1978 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	11,965	53.8	+11.2
	Labor	Glen Batchelor	10,280	46.2	+9.8
Total formal votes			22,245	96.9	-1.7
Informal votes			712	3.1	+1.7
Turnout			22,957	86.6	-2.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.3

1976 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	10,593	42.7	-16.5
	Labor	Patrick Healy	9,050	36.4	+2.0
	Independent	John Waddy	4,343	17.5	+17.5
	Workers	David Rennie	732	3.0	+3.0
	Independent	Romaulds Kemps	121	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			24,839	98.6	+1.1
Informal votes			359	1.4	-1.1
Turnout			25,198	89.0	+4.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Bruce McDonald	15,176	61.1	-3.2
	Labor	Patrick Healy	9,663	38.9	+3.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.2

John Waddy was the sitting member for Kirribilli but was denied Liberal pre-selection and stood for the seat as an independent.

1973 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waddy	13,981	59.2	+4.1
	Labor	Irene Anderson	8,124	34.4	+4.3
	Democratic Labor	Margaret Colman	1,521	6.4	-5.4
Total formal votes			23,626	97.5
Informal votes			609	2.5
Turnout			24,235	84.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	15,198	64.3	-1.7
	Labor	Irene Anderson	8,428	35.7	+1.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	-1.7

1971 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waddy	13,171	55.1	-7.0
	Labor	William Harkness	7,200	30.1	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Fitzpatrick	2,814	11.8	+6.2
	Independent	Romaulds Kemps	708	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			23,893	97.6
Informal votes			575	2.4
Turnout			24,468	87.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	15,776	66.0	-0.6
	Labor	William Harkness	8,117	34.0	+0.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.6

1968 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waddy	15,534	62.1	+10.5
	Labor	Alan Newbury	8,079	32.3	-6.4
	Democratic Labor	Luigi Lamprati	1,410	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			25,023	96.9
Informal votes			797	3.1
Turnout			25,820	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	16,662	66.6	+3.6
	Labor	Alan Newbury	8,361	33.4	-3.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.6

1965 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waddy	10,318	51.6	+2.0
	Labor	James Cahill	7,727	38.7	−6.4
	Independent	Nicholas Gorshenin	1,934	9.7	+9.7
Total formal votes			19,979	97.8	−0.4
Informal votes			457	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			20,436	90.8	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	11,285	56.5	+3.4
	Labor	James Cahill	8,694	43.5	−3.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.4

1962 New South Wales state election: Kirribilli ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Waddy	11,106	49.6
	Labor	Joseph Hazell	10,105	45.1
	Democratic Labor	Sydney Mostyn	1,181	5.3
Total formal votes			22,392	98.2
Informal votes			416	1.8
Turnout			22,808	91.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Waddy	11,898	53.1
	Labor	Joseph Hazell	10,494	46.9
	Liberal notional hold		Swing	N/A

• Kirribilli was a new seat that was notionally a safe Liberal seat.^[12]