Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council)

2007 New South Wales state election
(Legislative Council)

24 March 2007
21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   L/NP Leader John Della Bosca Mike Gallacher None Party Labor Coalition Greens Seats before 18 13 3 Seats won 9 8 2 Seats after 19 15 4 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 1,491,719 1,304,166 347,548 Percentage 39.14% 34.22% 9.12% Swing 4.40pp 0.92pp 0.52pp   Fourth party Fifth party   SFF Leader Fred Nile Roy Smith Party Christian Democrats SFF Seats before 2 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 2 2 Seat change Popular vote 168,545 106,513 Percentage 4.42% 2.79% Swing 1.39pp 0.74pp

This is a list of results for the Legislative Council at the 2007 New South Wales state election.

Results

2007 New South Wales state election: Legislative Council

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			173,239
	Labor	1. John Della Bosca (elected 1) 2. Ian Macdonald (elected 4) 3. John Hatzistergos (elected 6) 4. Lynda Voltz (elected 8) 5. Eddie Obeid (elected 10) 6. Helen Westwood (elected 12) 7. Amanda Fazio (elected 14) 8. Henry Tsang (elected 16) 9. Mick Veitch (elected 19) 10. Tony Keating 11. Pauline James 12. Sandra Woods 13. Barry Calvert 14. Robert Doherty 15. Glenda Gartrell 16. Tegan Alchin 17. Brendan Cavanagh 18. Rob Allen	1,491,719	39.14	-4.40
	Liberal/National Coalition	1. Charlie Lynn (elected 2) 2. Jenny Gardiner (elected 5) 3. Don Harwin (elected 7) 4. Matthew Mason-Cox (elected 9) 5. Melinda Pavey (elected 11) 6. John Ajaka (elected 13) 7. Marie Ficarra (elected 15) 8. Trevor Khan (elected 21) 9. Scot MacDonald 10. John Caputo 11. Peter Burnheim 12. Sarah Lawrance 13. Stephen Choularton 14. Lynette Webster 15. Warwick Moppett	1,304,166	34.22	+0.92
	Greens	1. Lee Rhiannon (elected 3) 2. John Kaye (elected 17) 3. Ben Oquist 4. Lesa de Leau 5. Marika Kontellis 6. Saeed Khan 7. Michael Sergent 8. Patricia Tsang 9. Dominic Kanak 10. Eleanor Gibbs 11. Wendy White 12. Vanessa Grindon-Ekins 13. Peter Stahel 14. Sandra Heilpern 15. Jennifer Hanson 16. Keith Hughes 17. Jan Green 18. Stephen Allen 19. Andrew Martin 20. James Diack 21. Jodie Coleman	347,548	9.12	+0.52
	Christian Democrats	1. Fred Nile (elected 18) 2. Gary Raymond 3. Brian Watters 4. June Dally-Watkins 5. Peter Barnes 6. Kevin Hume 7. Peter Walker 8. Peter Rahme 9. Len Kingston 10. Arthur Moore 11. Gamil Helmy-Kostandy 12. Elwyn Sheppard 13. Barry Small 14. Brendan Johnston 15. Elaine Nile 16. Kylie Laurence 17. Margaret Ratcliffe 18. Gilbert Van Der Jadgt 19. Malcolm Smith 20. Ian Smith 21. Donald Jamieson	168,545	4.42	+1.39
	Shooters	1. Roy Smith (elected 20) 2. Robert Borsak 3. Joan Maraldo 4. Robyn Bourke 5. David Cook 6. James Muirhead 7. Alison Newbery 8. Robert Shaw 9. John Howden 10. Stephen Mainstone 11. Teresa Alexeeff 12. Barry Shade 13. Jeffrey Bond 14. Andrew Mallen 15. Rodney Franich 16. James Thomley 17. Alois Ambs 18. Ashley Coombs 19. Mitchell Newbery	106,513	2.79	+0.74
