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Drummoyne - 1962 (Roll: 25,685) Retained by Labor Party Candidate Party Votes % Final % Coady, Reginald Francis John (Re-elected) Labor Party 12,510 52.78 Lawrence, Walter Richard (Defeated) Liberal Party 11,191 47.22 Formal Votes 23,701 Informal Votes 344 1.43 Total Votes / Turnout 24,045 93.61 Notes: On the new boundaries, Drummoyne had a notional labor majority. W.R.Lawrence was the sitting Liberal MP for the old seat of Drummoyne, while R.F.J.Coady was the Labor MP for the abolished electorate of Leichhardt.