Electoral results for the district of Coffs Harbour

Election results for Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Coffs Harbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1981 and has always been held by the National party.

Members for Coffs Harbour

Election		Party
1981	Matt Singleton	National
1984
1988
1990 by	Andrew Fraser	National
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	Gurmesh Singh	National

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2023 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gurmesh Singh	25,319	51.43	+8.61
	Labor	Tony Judge	10,263	20.85	+3.16
	Independent	Sally Townley	5,978	12.14	−5.25
	Legalise Cannabis	Tihema Elliston	2,917	5.93	+5.93
	Greens	Tim Nott	2,814	5.72	−0.81
	Animal Justice	Kellie Pearce	1,096	2.23	−0.47
	Sustainable Australia	Ruth Cully	842	1.71	+1.71
Total formal votes			49,229	97.20	+0.95
Informal votes			1,416	2.80	−0.95
Turnout			50,645	87.58	−1.29
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gurmesh Singh	27,458	63.24	+2.47
	Labor	Tony Judge	15,958	36.76	−2.47
	National hold		Swing	+2.47

Elections in the 2010s

2019

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2019 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gurmesh Singh	20,268	42.82	−11.76
	Labor	Tony Judge	8,371	17.69	−8.21
	Independent	Sally Townley	8,247	17.42	+17.42
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Stuart Davidson	3,405	7.19	+7.19
	Greens	Jonathan Cassell	3,090	6.53	−7.03
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Renet	1,542	3.26	+3.26
	Animal Justice	Robyn Marchant	1,278	2.70	+2.70
	Independent	Ann Leonard	1,132	2.39	+2.39
Total formal votes			47,333	96.25	−0.53
Informal votes			1,846	3.75	+0.53
Turnout			49,179	88.87	−0.01
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gurmesh Singh	22,799	60.77	−3.53
	Labor	Tony Judge	14,717	39.23	+3.53
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Gurmesh Singh	22,375	60.30	−4.00
	Independent	Sally Townley	14,730	39.70	+39.70
	National hold

2015

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2015 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	24,652	54.6	−11.3
	Labor	June Smith	11,698	25.9	+11.7
	Greens	Craig Christie	6,126	13.6	+3.1
	Christian Democrats	Ian Sutherland	1,958	4.3	+0.7
	No Land Tax	Annette Guerry	733	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			45,167	96.8	−0.3
Informal votes			1,503	3.2	+0.3
Turnout			46,670	88.9	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	26,184	64.3	−13.0
	Labor	June Smith	14,537	35.7	+13.0
	National hold		Swing	−13.0

2011

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2011 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	29,798	66.1	+14.1
	Labor	David Quinn	6,392	14.2	−6.5
	Greens	Rodney Degens	4,749	10.5	+3.1
	Independent	Paul Templeton	2,575	5.7	+5.7
	Christian Democrats	Deborah Lions	1,591	3.5	−0.2
Total formal votes			45,105	97.5	−0.8
Informal votes			1,140	2.5	+0.8
Turnout			46,245	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	31,956	77.2	+9.6
	Labor	David Quinn	9,421	22.8	−9.6
	National hold		Swing	+9.6

Elections in the 2000s

2007

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2007 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	22,351	52.0	+11.8
	Labor	David Kennedy	8,898	20.7	−1.0
	Independent	Keith Rhoades	6,421	14.9	+4.9
	Greens	Rodney Degens	3,205	7.5	+1.5
	Christian Democrats	Deborah Lions	1,592	3.7	+0.4
	Against Further Immigration	Gerry Evic	550	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			43,017	98.3	+0.4
Informal votes			738	1.7	−0.4
Turnout			43,755	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	24,884	67.6	+5.7
	Labor	David Kennedy	11,914	32.4	−5.7
	National hold		Swing	+5.7

2003

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

2003 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	16,728	40.4	−5.7
	Labor	Pamela Stephenson	7,811	18.9	−11.7
	Independent	Jan Strom	7,475	18.1	+18.1
	Independent	Keith Rhoades	4,411	10.7	+10.7
	Greens	Gabrielle Tindall	2,952	7.1	+3.6
	Christian Democrats	Greg Holder	1,417	3.4	+3.4
	One Nation	Tenille Burston	487	1.2	−10.1
	Independent	Evalds Erglis	109	0.3	−0.4
Total formal votes			41,390	98.0	−0.3
Informal votes			854	2.0	+0.3
Turnout			42,244	92.4
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Andrew Fraser	19,781	64.3	+6.0
	Labor	Pamela Stephenson	10,974	35.7	−6.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	18,817	56.9	−1.4
	Independent	Jan Strom	14,263	43.1	+43.1
	National hold		Swing	−1.4

