Results of the New South Wales state election, 1971 (Legislative Assembly A-K)

New South Wales state election, 13 February 1971^[1]^[2] Legislative Assembly << 1968–1973 >>
Enrolled voters		2,457,021
Votes cast		2,291,484		Turnout	93.26	-0.93
Informal votes		53,628		Informal	2.34	-0.29
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	1,007,538	45.02	+1.93	45	+ 6
	Liberal	799,801	35.74	–2.73	32	– 4
	Country	193,509	8.65	–1.98	17	± 0
	Democratic Labor	71,050	3.17	+0.89	0	± 0
	Australia	23,689	1.06	+1.06	0	± 0
	Def. of Govt Schools	10,850	0.48	+0.48	0	± 0
	Communist	2,098	0.09	–0.18	0	± 0
	Independent	129,321	5.78	+0.53	2	± 0
Total		2,237,856			96

This is a list of electoral district results for the New South Wales state election, 1971 for districts from A to K.

Results by Electoral district

Albury

New South Wales state election, 1971: Albury^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gordon Mackie	9,360	51.4	-6.9
	Labor	Kevin Esler	6,881	37.8	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Quinn	1,965	10.8	+1.1
Total formal votes			18,206	98.4
Informal votes			292	1.6
Turnout			18,498	91.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Gordon Mackie	10,932	60.0	-6.1
	Labor	Kevin Esler	7,274	40.0	+6.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.1

Armidale

New South Wales state election, 1971: Armidale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Davis Hughes	11,562	61.9	-5.0
	Independent	Jean Mitchell	7,118	38.1	+38.1
Total formal votes			18,680	98.3
Informal votes			327	1.7
Turnout			19,007	93.2
	Country hold		Swing	-5.0

Ashfield

New South Wales state election, 1971: Ashfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	David Hunter	10,618	44.9	-12.0
	Labor	Bede Spillane	10,301	43.5	+0.4
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Conroy	1,443	6.1	+6.1
	Australia	David Eden	1,309	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			23,671	96.0
Informal votes			990	4.0
Turnout			24,661	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	David Hunter	12,316	52.0	-4.9
	Labor	Bede Spillane	11,355	48.0	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Auburn

New South Wales state election, 1971: Auburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Cox	17,074	67.7	+3.2
	Liberal	William McIntyre	8,150	32.3	-3.2
Total formal votes			25,224	97.6
Informal votes			609	2.4
Turnout			25,833	94.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.2

Balmain

New South Wales state election, 1971: Balmain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Degen	17,358	73.0	+23.0
	Liberal	Robert Ward	6,423	27.0	+3.2
Total formal votes			23,781	95.9
Informal votes			1,021	4.1
Turnout			24,802	91.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Bankstown

New South Wales state election, 1971: Bankstown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Nick Kearns	17,115	63.9	+4.6
	Liberal	John Ghent	9,683	36.1	-4.6
Total formal votes			26,798	97.3
Informal votes			750	2.7
Turnout			27,548	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

Barwon

New South Wales state election, 1971: Barwon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Geoff Crawford	8,464	50.7	-2.5
	Labor	Peter Prentice	6,467	38.8	+6.6
	Independent	David Aiken	979	5.9	+5.9
	Australia	Thomas Broadbent	475	2.9	+2.9
	Independent	Wallace Ridley	306	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			16,691	98.0
Informal votes			339	2.0
Turnout			17,030	88.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Geoff Crawford	9,469	56.7	-6.6
	Labor	Peter Prentice	7,222	43.3	+6.6
	Country hold		Swing	-6.6

Bass Hill

New South Wales state election, 1971: Bass Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Clarrie Earl	18,608	66.8	+10.4
	Liberal	Doreen Ghent	9,242	33.2	-10.4
Total formal votes			27,850	97.1
Informal votes			836	2.9
Turnout			28,686	94.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.4

Bathurst

New South Wales state election, 1971: Bathurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Clive Osborne	9,631	50.7	-7.9
	Labor	Michael Connolly	8,503	44.8	+3.4
	Australia	Deryck Barnes	849	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			18,983	98.9
Informal votes			212	1.1
Turnout			19,195	96.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Clive Osborne	9,843	51.9	-6.7
	Labor	Michael Connolly	9,140	48.1	+6.7
	Country hold		Swing	-6.7

