Results_of_the_1976_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)

State election for New South Wales, Australia in May 1976

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1976 New South Wales state election.^[1]

New South Wales state election, 1 May 1976^[1]^[2]^[3] Legislative Assembly << 1973–1978 >>
Enrolled voters		2,943,248^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Votes cast		2,745,749		Turnout	93.29	+0.78
Informal votes		48,220		Informal	1.76	–0.94
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,342,038	49.75	+6.82	50	+ 6
	Liberal	978,886	36.29	+2.44	30	– 4
	Country	270,603	10.03	–0.45	18	± 0
	Workers	15,598	0.58	+0.58	0	± 0
	Australia	7,407	0.27	–3.93	0	± 0
	Socialist Workers	2,495	0.09	+0.09	0	± 0
	Communist	2,220	0.08	+0.05	0	± 0
	Democratic Labor	2,201	0.08	–5.88	0	– 1
	Independent	76,089	2.82	+0.28	1	– 1
Total		2,697,529			99

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[4] There were 2,989,786 enrolled voters but 46,538 were enrolled in electorates (one Labor and one Country) which were uncontested at the election.^[1]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gordon Mackie	13,195	58.2	+1.5
	Labor	Kevin Esler	9,498	41.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			22,693	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			361	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			23,054	92.2	-0.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Leitch	13,078	56.6	-3.1
	Labor	Hubert Legge	10,024	43.4	+7.2
Total formal votes			23,102	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			297	1.3	0.0
Turnout			23,399	93.0	-1.4
	Country hold		Swing	-6.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,111	53.5	+11.4
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,189	43.8	-3.6
	Independent	Warren Wilson	443	1.5	+1.5
	Australia	Clifford Bros	373	1.2	-4.4
Total formal votes			30,116	98.0	+1.5
Informal votes			606	2.0	-1.5
Turnout			30,722	91.6	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	16,594	55.1	+8.7
	Liberal	Alwyn Innes	13,522	44.9	-8.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	20,955	65.3	+2.5
	Liberal	Stephen Sim	11,132	34.7	+3.9
Total formal votes			32,087	97.4	+0.4
Informal votes			856	2.6	-0.4
Turnout			32,943	94.6	+0.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,204	67.3	-1.9
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,054	24.7	+24.7
	Socialist Workers	Juanita Keig	1,002	3.5	+3.5
	Communist	Peter Cockroft	680	2.4	+2.4
	Independent	Donald Henderson	615	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			28,555	97.0	+2.4
Informal votes			875	3.0	-2.4
Turnout			29,430	89.2	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	21,188	74.2	-2.3
	Liberal	Jeffrey Thompson	7,367	25.8	+25.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Nick Kearns	20,619	65.5	+3.5
	Liberal	John Ghent	10,872	34.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			31,491	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			657	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			32,148	94.2	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Wal Murray	11,999	58.5	-17.0
	Labor	Marshall Duncan	8,504	41.5	+41.5
Total formal votes			20,503	98.6	-2.4
Informal votes			294	1.4	+2.4
Turnout			20,797	93.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	-17.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Wran	19,684	64.6	+3.9
	Liberal	Terence Shanahan	10,788	35.4	-3.9
Total formal votes			30,472	97.8	+1.4
Informal votes			694	2.2	-1.4
Turnout			31,166	94.5	0.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,416	50.5	-9.4
	Labor	Mark Worthington	9,965	44.1	+7.6
	Independent	Peter Foster	1,215	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			22,596	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			209	0.9	-0.3
Turnout			22,805	95.3	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	11,981	53.0	-9.8
	Labor	Mark Worthington	10,615	47.0	+9.8
	Country hold		Swing	-9.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	19,590	62.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,436	33.5	+1.5
	Independent	Raymond Ferguson	1,127	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			31,153	97.7	+2.4
Informal votes			725	2.3	-2.4
Turnout			31,878	95.1	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	20,163	64.7	+2.0
	Liberal	John Lyon	10,990	35.3	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Barraclough	16,868	57.4	-8.9
	Labor	Mairi Petersen	9,462	32.2	+32.2
	Independent	Graeme Donkin	1,121	3.8	+3.8
	Workers	John Curvers	1,085	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Alexander Nash	872	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			29,408	97.7	+2.6
Informal votes			706	2.3	-2.6
Turnout			30,114	87.6	+3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Barraclough	18,750	63.8	-6.2
	Labor	Mairi Petersen	10,658	36.2	+36.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Clough	11,957	50.5	+8.6
	Independent	Harold Coates	11,721	49.5	-5.4
Total formal votes			23,678	98.3	-0.3
Informal votes			410	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			24,088	93.5	-0.5
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roger Wotton	12,923	57.9	+13.6
	Labor	Reynold Toyer	9,399	42.1	-0.7
Total formal votes			22,322	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			232	1.0	0.0
Turnout			22,554	94.4	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Sheahan	12,028	58.8	+9.8
	Country	Thomas Glover	8,416	41.2	+13.1
Total formal votes			20,444	99.1	+0.9
Informal votes			188	0.9	-0.9
Turnout			20,632	95.4	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Jackett	14,680	55.4	-1.8
	Labor	Peter Woods	10,687	40.3	+4.0
	Workers	John Coles	1,137	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			26,504	98.0	+1.0
Informal votes			550	2.0	-1.0
Turnout			27,054	92.3	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,476	58.4	-4.0
	Labor	Peter Woods	11,028	41.6	+4.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.0

