2016 Federal Election

Updated: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:45:12 PM AEST

Paterson, NSW

Paterson (NSW)

Enrolment:112,541
Turnout:93.49%
Informality:4.89%
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This table provides the current two candidate preferred (TCP) count for the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of TCP votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. The term 'Previous election' may not relate to actual results from the last event. Redistributions of electoral boundaries are taken into account and may produce notional results for any electoral division in a redistributed state or territory. See www.aec.gov.au/redistribution for further information.
  3. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred (TCP) for Paterson (NSW)
Candidate Party Votes Margin This election (%) Previous election (%) Swing (%) Status
SWANSON, MerylLabor60,77921,49060.7450.27+10.47Elected
HOWARD, KarenLiberal39,289-21,49039.2649.73-10.47 

This table provides the number of first preference votes received for all candidates in the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of first preference votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
First preference count for the division of Paterson (NSW)
Candidate Party Votes % Swing (%) Status
BURSTON, Graham Pauline Hanson's One Nation 13,056 13.05 +11.62  
CLARE, Brian Rise Up Australia Party 1,007 1.01 +0.45  
BROWN, John The Greens 5,797 5.79 -0.56  
SWANSON, Meryl Labor 46,090 46.06 +6.22 Elected
DAVIS, Peter Citizens Electoral Council 533 0.53 -0.12  
HOWARD, Karen Liberal 31,527 31.51 +0.62  
ARENA, Peter Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 2,058 2.06 -0.09  
...... National Party of Australia 0 0.00 -10.57  
...... SAL 0 0.00 -0.06  
...... Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated 0 0.00 -0.18  
...... Australian Independents 0 0.00 -0.07  
...... Palmer United Party 0 0.00 -6.98  
...... Other 0 0.00 -0.27  
Formal   100,068 95.11 +1.31  
Informal   5,143 4.89 -1.31  
Total   105,211  

This table provides the number and percentage breakdown of first preference votes received by vote type for the division.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. An ordinary vote is a vote cast by an elector when their name can be verified on the electoral roll at the place of voting. This can be at an early voting centre or polling place in the voter's own division or at an interstate voting centre.
  2. An absent vote is a vote cast at a polling place outside of a voter's electoral division, but still within their state or territory.
  3. Provisional votes are votes cast at a polling place where the elector's name cannot be found on the roll, the elector's name has already been marked off the roll or votes cast by a silent elector.
  4. These results are final.
First preferences by vote type
Candidate Party Ordinary Absent Provisional Declaration pre-poll Postal Total Status
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
BURSTON, Graham Pauline Hanson's One Nation 11,278 12.87 610 17.09 55 14.14 352 14.41 761 12.59 13,056 13.05  
CLARE, Brian Rise Up Australia Party 828 0.94 59 1.65 8 2.06 46 1.88 66 1.09 1,007 1.01  
BROWN, John The Greens 4,968 5.67 336 9.41 18 4.63 184 7.53 291 4.81 5,797 5.79  
SWANSON, Meryl Labor 41,115 46.92 1,444 40.45 218 56.04 846 34.64 2,467 40.82 46,090 46.06 Elected
DAVIS, Peter Citizens Electoral Council 444 0.51 34 0.95 2 0.51 21 0.86 32 0.53 533 0.53  
HOWARD, Karen Liberal 27,192 31.03 1,019 28.54 79 20.31 952 38.98 2,285 37.81 31,527 31.51  
ARENA, Peter Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group) 1,798 2.05 68 1.90 9 2.31 41 1.68 142 2.35 2,058 2.06  
Formal   87,623 94.91 3,570 94.27 389 93.29 2,442 96.48 6,044 98.15 100,068 95.11  
Informal   4,695 5.09 217 5.73 28 6.71 89 3.52 114 1.85 5,143 4.89  
Total   92,318 87.75 3,787 3.60 417 0.40 2,531 2.41 6,158 5.85 105,211 93.49  

