Electoral results for the district of Corrimal

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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]

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ElectionMemberParty
1968   Laurie Kelly Labor
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 21,06868.9-1.1
Liberal Colin Bruton9,52731.1+9.0
Total formal votes30,59597.2+0.4
Informal votes8742.8-0.4
Turnout 31,46994.0+0.9
Labor hold Swing -6.8

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 20,87470.0+2.2
Liberal Colin Bruton6,57422.1-3.1
Democrats Questa Gill1,7255.8-1.2
Independent Carol Blond6292.1+2.1
Total formal votes29,80296.8
Informal votes9693.2
Turnout 30,77193.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 21,07475.7+3.2
Liberal Colin Bruton6,77424.3-3.2
Labor hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 20,69467.8+4.7
Liberal Peter Atkins7,68225.2-11.7
Democrats Leslie Scott2,1297.0+7.0
Total formal votes30,50597.7+0.1
Informal votes7092.3-0.1
Turnout 31,21494.3-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 22,11372.5+9.4
Liberal Peter Atkins8,39227.5-9.4
Labor hold Swing +9.4

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 18,70163.1+5.0
Liberal Peter Atkins10,92936.9+8.5
Total formal votes29,63097.6+0.4
Informal votes7152.4-0.4
Turnout 30,34594.5+1.7
Labor hold Swing -1.7

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 15,98558.1
Liberal Robert Law7,82228.4
Australia Susan Healy2,3878.7
Democratic Labor Peter Daly1,3044.7
Total formal votes27,49897.2
Informal votes7962.8
Turnout 28,29492.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 17,80664.8+1.5
Liberal Robert Law9,69135.2-1.5
Labor hold Swing +1.5

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 18,31167.5+13.4
Liberal Eric Blain6,92025.5-2.9
Democratic Labor Raymond Proust1,3865.1+5.1
Communist Reginald Wilding5111.9+1.9
Total formal votes27,12897.7
Informal votes6452.3
Turnout 27,77395.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 18,99770.0+5.9
Liberal Eric Blain8,13130.0-5.9
Labor hold Swing +5.9

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Corrimal [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 10,12554.1
Liberal Donald Heggie5,32128.4
Independent Charles Birch2,60413.9
Independent Mary Hargrave6713.6
Total formal votes18,72196.8
Informal votes6213.2
Turnout 19,34295.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 12,00364.1+4.4
Liberal Donald Heggie6,71835.9-4.4
Labor win(new seat)

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