- New South Wales state election, 1973
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New South Wales state election, 1973 1971 ← 17 November 1973 → 1976 All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. First party Second party Leader Robert Askin Pat Hills Party Liberal/Country coalition Labor Leader since 17 July 1959 2 December 1968 Leader's seat Pittwater Phillip Last election 49 seats 45 seats Seats won 52 seats 44 seats Seat change 3
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Percentage 44.33% 42.93% Swing 0.06
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Premier before election
Robert Askin
Liberal/Country coalitionElected Premier
Robert Askin
Liberal/Country coalitionElections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 17 November 1973. The result was a win for the Liberal-Country Party coalition under Sir Robert Askin, which had been in office since 1965.
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Issues
The Legislative Assembly had been enlarged by three members to 99 adding the seats of Woronora, Penrith and Ku-ring-gai.
The election was held just eleven months after the Liberal/Country coalition lost the federal election after 23 years in power. Askin called an early election to take advantage of the increasing economic issues which had been attributed to the Whitlam Labor government.
Leader of the Legislative Council Neville Wran, who would become Premier at the next election moved from the unelected Legislative Council to the Legislative Assembly after the late retirement of Clarrie Earl in the seat of Bass Hill.
Key dates
Date Event 19 October 1973 The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.[1] 25 October 1973 Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon. 17 November 1973 Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. 3 December 1973 The Sixth Askin-Cutler Ministry was constituted. 4 December 1973 Parliament resumed for business. 7 December 1973 The writ was returned and the results formally declared. Results
The Democratic Labor Party won its only lower house seat at the 1973 election following the Liberal Party's incumbent for the northern Sydney seat of Gordon — Harry Jago failed to nominate in time. Conservative voters were urged to vote for the DLP candidate, Kevin Harrold.
New South Wales state election, 17 November 1973[2][3]
Legislative Assembly
<< 1971 — 1976 >>Enrolled Voters 2,767,876[1] Votes Cast 2,560,653 Turnout 92.51 -0.75 Informal Votes 69,225 Informal 2.70 +0.36 Summary of votes by party Party Primary Votes % Swing Seats Change Labor 1,069,614 42.93 –2.09 44 – 1 Liberal 843,325 33.85 –1.89 34 + 2 Country 261,504 10.48 +1.83 18 + 1 Democratic Labor 148,378 5.96 +2.79 1 + 1 Australia Party 104,821 4.21 +3.15 0 ± 0 Communist 838 0.03 –0.06 0 ± 0 Independent 63,358 2.54 –3.24 2 ± 0 Total 2,491,428 99 - 1 There were 2,788,733 enrolled voters but 20,857 were enrolled in Broken Hill (Labor) which was uncontested at the election.
Notes
- ^ Parliament of New South Wales. "1973 Election". http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/resources/nswelectionsanalysis/1973/Home.htm. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ Australian Government and Politics Database. "Parliament of New South Wales, Assembly election, 17 November 1973". http://elections.uwa.edu.au/elecdetail.lasso?keyvalue=757. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
- ^ Hughes, Colin A. (1977). A handbook of Australian government and politics, 1965-1974. ANU Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-7081-1340-0.
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