Blacktown

New South Wales state election, 1971: Blacktown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	17,174	59.4	+2.4
	Liberal	Hilton Robinson	9,081	31.4	-4.0
	Democratic Labor	Charles Ormel	1,702	5.9	-1.7
	Independent	George Nicolaidis	976	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			28,933	97.4
Informal votes			785	2.6
Turnout			29,718	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Gordon Barnier	18,002	62.2	+3.3
	Liberal	Hilton Robinson	10,931	37.8	-3.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.3

Bligh

New South Wales state election, 1971: Bligh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Barraclough	14,104	58.8
	Labor	Maurice Allen	6,522	27.2
	Independent	Francis Claffy	1,387	5.8
	Abortion Law Reform	Bridget Gilling	899	3.8
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	696	2.9
	Independent	Merilyn Giesekam	202	0.8
	Independent	Thomas Smith	170	0.7
Total formal votes			23,980	96.2
Informal votes			953	3.8
Turnout			24,933	86.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Barraclough	16,058	67.0	-1.9
	Labor	Maurice Allen	7,922	33.0	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.9

Blue Mountains

New South Wales state election, 1971: Blue Mountains
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Harold Coates	11,271	54.8	-2.0
	Labor	James Collins	8,101	39.4	-1.1
	Democratic Labor	Kenneth Brown	812	3.9	+1.2
	Independent	Frederick Lamb	399	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			20,583	98.8
Informal votes			248	1.2
Turnout			20,831	94.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Harold Coates	11,877	57.7	-0.5
	Labor	James Collins	8,786	42.3	+0.5
	Independent hold		Swing	-0.5

Broken Hill

New South Wales state election, 1971: Broken Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Lew Johnstone	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

Burrendong

New South Wales state election, 1971: Burrendong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Leo Nott	9,576	51.8	+13.4
	Country	Roger Wotton	8,925	48.2	+14.5
Total formal votes			18,501	99.0
Informal votes			194	1.0
Turnout			18,695	94.3
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+7.7

Burrinjuck

New South Wales state election, 1971: Burrinjuck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	11,053	58.5	+4.3
	Country	Edward O'Connor	4,306	22.8	-4.9
	Liberal	Leon Garry	3,535	18.7	+4.9
Total formal votes			18,894	99.2
Informal votes			153	0.8
Turnout			19,047	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Sheahan	11,300	59.8	+3.9
	Country	Edward O'Connor	7,594	40.2	-3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Burwood

New South Wales state election, 1971: Burwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Jackett	12,476	51.6	-0.1
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	8,184	33.8	+4.3
	Independent	Ben Doig	3,091	12.8	-6.0
	Communist	Jack Mundey	441	1.8	+1.8
Total formal votes			24,192	97.4
Informal votes			633	2.6
Turnout			24,825	91.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Jackett	15,164	62.7	-4.8
	Labor	Phil O'Neill	9,028	37.3	+4.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.8

Byron

New South Wales state election, 1971: Byron
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Stanley Stephens	9,476	54.5	-5.8
	Labor	James Constable	7,905	45.5	+5.8
Total formal votes			17,381	98.5
Informal votes			259	1.5
Turnout			17,640	91.9
	Country hold		Swing	-5.8

Campbelltown

New South Wales state election, 1971: Campbelltown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Cliff Mallam	13,339	50.1	+2.5
	Liberal	Max Dunbier	13,310	49.9	-2.5
Total formal votes			26,649	97.2
Informal votes			773	2.8
Turnout			27,422	93.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+2.5

Canterbury

New South Wales state election, 1971: Canterbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Kevin Stewart	15,711	62.5	+7.3
	Liberal	Jack Backer	9,431	37.5	-2.6
Total formal votes			25,142	96.3
Informal votes			970	3.7
Turnout			26,112	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Casino

New South Wales state election, 1971: Casino
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Don Day	9,135	52.5	+17.1
	Country	Charles Yabsley	8,281	47.5	-17.1
Total formal votes			17,416	99.0
Informal votes			179	1.0
Turnout			17,595	93.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+17.1

Castlereagh

New South Wales state election, 1971: Castlereagh
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,359	56.4	+3.2
	Country	Albert Green	3,575	21.5	-3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Fry	2,756	16.6	-5.7
	Democratic Labor	John Gough	904	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			16,594	98.5
Informal votes			245	1.5
Turnout			16,839	87.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,733	58.7	+3.9
	Country	Albert Green	6,861	41.3	-3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