Elections in the 1990s

1999

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1999 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	18,043	46.1	−7.0
	Labor	Alph Williams	11,970	30.6	+0.3
	One Nation	George Gardiner	4,409	11.3	+11.3
	Democrats	Mark Spencer	2,361	6.0	+6.0
	Greens	Chris Cairns	1,369	3.5	−1.9
	Earthsave	Chris Backman	362	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Evalds Erglis	271	0.7	+0.0
	Against Further Immigration	Frederick Ansted	229	0.6	+0.6
	Non-Custodial Parents	Horst Sommer	128	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			39,142	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			692	1.7	−1.5
Turnout			39,834	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	19,749	58.3	−0.6
	Labor	Alph Williams	14,129	41.7	+0.6
	National hold		Swing	−0.6

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1995 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	19,296	53.0	+0.5
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	11,064	30.4	−5.7
	Independent	Sue Dethridge	2,945	8.1	+8.1
	Greens	Mark Spencer	1,979	5.4	+5.4
	Natural Law	Byron Rigby	500	1.4	+1.4
	The Country Party	Ken Field	406	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Evalds Erglis	251	0.7	−0.7
Total formal votes			36,441	96.7	+1.4
Informal votes			1,232	3.3	−1.4
Turnout			37,673	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	20,361	58.7	+1.7
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	14,326	41.3	−1.7
	National hold		Swing	+1.7

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1991 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	16,625	52.5	−16.2
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	11,434	36.1	+12.3
	Democrats	Sue Arnold	2,106	6.7	−0.7
	Independent	May Southgate	1,062	3.4	+3.4
	Independent	Evalds Erglis	439	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			31,666	95.4	−2.5
Informal votes			1,544	4.6	+2.5
Turnout			33,210	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	17,547	57.0	−15.3
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	13,263	43.0	+15.3
	National hold		Swing	−15.3

1990 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1990 Coffs Harbour state by-election § Result.

1990 Coffs Harbour by-election
Saturday 3 November
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Fraser	11,393	37.4	−30.0
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	9,790	32.1	+8.0
	Independent	Lynne Dalton	3,437	11.3
	Independent	Max Dawes	2,501	8.2
Total formal votes			30,503	98.4	+0.6
Informal votes			507	1.6	−0.6
Turnout			31,010	86.8	−6.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Fraser	15,920	55.4	−16.0
	Labor	Bruce Clarke	12,823	44.6	+16.0
	National hold		Swing	+16.0

Matt Singleton (National) resigned.

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1988 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Matt Singleton	19,748	67.3	+5.7
	Labor	Terrence Hancock	7,085	24.1	−14.3
	Democrats	Norma Pederson	2,527	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			29,360	97.8	−0.7
Informal votes			664	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			30,024	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Matt Singleton	20,482	71.4	+9.9
	Labor	Terrence Hancock	8,210	28.6	−9.9
	National hold		Swing	+9.9

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1984 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Matt Singleton	21,873	61.3	+2.0
	Labor	Laurence Brown	13,789	38.7	−2.0
Total formal votes			35,662	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			569	1.6	−0.2
Turnout			36,231	91.8	+0.8
	National hold		Swing	+2.0

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Coffs Harbour.

1981 New South Wales state election: Coffs Harbour
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Matt Singleton	18,375	59.3	−0.8
	Labor	Joseph Moran	12,626	40.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			31,001	98.2
Informal votes			561	1.8
Turnout			31,562	91.0
	National Country notional hold		Swing	−0.8

Coffs Harbour was a new district, notionally held by National Country. Matt Singleton (National Country) was the sitting member for Clarence which had become notionally held by Labor due to the redistribution.

