Electoral district of Tuggerah
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Tuggerah was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, which partly replaced Munmorah in 1981 and was named after the Tuggerah Lakes. In 1988, it was replaced by Wyong and The Entrance. Its only member was Harry Moore, representing the Labor Party.[1][2][3]
Members for Tuggerah
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Moore | Labor | 1981–1988 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Harry Moore | 18,345 | 55.8 | −3.3 | |
| Liberal | Leslie Nunn | 10,416 | 31.7 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Clem Payne | 2,664 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
| Democrats | Lynn Sawyer | 1,438 | 4.4 | −6.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,863 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 766 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 33,629 | 93.2 | +2.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Harry Moore | 61.8 | −5.0 | ||
| Liberal | Leslie Nunn | 38.2 | +5.0 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −5.0 | |||
