Electoral results for the district of Kurri Kurri

Election results for Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia

Kurri Kurri, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1927 and abolished in 1968.

Election		Party
1927	George Booth	Labor
1930		Labor
1932		Labor (NSW)
1935		Labor (NSW)
1938		Labor
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1960 by	Ken Booth	Labor
1962
1965

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1965 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1962 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ken Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

1960 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1960 Kurri Kurri state by-election § Result.

1960 Kurri Kurri by-election
Saturday 8 October
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ken Booth	17,764	92.53
	Communist	James Clark	1,434	7.47
Total formal votes			19,198	97.28
Informal votes			536	2.72
Turnout			19,734	87.57
	Labor hold		Swing

George Booth (Labor) died and was succeeded by his son Ken.

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1959 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Booth	18,147	89.9
	Communist	Charles Dumbrell	2,042	10.1
Total formal votes			20,189	96.8
Informal votes			675	3.2
Turnout			20,864	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1956 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Booth	15,610	84.4
	Liberal	Stanley Mettam	2,897	15.6
Total formal votes			18,507	98.5
Informal votes			285	1.5
Turnout			18,792	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1953 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1950 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Booth	14,059	90.0
	Communist	Nellie Simm	1,571	10.0
Total formal votes			15,630	97.3
Informal votes			437	2.7
Turnout			16,067	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1947 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	22,420	85.9	−14.1
	Communist	Robert Chapman	3,688	14.1	+14.1
Total formal votes			26,108	97.1
Informal votes			774	2.9
Turnout			26,882	96.5
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1944 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1941 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1938 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Booth	unopposed
	Labor hold

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1935 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	George Booth	15,855	85.2	−3.3
	Communist	Jack Miles	2,757	14.8	+3.3
Total formal votes			18,612	88.2	+5.6
Informal votes			2,353	11.2	−5.6
Turnout			20,965	96.0	−0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	−3.3

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1932 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	George Booth	14,064	88.5	−6.7
	Communist	Harris Burnham	1,820	11.5	+6.7
Total formal votes			15,884	82.6	−9.3
Informal votes			3,338	17.4	+9.3
Turnout			19,222	96.6	+0.8
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	−6.7

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1930 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Booth	16,157	95.2
	Communist	Harris Burnham	816	4.8
Total formal votes			16,973	91.9
Informal votes			1,488	8.1
Turnout			18,461	95.8
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Kurri Kurri.

1927 New South Wales state election: Kurri Kurri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	George Booth	10,162	85.1
	Independent Labor	Thomas Pearce	1,777	14.9
Total formal votes			11,939	98.8
Informal votes			148	1.2
Turnout			12,087	80.9
	Labor win		(new seat)

References

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Green, Antony. "1935 Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1932 Kurri Kurri". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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