title: Electoral results for the district of Yaralla
text: # Electoral results for the district of Yaralla
  
  Yaralla, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1968 and abolished in 1981.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1968 | Lerryn Mutton | Liberal |
  | 1971 | Lerryn Mutton | Liberal |
  | 1973 | Lerryn Mutton | Liberal |
  | 1976 | Lerryn Mutton | Liberal |
  | 1978 | Garry McIlwaine | Labor |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1970s
  
  **1978**
  
  1978 New South Wales state election: Yaralla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Garry McIlwaine | 16,219 | 56.5 | +10.9 |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 11,533 | 40.1 | -14.3 |
  | | Democrats | Christopher Dunkerley | 973 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,725 | 97.6 | -0.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 697 | 2.4 | +0.2 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,422 | 92.5 | +1.1 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Garry McIlwaine | 16,706 | 58.2 | +12.6 |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 12,019 | 41.8 | -12.6 |
  | | Labor gain from Liberal | Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.6 | |
  
  **1976**
  
  1976 New South Wales state election: Yaralla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 15,761 | 54.4 | +0.6 |
  | | Labor | Derek Margerison | 13,218 | 45.6 | +7.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 28,979 | 97.8 | +0.1 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 662 | 2.2 | -0.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,641 | 91.4 | +0.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -5.4 | |
  
  **1973**
  
  1973 New South Wales state election: Yaralla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 14,924 | 53.8 | +3.0 |
  | | Labor | Derek Margerison | 10,703 | 38.6 | -3.5 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Terence McCormack | 2,107 | 7.6 | +0.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 27,734 | 97.7 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 652 | 2.3 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,386 | 91.1 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 16,590 | 59.8 | +3.6 |
  | | Labor | Derek Margerison | 11,144 | 40.2 | -3.6 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | +3.6 | |
  
  **1971**
  
  1971 New South Wales state election: Yaralla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 13,295 | 49.8 | -1.8 |
  | | Labor | Garry McIlwaine | 11,500 | 43.1 | +0.4 |
  | | Democratic Labor | Andrew Murphy | 1,889 | 7.1 | +1.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 26,684 | 98.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 511 | 1.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,195 | 93.0 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 14,661 | 54.9 | -2.3 |
  | | Labor | Garry McIlwaine | 12,023 | 45.1 | +2.3 |
  | | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -2.3 | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1960s
  
  **1968**
  
  1968 New South Wales state election: Yaralla :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 12,355 | 50.6 | |
  | | Labor | Thomas Murphy | 10,671 | 43.7 | |
  | | Democratic Labor | Maxwell Martin | 1,381 | 5.7 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 24,407 | 97.1 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 730 | 2.9 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,137 | 94.5 | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Lerryn Mutton | 13,460 | 55.1 | -1.0 |
  | | Labor | Thomas Murphy | 10,947 | 44.9 | +1.0 |
  | | Liberal win | Liberal win | (new seat) | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  