Electoral district of Sutherland
# Electoral district of Sutherland

Sutherland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 1971 before it was abolished. The seat was reformed in 1988 until 1999. The seat was based on the suburb of Sutherland in the southern districts of Sydney.

The seat was abolished for the 1999 state election, and Lorna Stone, the sitting member contested the new seat of Heathcote. The new seat had a notional Labor margin and was also contested by Ian McManus, the Labor member for the abolished seat of Bulli. McManus convincingly defeated Stone.

## Members for Sutherland

First incarnation (1950–1971) :

| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Cecil Monro | Liberal | 1950–1953 |
| | Tom Dalton | Labor | 1953–1956 |
| | Ian Griffith | Liberal | 1956–1959 |
| | Tom Dalton | Labor | 1959–1968 |
| | Tim Walker | Liberal | 1968–1971 |
| Second incarnation (1988–1999) ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Chris Downy | Liberal | 1988–1997 |
| | Lorna Stone | Liberal | 1997–1999 |

## Election results

1997 Sutherland by-election Saturday 20 December :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Lorna Stone | 16,687 | 45.46 | -5.39 |
| | Labor | Christine Hawkins | 12,674 | 34.53 | -2.83 |
| | Christian Democrats | David Copeland | 1,804 | 4.91 | +0.93 |
| | Greens | Jo-Anne Lentern | 1,710 | 4.66 | |
| | Against Further Immigration | Janey Woodger | 1,567 | 4.27 | |
| | Outdoor Recreation | Glenn Druery | 780 | 2.13 | |
| | Independent | David Hunt | 557 | 1.52 | |
| | Independent | Geoff Moore | 530 | 1.44 | |
| | Independent | David Harris | 396 | 1.08 | |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 36,705 | 98.12 | +1.70 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 702 | 1.88 | -1.70 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,407 | 84.59 | -11.45 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Lorna Stone | 18,950 | 56.23 | -0.21 |
| | Labor | Christine Hawkins | 14,752 | 43.77 | +0.21 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -0.21 | |
