Electoral results for the district of Riverstone

Riverstone, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1981.[1][2]

Members for Riverstone

Member		Party	Term
	Tony Johnson [3]	Labor	1981–1983
	Richard Amery [4]	Labor	1983–1991
	John Aquilina [5]	Labor	1991–2011
	Kevin Conolly [6]	Liberal	2011–present

Election results

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	28,956	54.11	−1.08
	Labor	Annemarie Christie	21,328	39.86	+8.30
	Greens	Alex Van Vucht	3,226	6.03	+0.62
Total formal votes			53,510	97.08	+0.27
Informal votes			1,612	2.92	−0.27
Turnout			55,122	92.02	−1.01
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	29,337	56.34	−5.90
	Labor	Annemarie Christie	22,735	43.66	+5.90
	Liberal hold		Swing	−5.90

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	25,918	55.2	−3.2
	Labor	Ian Morrison	14,819	31.6	+7.9
	Greens	Rob Vail	2,541	5.4	+0.0
	Christian Democrats	Allan Green	2,525	5.4	+0.7
	No Land Tax	Karen Cacciotti	1,152	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			46,955	96.8	+1.3
Informal votes			1,549	3.2	−1.3
Turnout			48,504	93.0	+4.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	27,065	62.2	−7.8
	Labor	Ian Morrison	16,418	37.8	+7.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.8

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Riverstone[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	29,971	58.1	+22.9
	Labor	Michael Vassili	12,013	23.3	-30.4
	Greens	Jess Harwood	2,943	5.7	+1.4
	Christian Democrats	Allan Green	2,178	4.2	+4.2
	Family First	Jason Cornelius	1,701	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Rosarie Bonham	1,445	2.8	+2.8
	Independent	Geno Belcastro	791	1.5	+1.5
	Independent	Tony Pettitt	585	1.1	-2.5
Total formal votes			51,627	96.0	-1.0
Informal votes			2,127	4.0	+1.0
Turnout			53,754	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	31,888	70.2	+30.2
	Labor	Michael Vassili	13,555	29.8	-30.2
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+30.2

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	23,809	53.6	+0.8
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	15,589	35.1	+9.1
	Greens	Sheryl Jarecki	1,918	4.3	-0.3
	Independent	Tony Pettitt	1,607	3.6	+3.6
	AAFI	Ronald Atkins	1,474	3.3	+1.1
Total formal votes			44,397	97.1	+0.2
Informal votes			1,346	2.9	-0.2
Turnout			45,743	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Aquilina	24,925	60.1	-3.3
	Liberal	Kevin Conolly	16,568	39.9	+3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	27,450	57.1	+2.2
	Liberal	Ray Williams	13,531	28.2	+2.6
	Christian Democrats	Greg Tan	2,174	4.5	+4.5
	Greens	Sheryl Jarecki	2,087	4.3	+0.7
	Democrats	Tom Peacock	1,109	2.3	-2.2
	One Nation	Paul Cluderay	868	1.8	-7.6
	AAFI	Norm Parsons	828	1.7	-0.3
Total formal votes			48,047	97.0	-0.2
Informal votes			1,504	3.0	+0.2
Turnout			49,551	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Aquilina	29,176	66.1	-1.1
	Liberal	Ray Williams	14,994	33.9	+1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	23,148	54.9	-0.3
	Liberal	Joan McIntyre	10,779	25.6	-9.5
	One Nation	Tony Pettitt	3,964	9.4	+9.4
	Democrats	Thomas Peacock	1,908	4.5	-1.7
	Greens	Cedric Hawkins	1,522	3.6	+3.6
	AAFI	John King	838	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			42,159	97.2	+2.9
Informal votes			1,216	2.8	-2.9
Turnout			43,375	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Aquilina	25,188	67.2	+7.2
	Liberal	Joan McIntyre	12,316	32.8	-7.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.2

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	20,597	55.9	+4.3
	Liberal	Ray Morris	12,675	34.4	-1.1
	Democrats	Bill Clancy	2,282	6.2	+3.0
	Call to Australia	Robert Bowden	1,294	3.5	+1.4
Total formal votes			36,848	94.2	+5.1
Informal votes			2,263	5.8	-5.1
Turnout			39,111	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Aquilina	21,666	60.6	+3.1
	Liberal	Ray Morris	14,070	39.4	-3.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.1

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	15,886	51.6	+3.4
	Liberal	Allan Green	10,905	35.5	-6.1
	Independent	Michael Corbin	2,337	7.6	+7.6
	Democrats	Bill Clancy	993	3.2	+3.2
	Call to Australia	Royalene Edwards	639	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			30,760	89.1	-6.8
Informal votes			3,753	10.9	+6.8
Turnout			34,513	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Aquilina	16,931	57.5	+4.5
	Liberal	Allan Green	12,518	42.5	-4.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.5

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Amery	16,648	57.2	-7.1
	Liberal	Kenneth Jessup	12,471	42.8	+8.2
Total formal votes			29,119	94.8	-1.2
Informal votes			1,597	5.2	+1.2
Turnout			30,716	92.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Amery	17,731	64.9	-6.2
	Liberal	Kenneth Jessup	9,608	35.1	+10.5
Total formal votes			27,339	95.1	+0.5
Informal votes			1,395	4.9	-0.5
Turnout			28,734	92.3	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.3

1983 by-election

1983 Riverstone state by-election

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Riverstone [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Johnson	18,139	71.1
	Liberal	Kenneth Jessup	6,267	24.6
	Democrats	John Cavenett	1,090	4.3
Total formal votes			25,496	94.6
Informal votes			1,452	5.4
Turnout			26,948	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Johnson	18,339	73.9	-5.7
	Liberal	Kenneth Jessup	6,467	26.1	+5.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.7

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