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v t e Electoral results for the districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Albury Auburn Badgerys Creek Ballina Balmain Bankstown Barwon Bathurst Bega Blacktown Blue Mountains Cabramatta Camden Campbelltown Canterbury Castle Hill Cessnock Charlestown Clarence Coffs Harbour Coogee Cootamundra Cronulla Davidson Drummoyne Dubbo East Hills Epping Fairfield Gosford Goulburn Granville Hawkesbury Heathcote Heffron Holsworthy Hornsby Keira Kellyville Kiama Kogarah Lake Macquarie Lane Cove Leppington Lismore Liverpool Londonderry Macquarie Fields Maitland Manly Maroubra Miranda Monaro Mount Druitt Murray Myall Lakes Newcastle Newtown North Shore Northern Tablelands Oatley Orange Oxley Parramatta Penrith Pittwater Port Macquarie Port Stephens Prospect Riverstone Rockdale Ryde Shellharbour South Coast Strathfield Summer Hill Swansea Sydney Tamworth Terrigal The Entrance Tweed Upper Hunter Vaucluse Wagga Wagga Wahroonga Wakehurst Wallsend Willoughby Winston Hills Wollondilly Wollongong Wyong

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v t e Electoral results for the former electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
North coast	Byron Casino Grafton Manning Hastings Hastings and Macleay Hastings and Manning Macleay Macquarie Murwillumbah Raleigh Richmond Rous
Hunter & Central Coast	Durham East Maitland Hamilton Hunter Kahibah Kurri Kurri Lower Hunter Morpeth Newcastle East Newcastle West North Eastern Boroughs Northumberland Northumberland and Hunter Northumberland Boroughs Patrick's Plains Paterson Peats Robertson Singleton Tuggerah West Maitland Wickham Wollombi Waratah Williams
Sydney North	Baulkham Hills Belmore Carlingford Central Cumberland Collaroy Cumberland Cumberland Boroughs Cumberland (North Riding) Earlwood Eastwood Ermington Fuller Gladesville Gordon Kirribilli Ku-ring-gai Middle Harbour Minchinbury Moorebank Mosman Mulgoa Nepean Neutral Bay Northcott North Sydney Seven Hills St Leonards St Marys Sherbrooke Sydney Hamlets The Hills Toongabbie Warringah Western Suburbs Windsor
Sydney City	Bligh Darling Harbour Darlinghurst East Sydney Elizabeth King McKell Phillip Port Jackson Pyrmont Sydney City Sydney-Belmore Sydney-Bligh Sydney-Cook Sydney-Denison Sydney-Fitzroy Sydney-Flinders Sydney-Gipps Sydney-King Sydney-Lang Sydney-Phillip Sydney-Pyrmont University of Sydney West Sydney
Sydney east	Alexandria Paddington Paddington-Waverley Randwick Surry Hills Waterloo Waverley Woollahra
Sydney south	Annandale Arncliffe Ashfield Ashfield-Croydon Balmain North Balmain South Bass Hill Burragorang Clyde Concord Cook's River Croydon Cumberland (South Riding) Darlington Dulwich Hill Enmore East Camden Eastern Suburbs Georges River Glebe Hurstville Ingleburn Lakemba Leichhardt Marrickville Menai Merrylands Narellan Newtown-Annandale Newtown-Camperdown Newtown-Erskine Newtown-St Peters Petersham Redfern Rozelle St George Smithfield South Sydney Sutherland Wentworthville West Camden Woronora Yaralla
Wollongong & south coast	Allowrie Bulli Bondi Botany Burwood Camperdown Corrimal Eden Eden-Bombala Illawarra Kembla Maneroo Moruya Munmorah St Vincent Shoalhaven United Counties of Murray and St Vincent Wollongong-Kembla
North west	Alma Armidale Bathurst (County) The Bogan Bourke Broken Hill Burrendong Carcoar Castlereagh Cobar Cook and Westmoreland Coonamble East Macquarie Glen Innes Gloucester Gloucester and Macquarie Goldfields North Gough Gunnedah Gwydir Hartley Inverell Liverpool Plains Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Moree Mudgee Namoi Narrabri New England New England and Macleay Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Quirindi Roxburgh Rylstone Sturt Tenterfield Uralla-Walcha Western Boroughs Wilcannia Willyama
South west	Argyle Ashburnham Balranald Belubula Bingara Blayney Boorowa Bowral Braidwood Burrangong Burrinjuck Condoublin Corowa Cowra The Darling Deniliquin Forbes Goldfields South Goldfields West Grenfell Gundagai Hay Hume King and Georgiana Lachlan Lachlan and Lower Darling Lyndhurst Molong Murray-Darling Murrumbidgee Queanbeyan Southern Boroughs Southern Highlands Temora Tumut Wentworth Wynyard Yass Yass Plains Young
Queensland	Brisbane Burnett Clarence and Darling Downs Darling Downs East Moreton Ipswich Lachlan and Lower Darling Leichhardt, Queensland Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis Stanley Boroughs Stanley County West Moreton

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