Electoral district of Tuggerah
Tuggerah was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, which partly replaced Munmorah in 1981 and was named after the Tuggerah Lakes. In 1988, it was replaced by Wyong and The Entrance. Its only member was Harry Moore, representing the Labor Party.[1]
Members for Tuggerah
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Harry Moore [2] | Labor | 1981–1988 |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Moore | 18,345 | 55.8 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | Leslie Nunn | 10,416 | 31.7 | +2.1 | |
Independent | Clem Payne | 2,664 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Democrats | Lynn Sawyer | 1,438 | 4.4 | -6.9 | |
Total formal votes | 32,863 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 766 | 2.3 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 33,629 | 93.2 | +2.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Moore | 61.8 | -5.0 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Nunn | 38.2 | +5.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.0 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Harry Moore | 17,724 | 59.1 | ||
Liberal | Joan Skaife | 8,883 | 29.6 | ||
Democrats | Lynn Sawyer | 3,382 | 11.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 29,989 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 817 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 30,806 | 91.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Harry Moore | 19,108 | 66.8 | -3.2 | |
Liberal | Joan Skaife | 9,503 | 33.2 | +3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.2 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tuggerah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "Mr Harry Frank Moore (1924-2009)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- Green, Antony. "1984 Tuggerah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- Green, Antony. "1981 Tuggerah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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