LYNE, NSW 111,790 enrolled, 104,451 (93.4%) voted ==================================================================== North Coast NSW: Dungog, Forster, Gloucester, Taree -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Nationals 14.8 Effect of 2016 redistribution: No change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Alley ALP 26,470 26.6 +02.6 Julie Lyford Grn 9,406 09.4 +03.1 Elaine Carter CDP 3,026 03.0 +00.8 Brad Christensen 9,227 09.3 Dr David Gillespie * Nat 49,399 49.6 +19.4 Rodger Riach 2,126 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4,797 (04.6%) informal 99,654 -------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2013 the Liberal Party polled 24.0% in the areas formerly in Paterson. The notional combined Coalition vote in Lyne was therefore 54.2%. The Nationals vote of 49.6% is therefore a drop of 4.6%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Riach's 2,126 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alley 201 09.5 26,671 26.8 Lyford 122 05.7 9,528 09.6 Carter 80 03.8 3,106 03.1 Christensen 1,229 57.8 10,456 10.5 GILLESPIE * 494 23.2 49,893 50.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,126 89,276 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Carter's 3,106 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alley 304 09.8 26,975 27.1 Lyford 269 08.7 9,797 09.8 Christensen 917 29.5 11,373 11.4 GILLESPIE * 1,616 16.7 53,144 51.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,106 89,276 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lyford's 9,797 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alley 5,470 55.8 32,445 32.6 Christensen 2,692 27.5 14,065 14.1 GILLESPIE * 1,635 16.7 53,144 53.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,797 89,276 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Christensen's 14,065 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alley 5,793 41.2 38,238 38.4 GILLESPIE * 8,272 58.8 61,416 61.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 14,065 89,276 11.6 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Arthur Gillespie (born 1957): Elected 2013, 2016 Assistant Minister for Rural Health 19 July 2016 16 to 24 January 2017 Assistant Minister for Health 24 January 2017 to 20 Devcember 2017 Assistant Minister for Children and Families from 20 December 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------------