Electoral results for the district of Casino

Casino, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1930 until 1968 and from 1971 until 1981.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members

First incarnation (1930–1968)
Election	Member		Party
1930		John Reid	Country
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953		Ian Robinson	Country
1956
1959
1962
1964 by		Richmond Manyweathers	Country
1965		Richmond Manyweathers	Country
Second incarnation (1971–1981)
Election	Member		Party
1971		Don Day	Labor
1973
1976
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Day	12,937	57.8	+7.9
	National Country	Colin Sullivan	6,173	27.6	+27.6
	National 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
	National Country	Colin Sullivan	9,025	40.3	−8.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[5]
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

1973 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[6]
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		Swing	0.0

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[7]
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 notional gain from Country		Swing	+17.1

Elections in the 1960s

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Richmond Manyweathers	unopposed
	Country hold

1964 by-election

1964 Casino by-election
Saturday 29 February ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	Richmond Manyweathers	5,433	36.3
	Country	Robert Nicholls	3,092	20.7
	Country	Charles Yabsley	3,053	20.4
	Independent	William Young	1,868	12.5
	Country	Roderick Ramsay	1,526	10.2
Total formal votes			14,972	98.4
Informal votes			243	1.6
Turnout			15,215	89.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Richmond Manyweathers	5,433	36.3
	Country	Charles Yabsley	3,053	20.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[10]
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		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ian Robinson	unopposed
	Country hold

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ian Robinson	unopposed
	Country hold

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[13]
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

1950 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[14]
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

1947 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[15]
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

1944 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[16]
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

1941 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[17]
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

1938 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	John Reid	unopposed
	Country hold

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[19]
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		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[20]
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		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[21]
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 win		(new seat)

The 1929 redistribution increased the number of seats in the rural zone,^[22] and Casino was created from parts of Tenterfield and Clarence both of which were held by the Country Party.

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1978 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1976 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1973 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1971 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1965 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1964 Casino by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1962 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1959 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1956 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1953 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1950 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1947 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1944 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1941 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1938 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1935 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1932 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1930 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "1929 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Green_Casino-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1978_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1978_Casino-4] Green, Antony. "1978 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1976_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1976_Casino-5] Green, Antony. "1976 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1973_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1973_Casino-6] Green, Antony. "1973 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1971_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Green_1971_Casino-7] Green, Antony. "1971 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1965_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1965_Casino-8] Green, Antony. "1965 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[1964_Casino_state_by-election_Green_Casino_1964_by-election-9] Green, Antony. "1964 Casino by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1962_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1962_Casino-10] Green, Antony. "1962 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1959_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1959_Casino-11] Green, Antony. "1959 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1956_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1956_Casino-12] Green, Antony. "1956 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1953_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1953_Casino-13] Green, Antony. "1953 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1950_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1950_Casino-14] Green, Antony. "1950 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1947_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1947_Casino-15] Green, Antony. "1947 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1944_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1944_Casino-16] Green, Antony. "1944 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1941_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1941_Casino-17] Green, Antony. "1941 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1938_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1938_Casino-18] Green, Antony. "1938 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1935_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1935_Casino-19] Green, Antony. "1935 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1932_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1932_Casino-20] Green, Antony. "1932 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1930_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1930_Casino-21] Green, Antony. "1930 Casino". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1930_New_South_Wales_state_election_1929_redistribution-22] "1929 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

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