NSW Elections - 1978 Results

Wollondilly - 1978 (Roll: 32,961)
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	Final	%
Labor Party gain from Liberal Party
Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion, Preferences changed primary result
Knott, William Edwin (Elected)	Labor Party	13,005	42.84	15,313	50.44
Wilson, Robert Bruce	Independents	2,647	8.72
Stocker, Paul	Australian Democrats	1,631	5.37
Reynolds, Peter	Liberal Party	13,074	43.07	15,044	49.56
Formal Votes		30,357
Informal Votes		475	1.54
Total Votes / Turnout		30,832	93.54
Notes: Former Premier Tom Lewis resigned before the election, his vacancy being a justification for bringing on an early election. Labor won this seat, had won Earlwood at an earlier by-election and defeated Liberal Leader Peter Coleman in Fuller, producing the situation where Labor now held the seats of the last three Liberal Party leaders.