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 the locality of Lake Munmorah. In 1981, it was replaced by Swansea and Tuggerah. Its only member was Harry Jensen, representing the Labor Party.

Members for Munmorah

Member		Party	Term
	Harry Jensen	Labor	1973–1981

Election results

1978

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 

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

1976

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

1976 New South Wales state election: Munmorah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jensen	21,321	68.5	+5.0
	Liberal	William Jackson	9,812	31.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			31,133	98.6	+0.2
Informal votes			432	1.4	−0.2
Turnout			31,565	95.0	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

1973

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

1973 New South Wales state election: Munmorah 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Harry Jensen	17,551	63.5	−3.0
	Liberal	William Jackson	8,528	30.8	+1.7
	Democratic Labor	Raymond Connolly	1,570	5.7	+1.3
Total formal votes			27,649	98.4
Informal votes			446	1.6
Turnout			28,095	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Harry Jensen	17,865	64.6	−2.6
	Liberal	William Jackson	9,784	35.4	+2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.6