Electoral district of Casino

Casino was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in 1930 and named after Casino. It was abolished in 1968, recreated in 1971 and abolished again in 1981.[1]

Members for Casino
First incarnation (1930–1968)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Reid [2] Country 1930–1953
  Ian Robinson [3] Country 1953–1963
  Richmond Manyweathers [4] Country 1964–1968
Second incarnation (1971–1981)
MemberPartyTerm
  Don Day [5] Labor 1971–1981

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Casino[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Casino [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Don Day 12,937 57.8 +7.9
Country Colin Sullivan 6,173 27.6 +27.6
Country William Marshall 2,895 12.9 +12.9
Independent Peter Den Exter 367 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 22,372 98.8 -0.3
Informal votes 273 1.2 +0.3
Turnout 22,645 94.5 -0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 13,345 59.7 +8.1
Country Colin Sullivan 9,025 40.3 -8.1
Labor hold Swing+8.1

1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Casino[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Casino [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Don Day 10,829 49.9 +2.8
Country Donald McRae 5,677 26.2 +3.8
Country Leslie Isaac 5,186 23.9 +23.9
Total formal votes 21,692 99.1 0.0
Informal votes 193 0.9 0.0
Turnout 21,885 94.6 +0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 11,197 51.6 +0.6
Country Donald McRae 10,495 48.4 -0.6
Labor hold Swing+0.6

1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Casino[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Casino [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Don Day 9,530 47.1 -3.9
Country Donald McRae 4,529 22.4 -26.6
Country Owen Wainwright 4,092 20.2 +20.2
Independent Clifford Hirst 2,084 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 20,235 99.1
Informal votes 181 0.9
Turnout 20,416 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Don Day 10,318 51.0 0.0
Country Donald McRae 9,917 49.0 0.0
Labor hold Swing0.0

1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Casino[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Casino [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Don Day 9,135 52.5 +17.1
Country Charles Yabsley 8,281 47.5 -17.1
Total formal votes 17,416 99.0
Informal votes 179 1.0
Turnout 17,595 93.8
Labor gain from Country Swing+17.1

Elections in the 1960s

1965
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Casino [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Richmond Manyweathers unopposed
Country hold Swing

1962
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Casino [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ian Robinson 10,773 66.6 −33.4
Labor Douglas Cassidy 5,390 33.4 +33.4
Total formal votes 16,163 99.4
Informal votes 101 0.6
Turnout 16,264 94.9
Country hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Casino [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ian Robinson unopposed
Country hold Swing

1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Casino [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country Ian Robinson unopposed
Country hold Swing

1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Casino [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor William Young 5,199 36.7
Country Ian Robinson 4,547 32.1
Country John Reid 3,152 22.2
Country William Cooke 1,275 9.0
Total formal votes 14,173 98.3
Informal votes 249 1.7
Turnout 14,422 94.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ian Robinson 8,560 60.4
Labor William Young 5,613 39.6
Country hold Swing

1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Casino [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 9,546 66.4
Labor Alexander Bryen 4,840 33.6
Total formal votes 14,386 98.8
Informal votes 180 1.2
Turnout 14,566 93.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Casino [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 9,132 63.8 +6.7
Labor Harold Edwards 5,172 36.2 -6.7
Total formal votes 14,304 98.5 +1.2
Informal votes 214 1.5 -1.2
Turnout 14,518 92.7 +4.1
Country hold Swing+6.7

1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Casino [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 7,502 57.1 +9.5
Labor Denis Holmes 5,645 42.9 +9.8
Total formal votes 13,147 97.3 -1.0
Informal votes 366 2.7 +1.0
Turnout 13,513 88.6 -4.2
Country hold Swing-3.8

1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Casino [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 6,468 47.6
Labor Denis Holmes 4,494 33.1
Independent Robert Carr 2,630 19.4
Total formal votes 13,592 98.3
Informal votes 230 1.7
Turnout 13,822 92.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country John Reid 8,285 60.9
Labor Denis Holmes 5,307 39.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Casino [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid unopposed
Country hold  

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Casino [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 9,302 71.1 -3.0
Labor (NSW) Leonard Sweeney 3,771 28.9 +4.2
Total formal votes 13,073 98.7 +1.4
Informal votes 171 1.3 -1.4
Turnout 13,244 93.8 -3.4
Country hold SwingN/A

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Casino [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Country John Reid 9,078 74.1 +49.6
Labor (NSW) James Fredericks 3,020 24.7 -4.5
Country Henry McLaurin 148 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 12,246 97.3 +3.6
Informal votes 343 2.7 -3.6
Turnout 12,589 97.2 +1.5
Country hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Casino[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Casino [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Herbert Young 3,335 29.2
Country John Reid 2,801 24.5
Country Elsmer Jones 1,464 12.8
Country Percy Swanson 1,363 11.9
Country Ernest Vincent 1,006 8.8
Country Malcolm Bulmer 790 6.9
Independent Samuel Sargent 350 3.1
Independent Labor Frederick Crowther 258 2.3
Independent Labor John Kelly 66 0.6
Total formal votes 11,433 93.7
Informal votes 765 6.3
Turnout 12,198 95.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country John Reid 7,337 64.2
Labor Herbert Young 4,096 35.8
Country hold Swing

References
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  2. "Mr John Thomas Reid (1873-1963)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  3. "Mr Ian Louis Robinson (1925- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. "Mr Richmond William Manyweathers". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "The Hon. Donald Day (1924–2010)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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