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Tweed, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1904, the second from 1999 until the present.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Election	Member		Party
1894		John Willard	Labor
1894 by		Joseph Kelly	Protectionist
1895		Joseph Kelly	Protectionist
1898		Richard Meagher	Independent
1901		Richard Meagher	Independent

Second incarnation (1999–present)
Election	Member		Party
1999		Neville Newell	Labor
2003		Neville Newell	Labor
2007		Geoff Provest	National
2011
2015
2019

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

2023 New South Wales state election: Tweed^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	20,494	43.89	−3.66
	Labor	Craig Elliot	14,425	30.90	−0.07
	Greens	Ciara Denham	5,517	11.82	−2.03
	Legalise Cannabis	Marc Selan	2,534	5.43	+5.43
	Sustainable Australia	Ronald McDonald	2,298	4.92	+1.11
	Animal Justice	Susie Hearder	1,422	3.05	−0.79
Total formal votes			46,690	96.33	+0.32
Informal votes			1,777	3.67	−0.32
Turnout			48,467	84.08	−1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	22,075	53.58	−1.39
	Labor	Craig Elliot	19,125	46.42	+1.39
	National hold		Swing	−1.39

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	22,185	47.55	+0.48
	Labor	Craig Elliot	14,449	30.97	−4.94
	Greens	Bill Fenelon	6,461	13.85	+0.58
	Animal Justice	Susie Hearder	1,790	3.84	+3.84
	Sustainable Australia	Ronald McDonald	1,776	3.81	+3.81
Total formal votes			46,661	96.01	−0.56
Informal votes			1,937	3.99	+0.56
Turnout			48,598	85.35	−0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	23,243	54.97	+1.78
	Labor	Craig Elliot	19,040	45.03	−1.78
	National hold		Swing	+1.78

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	20,800	47.1	−15.0
	Labor	Ron Goodman	15,867	35.9	+14.5
	Greens	Andrea Vickers	5,864	13.3	−0.8
	No Land Tax	Kerrie Collins	1,042	2.4	+2.4
	Christian Democrats	Michael Sichel	618	1.4	−1.1
Total formal votes			44,191	96.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,569	3.4	−0.4
Turnout			45,760	85.5	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	21,508	53.2	−18.5
	Labor	Ron Goodman	18,931	46.8	+18.5
	National hold		Swing	−18.5

2011

2011 New South Wales state election: Tweed^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	25,416	62.1	+15.9
	Labor	Reece Byrnes	8,750	21.4	−17.2
	Greens	Andrea Vickers	5,748	14.0	+6.3
	Christian Democrats	Corinne Pennay	1,021	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			40,935	96.7	−1.0
Informal votes			1,395	3.3	+1.0
Turnout			42,330	86.6
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	26,389	71.7	+18.7
	Labor	Reece Byrnes	10,432	28.3	−18.7
	National hold		Swing	+18.7

Elections in the 2000s

2007

2007 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	18,585	46.2	+4.6
	Labor	Neville Newell	15,531	38.6	−7.1
	Greens	Tom Tabart	3,116	7.7	+0.2
	Independent	Gavin Lawrie	1,225	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Julie Boyd	1,222	3.0	+3.0
	Against Further Immigration	Will King	540	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			40,219	97.7	−0.3
Informal votes			950	2.3	+0.3
Turnout			41,169	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	19,435	53.0	+7.1
	Labor	Neville Newell	17,257	47.0	−7.1
	National gain from Labor		Swing	+7.1

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Newell	19,479	44.3	+0.1
	National	Sue Vinnicombe	18,241	41.5	+0.8
	Greens	Tom Tabart	3,854	8.8	+3.8
	Fishing Party	Ned Kelly	1,153	2.6	+2.6
	One Nation	Trent Burston	647	1.5	+1.5
	Democrats	Casey Balk	557	1.3	−1.1
Total formal votes			43,931	98.1	+0.1
Informal votes			859	1.9	−0.1
Turnout			44,790	89.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neville Newell	22,149	53.8	+1.2
	National	Sue Vinnicombe	19,001	46.2	−1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Newell	17,713	44.2	+16.4
	National	Don Beck	16,315	40.7	−0.6
	Independent	John Penhaligon	2,584	6.4	+6.4
	Greens	Tom Tabart	2,013	5.0	+0.7
	Democrats	Troy Henderson	945	2.4	+2.4
	Earthsave	Tony Hollis	535	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			40,105	98.0	+2.0
Informal votes			834	2.0	−2.0
Turnout			40,939	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Neville Newell	19,402	52.6	+4.8
	National	Don Beck	17,500	47.4	−4.8
	Labor notional gain from National		Swing	+4.8

