title: Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands
text: # Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands
  
  Southern Highlands, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1988. It was abolished in 2007 and largely replaced by Goulburn.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1988 | John Fahey | Liberal |
  | 1991 | John Fahey | Liberal |
  | 1995 | John Fahey | Liberal |
  | 1996 | Peta Seaton | Liberal |
  | 1999 | Peta Seaton | Liberal |
  | 2003 | Peta Seaton | Liberal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2003
  
  2003 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 22,729 | 52.4 | +8.0 |
  | | Labor | Noeline Brown | 15,280 | 35.2 | +1.1 |
  | | Greens | Jim Clark | 3,726 | 8.6 | +4.4 |
  | | One Nation | Nathan McDonald | 1,128 | 2.6 | -7.6 |
  | | Independent | Jean McClung | 542 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 43,405 | 97.9 | +0.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 931 | 2.1 | -0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,336 | 93.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 23,789 | 57.6 | +1.9 |
  | | Labor | Noeline Brown | 17,488 | 42.4 | -1.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +1.9 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  **1999**
  
  1999 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 17,614 | 44.4 | -9.8 |
  | | Labor | Noeline Brown | 13,527 | 34.1 | +4.5 |
  | | One Nation | Trevor Clarke | 4,055 | 10.2 | +10.2 |
  | | Greens | Jim Clark | 1,678 | 4.2 | -1.9 |
  | | Democrats | Greg Butler | 1,225 | 3.1 | -0.2 |
  | | Independent | Lynette Styles | 983 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
  | | Against Further Immigration | Philip Lavis | 464 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
  | | Non-Custodial Parents | Louise Taylor | 147 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 39,693 | 97.9 | +1.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 833 | 2.1 | -1.9 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,526 | 93.9 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 19,209 | 55.7 | -5.9 |
  | | Labor | Noeline Brown | 15,289 | 44.3 | +5.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -5.9 | |
  
  **1996 by-election**
  
  1996 Southern Highlands by-election Saturday 25 May :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 11,530 | 32.60 | +32.60 |
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 10,565 | 29.87 | -24.69 |
  | | Labor | Philip Yeo | 8,862 | 25.06 | -7.48 |
  | | Democrats | Greg Butler | 2,155 | 6.09 | +1.54 |
  | | Independent | Malcolm Duncan | 1,493 | 4.22 | +4.22 |
  | | Call to Australia | Charles Chappell | 763 | 2.16 | +0.53 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,368 | 98.03 | +1.81 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 712 | 1.97 | -1.81 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,080 | 89.43 | -5.85 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Peta Seaton | 19,933 | 52.37 | -8.00 |
  | | National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 15,400 | 47.63 | +47.63 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -8.00 | |
  
  **1995**
  
  1995 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 19,421 | 54.6 | +6.5 |
  | | Labor | Ken Sullivan | 11,584 | 32.5 | -5.1 |
  | | Greens | Kevin Watchirs | 2,014 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
  | | Democrats | Greg Butler | 1,619 | 4.5 | -4.8 |
  | | Call to Australia | Peter Simos | 956 | 2.7 | -2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 35,594 | 96.2 | +4.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,400 | 3.8 | -4.4 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,994 | 95.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 20,886 | 60.4 | +3.9 |
  | | Labor | Ken Sullivan | 13,711 | 39.6 | -3.9 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.9 | |
  
  **1991**
  
  1991 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 15,000 | 48.1 | +20.1 |
  | | Labor | Ken Sullivan | 11,740 | 37.6 | +9.6 |
  | | Democrats | Susan Nagy | 2,919 | 9.4 | +5.7 |
  | | Call to Australia | Wal Tennikoff | 1,547 | 5.0 | +5.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,206 | 91.8 | -5.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 2,784 | 8.2 | +5.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,990 | 93.7 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 16,859 | 56.4 | -10.5 |
  | | Labor | Ken Sullivan | 13,009 | 43.6 | +10.5 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -10.5 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1980s
  
  **1988**
  
  1988 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 15,176 | 51.2 | +9.1 |
  | | Labor | Nigel Watkins | 7,110 | 24.0 | -17.6 |
  | | Independent | Thomas Gair | 5,448 | 18.4 | +18.4 |
  | | Democrats | Gregory Butler | 1,899 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 29,633 | 97.0 | -1.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 905 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,538 | 94.5 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | John Fahey | 18,451 | 66.8 | +9.1 |
  | | Labor | Nigel Watkins | 9,171 | 33.2 | -9.1 |
  | | Liberal notional hold | Liberal notional hold | Swing | +9.1 | |
  