Electoral district of Munmorah

Munmorah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, which partly replaced Wyong in 1973. It was named after Lake Munmorah or the locality of the same name. In 1981, it was replaced by Swansea and Tuggerah. Its only member was Harry Jensen, representing the Labor Party.[1][2][3]

Members for Munmorah

Member Party Term
  Harry Jensen Labor 1973–1981

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Munmorah
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Munmorah.[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Munmorah [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Jensen 25,293 77.3 +8.8
Liberal Brian Taylor 7,426 22.7 −8.8
Total formal votes 32,719 98.1 −0.5
Informal votes 626 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 33,345 93.5 −1.5
Labor hold Swing +8.8

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Munmorah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  3. ^ "The Hon. (Harry) Henry Frederick Jensen (1913-1998)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Munmorah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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