Electoral results for the district of Kirribilli

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Kirribilli, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1962 and abolished in 1981. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1962   John Waddy Liberal
1965
1968
1971
1973 Liberal / Independent
1976   Bruce McDonald Liberal
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce McDonald 11,96553.8+11.2
Labor Glen Batchelor10,28046.2+9.8
Total formal votes22,24596.9-1.7
Informal votes7123.1+1.7
Turnout 22,95786.6-2.4
Liberal hold Swing -7.3

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bruce McDonald 10,59342.7-16.5
Labor Patrick Healy9,05036.4+2.0
Independent John Waddy 4,34317.5+17.5
Workers David Rennie7323.0+3.0
Independent Romaulds Kemps1210.5+0.5
Total formal votes24,83998.6+1.1
Informal votes3591.4-1.1
Turnout 25,19889.0+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce McDonald 15,17661.1-3.2
Labor Patrick Healy9,66338.9+3.2
Liberal hold Swing -3.2
John Waddy was the sitting member for Kirribilli but was denied Liberal pre-selection and stood for the seat as an independent.

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waddy 13,98159.2+4.1
Labor Irene Anderson8,12434.4+4.3
Democratic Labor Margaret Colman1,5216.4-5.4
Total formal votes23,62697.5
Informal votes6092.5
Turnout 24,23584.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 15,19864.3-1.7
Labor Irene Anderson8,42835.7+1.7
Liberal hold Swing -1.7

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waddy 13,17155.1-7.0
Labor William Harkness7,20030.1-2.2
Democratic Labor Michael Fitzpatrick2,81411.8+6.2
Independent Romaulds Kemps7083.0+3.0
Total formal votes23,89397.6
Informal votes5752.4
Turnout 24,46887.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 15,77666.0-0.6
Labor William Harkness8,11734.0+0.6
Liberal hold Swing -0.6

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waddy 15,53462.1+10.5
Labor Alan Newbury8,07932.3-6.4
Democratic Labor Luigi Lamprati1,4105.6+5.6
Total formal votes25,02396.9
Informal votes7973.1
Turnout 25,82090.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 16,66266.6+3.6
Labor Alan Newbury8,36133.4-3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waddy 10,31851.6+2.0
Labor James Cahill7,72738.7−6.4
Independent Nicholas Gorshenin 1,9349.7+9.7
Total formal votes19,97997.8−0.4
Informal votes4572.2+0.4
Turnout 20,43690.8−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 11,28556.5+3.4
Labor James Cahill8,69443.5−3.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Waddy 11,10649.6
Labor Joseph Hazell10,10545.1
Democratic Labor Sydney Mostyn1,1815.3
Total formal votes22,39298.2
Informal votes4161.8
Turnout 22,80891.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 11,89853.1
Labor Joseph Hazell10,49446.9
Liberal notional  hold Swing N/A
  • Kirribilli was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat. [12]

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