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Malcolm Turnbull (Liberal)





Year Winning Party
1946 LIB
1949 LIB
1951 LIB
1954 LIB
1955 LIB
1956By LIB
1958 LIB
1961 LIB
1963 LIB
1966 LIB
1969 LIB
1972 LIB
1974 LIB
1975 LIB
1977 LIB
1980 LIB
1981By LIB
1983 LIB
1984 LIB
1987 LIB
1990 LIB
1993 LIB
1995By LIB
1996 LIB
1998 LIB
2001 LIB
2004 LIB
2007 LIB
2010 LIB
2013 LIB
2016 LIB

Wentworth - Result After Preferences - 1983-2016

Wentworth - First Preference Votes by Party - 1983-2016



  • As a final appeal for support to voters as they arrive to vote.
  • To help ensure that a voter supporting the candidate casts a formal vote by numbering the rest of the squares correctly.
  • For a candidate likely to be excluded in the distribution of preferences, to increase their influence on the result by maximising the number of voters who direct preferences according to the how-to-vote recommendation.

  • To virtue signal your views on other candidates on the ballot paper even if your preferences will never be distributed. For Independents, virtue signalling often requires open tickets with a single preferences and instructions for voters to complete their own preferences.

  • -> Phelps (9) -> Labor (11) -> Greens (14).
  • -> Liberal (10) -> Labor (11) -> Greens (12)
  • -> Greens (2) -> Phelps (4) -> Liberal (14)
  • -> Labor (3) -> Phelps (8) -> Liberal (11)
  • - no preference recommendation
  • - no preference recommendation
  • -> Greens (3) -> Labor (8) -> Phelps (9) -> Liberal (13)
  • -> Labor (5) -> Liberal (7) - Phelps (12) -> Greens (15)
  • -> Liberal (4) -> Phelps (11) -> Labor (15) -> Greens (16)
  • - no preference recommendation
  • -> Liberal (13) -> Labor (14) -> Phelps (15) -> Greens (16)

Candidates (16) in Ballot Paper Order
Candidate Name Party
CALLANAN Robert Katter's Australian Party
KANAK Dominic Wy The Greens
HIGSON, Shayne Voluntary Euthanasia Party
GEORGANTIS, Steven Australian People's Party
MURRAY, Tim Labor
FORSYTH, Ben Derryn Hinch's Justice Party
ROBINSON, Tony Australian Liberty Alliance
GUNNING, Samuel Joseph Liberal Democrats
SHARMA, Dave Liberal
VITHOULKAS, Angela Independent
DOYLE, Deb Animal Justice Party
LEONG, Andrea Science Party
HEATH, Licia Independent
KELDOULIS, Barry The Arts Party
PHELPS, Kerryn Independent
DUNNE, Kay Sustainable Australia

  • Andrew Bragg - has worked for the Business Council of Australia and is endorsed by Malcolm Turnbull. (withdrew)
  • Carrington Brigham - digital communications and campaigns director
  • Michael Feneley - cardiologist and head of St Vincent's heart department
  • Mary-Lou Jarvis - Woollahra councillor
  • Peter King - barrister and MP for Wentworth before Malcolm Turnbull
  • Katherine O'Regan - Sydney East Business Chamber chair
  • Dave Sharma - former Australian Ambassador to Israel
  • Richard Shields - Woollahra Councillor
  • Maxine Szramka - rheumatologist

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Dejay Toborek GRN 12,496 14.9 +0.8
Peter Xing SCP 988 1.2 +1.2
Anthony Ackroyd ARTS 1,478 1.8 +1.8
Beresford Thomas CDP 901 1.1 +0.6
David Allen IND 573 0.7 +0.7
Malcolm Turnbull LIB 52,353 62.3 -2.4
Evan Hughes ALP 14,913 17.7 -1.0
Marc Aussie-Stone IND 390 0.5 +0.5
.. OTH 0.0 -2.2
Malcolm Turnbull LIB 56,971 67.7 -1.2
Evan Hughes ALP 27,121 32.3 +1.2

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