Electoral district of Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 2007, named after the Southern Highlands.^[1][2][3][4] It was replaced by a recreated Goulburn electorate.^[5]

Members for Southern Highlands

Member		Party	Period
	John Fahey	Liberal	1988–1996
	Peta Seaton	Liberal	1996–2007

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Southern Highlands.[edit]

2003 New South Wales state election: Southern Highlands ^[6]

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			43,405	97.9	+0.0
Informal votes			931	2.1	-0.0
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		Swing	+1.9

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
3. "Mr John Joseph Fahey (1945– )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
4. "Ms Peta Luise Seaton (1959- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
5. "Goulburn- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "2003 Southern Highlands". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.