Results_of_the_1981_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly)

State election for New South Wales, Australia in March 1981

The 1981 New South Wales state election involved 99 electoral districts returning one member each.^[1] The election was conducted on the basis of optional preferential voting system. There was a significant change from the 1978 election as a result of the passage of the Parliamentary Electorates and Elections (Amendment) Act 1979,^[3] and the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1979.^[4] The effect of these Acts was to end the electoral malapportionment requiring that the number of electors within each electoral district be within 10%. Under the previous zoning system, a seat in the "central area" had a quota of 34,067, but could be as high as 40,880 while a "country area" seat had a quota of 26,016 but could be as low as 20,813.^[5] The effect of the 1980 redistribution was to create 6 new seats in Sydney Newcastle and Wollongong and abolishing 6 country seats.^[6]

New South Wales state election, 19 September 1981 ^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1978–1984 >>
Enrolled voters		3,178,225^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Votes cast		2,897,033		Turnout	91.15	–1.62
Informal votes		89,306		Informal	3.08	+0.80
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,564,622	55.73	–2.04	69	+ 6
	Liberal	775,463	27.62	+0.64	14	– 4
	National Country	314,841	11.21	+1.31	14	– 3
	Democrats	68,252	2.43	–0.22	0	± 0
	Communist	6,150	0.22	–0.08	0	± 0
	Independent	78,399	2.79	+0.55	2	+ 1
Total		2,807,727			99
Two-party-preferred
	Labor		58.7%	-2.0%
	Liberal/National		41.3%	+2.0%

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[3] There were 3,212,657 enrolled voters but 34,432 were enrolled in South Coast (Independent) which was uncontested at the election.^[1]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harold Mair	15,850	55.3	+7.1
	Liberal	Brian Moriarty	12,833	44.7	+5.5
Total formal votes			28,683	98.4
Informal votes			466	1.6
Turnout			29,149	90.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Whelan	17,449	65.5	-2.7
	Liberal	George Dryden	8,078	30.3	-1.6
	Democrats	Albert Jarman	1,095	4.1	+4.1
Total formal votes			26,622	95.2
Informal votes			1,338	4.8
Turnout			27,960	88.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Whelan	17,559	68.2	+0.1
	Liberal	George Dryden	8,178	31.8	-0.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Cox	18,537	70.3	-3.2
	Liberal	David Lynam	7,840	29.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			26,377	95.4
Informal votes			1,262	4.6
Turnout			27,639	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Degen	14,444	59.2	-15.1
	Liberal	Dianne Street	3,553	14.6	+0.3
	Independent	Douglas Spedding	3,162	13.0	+13.0
	Democrats	Franco Paisio	1,712	7.0	+7.0
	Communist	Denis Freney	849	3.5	-0.5
	Socialist	James Donovan	676	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			24,396	95.4
Informal votes			1,167	4.6
Turnout			25,563	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Degen	19,044	81.0	-3.2
	Liberal	Dianne Street	4,453	18.9	+3.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	18,754	64.9	-8.1
	Liberal	James McDonald	8,634	29.9	+9.2
	Independent	Donna Hoban	1,513	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			28,901	95.8
Informal votes			1,266	4.2
Turnout			30,167	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ric Mochalski	19,530	68.7	-7.1
	Liberal	James McDonald	8,900	31.3	+7.1
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Wal Murray	19,571	63.2	+4.9
	Labor	Richard Emerson	11,389	36.8	-4.9
Total formal votes			30,960	98.1
Informal votes			595	1.9
Turnout			31,555	90.5
	National Country hold		Swing	+4.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neville Wran	22,567	75.7	-2.8
	Liberal	Paul Jones	7,263	24.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			29,830	96.6
Informal votes			1,037	3.4
Turnout			30,867	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mick Clough	15,865	50.1	-7.6
	National Country	Clive Osborne	15,834	49.9	+7.6
Total formal votes			31,699	98.0
Informal votes			630	2.0
Turnout			32,329	93.7
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-7.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Aquilina	20,777	73.1	0.0
	Liberal	David Bannerman	7,644	26.9	+8.3
Total formal votes			28,421	95.9
Informal votes			1,225	4.1
Turnout			29,646	92.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Miller	11,807	47.6
	Liberal	John Barraclough	10,997	44.3
	Democrats	Joseph Zingarelli	1,050	4.2
	Independent	George Warnecke	966	3.9
Total formal votes			24,820	96.2
Informal votes			977	3.8
Turnout			25,797	82.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Miller	12,876	52.7	-3.9
	Liberal	John Barraclough	11,561	47.3	+3.9
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-3.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Debus	18,682	58.4	-3.5
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	12,637	39.5	+39.5
	Independent	Harry Marsh	696	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			32,015	97.6
Informal votes			784	2.4
Turnout			32,799	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bob Debus	18,782	59.6	-0.5
	Liberal	Reg Gillard	12,737	40.4	+40.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Bill Beckroge	17,041	69.0
	National Country	George Gleeson	7,647	31.0
Total formal votes			24,688	96.9
Informal votes			779	3.1
Turnout			25,467	88.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Terry Sheahan	17,709	55.6	-4.0
	National Country	John Harvey	13,190	41.4	+1.0
	Democrats	Scott Milne	939	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			31,838	98.7
Informal votes			420	1.3
Turnout			32,258	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Terry Sheahan	17,804	57.2	-2.4
	National Country	John Harvey	13,299	42.8	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	14,976	55.2	+5.5
	Liberal	Bruce MacCarthy	11,334	41.8	-4.9
	Democrats	Stephen Kirkham	834	3.1	-0.5
Total formal votes			27,144	96.5
Informal votes			970	3.5
Turnout			28,114	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	15,076	56.9	+2.2
	Liberal	Bruce MacCarthy	11,434	43.1	-2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jack Boyd	15,855	52.2	+2.0
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	13,334	43.9	+1.3
	Democrats	Kenneth Nicholson	1,170	3.9	-0.9
Total formal votes			30,359	97.4
Informal votes			821	2.6
Turnout			31,180	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Jack Boyd	15,955	54.3	+0.7
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	13,434	45.7	-0.7
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.7

