Sydney

The seat was created in 1969, essentially from the amalgamation of West Sydney and East Sydney.

1969

N.F.Boyle (DLP)			2381 (4.9%)
I.B.Channell (Ind)		571 (1.2%)
J.F.Cope (ALP)			31822 (65.1%)
D.H.Lewis (PPAA)		623 (1.3%)
N.Origlass (Ind)		3362 (6.9%)
G.P.Robertson (Lib)		9805 (20.1%)
Informal			2773

Estimated 2-party vote: ALP 70.8%, Lib 29.2%

1972

L.Aarons (CPA)			2236 (5.0%)
P.M.Clancy (SPA)		1062 (2.4%)
J.F.Cope (ALP)			31585 (70.3%)
G.P.Robertson (Lib)		6609 (14.7%)
A.N.Sorrensen (AP)		3431 (7.6%)
Informal			1883

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 80.8%, Lib 19.2%

1974

J.A.Bovard (AP)			2598 (5.8%)
P.M.Clancy (SP)			1132 (2.5%)
J.F.Cope (ALP)			32244 (71.9%)
J.J.Wallace (Lib)		8876 (19.8%)
Informal			1709

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 76.6%, Lib 23.4%

1975

L.Aarons (CPA)			2667 (5.6%)
M.Giesekam (WP)			644 (1.3%)
J.L.McMahon (ALP)		31493 (66.1%)
R.MacNeil (Ind)			537 (1.1%)
J.J.Wallace (Lib)		12268 (25.8%)
Informal			1539

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 70.9%, Lib 29.1%

1977

A.W.Beaver (CPA)		3935 (6.3%)
H.B.Black (SPA)			847 (1.4%)
J.L.McMahon (ALP)		39307 (63.2%)
N.R.Mayers (Ind)		560 (0.9%)
A.S.Morrison (Lib)		14158 (22.7%)
J.A.Roberts (Dem)		3428 (5.5%)
Informal			2773

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 72.4%, Lib 27.6%

1980

M.P.Adams (Dem)			4816 (8.1%)
J.E.Keig (SWP)			1477 (2.5%)
J.L.McMahon (ALP)		36720 (62.0%)
J.A.Mundey (CPA)		2850 (4.8%)
C.Reece (Lib)			13364 (22.6%)
Informal			2545

Estimated two-party preferred: ALP 71.3%, Lib 28.7%

1983

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		40360 (67.2%)
Aileen Beaver (CPA)		2066 (3.4%)
Romvaldas Cibas (Lib)		12559 (20.9%)
Jennifer Macleod (Dem)		4286 (7.1%)
James Percy (SWP)		758 (1.3%)
Informal			1954

After preferences:

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		45155 (75.2%)
Romvaldas Cibas (Lib)		14874 (24.8%)

1984

(Redistribution: ALP +0.1%)

V.Radice (Ind)			2219 (3.9%)
D.E.Gollan (Ind)		3118 (5.5%)
P.J.Baldwin (ALP)		32412 (57.2%)
M.Walsh (Dem)			4600 (8.1%)
J.R.Harker-Mortlock (Lib)	12847 (22.7%)
N.Hazard (Ind)			290 (0.5%)
A.W.Beaver (CPA)		1213 (2.1%)
Informal			6601

After preferences:

P.J.Baldwin (ALP)		41590 (73.4%)
J.R.Harker-Mortlock (Lib)	15095 (26.6%)

1987

Vito Radice (Ind)		1457 (2.5%)
William Cole (Dem)		4916 (8.3%)
Peter Baldwin (ALP)		29795 (50.5%)
Les Morka (Lib)			14911 (25.3%)
Jack Mundey (Ind)		7918 (13.4%)
Informal			4034

After preferences:

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		41220 (69.9%)
Les Morka (Lib)			17746 (30.1%)

1990

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		30648 (50.9%)
T.John Davern (CTA)		757 (1.3%)
Nadar Ponnuswamy (Ind)		274 (0.5%)
Ken Henderson (Ind)		1106 (1.8%)
Bob Dawson (Dem)		7697 (12.8%)
Stephen Woodhill (Lib)		13047 (21.7%)
Tony Harris (Grn)		6745 (11.2%)
Informal			2539

After preferences:

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		42890 (71.4%)
Stephen Woodhill (Lib)		17183 (28.6%)

1993

(Redistribution: ALP -6.1%)

Peter Baldwin	(ALP)		41621 (58.5%)
James Fisher (Lib)		18493 (26.0%)
Bob Dawson (Dem)		2805 (3.9%)
Mark Berriman (Grn)		5513 (7.7%)
Margaret Gleeson (Ind)		1914 (2.7%)
Bronia Hatfield (NL)		639 (0.9%)
Donald O'Halloran (Ind)		183 (0.3%)
Informal			2385

After preferences:

Peter Baldwin (ALP)		49402 (69.5%)
James Fisher (Lib)		21708 (30.5%)

1996

Paul Nederlof (Dem)		6471 (8.8%)
Karen Fletcher (Ind)		584 (0.8%)
Peter Bushby (Ind)		537 (0.7%)
Peter Fussell (Lib)		20430 (27.6%)
Janne Peterson (CTA)		483 (0.7%)
Peter Baldwin (ALP)		35788 (48.4%)
Michael Lippmann (NL)		242 (0.3%)
Sue Stock (Grn)			4285 (5.8%)
Wendy Bacon (NAN)		5042 (6.8%)
Donald O'Halloran (Ind)		112 (0.2%)
Informal			3502

After preferences:

Peter Fussell (Lib)		26495 (36.2%)
Peter Baldwin (ALP)		46703 (63.8%)

1998

Jenny Ryde (Grn)		4683 (6.2%)
Tanya Plibersek (ALP)		38920 (51.6%)
John Percy (DemS)		568 (0.7%)
Warren Hensley (ON)		1917 (2.5%)
Denis Doherty (Ind)		441 (0.6%)
Jenny Munro (Ind)		591 (0.8%)
Anna Lunsmann (NAN)		538 (0.7%)
Flavia Abdurahman (Unity)	1676 (2.2%)
Ben Hanson (Dem)		5092 (6.7%)
Michael Lippmann (Ind)		112 (0.1%)
Bruce Morrow (Lib)		20899 (27.7%)
Informal			3331

After preferences:

Tanya Plibersek (ALP)		50463 (66.9%)
Bruce Morrow (Lib)		24974 (33.1%)

(Redistribution: ALP +2.9%)

2001

Tanya Plibersek (ALP)		32962 (44.3%)
Sydney Hickman (Dem)		8093 (10.9%)
Jeff Pettett (Lib)		22380 (30.1%)
Jamie Parker (Grn)		10924 (14.7%)
Informal			3292 (4.2%)

After preferences

Tanya Plibersek (ALP)		48363 (65.0%)
Jeff Pettett (Lib)		25996 (35.0%)
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