Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election explained

This is a list of electoral district results for the 1968 New South Wales state election.

Results by Electoral district

Balmain

• The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and Independent candidates for Balmain.

Bathurst

Gus Kelly died in 1967 and Clive Osborne won the seat at the resulting by-election.^[1]

Broken Hill

Broken Hill was a new seat, and consisted of parts of the abolished districts of Cobar and Sturt and was the first time since 1913 where all of the town of Broken Hill was in the one district. Lew Johnstone (Labor) was the member for Cobar. The member for Sturt, William Wattison (Labor), did not contest the election.

Drummoyne

• Drummoyne became a notionally Liberal seat in the redistribution.

Sutherland

• Sutherland became a notionally Liberal seat at the redistribution.

Yaralla

Yaralla was a new seat, largely replacing the abolished district of Concord. The member for Concord was Thomas Murphy (Labor).

Young

See also

• Candidates of the 1968 New South Wales state election
• Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971

Notes and References

1. 1967 Bathurst by-election . 1965 . Bathurst_1 . 24 September 2019.