Electoral results for the district of Rockdale

Rockdale, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1927 to 1930, the second from in 1941 to the present.[1][2][3][4]

Members

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First incarnation (1927–1930)
Election Member Party
1927   Guy Arkins Nationalist
 
Second incarnation (1941–present)
Election Member Party
1941   John McGrath Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959 Brian Bannon
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984
1986 by Barrie Unsworth
1988
1991 George Thompson
1995
1999
2003 Frank Sartor
2007
2011   John Flowers Liberal
2015   Steve Kamper Labor
2019

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2023

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2023 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Kamper 24,893 52.9 +6.8
Liberal Muhammad Rana 13,942 29.6 −3.6
Greens Peter Strong 5,109 10.9 +2.8
Sustainable Australia James Morris 3,127 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 47,071 95.2 −0.2
Informal votes 2,378 4.8 +0.2
Turnout 49,449 87.1 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Kamper 28,468 65.4 +5.4
Liberal Muhammad Rana 15,086 34.6 −5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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2019 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Kamper 21,945 45.82 −0.08
Liberal Sam Hassan 16,118 33.65 −5.63
Greens Peter Strong 3,829 8.00 +1.09
Keep Sydney Open George Tulloch 2,865 5.98 +5.98
Animal Justice Paul Collaros 1,800 3.76 +3.76
Independent Hussein Faraj 1,335 2.79 +2.79
Total formal votes 47,892 95.38 −0.21
Informal votes 2,318 4.62 +0.21
Turnout 50,210 88.99 −1.01
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Kamper 25,077 59.55 +4.80
Liberal Sam Hassan 17,037 40.45 −4.80
Labor hold Swing +4.80

2015

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2015 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Steve Kamper 21,242 45.9 +9.6
Liberal John Flowers 18,182 39.3 −4.0
Greens Madeleina Snowdon 3,194 6.9 −1.9
Christian Democrats Lena El-Daghl 1,498 3.2 −1.0
No Land Tax Sam Choker 1,154 2.5 +2.5
Independent Jamal Daoud 1,009 2.2 +2.2
Total formal votes 46,279 95.6 +0.1
Informal votes 2,132 4.4 −0.1
Turnout 48,411 90.0 +0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Steve Kamper 23,121 54.8 +8.3
Liberal John Flowers 19,107 45.3 −8.3
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.3

2011

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2011 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Flowers 19,072 43.3 +9.9
Labor Steve Kamper 15,990 36.3 −14.0
Greens Lauren Moore 3,877 8.8 +1.2
Independent Michael Nagi 3,274 7.4 +7.4
Christian Democrats Anita Strezova 1,881 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 44,094 96.2 +0.4
Informal votes 1,757 3.8 −0.4
Turnout 45,851 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Flowers 20,546 53.6 +13.9
Labor Steve Kamper 17,805 46.4 −13.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +13.9

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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2007 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Sartor 20,891 50.2 +0.7
Liberal Lili Gestakovska 13,864 33.3 +9.2
Greens Liam McGillicuddy 3,139 7.5 +1.1
Independent Brian Walsh 1,672 4.0 +4.0
Unity Gang Wang 1,036 2.5 +0.8
Amin Abbas 533 1.3 +1.3
Save Our Suburbs Lesleyanne Azel 461 1.1 +0.3
Total formal votes 41,596 95.8 −0.3
Informal votes 1,816 4.2 +0.3
Turnout 43,412 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sartor 22,486 60.3 −5.5
Liberal Lili Gestakovska 14,807 39.7 +5.5
Labor hold Swing −5.5

2003

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2003 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Sartor 19,122 49.1 −6.8
Liberal Jan Brennan 9,205 23.6 −4.0
Independent Kevin Ryan 3,653 9.4 +9.4
Greens Lesa De Leau 2,510 6.4 +3.4
Independent Mahmoud Ghalayini 1,275 3.3 +3.3
Independent John Nikolovski 795 2.0 +2.0
Christian Democrats Stephen Winter 747 1.9 +1.9
Unity Cong Tran 674 1.7 +1.7
Against Further Immigration Thomas Foley 378 1.0 +0.1
Save Our Suburbs Mark Curran 335 0.9 +0.9
Democrats Eoin Coghlan 240 0.6 −2.1
Total formal votes 38,934 96.1 +0.0
Informal votes 1,600 3.9 −0.0
Turnout 40,534 92.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Frank Sartor 21,139 65.9 −0.6
Liberal Jan Brennan 10,938 34.1 +0.6
Labor hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1990s

