Electoral results for the district of Corrimal

Corrimal, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1988.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1968		Laurie Kelly	Labor
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[4]

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[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

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[6]

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[7]

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[8]

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Corrimal.[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[9]

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Corrimal.[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Corrimal ^[10]

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 win		(new seat)

References

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2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "The Hon. Lawrence Borthwick Kelly [2] (1928 - 2018)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1984 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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6. Green, Antony. "1978 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1976 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1973 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
9. Green, Antony. "1971 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
10. Green, Antony. "1968 Corrimal". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.