This table provides the number and percentage breakdown of two candidate preferred (TCP) votes received by vote type for the division.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only ' votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. An ordinary vote is a vote cast by an elector when their name can be verified on the electoral roll at the place of voting. This can be at an early voting centre or polling place in the voter's own division or at an interstate voting centre.
  3. An absent vote is a vote cast at a polling place outside of a voter's electoral division, but still within their state or territory.
  4. Provisional votes are votes cast at a polling place where the elector's name cannot be found on the roll, the elector's name has already been marked off the roll or votes cast by a silent elector.
  5. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred result by vote type
Candidate Party Ordinary Absent Provisional Declaration pre-poll Postal Total Status
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
SWANSON, Meryl Labor 53,817 61.42 2,173 60.87 278 71.47 1,265 51.80 3,246 53.71 60,779 60.74 Elected
HOWARD, Karen Liberal 33,806 38.58 1,397 39.13 111 28.53 1,177 48.20 2,798 46.29 39,289 39.26  

This table provides a list of the polling places in the division and the time and date of the most recent updated results for that polling place.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers and you can find polling place results by selecting on the name of the polling place.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
Polling places for Paterson (NSW)
Polling place Street address First preference returned Two candidate preferred (TCP) returned
Abermain Abermain Plaza Hall, 3 Bathurst St, ABERMAIN NSW 2326 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:06 AM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:52:06 AM AEST
Anna Bay Anna Bay Public School, 191 Gan Gan Rd, ANNA BAY NSW 2316 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 9:08:11 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 9:08:11 AM AEST
Ashtonfield Ashtonfield Public School, 3 Norfolk St, ASHTONFIELD NSW 2323 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 9:09:35 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 9:09:35 AM AEST
Beresfield Beresfield Public School, 181 Anderson Dr, BERESFIELD NSW 2322 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:00:49 AM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:00:49 AM AEST
BLV Paterson PPVC BLV Paterson, 13 Mitchell Drive, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 3:52:39 PM AEST Wed, 13 Jul 2016 3:52:39 PM AEST
Bobs Farm Bobs Farm Public School, 764 Marsh Rd, BOBS FARM NSW 2316 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:13:02 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:13:02 PM AEST
Cessnock PATERSON PPVC 1/10 Allendale Rd, 1/10 Allandale Rd, CESSNOCK NSW 2325 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:38:41 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:38:41 PM AEST
Corlette Corlette Community Hall, 49 Sandy Point Rd, CORLETTE NSW 2315 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:45:41 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:45:41 AM AEST
Divisional Office (PREPOLL) Divisional Office, 13 Mitchell Drive, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Thu, 07 Jul 2016 2:15:41 PM AEST Thu, 07 Jul 2016 2:15:41 PM AEST
East Maitland East Maitland Public School, 32 William St, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:53:13 AM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:53:13 AM AEST
East Maitland Central Maitland High School, High St, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:54:52 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:54:52 AM AEST
East Maitland PATERSON PPVC East Maitland Church of Christ, cnr Garnett Rd & Mitchell Dr, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 1:07:44 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 1:07:44 PM AEST
East Maitland South East Maitland Church of Christ, cnr Mitchell Dr & Garnett Rd, EAST MAITLAND NSW 2323 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:57:50 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:57:50 AM AEST
Fern Bay Fern Bay Community Hall, 9 Vardon Rd, FERN BAY NSW 2295 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:14:59 AM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:14:59 AM AEST
Gillieston Heights Gillieston Public School, Gillieston Rd, GILLIESTON HEIGHTS NSW 2321 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:04:30 AM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:04:30 AM AEST
Kurri Kurri Kurri Kurri Public School, 202 Lang St, KURRI KURRI NSW 2327 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:27:52 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:27:52 PM AEST
Kurri Kurri PPVC 179 Lang St, 179 Lang St, KURRI KURRI NSW 2327 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 9:38:01 AM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 9:38:01 AM AEST
Lemon Tree Passage Lemon Tree Passage Old School Centre, 14 Kenneth Pde, LEMON TREE PASSAGE NSW 2319 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 4:32:19 PM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 4:32:19 PM AEST
Lochinvar Lochinvar Public School, 95 New England Hwy, LOCHINVAR NSW 2321 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:56:21 AM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 10:56:21 AM AEST
Maitland Maitland Town Hall, 287 High St, MAITLAND NSW 2320 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:27:31 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:27:31 PM AEST
Medowie Medowie Public School, Ferodale Rd, MEDOWIE NSW 2318 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:38:32 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:38:32 PM AEST
