Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1962, partly replacing Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley and was an urban electorate, covering 13.03 km2 and taking in the suburbs of Potts Point, Darling Point, Woolloomooloo, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Edgecliff, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Surry Hills, Redfern, Darlington and part of Chippendale. It was a highly diverse electorate, as it contained both some of the wealthiest suburbs of Sydney, along the edge of the harbour, as well as some of the city's most disadvantaged areas, such as those around Redfern. This had the effect of making Bligh a marginal seat, although as the wealthier suburbs outnumbered the poorer suburbs, it tended to be Liberal-leaning. Independent Clover Moore defeated the incumbent Liberal member Michael Yabsley in 1988 (Yabsley subsequently reentered Parliament in the Vaucluse by-election later that year) and held the seat until its abolition in 2007, when it was replaced by the electoral district of Sydney.
Members for Bligh
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Morey [1] | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
| Morton Cohen [2] | Liberal | 1965–1968 | |
| John Barraclough [3] | Liberal | 1968–1981 | |
| Fred Miller [4] | Labor | 1981–1984 | |
| Michael Yabsley [5] | Liberal | 1984–1988 | |
| Clover Moore [6] | Independent | 1988–2007 | |
Election results
edit| 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 | |||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Barri Phatarfod | 15,499 | 60.9 | −0.9 | |
| Liberal | Shayne Mallard | 9,971 | 39.1 | +0.9 | |
| 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 | |||
References
edit- ^ "Mr (Tom) Thomas Irving Morey (1906–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Morton Barnett Cohen (1913-1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. Lindley John Forbes Barraclough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Frederick Joseph Miller (1926–1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Michael Robert Yabsley (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Ms Clover Moore (1945- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2003 Bligh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony (August 2003). "2003 New South Wales Election: Final Analysis" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 September 2020.