Electoral district of Casino

Casino was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in 1930 and named after Casino. The 1929 redistribution increased the number of seats in the rural zone,^[1] and Casino was created from parts of Tenterfield and Clarence both of which were held by the Country Party. It was abolished in 1968, recreated in 1971 and abolished again in 1981.^[2][3][4]

Members for Casino

First incarnation (1930–1968)
Member		Party	Term
	John Reid [5]	Country	1930–1953
	Ian Robinson [6]	Country	1953–1963
	Richmond Manyweathers [7]	Country	1964–1968
Second incarnation (1971–1981)
Member		Party	Term
	Don Day [8]	Labor	1971–1981

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Casino

1978 New South Wales state election: Casino ^[9]

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

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