Metford Metford Public School, 13 Melaleucca Dr, METFORD NSW 2323 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:45:15 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:45:15 PM AEST
Millers Forest Millers Forest Public School, 127 Martins Wharf Rd, MILLERS FOREST NSW 2324 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 4:38:36 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 4:38:36 PM AEST
Morpeth Morpeth Uniting Church, Cnr Northumberland & High Sts, MORPETH NSW 2321 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 4:14:39 PM AEST Mon, 25 Jul 2016 4:14:39 PM AEST
Nelson Bay Baptist Church Hall, 19 Government Rd, NELSON BAY NSW 2315 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:18:06 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:18:06 PM AEST
Nelson Bay Central Port Stephens Police & Community Youth Club, 7 Austral St, NELSON BAY NSW 2315 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:44:56 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:44:56 PM AEST
Pelaw Main Pelaw Main Public School, 6 Abermain St, PELAW MAIN NSW 2327 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:53:49 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 3:53:49 PM AEST
Raymond Terrace Raymond Terrace Public School, Swan St, RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:20:53 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:20:53 PM AEST
Raymond Terrace Central St Brigid's Primary School, William St, RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:23:58 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:23:58 PM AEST
Raymond Terrace East Irrawang High School, 80 Mount Hall Rd, RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 3:00:34 PM AEST Fri, 22 Jul 2016 3:00:34 PM AEST
Raymond Terrace North Irrawang Public School, 21 Geer St, RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:17:21 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:17:21 PM AEST
Raymond Terrace PATERSON PPVC 13 William St, 13 William St, RAYMOND TERRACE NSW 2324 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:57:27 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 2:57:27 PM AEST
Rutherford St Paul's Parish Hall, 14 Young St, RUTHERFORD NSW 2320 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 2:34:48 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 2:34:48 PM AEST
Rutherford North Rutherford Technology High School, 30 Avery St, RUTHERFORD NSW 2320 Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:14:47 PM AEST Tue, 26 Jul 2016 4:14:47 PM AEST
Rutherford West Rutherford Playtime Pre-school, 75 Regiment Rd, RUTHERFORD NSW 2320 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:08:30 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:08:30 PM AEST
Salamander Tomaree Education Centre, Salamander Way, SALAMANDER BAY NSW 2317 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:34:34 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:34:34 AM AEST
Salamander Bay Salamander Bay Social & Welfare Club, 14 Foreshore Dr, SALAMANDER BAY NSW 2317 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:35:47 AM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 9:35:47 AM AEST
Salamander Bay PPVC 6/270 Sandy Point Rd, 6/270 Sandy Point Rd, SALAMANDER BAY NSW 2317 Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:51:34 PM AEST Fri, 08 Jul 2016 3:51:34 PM AEST
Salt Ash Salt Ash Public School, 4 Salt Ash Ave, SALT ASH NSW 2318 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:07:58 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:07:58 PM AEST
Shoal Bay Shoal Bay Public School, 61 Rigney St, SHOAL BAY NSW 2315 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:09:18 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:09:18 PM AEST
Somerset Somerset Sporting Complex, Off Somerset Dr, THORNTON NSW 2322 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 5:29:18 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 5:29:18 PM AEST
Special Hospital Team 1 Multiple sites, NSW Wed, 06 Jul 2016 2:29:12 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 2:29:12 PM AEST
Special Hospital Team 2 Multiple sites, NSW Wed, 06 Jul 2016 2:59:22 PM AEST Wed, 06 Jul 2016 2:59:22 PM AEST
Sydney (Paterson) Sydney Town Hall, George St, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Thu, 14 Jul 2016 2:30:33 PM AEST Thu, 14 Jul 2016 2:30:33 PM AEST
Tanilba Bay Tanilba Bay Public School, 1a King Albert Ave, TANILBA BAY NSW 2319 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:09:53 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:09:53 PM AEST
Tarro Tarro Community Hall, 2A Northern Ave, TARRO NSW 2322 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:11:54 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:11:54 PM AEST
Telarah Telarah Public School, Raymond St, TELARAH NSW 2320 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 5:32:05 PM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 5:32:05 PM AEST
Tenambit Tenambit Public School, Edward St, TENAMBIT NSW 2323 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:58:37 AM AEST Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:58:37 AM AEST
Thornton Thornton Public School, Government Rd, THORNTON NSW 2322 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:45:12 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:45:12 PM AEST
Weston Weston Civic Centre, Station St, WESTON NSW 2326 Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:34:24 PM AEST Wed, 27 Jul 2016 12:34:24 PM AEST
Williamtown Williamtown Union Hall, Sandeman St, WILLIAMTOWN NSW 2318 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:10:20 PM AEST Tue, 12 Jul 2016 5:10:20 PM AEST
Wirreanda Medowie Wirreanda Public School, 43 Brocklesby Rd, MEDOWIE NSW 2318 Sat, 09 Jul 2016 4:55:12 PM AEST Sat, 09 Jul 2016 4:55:12 PM AEST
Woodberry Woodberry Public School, Lawson Ave, WOODBERRY NSW 2322 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 4:23:28 PM AEST Mon, 25 Jul 2016 4:23:28 PM AEST

