Electoral results for the district of Corrimal
Election results for Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
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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]
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 21,068 | 68.9 | −1.1 | |
| Liberal | Colin Bruton | 9,527 | 31.1 | +9.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,595 | 97.2 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 874 | 2.8 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 31,469 | 94.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −6.8 | |||
1981
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 20,874 | 70.0 | +2.2 | |
| Liberal | Colin Bruton | 6,574 | 22.1 | −3.1 | |
| Democrats | Questa Gill | 1,725 | 5.8 | −1.2 | |
| Independent | Carol Blond | 629 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,802 | 96.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 969 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 30,771 | 93.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 21,074 | 75.7 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal | Colin Bruton | 6,774 | 24.3 | −3.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
Elections in the 1970s
1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 20,694 | 67.8 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal | Peter Atkins | 7,682 | 25.2 | −11.7 | |
| Democrats | Leslie Scott | 2,129 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,505 | 97.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 709 | 2.3 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 31,214 | 94.3 | −0.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 22,113 | 72.5 | +9.4 | |
| Liberal | Peter Atkins | 8,392 | 27.5 | −9.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.4 | |||
1976
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,701 | 63.1 | +5.0 | |
| Liberal | Peter Atkins | 10,929 | 36.9 | +8.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,630 | 97.6 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 715 | 2.4 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 30,345 | 94.5 | +1.7 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
1973
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 15,985 | 58.1 | ||
| Liberal | Robert Law | 7,822 | 28.4 | ||
| Australia | Susan Healy | 2,387 | 8.7 | ||
| Democratic Labor | Peter Daly | 1,304 | 4.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 27,498 | 97.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 796 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 28,294 | 92.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 17,806 | 64.8 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal | Robert Law | 9,691 | 35.2 | −1.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,311 | 67.5 | +13.4 | |
| Liberal | Eric Blain | 6,920 | 25.5 | −2.9 | |
| Democratic Labor | Raymond Proust | 1,386 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| Communist | Reginald Wilding | 511 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,128 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 645 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 27,773 | 95.4 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 18,997 | 70.0 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal | Eric Blain | 8,131 | 30.0 | −5.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.9 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
1968
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 10,125 | 54.1 | ||
| Liberal | Donald Heggie | 5,321 | 28.4 | ||
| Independent | Charles Birch | 2,604 | 13.9 | ||
| Independent | Mary Hargrave | 671 | 3.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 18,721 | 96.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 621 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 19,342 | 95.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Laurie Kelly | 12,003 | 64.1 | +4.4 | |
| Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,718 | 35.9 | −4.4 | |
| Labor win | (new seat) | ||||