Electoral district of Fuller

Fuller was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1968 in the Ryde area and named after George Fuller, Premier of New South Wales, 1922-1925. It was abolished in 1981 and largely replaced by Gladesville.

Members for Fuller

Member		Party	Period
	Peter Coleman	Liberal	1968–1978
	Rodney Cavalier	Labor	1978–1981

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Fuller.[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Fuller 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,049	53.3	+9.0
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	12,470	41.4	−10.8
	Democrats	Shirley Berg	1,569	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			30,088	98.2	−0.5
Informal votes			551	1.8	+0.5
Turnout			30,639	93.8	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	16,638	55.3	+8.7
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	13,450	44.7	−8.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+8.7

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Fuller.[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Fuller 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	15,682	52.2	+2.4
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	13,312	44.3	+8.6
	Australia	Christopher Dunkerley	1,031	3.4	−3.4
Total formal votes			30,025	98.7	+1.1
Informal votes			382	1.3	−1.1
Turnout			30,407	93.7	+0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	16,023	53.4	−1.9
	Labor	Rodney Cavalier	14,002	46.6	+1.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Fuller.[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Fuller 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	14,260	49.8	+3.6
	Labor	William Waters	10,231	35.7	−7.5
	Australia	Jean Braithwaite	1,932	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Philip Arantz	1,366	4.8	+4.8
	Democratic Labor	Timothy Abrams	849	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			28,638	97.6
Informal votes			711	2.4
Turnout			29,349	93.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	15,823	55.3	+3.1
	Labor	William Waters	12,815	44.7	−3.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.1

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Fuller.[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Fuller 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	12,314	46.2	−2.9
	Labor	Anthony Bellanto	11,517	43.2	−3.6
	Defence of Government Schools	Dudley Abbott	1,541	5.8	+5.8
	Democratic Labor	Kevin Davis	1,297	4.9	+0.8
Total formal votes			26,669	98.0
Informal votes			543	2.0
Turnout			27,212	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	13,906	52.1	−0.6
	Labor	Anthony Bellanto	12,763	47.9	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Fuller.[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Fuller 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	12,636	49.1
	Labor	Frank Downing	12,035	46.8
	Democratic Labor	Mel Antcliff	1,051	4.1
Total formal votes			25,722	97.4
Informal votes			698	2.6
Turnout			26,420	94.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Coleman	13,545	52.7	+2.4
	Labor	Frank Downing	12,177	47.3	−2.4
	Liberal win		(new seat)