Electoral results for the district of Kirribilli

Kirribilli, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1962 and abolished in 1981.[1][2][3][4]

Election Member Party
1962   John Waddy Liberal
1965
1968
1971
1973 Liberal / Independent
1976   Bruce McDonald Liberal
1978

Election results

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Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce McDonald 11,965 53.8 +11.2
Labor Glen Batchelor 10,280 46.2 +9.8
Total formal votes 22,245 96.9 −1.7
Informal votes 712 3.1 +1.7
Turnout 22,957 86.6 −2.4
Liberal hold Swing −7.3

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Bruce McDonald 10,593 42.7 −16.5
Labor Patrick Healy 9,050 36.4 +2.0
Independent John Waddy 4,343 17.5 +17.5
Workers David Rennie 732 3.0 +3.0
Independent Romaulds Kemps 121 0.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 24,839 98.6 +1.1
Informal votes 359 1.4 −1.1
Turnout 25,198 89.0 +4.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Bruce McDonald 15,176 61.1 −3.2
Labor Patrick Healy 9,663 38.9 +3.2
Liberal hold Swing −3.2
John Waddy was the sitting member for Kirribilli but was denied Liberal pre-selection and stood for the seat as an independent.

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waddy 13,981 59.2 +4.1
Labor Irene Anderson 8,124 34.4 +4.3
Democratic Labor Margaret Colman 1,521 6.4 −5.4
Total formal votes 23,626 97.5
Informal votes 609 2.5
Turnout 24,235 84.9
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 15,198 64.3 −1.7
Labor Irene Anderson 8,428 35.7 +1.7
Liberal hold Swing −1.7

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waddy 13,171 55.1 −7.0
Labor William Harkness 7,200 30.1 −2.2
Democratic Labor Michael Fitzpatrick 2,814 11.8 +6.2
Independent Romaulds Kemps 708 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 23,893 97.6
Informal votes 575 2.4
Turnout 24,468 87.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 15,776 66.0 −0.6
Labor William Harkness 8,117 34.0 +0.6
Liberal hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waddy 15,534 62.1 +10.5
Labor Alan Newbury 8,079 32.3 −6.4
Democratic Labor Luigi Lamprati 1,410 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 25,023 96.9
Informal votes 797 3.1
Turnout 25,820 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 16,662 66.6 +3.6
Labor Alan Newbury 8,361 33.4 −3.6
Liberal hold Swing +3.6

1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waddy 10,318 51.6 +2.0
Labor James Cahill 7,727 38.7 −6.4
Independent Nicholas Gorshenin 1,934 9.7 +9.7
Total formal votes 19,979 97.8 −0.4
Informal votes 457 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 20,436 90.8 −0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 11,285 56.5 +3.4
Labor James Cahill 8,694 43.5 −3.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.4

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Waddy 11,106 49.6
Labor Joseph Hazell 10,105 45.1
Democratic Labor Sydney Mostyn 1,181 5.3
Total formal votes 22,392 98.2
Informal votes 416 1.8
Turnout 22,808 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Waddy 11,898 53.1
Labor Joseph Hazell 10,494 46.9
Liberal notional hold Swing N/A
  • Kirribilli was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "The Hon. John Lloyd Waddy (1916–1987)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Bruce John McDonald (1935- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Kirribilli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. ^ "1961 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.