Collaroy, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1950 and abolished in 1973.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1950 | (Sir) Robert Askin | Liberal | |
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 |
Election results
editElections in the 1970s
edit1971
editParty | 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 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 18,415 | 71.0 | -2.2 | |
Labor | David Lawler | 7,532 | 29.0 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,947 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 938 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 26,885 | 93.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.4 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 19,358 | 73.2 | +0.7 | |
Labor | William Bramwell | 6,458 | 24.4 | −0.2 | |
Communist | Elfrida Morcom | 634 | 2.4 | −0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,450 | 98.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 453 | 1.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 26,903 | 92.0 | −1.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Askin | 19,485 | 73.7 | +0.6 | |
Labor | William Bramwell | 6,965 | 26.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 16,476 | 72.5 | 0.0 | |
Labor | Peter Hopkins | 5,591 | 24.6 | −2.9 | |
Communist | Stanley Deacon | 649 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 22,716 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 266 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 22,982 | 93.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Askin | 16,606 | 73.1 | +0.6 | |
Labor | Peter Hopkins | 6,110 | 26.9 | −0.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 17,868 | 71.1 | ||
Labor | Erwin Eder | 7,266 | 28.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 25,134 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 402 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 25,536 | 93.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 18,038 | 70.1 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Gordon Jones | 6,334 | 24.6 | +24.6 | |
Communist | Elfrida Morcom | 1,345 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 25,717 | 97.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 557 | 2.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 26,274 | 93.5 | +1.2 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Robert Askin | 18,374 | 71.4 | +8.1 | |
Independent | Gordon Jones | 7,343 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 12,722 | 63.3 | ||
Labor | Evelyn Barron | 7,360 | 36.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,082 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 414 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,496 | 92.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Askin | 13,107 | 63.7 | ||
Labor | John Masters | 7,472 | 36.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,579 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 404 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 20,983 | 92.1 | |||
Liberal notional hold |
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Sir Robert (Robin William) Askin (1907–1981)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.