Electoral district of Collaroy

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Collaroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in the 1949 redistribution and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was created out of a large area covered by the seats of Hornsby to the north and Manly to the south. It was named after and included the Sydney suburb of Collaroy. It was abolished in 1973 and mostly replaced by Pittwater, with part of it being added to Wakehurst. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Collaroy

MemberPartyTerm
  (Sir) Robert Askin Liberal 1950–1973

Election results

1971 New South Wales state election: Collaroy [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Askin 15,49262.0-9.0
Australia Brian Walker4,92219.7+19.7
Independent Frederick Adcock2,4299.7+9.7
Democratic Labor Lyle Antcliff1,5546.2+6.2
Independent Norman Ward5992.4+2.4
Total formal votes24,99696.7
Informal votes8413.3
Turnout 25,83791.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Robert Askin 17,78371.1+0.1
Australia Brian Walker7,21328.9+28.9
Liberal hold Swing +0.1

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References

  1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. "Sir Robert (Robin William) Askin (1907–1981)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1971 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.