Cessnock

New South Wales state election, 1971: Cessnock
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Neilly	16,251	80.4	+14.5
	Liberal	John Thomas	3,972	19.6	+19.6
Total formal votes			20,223	98.8
Informal votes			251	1.2
Turnout			20,474	96.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+14.5

Charlestown

New South Wales state election, 1971: Charlestown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Jack Stewart	15,043	54.7	-4.3
	Liberal	Alfred Pickering	10,027	36.4	-4.6
	Democratic Labor	Hugh Ansell	1,438	5.2	+5.2
	Australia	Charles Hockings	1,011	3.7	+3.7
Total formal votes			27,519	98.5
Informal votes			422	1.5
Turnout			27,941	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Stewart	16,039	58.3	-0.7
	Liberal	Alfred Pickering	11,480	41.7	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.7

Clarence

New South Wales state election, 1971: Clarence
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Thomas Cronin	7,298	36.1	+36.1
	Country	Matt Singleton	7,092	35.1	-29.2
	Independent	Neville Weiley	2,732	13.5	+13.5
	Independent	Clarice McClymont	1,947	9.6	+9.6
	Country	Francis Clark	1,127	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			20,196	98.0
Informal votes			408	2.0
Turnout			20,604	95.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Matt Singleton	11,131	55.1	-9.2
	Labor	Thomas Cronin	9,065	44.9	+44.9
	Country hold		Swing	-9.2

Collaroy

New South Wales state election, 1971: Collaroy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Robert Askin	15,492	62.0	-9.0
	Australia	Brian Walker	4,922	19.7	+19.7
	Independent	Frederick Adcock	2,429	9.7	+9.7
	Democratic Labor	Lyle Antcliff	1,554	6.2	+6.2
	Independent	Norman Ward	599	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			24,996	96.7
Informal votes			841	3.3
Turnout			25,837	91.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Robert Askin	17,783	71.1	+0.1
	Australia	Brian Walker	7,213	28.9	+28.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

Coogee

New South Wales state election, 1971: Coogee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	12,231	46.6	-4.0
	Labor	Mary Barry	11,109	42.4	+0.5
	Democratic Labor	Betty Stepkovitch	1,187	4.5	-0.7
	Def. of Govt Schools	Jean McCoroskin	967	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	William Ash	725	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			26,219	97.4
Informal votes			707	2.6
Turnout			26,926	90.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Kevin Ellis	13,860	52.9	-3.0
	Labor	Mary Barry	12,359	47.1	+3.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.0

Cook's River

New South Wales state election, 1971: Cook's River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tom Cahill	17,427	66.1	+1.0
	Liberal	Kenneth McKimm	8,920	33.9	-1.0
Total formal votes			26,347	96.3
Informal votes			1,010	3.7
Turnout			27,357	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

Corrimal

New South Wales state election, 1971: Corrimal
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

Cronulla

New South Wales state election, 1971: Cronulla
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	13,683	50.1	-9.1
	Labor	Michael Egan	11,510	42.2	+6.7
	Def. of Govt Schools	Robin Alleway	2,097	7.7	+7.7
Total formal votes			27,290	98.6
Informal votes			386	1.4
Turnout			27,676	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Griffith	14,314	52.5	-8.4
	Labor	Michael Egan	12,976	47.5	+8.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-8.4

Davidson

New South Wales state election, 1971: Davidson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Dick Healey	18,119	80.2
	Democratic Labor	Thomas Colman	4,484	19.8
Total formal votes			22,603	94.3
Informal votes			1,363	5.7
Turnout			23,966	92.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Drummoyne

New South Wales state election, 1971: Drummoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Reg Coady	14,198	57.0	+7.5
	Liberal	Colin Gardiner	10,700	43.0	-3.2
Total formal votes			24,898	97.4
Informal votes			675	2.6
Turnout			25,573	93.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.3

Dubbo

New South Wales state election, 1971: Dubbo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Mason	10,598	51.8	-13.4
	Labor	Norman Cox	8,229	40.2	+5.3
	Democratic Labor	Terence Catley	1,639	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			20,466	98.7
Informal votes			279	1.3
Turnout			20,745	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	11,909	58.2	-7.0
	Labor	Norman Cox	8,557	41.8	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.0

