Collaroy was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales, created in the 1949 redistribution and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was created out of a large area covered by the seats of Hornsby to the north and Manly to the south. It was named after and included the Sydney suburb of Collaroy. It was abolished in 1973 and mostly replaced by Pittwater, Wakehurst and Davidson.[1][2][3]
Members for Collaroy
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sir) Robert Askin | Liberal | 1950–1973 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Askin | 15,492 | 62.0 | -9.0 | |
| Australia | Brian Walker | 4,922 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
| Independent | Frederick Adcock | 2,429 | 9.7 | +9.7 | |
| Democratic Labor | Lyle Antcliff | 1,554 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
| Independent | Norman Ward | 599 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,996 | 96.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 841 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 25,837 | 91.0 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Askin | 17,783 | 71.1 | +0.1 | |
| Australia | Brian Walker | 7,213 | 28.9 | +28.9 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
References
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Sir Robert (Robin William) Askin (1907–1981)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Collaroy". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.