Electoral district of Kurri Kurri

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Kurri Kurri was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1927, with the abolition of the multi-member electorates of Newcastle and Maitland and named after the Hunter Region town of Kurri Kurri. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by Wallsend. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Kurri Kurri was a safe Labor seat and was only held by a Labor candidate. Of the 15 elections, the Labor was unopposed at 6 elections, [1] and a Communist candidate contested 7 elections with a highest vote of 14.8% at the 1935 election. [5] The closest contest was the 1956 election, the only occasion in which a conservative party fielded a candidate, when Liberal candidate Stanley Mettam achieved 15.6% of the vote. [6]

George Booth represented the district for more than 30 years, [3] and when he died was succeeded by his son Ken. [4]

Members for Kurri Kurri

MemberPartyTerm
  George Booth Labor 1927–1960
  Ken Booth Labor 1960–1968

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ken Booth unopposed
Labor hold 

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References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Mr George Booth (1891–1960)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. 1 2 "The Hon. Kenneth George Booth (1926–1988)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1935 Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1956 Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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