1981 New South Wales state election: Cabramatta ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Eric Bedford	19,137	74.0	-4.2
	Liberal	Kerry Chikarovski	6,725	26.0	+4.2
Total formal votes			25,862	95.0
Informal votes			1,367	5.0
Turnout			27,229	89.9
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-4.2

1981 New South Wales state election: Camden ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ralph Brading	14,478	47.4
	Liberal	Peter Reynolds	13,975	45.7
	Democrats	Raymond Guy	2,109	6.9
Total formal votes			30,562	97.1
Informal votes			913	2.9
Turnout			31,475	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ralph Brading	15,657	52.0	-2.1
	Liberal	Peter Reynolds	14,457	48.0	+2.1
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-2.1

1981 New South Wales state election: Campbelltown ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Knight	16,599	52.7	-14.9
	Independent	Gordon Fetterplace	12,836	40.7	+40.7
	Independent	William Dowsett	1,546	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	William O'Donnell	543	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			31,524	97.6
Informal votes			765	2.4
Turnout			32,289	91.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Knight		56.0	-15.5
	Independent	Gordon Fetterplace		44.0	+44.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-15.5

1981 New South Wales state election: Canterbury ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	21,681	78.6	+4.6
	Liberal	Colin Thew	5,917	21.4	-4.6
Total formal votes			27,598	95.0
Informal votes			1,454	5.0
Turnout			29,052	90.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Country	Roger Wotton	16,636	53.4
	Labor	Jim Curran	14,529	46.6
Total formal votes			31,165	98.5
Informal votes			461	1.5
Turnout			31,626	92.2
	National Country notional hold		Swing	-0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stan Neilly	23,015	77.5	-1.6
	Liberal	James White	5,406	18.2	-2.7
	Democrats	Gregory Mutton	1,263	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			29,684	97.8
Informal votes			659	2.2
Turnout			30,343	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stan Neilly	23,215	80.5	+1.4
	Liberal	James White	5,606	19.5	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Richard Face	21,223	68.3	+0.9
	Liberal	Robert Cowley	9,853	31.7	-0.9
Total formal votes			31,076	97.4
Informal votes			840	2.6
Turnout			31,916	93.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Don Day	18,035	56.6
	National Country	William Ralston	13,807	43.4
Total formal votes			31,842	98.7
Informal votes			412	1.3
Turnout			32,254	92.9
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+3.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Matt Singleton	18,375	59.3	-0.8
	Labor	Joseph Moran	12,626	40.7	+0.8
Total formal votes			31,001	98.2
Informal votes			561	1.8
Turnout			31,562	91.0
	National Country notional hold		Swing	-0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Cleary	16,668	64.3	+0.9
	Liberal	Kenneth Finn	8,576	33.1	+1.0
	Independent	Michael Gluyas	665	2.6	+2.6
Total formal votes			25,909	96.5
Informal votes			933	3.5
Turnout			26,842	87.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Cleary	16,768	65.9	-0.5
	Liberal	Kenneth Finn	8,676	34.1	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Egan	15,406	55.3	-3.3
	Liberal	Stephen Mutch	12,435	44.7	+3.3
Total formal votes			27,841	98.1
Informal votes			549	1.9
Turnout			28,390	91.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Terry Metherell	16,498	57.8	+0.4
	Labor	Julie Sutton	12,037	42.2	-0.4
Total formal votes			28,535	97.0
Informal votes			869	3.0
Turnout			29,404	91.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Michael Maher	19,139	69.2	+0.3
	Liberal	Sarah Hewson	6,635	24.0	-7.1
	Democrats	Peter Nelson	1,869	6.8	+6.8
Total formal votes			27,643	96.0
Informal votes			1,137	4.0
Turnout			28,780	91.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Michael Maher	20,139	73.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Sarah Hewson	7,135	26.2	-4.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.9