District recreated

1904 - 1999

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from 1901 New South Wales state election § The Tweed

1901 New South Wales state election: The Tweed ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Meagher	802	66.3	+2.7
	Liberal Reform	Alexander Eastaughffe	408	33.7
Total formal votes			1,210	98.9	−0.1
Informal votes			14	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			1,224	64.4	+16.0
	Independent hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from 1898 New South Wales colonial election § The Tweed

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Tweed ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Richard Meagher	649	63.6
	National Federal	Joseph Kelly	360	35.3
	Ind. Free Trade	William Baker	12	1.2
Total formal votes			1,021	98.9
Informal votes			11	1.1
Turnout			1,032	48.4
	Independent gain from National Federal

1895

This section is an excerpt from 1895 New South Wales colonial election § The Tweed

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Tweed ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Joseph Kelly	445	51.9
	Ind. Protectionist	Norman Ewing	234	27.3
	Labour	Samuel Rosa	170	19.8
	Free Trade	William Baker	6	0.7
	Ind. Protectionist	George Halliday	2	0.2
	Ind. Protectionist	John Morrison	1	0.1
Total formal votes			858	98.6
Informal votes			12	1.4
Turnout			870	47.9
	Protectionist hold

1894 by-election

1894 The Tweed by-election
Thursday 6 December ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Joseph Kelly	526	50.1	+23.4
	Protectionist	James Garvan	418	39.8
	Labour	James Murphy	105	10.0
	Independent	William Baker	1	0.1
Total formal votes			1,050	99.2	+2.1
Informal votes			8	0.8	−2.1
Turnout			1,058	59.1 ^[a]	−24.4
	Protectionist gain from Labour		Swing

The Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that the election of John Willard (Labour) was void as he did not meet the residency qualification, having spent much of that 12 months in Queensland.^[18]

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Tweed ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Willard	431	29.7
	Ind. Protectionist	Joseph Kelly	387	26.7
	Protectionist	Bruce Nicoll	218	15.0
	Ind. Protectionist	George Halliday	178	12.3
	Free Trade	William Baker	97	6.7
	Ind. Protectionist	John Marks	86	5.9
	Ind. Protectionist	David Jarman	52	3.6
	Ind. Free Trade	James Barrie	1	0.1
	Independent	Patrick Gilroy	1	0.1
	Ind. Protectionist	James Murphy	0	0.0
Total formal votes			1,451	97.1
Informal votes			43	2.9
Turnout			1,494	83.5
	Labour win		(new seat)

Notes

^ Estimate based on a roll of 1,790 at the July 1894 election.^[19]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ LA First Preference: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ "Tweed: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Tweed: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ State Electoral District of Tweed: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
^ State Electoral District of Tweed: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
^ Green, Antony. "2007 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "2003 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1999 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 The Tweed by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1894 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[20] Estimate based on a roll of 1,790 at the July 1894 election.^[19]

[Green_Tweed-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[ABC_Tweed-2] "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[3] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[4] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[5] LA First Preference: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[6] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[7] "Tweed: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[8] "Tweed: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[9] State Electoral District of Tweed: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[10] State Electoral District of Tweed: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

[Results_of_the_2011_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2011-11] Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

[Results_of_the_2007_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2007_Tweed-12] Green, Antony. "2007 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_2003_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_2003_Tweed-13] Green, Antony. "2003 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1999_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1999_Tweed-14] Green, Antony. "1999 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Green_1901_Tweed-15] Green, Antony. "1901 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

[Green_1898_Tweed-16] Green, Antony. "1898 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Green_1895_Tweed-17] Green, Antony. "1895 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[1894_Tweed_colonial_by-election_Green-18] Green, Antony. "1894 The Tweed by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Tweed-19] Green, Antony. "1894 Tweed". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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Electoral results for the district of Tweed