Electoral results for the district of Corrimal

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

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Elections in the 1980s

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1984

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1984 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [4]
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

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1981 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [5]
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

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1978

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [7]
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

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [8]
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

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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1968

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Corrimal.[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 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. ^ "The Hon. Lawrence Borthwick Kelly [2] (1928 - 2018)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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