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

1984 New South Wales state election: Tuggerah [3]
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 New South Wales state election: Tuggerah [4]
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

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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