Electoral results for the district of Bligh
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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Bligh in New South Wales state elections from its creation in 1962 until its abolition in 2007.
Contents
Members for Bligh
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Tom Morey | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
Morton Cohen | Liberal | 1965–1968 | |
John Barraclough | Liberal | 1968–1981 | |
Fred Miller | Labor | 1981–1984 | |
Michael Yabsley | Liberal | 1984–1988 | |
Clover Moore | Independent | 1988–2007 |
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clover Moore | 15,330 | 38.5 | +1.2 | |
Labor | Barri Phatarfod | 9,071 | 22.8 | -9.1 | |
Liberal | Shayne Mallard | 8,496 | 21.3 | -0.1 | |
Greens | Anita Ceravolo | 5,634 | 14.1 | +8.2 | |
Unity | Stephen Pong | 642 | 1.6 | +0.0 | |
Christian Democrats | Jon Phillips | 279 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Independent | Malcolm Duncan | 268 | 0.7 | +0.0 | |
Independent | Gary Burns | 113 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 39,833 | 97.8 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 882 | 2.2 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,715 | 84.3 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Clover Moore | 19,253 | 64.7 | +4.9 | |
Labor | Barri Phatarfod | 10,525 | 35.3 | -4.9 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clover Moore | 14,214 | 37.3 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Vic Smith | 12,153 | 31.9 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | Peter Fussell | 8,140 | 21.4 | -10.8 | |
Greens | Emelia Holdaway | 2,245 | 5.9 | -1.0 | |
Unity | Ariel Marguin | 621 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Malcolm Duncan | 280 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Euthanasia Referendum | Julia Trubridge | 190 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Timbarra Clean Water | Change Upton | 128 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Natural Law | Bronia Hatfield | 93 | 0.2 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 38,064 | 97.7 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 883 | 2.3 | -2.2 | ||
Turnout | 38,947 | 86.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Clover Moore | 19,636 | 59.8 | -4.0 | |
Labor | Vic Smith | 13,215 | 40.2 | +4.0 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Fisher | 13,636 | 40.1 | -0.1 | |
Independent | Clover Moore | 12,356 | 36.3 | -7.4 | |
Labor | Susan Harben | 6,191 | 18.2 | +2.1 | |
Greens | Virginia Milson | 1,697 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Natural Law | Machael Lippmann | 142 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 34,022 | 96.3 | +4.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,300 | 3.7 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,322 | 87.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Clover Moore | 17,886 | 55.5 | -0.6 | |
Liberal | James Fisher | 14,359 | 44.5 | +0.6 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Clover Moore | 12,801 | 43.7 | +21.6 | |
Liberal | Carol Dance | 11,764 | 40.2 | -9.7 | |
Labor | Anne-Maree Whitaker | 4,729 | 16.1 | -9.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,294 | 91.5 | -4.9 | ||
Informal votes | 2,710 | 8.5 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 32,004 | 87.3 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Clover Moore | 15,762 | 56.1 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Carol Dance | 12,352 | 43.9 | -11.4 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +11.4 |
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Yabsley | 11,748 | 44.0 | -2.9 | |
Independent | Clover Moore | 7,135 | 26.7 | +26.7 | |
Labor | Ross Aubrey | 7,112 | 26.6 | -19.1 | |
Democrats | Joseph Zingarelli | 415 | 1.6 | -4.8 | |
Call to Australia | Bruce Thompson | 293 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,703 | 96.6 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 944 | 3.4 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 27,647 | 85.8 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Clover Moore | 12,748 | 50.6 | +50.6 | |
Liberal | Michael Yabsley | 12,431 | 49.4 | -0.8 | |
Independent gain from Liberal | Swing | +50.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Michael Yabsley | 13,134 | 48.5 | +4.2 | |
Labor | Fred Miller | 12,279 | 45.3 | -2.3 | |
Democrats | Brian Hillman | 1,689 | 6.2 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,102 | 96.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,005 | 3.6 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 28,107 | 85.8 | +3.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Yabsley | 13,740 | 51.2 | +3.9 | |
Labor | Fred Miller | 13,085 | 48.8 | -3.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Fred Miller | 11,807 | 47.6 | ||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 10,997 | 44.3 | ||
Democrats | Joseph Zingarelli | 1,050 | 4.2 | ||
Independent | George Warnecke | 966 | 3.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,820 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 977 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 25,797 | 82.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Fred Miller | 12,876 | 52.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | John Barraclough | 11,561 | 47.3 | +3.9 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | -3.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barraclough | 15,220 | 56.1 | -1.3 | |
Labor | Suzanne Ashmore-Smith | 10,818 | 39.9 | +7.7 | |
Democrats | Susanna Dodgson | 1,097 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 27,135 | 96.9 | -0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 879 | 3.1 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 28,014 | 84.9 | -2.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 15,457 | 58.4 | -5.4 | |
Labor | Suzanne Ashmore-Smith | 11,012 | 41.6 | +5.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barraclough | 16,868 | 57.4 | -8.9 | |
Labor | Mairi Petersen | 9,462 | 32.2 | +32.2 | |
Independent | Graeme Donkin | 1,121 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Workers | John Curvers | 1,085 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Alexander Nash | 872 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 29,408 | 97.7 | +2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 706 | 2.3 | -2.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,114 | 87.6 | +3.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 18,750 | 63.8 | -6.2 | |
Labor | Mairi Petersen | 10,658 | 36.2 | +36.2 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barraclough | 16,767 | 66.3 | +7.5 | |
Australia Party | Julia Featherstone | 6,656 | 26.3 | +26.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Monica Quigley | 1,883 | 7.4 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 25,306 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,298 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 26,604 | 84.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 17,709 | 70.0 | +5.9 | |
Australia Party | Julia Featherstone | 7,597 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barraclough | 14,104 | 58.8 | ||
Labor | Maurice Allen | 6,522 | 27.2 | ||
Independent | Francis Claffy | 1,387 | 5.8 | ||
Abortion Law Reform | Bridget Gilling | 899 | 3.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | Dominique Droulers | 696 | 2.9 | ||
Independent | Merilyn Giesekam | 202 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | Thomas Smith | 170 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 23,980 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 953 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,933 | 86.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 16,058 | 67.0 | -1.9 | |
Labor | Maurice Allen | 7,922 | 33.0 | +1.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Barraclough | 11,954 | 57.2 | +3.7 | |
Labor | Tom Morey | 7,496 | 35.9 | -8.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Henry Bader | 818 | 3.9 | +1.3 | |
Independent | Peter Clyne | 630 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,898 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 773 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,671 | 89.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Barraclough | 12,923 | 61.8 | +6.3 | |
Labor | Thomas Morey | 7,975 | 38.2 | -6.3 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Morton Cohen | 10,391 | 49.5 | +4.2 | |
Labor | Tom Morey | 10,069 | 47.9 | −2.3 | |
Democratic Labor | John Kenny | 548 | 2.6 | −1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 21,008 | 97.5 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 527 | 2.5 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 21,535 | 91.7 | −0.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Morton Cohen | 10,797 | 51.4 | +2.5 | |
Labor | Tom Morey | 10,211 | 48.6 | −2.5 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +2.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Tom Morey | 11,186 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Vernon Treatt | 10,098 | 45.3 | ||
Democratic Labor | James Markham | 1,012 | 4.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,296 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 411 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 22,707 | 92.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Tom Morey | 11,388 | 51.1 | ||
Liberal | Vernon Treatt | 10,908 | 48.9 | ||
Labor win | (new division) |
- Bligh was a new seat created from the abolished districts of Labor held Paddington−Waverley and Liberal held Woollahra.
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