Английская Википедия:1976 New South Wales state election

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A general election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 1 May 1976. The result was a narrow win for the Labor Party under Neville Wran—the party's first in the state in more than a decade.

Issues

The incumbent Liberal-Country Party coalition had lost its longtime leader, Sir Robert Askin, at the end of 1974. Upon Askin's retirement in January 1975, Eric Willis was seen as the favourite to take the premiership. However, despite Askin's initial support, Willis refused his help, preferring to gain the leadership on his own merits. Askin then put his support behind the Minister for Lands, Tom Lewis. Willis, sure he had support, refused to campaign, and the party put its support behind Lewis, leading to his election to Premier. However, a leadership spill followed in January 1976, and Willis then became Premier.

When former Minister Steve Mauger resigned on 27 January 1976, sparking a by-election in his seat of Monaro in May, and early polls had indicated a large swing to Labor, Willis announced an early election on 1 May, thereby cancelling the by-election in the hope of preventing a larger move of voters against the government.

Wran successfully emerged from the shadow of the defeated Whitlam Labor government at a federal level. Labor's campaign focussed largely on the leader himself, what Australians call a "Presidential" style campaign. The state party had undergone a long process of renewal, and emerged with strong moderate credentials. Labor also offered an alternative to a long-serving government widely perceived as corrupt.

Wran's campaign slogan, "Let's put the state in better shape," delivered by the leader and key spokesmen Peter Cox and Syd Einfeld, resonated with voters.

Key dates

Date	Event
2 April 1976	The Legislative Assembly was dissolved, and writs were issued by the Governor to proceed with an election.
8 April 1976	Nominations for candidates for the election closed at noon.
1 May 1976	Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm.
14 May 1976	The Willis–Punch ministry resigned and the First Wran ministry was sworn in.
21 May 1976	The writ was returned and the results formally declared.
25 May 1976	Parliament resumed for business.

Results

Шаблон:See also The election was in doubt for several days. Ultimately, the seats of Gosford and Hurstville fell to Labor by only 74 and 44 votes respectively. Had the Coalition retained these seats, it would have stayed in power with a one-seat majority. As it turned out, the loss of Gosford and Hurstville gave Wran a one-seat majority.

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Seats changing hands

Seat	Pre-1976				Swing	Post-1976
	Party		Member	Margin		Margin	Member	Party
Ashfield	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Liberal	David Hunter	3.6	-8.7	5.1	Paul Whelan	Labor	Шаблон:Australian party style|
Blue Mountains	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Independent	Harold Coates	6.5	-7.0	0.5	Mick Clough	Labor	Шаблон:Australian party style|
Gordon	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Democratic Labor	Kevin Harrold	N/A	N/A	31.5	Tim Moore	Liberal	Шаблон:Australian party style|
Gosford	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Liberal	Malcolm Brooks	5.7	-5.8	0.1	Brian McGowan	Labor	Шаблон:Australian party style|
Hurstville	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Liberal	Tom Mead	3.1	-3.2	0.1	Kevin Ryan	Labor	Шаблон:Australian party style|
Monaro	Шаблон:Australian party style|	Liberal	Steve Mauger	7.3	-8.8	1.5	John Akister	Labor	Шаблон:Australian party style|

• Members listed in italics did not recontest their seats.
• In addition, Labor retained the seat of Coogee, which it had won from the Liberals at the 1974 by-election.

Post-election pendulum

Liberal/Country seats (48)
Marginal
Nepean	Ron Rofe	LIB	2.3%
Bathurst	Clive Osborne	CP	3.0%
Fuller	Peter Coleman	LIB	3.4%
Cronulla	Ian Griffith	LIB	3.8%
Miranda	Tim Walker	LIB	4.0%
Yaralla	Lerryn Mutton	LIB	4.4%
Earlwood	Eric Willis	LIB	4.5%
Goulburn	Ron Brewer	CP	4.6%
Fairly safe
Armidale	David Leitch	CP	6.6%
Wollondilly	Tom Lewis	LIB	7.6%
Manly	Douglas Darby	LIB	7.7%
Wakehurst	Allan Viney	LIB	7.8%
Burrendong	Roger Wotton	CP	7.9%
Albury	Gordon Mackie	LIB	8.2%
Burwood	John Jackett	LIB	8.4%
Young	George Freudenstein	CP	8.4%
Barwon	Wal Murray	CP	8.5%
Wagga Wagga	Joe Schipp	LIB	8.8%
Maitland	Milton Morris	LIB	9.8%
Orange	Garry West	CP	9.8%
Byron	Jack Boyd	CP	9.9%
Safe
Hawkesbury	Kevin Rozzoli	LIB	10.8%
Kirribilli	Bruce McDonald	LIB	11.1%
Hornsby	Neil Pickard	LIB	11.6%
Murray	Mary Meillon	LIB	12.6% v IND
Upper Hunter	Col Fisher	CP	12.7%
Tamworth	Noel Park	CP	12.8%
Willoughby	Laurie McGinty	LIB	13.1%
Raleigh	Jim Brown	CP	13.3%
Dubbo	John Mason	LIB	13.4%
Vaucluse	Keith Doyle	LIB	13.6%
Clarence	Matt Singleton	CP	13.7%
Bligh	John Barraclough	LIB	13.8%
Eastwood	Jim Clough	LIB	14.7%
The Hills	Max Ruddock	LIB	15.1%
Pittwater	Bruce Webster	LIB	15.2%
Tenterfield	Matt Singleton	CP	16.0%
Davidson	Dick Healey	LIB	16.4%
Lane Cove	John Dowd	LIB	16.4%
Northcott	Jim Cameron	LIB	18.2%
Sturt	Tim Fischer	CP	18.8%
Gloucester	Leon Punch	CP	19.2%
Oxley	Bruce Cowan	CP	19.2%
Temora	Jim Taylor	CP	19.2%
Mosman	Lindsay Thompson	LIB	20.1%
Ku-ring-gai	John Maddison	LIB	27.7%
Gordon	Tim Moore	LIB	31.5%
Lismore	Bruce Duncan	CP	unopp.
Crossbench seats (1)
South Coast	John Hatton	IND	16.2 v LIB

See also

• Candidates of the 1976 New South Wales state election