Electoral results for the district of Casino

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Casino, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1930 until 1968 and from 1971 until 1981. [1] [2] [3]

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Members

First incarnation (1930–1968)
ElectionMemberParty
1930   John Reid Country
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953   Ian Robinson Country
1956
1959
1962
1964 by   Richmond Manyweathers Country
1965
Second incarnation (1971–1981)
ElectionMemberParty
1971   Don Day Labor
1973
1976
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Casino [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Day 12,93757.8+7.9
National Country Colin Sullivan6,17327.6+27.6
National Country William Marshall2,89512.9+12.9
Independent Peter Den Exter3671.6+1.6
Total formal votes22,37298.8-0.3
Informal votes2731.2+0.3
Turnout 22,64594.5-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 13,34559.7+8.1
National Country Colin Sullivan9,02540.3-8.1
Labor hold Swing +8.1

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Casino [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Day 10,82949.9+2.8
Country Donald McRae5,67726.2+3.8
Country Leslie Isaac5,18623.9+23.9
Total formal votes21,69299.10.0
Informal votes1930.90.0
Turnout 21,88594.6+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 11,19751.6+0.6
Country Donald McRae10,49548.4-0.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Casino [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Day 9,53047.1-3.9
Country Donald McRae4,52922.4-26.6
Country Owen Wainwright4,09220.2+20.2
Independent Clifford Hirst2,08410.3+10.3
Total formal votes20,23599.1
Informal votes1810.9
Turnout 20,41693.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 10,31851.00.0
Country Donald McRae9,91749.00.0
Labor hold Swing 0.0

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Casino [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Don Day 9,13552.5+17.1
Country Charles Yabsley8,28147.5-17.1
Total formal votes17,41699.0
Informal votes1791.0
Turnout 17,59593.8
Labor notional  gain from Country Swing +17.1

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1964 by-election

1964 Casino by-election
Saturday 29 February [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Richmond Manyweathers 5,43336.3
Country Robert Nicholls3,09220.7
Country Charles Yabsley3,05320.4
Independent William Young1,86812.5
Country Roderick Ramsay1,52610.2
Total formal votes14,97298.4
Informal votes2431.6
Turnout 15,21589.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Richmond Manyweathers 5,43336.3
Country Charles Yabsley3,05320.4
Country hold Swing N/A

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Casino [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ian Robinson 10,77366.6−33.4
Labor Douglas Cassidy5,39033.4+33.4
Total formal votes16,16399.4
Informal votes1010.6
Turnout 16,26494.9
Country hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1956

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Casino [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Young5,19936.7
Country Ian Robinson 4,54732.1
Country John Reid 3,15222.2
Country William Cooke1,2759.0
Total formal votes14,17398.3
Informal votes2491.7
Turnout 14,42294.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ian Robinson 8,56060.4
Labor William Young5,61339.6
Country hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Casino [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 9,54666.4
Labor Alexander Bryen4,84033.6
Total formal votes14,38698.8
Informal votes1801.2
Turnout 14,56693.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Casino [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 9,13263.8+6.7
Labor Harold Edwards5,17236.2-6.7
Total formal votes14,30498.5+1.2
Informal votes2141.5-1.2
Turnout 14,51892.7+4.1
Country hold Swing +6.7

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Casino [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 7,50257.1+9.5
Labor Denis Holmes5,64542.9+9.8
Total formal votes13,14797.3-1.0
Informal votes3662.7+1.0
Turnout 13,51388.6-4.2
Country hold Swing -3.8

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Casino [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 6,46847.6
Labor Denis Holmes4,49433.1
Independent Robert Carr2,63019.4
Total formal votes13,59298.3
Informal votes2301.7
Turnout 13,82292.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country John Reid 8,28560.9
Labor Denis Holmes5,30739.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Casino [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid unopposed
Country hold 

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Casino [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 9,30271.1-3.0
Labor (NSW) Leonard Sweeney3,77128.9+4.2
Total formal votes13,07398.7+1.4
Informal votes1711.3-1.4
Turnout 13,24493.8-3.4
Country hold Swing N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Casino [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country John Reid 9,07874.1+49.6
Labor (NSW) James Fredericks3,02024.7-4.5
Country Henry McLaurin1481.2+1.2
Total formal votes12,24697.3+3.6
Informal votes3432.7-3.6
Turnout 12,58997.2+1.5
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Casino [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Herbert Young3,33529.2
Country John Reid 2,80124.5
Country Elsmer Jones1,46412.8
Country Percy Swanson1,36311.9
Country Ernest Vincent1,0068.8
Country Malcolm Bulmer7906.9
Independent Samuel Sargent3503.1
Independent Labor Frederick Crowther2582.3
Independent Labor John Kelly660.6
Total formal votes11,43393.7
Informal votes7656.3
Turnout 12,19895.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country John Reid 7,33764.2
Labor Herbert Young4,09635.8
Country win(new seat)
The 1929 redistribution increased the number of seats in the rural zone, [22] and Casino was created from parts of Tenterfield and Clarence both of which were held by the Country Party.


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