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1999

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1999 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Thompson 22,258 55.9 +2.9
Liberal Phillip Kaloudis 11,003 27.6 −11.4
One Nation Michael Citton 2,185 5.5 +5.5
Greens Nola Taylor 1,191 3.0 +3.0
Democrats Craig Chung 1,087 2.7 −1.9
Independent Peter Johnson 818 2.1 +2.1
Independent Joanne Jones 651 1.6 +1.6
Against Further Immigration Ian Gelling 339 0.9 +0.9
Independent William Ryan 172 0.4 +0.4
Non-Custodial Parents Pino Cardillo 128 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 39,832 96.1 +2.6
Informal votes 1,629 3.9 −2.6
Turnout 41,461 92.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Thompson 23,930 66.5 +8.7
Liberal Phillip Kaloudis 12,042 33.5 −8.7
Labor hold Swing +8.7

1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Thompson 17,827 55.4 +4.7
Liberal Graham Abel 11,541 35.9 −3.9
Democrats Reagan Murphy 1,479 4.6 +1.2
Transport Action Group Nola Taylor 1,324 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 32,171 92.9 +6.1
Informal votes 2,477 7.1 −6.1
Turnout 34,648 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Thompson 19,134 61.2 +4.4
Liberal Graham Abel 12,125 38.8 −4.4
Labor hold Swing +4.4

1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Thompson 15,110 50.7 −1.5
Liberal Peter Johnson 11,859 39.8 +2.4
Democrats Leslie Wand 1,005 3.4 +3.4
Independent Sergio Bustamante 969 3.2 +3.2
Independent Anne Targett 875 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 29,818 86.8 −9.4
Informal votes 4,541 13.2 +9.4
Turnout 34,359 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor George Thompson 16,350 56.8 +1.6
Liberal Peter Johnson 12,454 43.2 −1.6
Labor hold Swing +1.6

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barrie Unsworth 15,793 53.6 −9.6
Liberal Bob Gemmell 9,878 33.6 −0.5
Independent EFF Ian Yates 3,251 11.0 +11.0
Independent Robert Routledge 520 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 29,442 96.2 −0.5
Informal votes 1,148 3.8 +0.5
Turnout 30,590 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barrie Unsworth 16,382 57.0 −7.6
Liberal Bob Gemmell 12,359 43.0 +7.6
Labor hold Swing −7.6

1986 by-election

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1986 Rockdale by-election
Saturday 2 August [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Barrie Unsworth 11,251 46.17 −17.10
Liberal Bob Gemmell 9,896 40.61 +6.53
Independent James McLean 1,720 7.06 +7.06
Socialist Workers Valmai Frances Edwards 725 2.98 +2.98
Independent John Badman 375 1.54 +1.54
Independent Charles Bellchambers 334 1.37 −1.28
Uninflated Movement Nadar Ponnuswamy 67 0.27 +0.27
Total formal votes 24,368 96.50 −0.21
Informal votes 885 3.50 +0.21
Turnout 25,253 79.59 −13.17
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Barrie Unsworth 11,946 50.11 −14.5 [a]
Liberal Bob Gemmell 11,892 49.89 +14.5 [a]
Labor hold Swing −14.5 '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000046−QINU`"'
Labor MP Brian Bannon resigned.[18]

1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 18,015 63.3 −5.9
Liberal Bob Gemmell 9,705 34.1 +3.3
Independent Edwin Bellchambers 755 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 28,475 96.7 +0.6
Informal votes 968 3.3 −0.6
Turnout 29,443 92.8 +1.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 64.6 −4.6
Liberal Bob Gemmell 35.4 +4.6
Labor hold Swing −4.6

1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 18,639 69.2
Liberal John Tonkin 8,294 30.8
Total formal votes 26,933 96.1
Informal votes 1,094 3.9
Turnout 28,027 91.4
Labor hold Swing −2.5

Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 21,643 75.2 +8.7
Liberal Joan Loew 5,651 19.6 −13.9
Independent Edwin Bellchambers 1,501 5.2 +5.2
Total formal votes 28,795 96.8 −0.4
Informal votes 953 3.2 +0.4
Turnout 29,748 92.3 −1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 22,943 79.7 +13.2
Liberal Joan Loew 5,852 20.3 −13.2
Labor hold Swing +13.2