	Democrats	1. Arthur Chesterfield-Evans 2. Lyn Shumack 3. Carolyn Hastie 4. Brett Paterson 5. David King 6. Michelle Bleicher 7. Christopher Owens 8. Stephen Bingle 9. Pamela Clifford 10. Josephine Nicotra 11. Felicity Boyd 12. Brian Day 13. Harry Boyle 14. John Haydon 15. Audrey Pratt 16. Surb Bhatti	67,994	1.78	-0.21
	Against Further Immigration	1. Janey Woodger 2. Al Heinrichs 3. Kenneth O'Leary 4. Robert Girvan 5. Kenneth Sptragg 6. James Bateman 7. Patricia Bateman 8. Eddington Sherwood 9. John Campbell 10. James Clarke 11. Roy Butler 12. Jane Heinrichs 13. John Woodger 14. Paul Higgins 15. Peter James	62,386	1.64	+0.74
	Fishing Party	1. Robert Smith 2. Elizabeth Stocker 3. Mark Stocker 4. Deanne Shepherd 5. Gary Hyland 6. Stewart Paterson 7. Marcus Soane 8. David Hitchcock 9. Craig Oaten 10. Darren McCook 11. Jason Downie 12. Craig McCartney 13. David McCartney 14. Les Proctor 15. Bill Lee 16. Elvis Besirevic 17. Rex Buckley 18. Ken Martin 19. Bruce Wall 20. Roe Martin	58,340	1.53	+1.53
	Unity	1. Le Lam 2. Bob Reid 3. Therese Le-dang 4. Muhammet Eris 5. Willis Phong 6. Bernadette Waters 7. Shan Su 8. Addy Cheong 9. Jennifer Jacovou 10. Emine Aslan 11. Khanh Mach 12. Bayram Ceylan 13. Bulent Kadayifci 14. Marta Aquino 15. Zhi Wang 16. Nai Wong 17. Si Wu 18. Jian Zeng	46,053	1.21	-0.21
	Restore Workers Rights	1. Barry Gissell 2. Charles Winter 3. Anthony Adams 4. James Forbes 5. Jody Gissell 6. Clifford Walford 7. Denis Nash 8. Frederick Walford 9. Caroline Johnson 10. Robyn Walford 11. Janelle Smith 12. Donna Adams 13. Gai Taylor 14. Julie Parsons 15. Todd Marr 16. Gloria Walker 17. Yvonne King 18. David McCabe	35,218	0.92	+0.92
	Group A	1. Nell Brown 2. Marylou Carter 3. Luisa Mockler 4. Mary Mockler 5. Lina Aggett 6. Joyce Bellchambers 7. Wendy Stepkovitch 8. Robyn Chapman 9. Lyn Allen 10. Estelle Shields 11. Mel Pesa 12. David Carter 13. Maree Buckwalter 14. Nick Stepkovitch 15. Betty Stepkovitch 16. Ella Ricketson	25,942	0.68	+0.68
	Horse Riders / Outdoor Recreation	1. Graham Crossley 2. Frank Sanzari 3. Wendy Smallwood 4. Robert Kelly 5. Debra Avis 6. Alex Stitt 7. Babette Gomme 8. Garth Coulter 9. Raymond Hamilton 10. Bruce Close 11. Gary Weingartner 12. Jennifer Harris 13. Grant Stone 14. David Harris 15. John Gibbins	21,569	0.57	+0.57
	Group F	1. Patrice Newell 2. Genia McCaffery 3. Matt Noffs 4. John McInerney 5. Louise Upton 6. Caroline Pidcock 7. Alicia Campbell 8. Vicki Younger 9. David Jeffery 10. Joe Herbertson 11. Luke Williams 12. Lindsay Johnston 13. John Polglase 14. Bruce Ward 15. Christopher Sanderson 16. Stan Glaser 17. Michael Heffernan 18. Ben Grace 19. Basia Rendall 20. Alexandra Morphett	18,999	0.50	+0.50