Earlwood

New South Wales state election, 1971: Earlwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eric Willis	14,815	57.3	-5.4
	Labor	Barry Robinson	11,044	42.7	+5.4
Total formal votes			25,859	97.9
Informal votes			544	2.1
Turnout			26,403	95.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-5.4

East Hills

New South Wales state election, 1971: East Hills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joe Kelly	17,021	56.9	+4.4
	Liberal	Albert Hurley	6,387	21.3	-2.9
	Independent	Harold McIlveen	3,942	13.2	-10.1
	Independent	Raymond Buchanan	2,572	8.6	+8.6
Total formal votes			29,922	98.0
Informal votes			605	2.0
Turnout			30,527	95.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Joe Kelly	18,976	63.4	+4.0
	Liberal	Albert Hurley	10,946	36.6	-4.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.0

Eastwood

New South Wales state election, 1971: Eastwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Jim Clough	15,491	59.2	-10.5
	Labor	John McMahon	8,211	31.4	+1.1
	Independent	Olwyn Mackenzie	2,454	9.4	+9.4
Total formal votes			26,156	98.1
Informal votes			518	1.9
Turnout			26,674	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Jim Clough	16,960	64.8	-4.9
	Labor	John McMahon	9,196	35.2	+4.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.9

Fairfield

New South Wales state election, 1971: Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Eric Bedford	17,172	64.3	+6.8
	Liberal	John Woods	8,506	31.9	-10.6
	Independent	Edward Oldfield	1,023	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			26,701	96.1
Informal votes			1,091	3.9
Turnout			27,792	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Eric Bedford	17,684	66.2	+8.7
	Liberal	John Woods	9,017	33.8	-8.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.7

Fuller

New South Wales state election, 1971: Fuller
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	12,314	46.2	-2.9
	Labor	Anthony Bellanto	11,517	43.2	-3.6
	Def. of Govt Schools	Dudley Abbott	1,541	5.8	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	1,297	4.9	+0.8
Total formal votes			26,669	98.0
Informal votes			543	2.0
Turnout			27,212	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	13,906	52.1	-0.6
	Labor	Anthony Bellanto	12,763	47.9	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Georges River

New South Wales state election, 1971: Georges River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Frank Walker	13,319	51.4	+7.6
	Liberal	Vince Bruce	12,573	48.6	-7.6
Total formal votes			25,892	98.5
Informal votes			382	1.5
Turnout			26,274	95.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+7.6

Gloucester

New South Wales state election, 1971: Gloucester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Leon Punch	12,720	62.1	+2.3
	Labor	Terence Wallis	5,664	27.6	+4.5
	Independent	James Bogan	2,112	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			20,496	98.9
Informal votes			217	1.1
Turnout			20,713	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	13,987	68.2	-4.5
	Labor	Terence Wallis	6,509	31.8	+4.5
	Country hold		Swing	-4.5

Gordon

New South Wales state election, 1971: Gordon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Harry Jago	20,074	81.6	-0.2
	Democratic Labor	Allan Dwyer	4,530	18.4	+12.9
Total formal votes			24,604	94.4
Informal votes			1,452	5.6
Turnout			26,056	91.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	-4.6

Gosford

New South Wales state election, 1971: Gosford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	15,105	48.9	+1.0
	Liberal	Ted Humphries	13,926	45.1	-3.6
	Independent	Wallace Cook	944	3.1	+3.1
	Australia	Barry Phillips	903	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			30,878	98.9
Informal votes			352	1.1
Turnout			31,230	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Keith O'Connell	16,233	52.6	+4.0
	Liberal	Ted Humphries	14,645	47.4	-4.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+4.0

Goulburn

New South Wales state election, 1971: Goulburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Ron Brewer	11,882	62.0	-2.9
	Labor	Norman Barnwell	7,267	38.0	+6.2
Total formal votes			19,149	98.9
Informal votes			206	1.1
Turnout			19,355	95.9
	Country hold		Swing	-4.3

Granville

New South Wales state election, 1971: Granville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Pat Flaherty	17,353	67.3	+6.5
	Liberal	George Ajaka	8,430	32.7	-6.5
Total formal votes			25,783	97.3
Informal votes			712	2.7
Turnout			26,495	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.5

