Electoral district of Collaroy

Collaroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in the 1949 redistribution and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was created out of a large area covered by the seats of Hornsby to the north and Manly to the south. It was named after and included the Sydney suburb of Collaroy. It was abolished in 1973 and mostly replaced by Pittwater, with part of it being added to Wakehurst.^[1][2][3]

Members for Collaroy

Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Robert Askin	Liberal	1950–1973

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Collaroy

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

1971 New South Wales state election: Collaroy ^[4]

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

References

1. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
3. "Sir Robert (Robin William) Askin (1907–1981)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1971 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.