Electoral district of Burrendong

Burrendong was an electoral district of Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1968, partly replacing Mudgee and named after the Burrendong Dam. It was abolished in 1981.[1]

Members for Burrendong

Member		Party	Period
	Roger Wotton [2]	Country	1968–1971
	Leo Nott [3]	Labor	1971–1973
	Roger Wotton [2]	Country	1973–1981

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burrendong[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Burrendong [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Roger Wotton	13,614	58.3	+0.4
	Labor	Reynold Toyer	9,746	41.7	-0.4
Total formal votes			23,360	98.6	-0.4
Informal votes			338	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			23,698	94.4	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	+0.4

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burrendong[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Burrendong [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Roger Wotton	12,923	57.9	+13.6
	Labor	Reynold Toyer	9,399	42.1	-0.7
Total formal votes			22,322	99.0	0.0
Informal votes			232	1.0	0.0
Turnout			22,554	94.4	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	+4.1

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burrendong[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Burrendong [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Roger Wotton	9,373	44.3	-3.9
	Labor	Leo Nott	9,051	42.8	-9.0
	Liberal	Beryl Bowman	2,721	12.9	+12.9
Total formal votes			21,145	99.0
Informal votes			214	1.0
Turnout			21,359	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roger Wotton	11,384	53.8	+5.6
	Labor	Leo Nott	9,761	46.2	-5.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing	+5.6

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burrendong[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Burrendong [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Leo Nott	9,576	51.8	+13.4
	Country	Roger Wotton	8,925	48.2	+14.5
Total formal votes			18,501	99.0
Informal votes			194	1.0
Turnout			18,695	94.3
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	+7.7

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Burrendong[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Burrendong [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Country	Roger Wotton	7,727	36.7	+10.4
	Labor	Paul Khoury	7,448	35.4	-10.2
	Liberal	Richard Evans	5,867	27.9	-0.2
Total formal votes			21,042	98.4
Informal votes			343	1.6
Turnout			21,385	95.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roger Wotton	12,389	58.9	+6.1
	Labor	Paul Khoury	8,653	41.1	-6.1
	Country hold		Swing	+6.1

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
2. "Mr Roger Corfield Anson Wotton". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
3. "Mr Leo Mervyn Nott (1915-1992)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1978 Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1976 Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1973 Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1971 Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1968 Burrendong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.