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Wollondilly - 1976 (Roll: 30,107)
Retained by Liberal Party
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Final
%
Thomas, Victor Phillip
Workers Party
1,526
5.49
Knott, William Edwin
Labor Party
10,883
39.14
Tangye, William John
Independents
880
3.17
Lewis, Thomas Lancelot
(Re-elected)
Liberal Party
14,514
52.20
Formal Votes
27,803
Informal Votes
379
1.34
Total Votes / Turnout
28,182
93.61
Notes
: Sitting Liberal MP and former Premier Tom Lewis resigned from Parliament on 7 September 1978, the vacancy becoming one of the justifications for calling an early state election for 7 October 1978.