Electoral results for the district of Yaralla

Yaralla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1981.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1968   Lerryn Mutton Liberal
1971
1973
1976
1978   Garry McIlwaine Labor

Election results

1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Yaralla[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Yaralla [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Garry McIlwaine 16,219 56.5 +10.9
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 11,533 40.1 -14.3
Democrats Christopher Dunkerley 973 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 28,725 97.6 -0.2
Informal votes 697 2.4 +0.2
Turnout 29,422 92.5 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Garry McIlwaine 16,706 58.2 +12.6
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 12,019 41.8 -12.6
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+12.6

1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Yaralla[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Yaralla [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 15,761 54.4 +0.6
Labor Derek Margerison 13,218 45.6 +7.0
Total formal votes 28,979 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 662 2.2 -0.1
Turnout 29,641 91.4 +0.3
Liberal hold Swing-5.4

1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Yaralla[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Yaralla [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 14,924 53.8 +3.0
Labor Derek Margerison 10,703 38.6 -3.5
Democratic Labor Terence McCormack 2,107 7.6 +0.5
Total formal votes 27,734 97.7
Informal votes 652 2.3
Turnout 28,386 91.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 16,590 59.8 +3.6
Labor Derek Margerison 11,144 40.2 -3.6
Liberal hold Swing+3.6

1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Yaralla[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Yaralla [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 13,295 49.8 -1.8
Labor Garry McIlwaine 11,500 43.1 +0.4
Democratic Labor Andrew Murphy 1,889 7.1 +1.4
Total formal votes 26,684 98.1
Informal votes 511 1.9
Turnout 27,195 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 14,661 54.9 -2.3
Labor Garry McIlwaine 12,023 45.1 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing-2.3

1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Yaralla[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Yaralla [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 12,355 50.6
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,671 43.7
Democratic Labor Maxwell Martin 1,381 5.7
Total formal votes 24,407 97.1
Informal votes 730 2.9
Turnout 25,137 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Lerryn Mutton 13,460 55.1 -1.0
Labor Thomas Murphy 10,947 44.9 +1.0
Liberal win (new seat)
Yaralla was a new seat, largely replacing the abolished district of Concord. The member for Concord was Thomas Murphy (Labor).

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1978 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1976 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1973 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1971 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1968 Yaralla". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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