Nominations: Thursday, 19 September 1985, Polling: Saturday, 12 October 1985
Not contested by both major parties
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Final
%
Machin, Wendy (Elected)
National Party
21,461
68.32
Hockings, Marie-Anne
Nuclear Disarmament
2,589
8.24
Hickman, Rodney Charles
Independent
7,096
22.59
Fitzroy-Mendis, Stanley
Small Business and Enterprise Party
104
0.33
Fitzroy-Mendis, Kusala
Small Business and Enterprise Party
161
0.51
Formal Votes
31,411
Informal Votes
765
2.38
Total Votes / Turnout
32,176
81.02
Cause Category: Resignation - Other
Notes: Caused by the resignation of National Party Leader Leon Punch. Wendy Machin became the NSW Country/National Party's first female MP. An article in the Gloucester Advocate just after the close of nominations stated that Kusala and Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis were a mother and son team from Darling Point.