1976 New South Wales state election: Campbelltown ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	20,685	58.9	+7.2
	Liberal	Robert Barton	14,429	41.1	-0.7
Total formal votes			35,114	97.5	+0.2
Informal votes			907	2.5	-0.2
Turnout			36,021	94.7	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

1976 New South Wales state election: Drummoyne ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,483	56.3	+6.5
	Liberal	James Reid	11,843	40.5	-4.6
	Workers	Hugh Frazer	949	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			29,275	98.2	+1.2
Informal votes			520	1.8	-1.2
Turnout			29,795	93.6	-0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	16,768	57.3	+6.6
	Liberal	James Reid	12,507	42.7	-6.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.6

1976 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	9,942	40.4	-20.4
	Labor	Damian Hession	7,728	31.4	-2.6
	Independent	Gerry Peacocke	6,939	28.2	+28.2
Total formal votes			24,609	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			166	0.7	-0.5
Turnout			24,775	94.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	15,612	63.4	-1.6
	Labor	Damian Hession	8,997	36.6	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.6

1976 New South Wales state election: Gloucester ^[40]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	14,160	61.6	-3.6
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	6,723	29.3	+7.0
	Independent	Herbert Collins	2,085	9.1	-3.4
Total formal votes			22,968	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			219	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			23,187	93.8	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	15,886	69.2	-6.0
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	7,082	30.8	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	-6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Boyd	13,396	59.9	-1.9
	Labor	Keith Enderbury	8,979	40.1	+7.3
Total formal votes			22,375	98.6	-0.1
Informal votes			318	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			22,693	91.2	-1.3
	Country hold		Swing	-4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	19,581	64.3	+5.5
	Liberal	Marjorie Pennington	10,889	35.7	-0.4
Total formal votes			30,470	96.8	+0.4
Informal votes			990	3.2	-0.4
Turnout			31,460	92.6	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Day	10,829	49.9	+2.8
	Country	Donald McRae	5,677	26.2	+3.8
	Country	Leslie Isaac	5,186	23.9	+23.9
Total formal votes			21,692	99.1	0.0
Informal votes			193	0.9	0.0
Turnout			21,885	94.6	+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Day	11,197	51.6	+0.6
	Country	Donald McRae	10,495	48.4	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,151	51.2	+0.9
	Country	Albert Green	7,346	37.0	+1.1
	Liberal	John Browne	2,349	11.8	-2.0
Total formal votes			19,846	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			172	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			20,018	93.7	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,386	52.3	+1.0
	Country	Albert Green	9,460	47.7	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Neilly	17,814	77.0	-1.1
	Liberal	Suzan Ross-Gowan	5,327	23.0	+23.0
Total formal votes			23,141	98.7	+1.3
Informal votes			310	1.3	-1.3
Turnout			23,451	96.0	+0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Face	20,019	61.7	+7.8
	Liberal	Thomas Ford	12,455	38.3	+1.6
Total formal votes			32,474	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			472	1.4	-0.6
Turnout			32,946	95.3	-0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Matt Singleton	16,905	63.7	-0.2
	Labor	Colin Clague	9,613	36.3	+7.4
Total formal votes			26,518	98.7	+0.1
Informal votes			346	1.3	-0.1
Turnout			26,864	94.0	-0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-4.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Cleary	16,265	53.7	+8.2
	Liberal	Phillip Billings	14,036	46.3	+1.2
Total formal votes			30,301	97.9	+0.8
Informal votes			662	2.1	-0.8
Turnout			30,963	89.7	+1.3
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.7