Hawkesbury

New South Wales state election, 1971: Hawkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	12,359	49.9
	Labor	Walter Brown	10,801	43.6
	Independent	Charles Rogers	1,628	6.6
Total formal votes			24,788	97.5
Informal votes			632	2.5
Turnout			25,420	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bernie Deane	13,634	55.0	-7.0
	Labor	Walter Brown	11,154	45.0	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.0

Heathcote

New South Wales state election, 1971: Heathcote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Rex Jackson	16,426	58.5
	Liberal	Evelyn Thompson	9,433	33.6
	Def. of Govt Schools	Edna McGill	2,233	7.9
Total formal votes			28,092	98.3
Informal votes			480	1.7
Turnout			28,572	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rex Jackson	17,766	63.2	+6.2
	Liberal	Evelyn Thompson	10,326	36.8	-6.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.2

Hornsby

New South Wales state election, 1971: Hornsby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Maddison	13,938	54.4	-14.7
	Independent	David Hill	7,200	28.1	+28.1
	Australia	George Black	2,825	11.0	+11.0
	Democratic Labor	Anthony Felton	1,668	6.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			25,631	98.1
Informal votes			491	1.9
Turnout			26,122	93.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	John Maddison	16,185	63.1	-10.6
	Independent	David Hill	9,446	36.9	+36.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	-10.6

Hurstville

New South Wales state election, 1971: Hurstville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Tom Mead	12,653	47.4	-5.2
	Labor	Kenneth Hallen	10,810	40.5	-2.3
	Democratic Labor	Peter Abrams	1,419	5.3	+0.6
	Def. of Govt Schools	Judith Sainsbury	964	3.6	+3.6
	Australia	Ralph Catts	873	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			26,719	97.5
Informal votes			673	2.5
Turnout			27,392	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tom Mead	14,115	52.8	-3.2
	Labor	Kenneth Hallen	12,604	47.2	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

Illawarra

New South Wales state election, 1971: Illawarra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Petersen	16,612	59.7	-2.1
	Liberal	Lorna Shacklock	4,836	17.4	-10.7
	Independent	Frank Arkell	3,361	12.1	+12.1
	Independent	Raymond Clay	1,759	6.3	+6.3
	Democratic Labor	Edward Himmelreich	1,237	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			27,805	96.8
Informal votes			920	3.2
Turnout			28,725	95.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	George Petersen	19,763	71.1	+4.4
	Liberal	Lorna Shacklock	8,042	28.9	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.4

King

New South Wales state election, 1971: King
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Albert Sloss	16,918	71.2	+4.0
	Liberal	Andrew Bush	4,628	19.5	-0.4
	Communist	Doris Jobling	1,146	4.8	-4.3
	Independent	Ernest Williams	1,060	4.5	+4.5
Total formal votes			23,752	94.1
Informal votes			1,478	5.9
Turnout			25,230	88.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Albert Sloss	18,408	77.5	+1.1
	Liberal	Andrew Bush	5,344	22.5	-1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Kirribilli

New South Wales state election, 1971: Kirribilli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Waddy	13,171	55.1	-7.0
	Labor	William Harkness	7,200	30.1	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	2,814	11.8	+6.2
	Independent	Romaulds Kemps	708	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			23,893	97.6
Informal votes			575	2.4
Turnout			24,468	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	15,776	66.0	-0.6
	Labor	William Harkness	8,117	34.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

Kogarah

New South Wales state election, 1971: Kogarah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	13,438	52.4	+1.6
	Liberal	William Marshall	10,485	40.9	-4.6
	Independent	Margot Caulfield	1,708	6.7	+6.7
Total formal votes			25,631	98.1
Informal votes			495	1.9
Turnout			26,126	94.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Crabtree	14,463	56.4	+5.1
	Liberal	William Marshall	11,168	43.6	-5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.1

References

↑ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of New South Wales, Assembly election, 13 February 1971". Retrieved 6 February 2010.
↑ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1965-1974. ANU Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7081-1340-0.
↑ Green, Antony. "New South Wales Elections, 1971".

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[1] Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of New South Wales, Assembly election, 13 February 1971". Retrieved 6 February 2010.

[2] Hughes, Colin A. (1977). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1965-1974. ANU Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-7081-1340-0.

[3] Green, Antony. "New South Wales Elections, 1971".