New South Wales state election, 1984

New South Wales state election, 1984

24 March 1984 (1984-03-24)

All 99 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and 21 (of the 42) seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council   First party Second party   Leader Neville Wran Nick Greiner Party Labor Liberal/National coalition Leader since 17 November 1973 15 March 1983 Leader's seat Bass Hill Ku-ring-gai Last election 69 seats 28 seats Seats won 58 seats 37 seats Seat change 11 9 Percentage 48.77% 43.00% Swing 6.95 4.16

Premier before election Neville Wran Labor Elected Premier Neville Wran Labor

Elections were held in the state of New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday 24 March 1984. The Labor government led by Neville Wran won a fourth term in office, though with a reduced (if still sizeable) majority and a 7% swing against it.

As the two previous elections each saw the sitting Opposition Leader lose the election and failing to be elected to Parliament, the 1984 election saw Nick Greiner becoming the first Opposition Leader to lose an election and retain his seat since Pat Hills in 1974.

Independents Ted Mack and John Hatton retained their seats of North Shore and South Coast respectively. They were joined on the cross benches by a third independent and Bruce Duncan.

Duncan, a former National Country Party member, withdrew from the party in protest at their change to the National Party of Australia name. He ran on an "Independent Country Party" ticket and won his seat of Lismore.

At a 1981 referendum, voters had approved an increase in the maximum parliamentary term from three years to four.

Key dates

Results

Legislative Assembly

¹ One candidate each from the Citizens Action, Rainbow, Uninflated and National Action Parties.

Legislative Council

Post-election pendulum

See also

• Candidates of the New South Wales state election, 1984

Notes

References

• University of Western Australia Australian Government and Politics Database: 1984 New South Wales Assembly Election

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