This table provides the current two candidate preferred (TCP) count for each polling place in the division. The data includes swing - a comparison of the percentage of TCP votes received at the previous federal election compared to the current federal election.

This table is sortable by selecting on column headers and you can find polling place results by selecting on the name of the polling place.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred by polling place
Polling place Formal SWANSON, Meryl
Labor		 HOWARD, Karen
Liberal		 Swing
Votes % Votes %
Abermain 1,023 778 76.05 245 23.95 5.62
Anna Bay 1,779 944 53.06 835 46.94 7.90
Ashtonfield 1,770 1,010 57.06 760 42.94 6.86
Beresfield 2,043 1,482 72.54 561 27.46 10.63
BLV Paterson PPVC 11 9 81.82 2 18.18 33.99
Bobs Farm 310 146 47.10 164 52.90 10.80
Cessnock PATERSON PPVC 384 277 72.14 107 27.86 13.40
Corlette 1,110 428 38.56 682 61.44 5.25
Divisional Office (PREPOLL) 9 4 44.44 5 55.56 0.96
East Maitland 1,682 1,107 65.81 575 34.19 10.15
East Maitland Central 912 601 65.90 311 34.10 12.42
East Maitland PATERSON PPVC 10,400 6,286 60.44 4,114 39.56 11.97
East Maitland South 2,114 1,268 59.98 846 40.02 10.14
Fern Bay 1,472 821 55.77 651 44.23 -3.67
Gillieston Heights 1,073 729 67.94 344 32.06 9.89
Kurri Kurri 2,540 1,930 75.98 610 24.02 10.35
Kurri Kurri PPVC 4,181 3,231 77.28 950 22.72 10.87
Lemon Tree Passage 1,194 682 57.12 512 42.88 8.43
Lochinvar 911 486 53.35 425 46.65 4.59
Maitland 1,434 971 67.71 463 32.29 11.44
Medowie 1,828 920 50.33 908 49.67 11.65
Metford 1,946 1,365 70.14 581 29.86 14.16
Millers Forest 293 128 43.69 165 56.31 16.74
Morpeth 1,169 618 52.87 551 47.13 10.13
Nelson Bay 1,221 588 48.16 633 51.84 14.02
Nelson Bay Central 946 453 47.89 493 52.11 6.14
Pelaw Main 735 543 73.88 192 26.12 6.88
Raymond Terrace 1,247 824 66.08 423 33.92 13.48
Raymond Terrace Central 1,168 730 62.50 438 37.50 12.19
Raymond Terrace East 1,667 1,120 67.19 547 32.81 17.48
Raymond Terrace North 898 647 72.05 251 27.95 15.47
Raymond Terrace PATERSON PPVC 4,910 2,783 56.68 2,127 43.32 17.84
Rutherford 1,279 891 69.66 388 30.34 10.17
Rutherford North 3,963 2,737 69.06 1,226 30.94 11.88
Rutherford West 1,246 872 69.98 374 30.02 8.66
Salamander 1,196 589 49.25 607 50.75 8.86
Salamander Bay 1,450 622 42.90 828 57.10 6.96
Salamander Bay PPVC 7,208 3,182 44.15 4,026 55.85 8.96
Salt Ash 687 380 55.31 307 44.69 12.50
Shoal Bay 974 511 52.46 463 47.54 6.33
Somerset 1,161 744 64.08 417 35.92 14.34
Special Hospital Team 1 145 78 53.79 67 46.21 20.85
Special Hospital Team 2 154 70 45.45 84 54.55 12.12
Sydney (Paterson) 15 8 53.33 7 46.67 -6.67
Tanilba Bay 1,908 1,162 60.90 746 39.10 11.40
Tarro 381 268 70.34 113 29.66 9.17
Telarah 1,377 1,031 74.87 346 25.13 12.58
Tenambit 1,807 1,151 63.70 656 36.30 13.33
Thornton 2,800 1,890 67.50 910 32.50 9.44
Weston 1,517 1,176 77.52 341 22.48 9.68
Williamtown 462 260 56.28 202 43.72 9.07
Wirreanda Medowie 2,121 1,173 55.30 948 44.70 16.67
Woodberry 1,392 1,113 79.96 279 20.04 8.49
ABSENT 3,570 2,173 60.87 1,397 39.13 0.00
PRE_POLL 2,442 1,265 51.80 1,177 48.20 0.00
POSTAL 6,044 3,246 53.71 2,798 46.29 0.00
PROVISIONAL 389 278 71.47 111 28.53 0.00
Division Total 100,068 60,779 60.74 39,289 39.26 10.47