Results_of_the_1981_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)

Results by Electoral district

Albury

Ashfield

Auburn

Balmain

Bankstown

Barwon

Bass Hill

Bathurst

Blacktown

Bligh

Blue Mountains

Broken Hill

Burrinjuck

Burwood

Byron

Cabramatta

Camden

Campbelltown

Canterbury

Castlereagh

Cessnock

Charlestown

Clarence

Coffs Harbour

Coogee

Corrimal

Cronulla

Davidson

Drummoyne

Dubbo

Earlwood

East Hills

Eastwood

Elizabeth

Fairfield

Georges River

Gladesville

Gloucester

Gordon

Gosford

Goulburn

Granville

Hawkesbury

Heathcote

Heffron

Hornsby

Hurstville

Illawarra

Ingleburn

Kiama

Kogarah

Ku-ring-gai

Lachlan

Lake Macquarie

Lakemba

Lane Cove

Lismore

Liverpool

Maitland

Manly

Maroubra

Marrickville

Merrylands

Miranda

Monaro

Mosman

Murray

Murrumbidgee

Newcastle

Northcott

Northern Tablelands

North Shore

Orange

Oxley

Parramatta

Peats

Penrith

Pittwater

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Morgan	11,256	37.5	-9.1
	National Country	Gerry Peacocke	10,972	36.5	+36.5
	Liberal	Eric Woods	7,831	26.0	-27.4
Total formal votes			30,059	98.2
Informal votes			542	1.8
Turnout			30,601	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Gerry Peacocke	17,494	59.2	+59.2
	Labor	Peter Morgan	12,042	40.8	-5.8
	National Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,265	60.7	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,404	36.6	-1.2
	Democrats	Paul Terrett	756	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			28,435	96.5
Informal votes			1,022	3.5
Turnout			29,457	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ken Gabb	17,465	62.2	+0.6
	Liberal	Shirley Watson	10,614	37.8	-0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Rogan	20,656	68.9	-4.3
	Liberal	Paul Brazier	6,570	21.9	-0.1
	Democrats	Margaret Vitlin	2,777	9.3	+4.5
Total formal votes			30,003	96.8
Informal votes			975	3.2
Turnout			30,978	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Rogan	21,156	74.9	-0.7
	Liberal	Paul Brazier	7,090	25.1	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,857	55.0	+3.6
	Labor	Jeff Shaw	10,601	36.8	-5.7
	Democrats	Peter Chambers	2,387	8.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			28,845	97.7
Informal votes			685	2.3
Turnout			29,530	92.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	16,857	59.7	+5.2
	Labor	Jeff Shaw	11,401	40.3	-5.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Pat Hills	18,563	77.0	+4.6
	Liberal	John Davison	3,420	14.2	-4.9
	Communist	Aileen Beaver	2,115	8.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			24,098	93.4
Informal votes			1,689	6.6
Turnout			25,787	82.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Pat Hills	20,063	84.7	+3.3
	Liberal	John Davison	3,620	15.3	-3.3
	Labor notional hold		Swing	+3.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janice Crosio	21,944	80.2	+4.8
	Liberal	Robert Goninon	5,432	19.8	+1.9
Total formal votes			27,376	94.7
Informal votes			1,532	5.3
Turnout			28,908	90.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Frank Walker	17,368	60.9	-4.3
	Liberal	Terence Morgan	7,692	27.0	-4.1
	Independent	Phillip Gerlach	2,162	7.6	+7.6
	Independent	Bruce Galloway	775	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Wallace Burak	418	1.5	-2.2
	Independent	Eric Stavely-Alexander	106	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			28,521	97.4
Informal votes			752	2.6
Turnout			29,273	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Frank Walker	17,568	69.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Terence Morgan	7,892	31.0	-2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,381	57.2
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	10,190	35.6
	Democrats	Robert Springett	2,065	7.2
Total formal votes			28,636	96.7
Informal votes			977	3.3
Turnout			29,613	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,881	60.1	-0.4
	Liberal	Ivan Petch	11,190	39.9	+0.4
	Labor notional hold		Swing	-0.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Country	Leon Punch	19,261	60.2
	Labor	John Eastman	12,721	39.8
Total formal votes			31,982	98.2
Informal votes			578	1.8
Turnout			32,560	93.7
	National Country hold		Swing	-5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tim Moore	20,594	72.1	+2.9
	Labor	George Doumanis	5,862	20.5	-3.4
	Democrats	Ilse Robey	2,087	7.3	+0.4
Total formal votes			28,543	97.8
Informal votes			631	2.2
Turnout			29,174	90.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tim Moore	20,894	77.2	+3.2
	Labor	George Doumanis	6,162	22.8	-3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.2