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Electoral results for the district of Yaralla

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Yaralla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1981.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1968   Lerryn Mutton Liberal
1971
1973
1976
1978   Garry McIlwaine Labor

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Yaralla[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Garry McIlwaine 16,219 56.5 +10.9
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,533 40.1 −14.3
Democrats Christopher Dunkerley 973 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 28,725 97.6 −0.2
Informal votes 697 2.4 +0.2
Turnout 29,422 92.5 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Garry McIlwaine 16,706 58.2 +12.6
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 12,019 41.8 −12.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +12.6

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Yaralla[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 15,761 54.4 +0.6
Labor Derek Margerison 13,218 45.6 +7.0
Total formal votes 28,979 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 662 2.2 −0.1
Turnout 29,641 91.4 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing −5.4

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Yaralla[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 14,924 53.8 +3.0
Labor Derek Margerison 10,703 38.6 −3.5
Democratic Labor Terence McCormack 2,107 7.6 +0.5
Total formal votes 27,734 97.7
Informal votes 652 2.3
Turnout 28,386 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 16,590 59.8 +3.6
Labor Derek Margerison 11,144 40.2 −3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Yaralla[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 13,295 49.8 −1.8
Labor Garry McIlwaine 11,500 43.1 +0.4
Democratic Labor Andrew Murphy 1,889 7.1 +1.4
Total formal votes 26,684 98.1
Informal votes 511 1.9
Turnout 27,195 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 14,661 54.9 −2.3
Labor Garry McIlwaine 12,023 45.1 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Yaralla[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 12,355 50.6
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,671 43.7
Democratic Labor Maxwell Martin 1,381 5.7
Total formal votes 24,407 97.1
Informal votes 730 2.9
Turnout 25,137 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 13,460 55.1 −1.0
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,947 44.9 +1.0
Liberal win (new seat)
Yaralla was a new seat, largely replacing the abolished district of Concord. The member for Concord was Thomas Murphy (Labor).

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.