liberal	1988–1997
	Lorna Stone	Liberal	1997–1999

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Sutherland[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chris Downy	16,406	49.3	-0.1
	Labor	Genevieve Rankin	13,127	39.4	+1.7
	Independent	Lynette Farmer	1,997	6.0	+6.0
	Democrats	June Young	1,749	5.3	+3.5
Total formal votes			33,279	93.8	-4.1
Informal votes			2,211	6.2	+4.1
Turnout			35,490	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Downy	17,244	53.0	-0.9
	Labor	Genevieve Rankin	15,262	47.0	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Sutherland[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Chris Downy	14,490	48.3	+5.4
	Labor	Maurie Keane	11,875	39.6	-13.4
	Independent	Jean Manuel	3,632	12.1	+12.1
Total formal votes			29,997	97.9	-0.2
Informal votes			631	2.1	+0.2
Turnout			30,628	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Chris Downy	15,476	52.5	+7.6
	Labor	Maurie Keane	14,028	47.5	-7.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.6

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tim Walker	13,707	49.3	+0.5
	Labor	Tom Dalton	13,105	47.1	-0.9
	Democratic Labor	William Goslett	1,002	3.6	+0.4
Total formal votes			27,814	97.5
Informal votes			706	2.5
Turnout			28,520	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Walker	14,403	51.8	+0.8
	Labor	Tom Dalton	13,411	48.2	-0.8
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+0.8

• Sutherland became a notionally Liberal seat at the redistribution.

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Dalton	15,096	50.0	+3.7
	Liberal	Tim Walker	14,145	46.8	+10.3
	Democratic Labor	William Goslett	975	3.2	+1.6
Total formal votes			30,216	98.6	−0.3
Informal votes			430	1.4	+0.3
Turnout			30,646	95.7	−0.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Dalton	15,334	50.8	−4.7
	Liberal	Tim Walker	14,882	49.2	+4.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.7

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Dalton	12,697	46.3	−3.9
	Liberal	Noel Walker	10,021	36.5	−9.2
	Independent	Keith Bates	4,173	15.2	+15.2
	Democratic Labor	Malcolm Towner	450	1.6	+0.3
	Independent	John Mantova	86	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			27,427	98.9
Informal votes			304	1.1
Turnout			27,731	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Dalton	15,207	55.5	+2.7
	Liberal	Noel Walker	12,220	44.5	−2.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Dalton	11,845	50.2
	Liberal	Keith Bates	10,783	45.7
	Communist	Alexander Elphinston	680	2.9
	Democratic Labor	Peter Keogh	299	1.3
Total formal votes			23,607	98.5
Informal votes			351	1.5
Turnout			23,958	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tom Dalton	12,449	52.7
	Liberal	Keith Bates	11,158	47.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	14,812	52.5	+5.8
	Labor	Tom Dalton	13,388	47.5	−5.8
Total formal votes			28,200	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			377	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			28,577	94.6	+0.7
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.8

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Dalton	11,382	53.3
	Liberal	Cecil Monro	9,957	46.7
Total formal votes			21,339	98.4
Informal votes			336	1.6
Turnout			21,675	93.9
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Sutherland[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Sutherland [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Cecil Monro	10,718	52.2
	Labor	Gough Whitlam	9,807	47.8
Total formal votes			20,525	98.8
Informal votes			251	1.2
Turnout			20,776	93.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1991 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1988 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1968 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1965 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1962 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1959 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1956 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
9. Green, Antony. "1953 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
10. Green, Antony. "1950 Sutherland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.