title: Electoral results for the district of Menai
text: # Electoral results for the district of Menai
  
  Menai, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1999 and abolished in 2015.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1999 | Alison Megarrity | Labor |
  | 2003 | Alison Megarrity | Labor |
  | 2007 | Alison Megarrity | Labor |
  | 2011 | Melanie Gibbons | Liberal |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2011**
  
  2011 New South Wales state election: Menai :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Melanie Gibbons | 27,593 | 61.0 | +18.4 |
  | | Labor | Peter Scaysbrook | 8,732 | 19.3 | -26.1 |
  | | Greens | Simone Morrissey | 3,502 | 7.7 | +3.2 |
  | | Independent | Jim McGoldrick | 3,040 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
  | | Christian Democrats | Lindsay Johnson | 2,371 | 5.2 | +5.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 45,238 | 96.8 | -0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,479 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 46,717 | 94.3 | +0.2 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Melanie Gibbons | 29,954 | 74.4 | +27.1 |
  | | Labor | Peter Scaysbrook | 10,313 | 25.6 | -27.1 |
  | | Liberal gain from Labor | Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | -27.1 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2007**
  
  2007 New South Wales state election: Menai :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 19,276 | 45.4 | -6.5 |
  | | Liberal | Steve Simpson | 18,100 | 42.6 | +5.4 |
  | | Greens | Neerav Bhatt | 1,915 | 4.5 | -0.5 |
  | | Against Further Immigration | John Collins | 1,314 | 3.1 | +3.0 |
  | | Independent | Chris McLachlan | 1,104 | 2.6 | +2.6 |
  | | Democrats | Mark Clyburn | 751 | 1.8 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 42,460 | 97.5 | -0.3 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,084 | 2.5 | +0.3 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,544 | 94.1 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 21,045 | 52.7 | -6.2 |
  | | Liberal | Steve Simpson | 18,912 | 47.3 | +6.2 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -6.2 | |
  
  **2003**
  
  2003 New South Wales state election: Menai :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 23,332 | 52.6 | +9.4 |
  | | Liberal | Brett Thomas | 16,326 | 36.8 | -0.2 |
  | | Greens | Tina Palladinetti | 2,059 | 4.6 | +0.4 |
  | | One Nation | Susan Oz | 954 | 2.2 | -5.8 |
  | | Independent | Michael Byrne | 814 | 1.8 | +1.8 |
  | | Democrats | Gemma Edgar | 478 | 1.1 | -1.8 |
  | | Unity | Thomas Su | 359 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 44,322 | 97.8 | +0.7 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,010 | 2.2 | -0.7 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 45,332 | 93.6 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 24,873 | 59.5 | +5.3 |
  | | Liberal | Brett Thomas | 16,906 | 40.5 | -5.3 |
  | | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | +5.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1990s
  
  **1999**
  
  1999 New South Wales state election: Menai :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 18,048 | 43.2 | +1.9 |
  | | Liberal | Brett Thomas | 15,434 | 37.0 | -8.0 |
  | | One Nation | Dorothy Hutton | 3,360 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
  | | Greens | Jim McGoldrick | 1,743 | 4.2 | +4.2 |
  | | Independent | Bob May | 1,235 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
  | | Democrats | Anthony Mayne | 1,216 | 2.9 | +2.9 |
  | | Against Further Immigration | Robert Wardle | 711 | 1.7 | -2.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 41,747 | 97.1 | +1.6 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,242 | 2.9 | -1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 42,989 | 94.3 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Alison Megarrity | 20,166 | 54.2 | +6.1 |
  | | Liberal | Brett Thomas | 17,044 | 45.8 | -6.1 |
  | | Labor notional gain from Liberal | Labor notional gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.1 | |
  