This table provides the full distribution of preferences by count for the division. The data includes the number and percentage of votes for each candidate at each count.

Notes:

  1. These results are final.
Full distribution of preferences
CountBURSTON
Graham
(ON)		CLARE
Brian
(RUA)		BROWN
John
(GRN)		SWANSON
Meryl
(ALP)		DAVIS
Peter
(CEC)		HOWARD
Karen
(LP)		ARENA
Peter
(CDP)		Total
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%
First13,05613.051,0071.015,7975.7946,09046.065330.5331,52731.512,0582.06100,068
Second11321.209517.827514.0711120.83Excluded8716.32529.76533
Total13,16913.161,1021.105,8725.8746,20146.1731,61431.592,1102.11100,068
Third55850.64Excluded16715.1515914.43898.0812911.711,102
Total13,72713.726,0396.0346,36046.3331,70331.682,2392.24100,068
Fourth65629.301436.3931213.931,12850.38Excluded2,239
Total14,38314.376,1826.1846,67246.6432,83132.81100,068
Fifth93715.16Excluded4,46572.2378012.626,182
Total15,32015.3151,13751.1033,61133.59100,068
SixthExcluded9,64262.945,67837.0615,320
Total60,77960.7439,28939.26100,068
       Elected        

This table provides the number and percentage of preferences to each two candidate preferred (TCP) candidate. The data includes which other candidate the preferences came from.

Notes:

  1. Two candidate preferred or TCP is a count of the two leading candidates only - votes are recorded for a particular candidate if the preference on the ballot paper for that candidate is higher than the alternative TCP candidate, regardless of other preferences. The TCP count ultimately determines who wins the seat.
  2. These results are final.
Two candidate preferred preference flow
Candidate Party SWANSON, Meryl
Labor		 HOWARD, Karen
Liberal
Votes % Votes %
BURSTON, GrahamPauline Hanson's One Nation8,32163.734,73536.27
CLARE, BrianRise Up Australia Party61761.2739038.73
BROWN, JohnThe Greens4,87984.1691815.84
DAVIS, PeterCitizens Electoral Council30957.9722442.03
ARENA, PeterChristian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)56327.361,49572.64
First Preferences 46,090 59.38 31,527 40.62
Total 60,779 60.74 39,289 39.26

Profile of division of Paterson (NSW)
Elected member Swanson, M (ALP). Elected 2016.
Name derivation Named after Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson 1864-1941, Australian author and poet. There is also conjecture that the division was first named in 1947 after Colonel William Paterson 1755-1810 after whom the town and river within the division were named.
First proclaimed / election 1947/1949 (Division was abolished in 1984 and re-established at the 1992 redistribution.)
Area 1123 sq. kms
Demographic Provincial
Pre-Election seat status Marginal
Seat status Safe
Location Paterson covers an area of approximately 1,123 sq km and extends from Neath, Kurri Kurri and Williamtown in the south, along the Hunter River and Port Stephens in the north and along the Hunter Expressway to the west. The main towns include Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Medowie, Neath, Nelson Bay, Raymond Terrace and Williamtown.
Products and Industry Beef and dairy cattle, mixed farming, maize, fishing and oyster farming, general engineering, transport, construction, tourism and recreational industries.