	Human Rights Party	1. Peter Breen 2. Claudette Palmer 3. Miralem Nikolovski 4. Bosko Velevski 5. Dzevdet Alic 6. Suzana Panovska 7. Ljupco Poposki 8. Valery Murphy 9. Angela Mammone 10. Janette Warby 11. Erin Peak 12. Maree Breen 13. Catherine Byrne 14. Michael Davis 15. Diane Thomas	16,772	0.44	+0.44
	Socialist Alliance	1. Jakalene X 2. Susan Price 3. Raul Bassi 4. Rachel Evans 5. Marie McKern 6. Margaret Perrot 7. Maureen Frances 8. Geoff Payne 9. Simon Cunich 10. Lisa Macdonald 11. Aaron Benedek 12. Nick Fredman 13. Amber Pike 14. Adam Leeman 15. Tamara Pearson 16. Kamala Emanuel	15,142	0.40	+0.25
	Save Our Suburbs	1. Tony Recsei 2. Colin Freeman 3. Janine Kitson 4. Jean Lennane 5. Pat Garnet 6. Bernie Laughlan 7. John Ward 8. Anthony Meaney 9. Ted Webber 10. Barry Hadaway 11. Antony Howe 12. Jean Posen 13. Rosemary Hadaway 14. Marga Van Gennip 15. Allan Butt 16. Ross Collins 17. Leanne Gavagna	11,951	0.31	-0.17
	Independent	Dawn Fraser	4,460	0.12	+0.12
	Group M	1. Jack Tait 2. Noeline Franklin 3. Joe Chidiac 4. Ian Franklin 5. Geoff Davis 6. Harry Segal 7. Arthur Dyason 8. Edward Hayman 9. Chris Ripoll 10. Mark Wyman 11. Dave Pratt 12. Ernest Braden 13. Ben Innes 14. Liz Innes 15. James Anderson	3,464	0.09	+0.09
	Group H	1. Kerry McNally 2. Stephanie Badger 3. Greg Hamilton 4. Ralph Karpin 5. Jean McCartney 6. Clinton Portors 7. Geoff Coulin 8. Tracey Padwick 9. Dennis Deegan 10. Michael Braham 11. Samone Mason 12. Tom Thompson 13. Andrew Katelaris 14. Tricia Clayton 15. Darren Erskine	3,143	0.08	+0.08
	Group D	1. Nick Beams 2. Terry Cook 3. Carol Divjak 4. Barry Jobson 5. Peter Symonds 6. Mike Head 7. Gabriela Zabala 8. Karen Hopperdietzel 9. Clay Robinson 10. Beryl Hood 11. Mile Klindo 12. John Plater 13. Regina Lohr 14. John Christian 15. Ismet Redzovic	456	0.01	+0.01
	Independent	David Rofe	416	0.01	+0.01
	Independent	Jordie Bodlay	144
	Independent	Richard Carbury	111
	Independent	Ryan Lovett	85
	Independent	Alasdair Macdonald	69
	Independent	Jose Nunez	40
Total formal votes			3,811,245	93.89	-0.77
Informal votes			247,921	6.11	+0.77
Turnout			4,059,166	92.80	+0.78

Continuing members

The following MLCs were not up for re-election this year.

Member		Party	Term
	Tony Catanzariti	Labor	2003–2011
	Michael Costa	Labor	2003–2011
	Greg Donnelly	Labor	2005–2011
	Kayee Griffin	Labor	2003–2011
	Tony Kelly	Labor	2003–2011
	Peter Primrose	Labor	2003–2011
	Christine Robertson	Labor	2003–2011
	Eric Roozendaal	Labor	2004–2011
	Penny Sharpe	Labor	2005–2011
	Ian West	Labor	2003–2011
	David Clarke	Liberal	2003–2011
	Catherine Cusack	Liberal	2003–2011
	Mike Gallacher	Liberal	2003–2011
	Robyn Parker	Liberal	2003–2011
	Greg Pearce	Liberal	2003–2011
	Rick Colless	National	2003–2011
	Duncan Gay	National	2003–2011
	Ian Cohen	Greens	2003–2011
	Sylvia Hale	Greens	2003–2011
	Gordon Moyes	Christian Democrats	2003–2011
	Robert Brown	Shooters Party	2006–2011

See also

• Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)
• Candidates of the 2007 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2007–2011