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	15,960	51.2	+0.4
	Labor	Michael Egan	14,045	45.1	+4.9
	Workers	Ian Scott	1,147	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			31,152	98.9	+0.3
Informal votes			337	1.1	-0.3
Turnout			31,489	94.0	-0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	16,763	53.8	-0.9
	Labor	Michael Egan	14,389	46.2	+0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.9

Results_of_the_1976_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results by Electoral district

Albury

Armidale

Ashfield

Auburn

Balmain

Bankstown

Barwon

Bass Hill

Bathurst

Blacktown

Bligh

Blue Mountains

Broken Hill

Burrendong

Burrinjuck

Burwood

Byron

Campbelltown

Canterbury

Casino

Castlereagh

Cessnock

Charlestown

Clarence

Coogee

Corrimal

Cronulla

Davidson

Drummoyne

Dubbo

Earlwood

East Hills

Eastwood

Fairfield

Fuller

Georges River

Gloucester

Gordon

Gosford

Goulburn

Granville

Hawkesbury

Heathcote

Heffron

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

Kirribilli

Kogarah

Ku-ring-gai

Lake Macquarie

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Lismore

Liverpool

Maitland

Manly

Maroubra

Marrickville

Merrylands

Miranda

Monaro

Mosman

Mount Druitt

Munmorah

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Nepean

Newcastle

Northcott

Orange

Oxley

Parramatta

Peats

Penrith

Phillip

Pittwater

Raleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	18,209	66.4	+5.1
	Labor	Raymond Graham	9,226	33.6	+10.0
Total formal votes			27,435	98.4	+0.2
Informal votes			451	1.6	-0.2
Turnout			27,886	94.6	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Willis	17,111	54.5	+2.9
	Labor	Ken Gabb	14,259	45.5	+6.8
Total formal votes			31,370	98.5	+1.3
Informal votes			471	1.5	-1.3
Turnout			31,841	95.3	+0.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Rogan	20,095	64.8	+10.4
	Liberal	George Edgell	10,905	35.2	+2.4
Total formal votes			31,000	98.3	+0.5
Informal votes			521	1.7	-0.5
Turnout			31,521	95.0	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	19,875	64.7	+2.2
	Labor	Robert Cummins	10,865	35.3	+35.3
Total formal votes			30,740	98.8	+1.5
Informal votes			380	1.2	-1.5
Turnout			31,120	94.2	+1.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	20,777	69.2	+5.2
	Liberal	Charles Rogers	9,271	30.8	+2.5
Total formal votes			30,048	96.6	+1.6
Informal votes			1,052	3.4	-1.6
Turnout			31,100	93.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	15,682	52.2	+2.4
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	13,312	44.3	+8.6
	Australia	Christopher Dunkerley	1,031	3.4	-3.4
Total formal votes			30,025	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			382	1.3	-1.1
Turnout			30,407	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	16,023	53.4	-1.9
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	14,002	46.6	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walker	16,929	52.8	+7.4
	Liberal	Maxwell Gibson	15,111	47.2	+2.8
Total formal votes			32,040	98.6	+0.7
Informal votes			448	1.4	-0.7
Turnout			32,488	95.5	+0.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	18,168	64.9	+64.9
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	4,695	16.8	-3.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	2,201	7.9	-71.5
	Independent	John Harris	1,789	6.4	+6.4
	Workers	Christopher Brown	1,147	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			28,000	98.8	+2.5
Informal votes			349	1.2	-2.5
Turnout			28,349	93.2	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	22,815	81.5	+81.5
	Labor	Margaret Atkin	5,185	18.5	-2.1
	Liberal gain from Democratic Labor		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Malcolm Brooks	14,534	48.9	-3.8
	Labor	Brian McGowan	14,347	48.3	+4.7
	Australia	Barry Phillips	855	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			29,736	98.9	+0.6
Informal votes			329	1.1	-0.6
Turnout			30,065	94.7	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Brian McGowan	14,905	50.1	+5.8
	Liberal	Malcolm Brooks	14,831	49.9	-5.8
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ron Brewer	12,091	54.6	-9.4
	Labor	Brian Lulham	10,044	45.4	+14.6
Total formal votes			22,135	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			202	0.9	-0.8
Turnout			22,337	95.2	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	-13.3