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 19,017 66.5 +3.8
Liberal Raymond Scaysbrook 9,597 33.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 28,614 97.2 +0.9
Informal votes 814 2.8 −0.9
Turnout 29,428 93.4 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 16,826 62.7
Liberal Kenneth Gates 9,056 33.7
Democratic Labor Alan Lewis 968 3.6
Total formal votes 26,850 96.3
Informal votes 1,019 3.7
Turnout 27,869 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 17,020 63.4 0.0
Liberal Kenneth Gates 9,830 36.6 0.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 14,983 57.3 +2.2
Liberal Roye Gaha 9,681 37.0 +4.5
Democratic Labor Mary Hennessy 1,053 4.0 +0.5
Independent Edwin Bellchambers 424 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 26,141 97.5
Informal votes 677 2.5
Turnout 26,818 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 15,406 58.9 +3.2
Liberal Roye Gaha 10,735 41.1 −3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 14,420 55.1 +2.4
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 10,860 41.5 −2.7
Democratic Labor Peter Height 916 3.5 +3.5
Total formal votes 26,196 97.2
Informal votes 759 2.8
Turnout 26,955 94.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 14,603 55.7 +1.4
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 11,593 44.3 −1.4
Labor hold Swing +1.4

1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 12,828 52.7 −2.1
Liberal Angus Bristow 10,749 44.2 +3.0
Independent Keith Richardson 763 3.1 +3.1
Total formal votes 24,340 98.2 −0.5
Informal votes 435 1.8 +0.5
Turnout 24,775 94.4 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 13,210 54.3 −1.3
Liberal Angus Bristow 11,130 45.7 +1.3
Labor hold Swing −1.3

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 13,544 54.8 +8.7
Liberal Sidney Alewood 10,185 41.2 −2.1
Democratic Labor Brian Adams 1,006 4.1 +0.7
Total formal votes 24,735 98.7
Informal votes 330 1.3
Turnout 25,065 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 13,745 55.6 +4.2
Liberal Sidney Alewood 10,990 44.4 −4.2
Labor hold Swing +4.2

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brian Bannon 10,035 46.1
Liberal Ronald Hislop 9,426 43.3
Independent Arthur Henderson 1,587 7.3
Democratic Labor Wesley Johns 742 3.4
Total formal votes 21,790 98.0
Informal votes 449 2.0
Turnout 22,239 95.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brian Bannon 11,208 51.4
Liberal Ronald Hislop 10,582 48.6
Labor hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 11,469 51.3 −9.2
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 10,890 48.7 +9.2
Total formal votes 22,359 98.3 +0.8
Informal votes 387 1.7 −0.8
Turnout 22,746 94.1 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −9.2

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 14,041 60.5
Liberal Harold Heslehurst 9,165 39.5
Total formal votes 23,206 97.9
Informal votes 489 2.1
Turnout 23,695 94.5
Labor hold Swing

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 13,083 54.0
Liberal George McGuire 11,166 46.0
Total formal votes 24,249 98.6
Informal votes 340 1.4
Turnout 24,589 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 12,305 54.8 −1.3
Liberal George McGuire 10,146 45.2 +13.1
Total formal votes 22,451 98.3 −0.6
Informal votes 396 1.7 +0.6
Turnout 22,847 95.4 +1.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 11,419 56.1 +0.5
Liberal Democratic Enoch Jones 6,531 32.1 +32.1
Democratic Henry Miller 2,184 10.7 −27.5
Independent Thomas Whitehouse 227 1.1 +1.1
Total formal votes 20,361 96.5 −1.2
Informal votes 729 3.5 +1.2
Turnout 21,090 93.7 +0.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John McGrath 10,995 55.6
United Australia George McGuire 7,554 38.2
State Labor Reginald Williams 1,222 6.2
Total formal votes 19,771 97.7
Informal votes 462 2.3
Turnout 20,233 93.4
Labor notional hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

District recreated

1930 - 1941

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District abolished

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Rockdale[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Guy Arkins 7,876 55.1
Labor Edgar Levey 6,412 44.9
Total formal votes 14,288 99.0
Informal votes 149 1.0
Turnout 14,437 89.0
Nationalist win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Since the two-party preferred count was not conducted for Rockdale in 1984,[19] the two party preferred swing at the by-election cannot be calculated precisely. ABC election analyst Antony Green estimates a two party preferred swing of 14.5% against the Labor Party.[20]

References

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  2. ^ "Rockdale- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ LA First Preference: Rockdale, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Rockdale, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Rockdale: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Rockdale: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  9. ^ State Electoral District of Rockdale: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
  10. ^ State Electoral District of Rockdale: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
  11. ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "2007 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "2003 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1999 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1995 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  18. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1986 Rockdale by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  19. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1984 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Election Background". www.abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  21. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  24. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  25. ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  26. ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  27. ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  28. ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  29. ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  30. ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  31. ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  32. ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  33. ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  34. ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  35. ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  36. ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Rockdale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.