Electoral district of Corrimal
Corrimal was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1968 to 1988, named after the suburb of Corrimal. It was replaced by Keira. Its only member was Laurie Kelly, representing the Labor Party.[1]
Members for Corrimal
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Laurie Kelly [2] | Labor | 1968–1988 |
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 hold | Swing | +4.4 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- "The Hon. Lawrence Borthwick Kelly [2] (1928 - 2018)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1984 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1981 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1978 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1976 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1973 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1971 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1968 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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