Electoral results for the district of Corrimal
Appearance
Corrimal, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1968 | Laurie Kelly | Labor | |
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 21,068 | 68.9 | −1.1 | |
Liberal | Colin Bruton | 9,527 | 31.1 | +9.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,595 | 97.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 874 | 2.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,469 | 94.0 | +0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −6.8 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 20,874 | 70.0 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Colin Bruton | 6,574 | 22.1 | −3.1 | |
Democrats | Questa Gill | 1,725 | 5.8 | −1.2 | |
Independent | Carol Blond | 629 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 29,802 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 969 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 30,771 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 21,074 | 75.7 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Colin Bruton | 6,774 | 24.3 | −3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Laurie Kelly | 20,694 | 67.8 | +4.7 | |
Liberal | Peter Atkins | 7,682 | 25.2 | −11.7 | |
Democrats | Leslie Scott | 2,129 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 30,505 | 97.7 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 709 | 2.3 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 31,214 | 94.3 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 22,113 | 72.5 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | Peter Atkins | 8,392 | 27.5 | −9.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +9.4 |
1976
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,701 | 63.1 | +5.0 | |
Liberal | Peter Atkins | 10,929 | 36.9 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 29,630 | 97.6 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 715 | 2.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 30,345 | 94.5 | +1.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.7 |
1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 15,985 | 58.1 | ||
Liberal | Robert Law | 7,822 | 28.4 | ||
Australia | Susan Healy | 2,387 | 8.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | Peter Daly | 1,304 | 4.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 27,498 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 796 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 28,294 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 17,806 | 64.8 | +1.5 | |
Liberal | Robert Law | 9,691 | 35.2 | −1.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.5 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,311 | 67.5 | +13.4 | |
Liberal | Eric Blain | 6,920 | 25.5 | −2.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Raymond Proust | 1,386 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Communist | Reginald Wilding | 511 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 27,128 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 645 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 27,773 | 95.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,997 | 70.0 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Eric Blain | 8,131 | 30.0 | −5.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Laurie Kelly | 10,125 | 54.1 | ||
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 5,321 | 28.4 | ||
Independent | Charles Birch | 2,604 | 13.9 | ||
Independent | Mary Hargrave | 671 | 3.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,721 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 621 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,342 | 95.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 12,003 | 64.1 | +4.4 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,718 | 35.9 | −4.4 | |
Labor win | (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Lawrence Borthwick Kelly [2] (1928 - 2018)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.