Bass Hill, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1962 and abolished in 1991.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Clarrie Earl | Labor | |
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
1973 | Neville Wran | Labor | |
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | |||
1986 by | Michael Owen | Liberal | |
1988 | Bill Lovelee | Labor |
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
edit1988
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Lovelee | 14,758 | 50.1 | -16.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Owen | 12,062 | 41.0 | +11.8 | |
Independent EFF | Norm Axford | 1,777 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Independent | Ernest Archer | 831 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 29,428 | 96.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,095 | 3.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 30,523 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Lovelee | 15,634 | 54.3 | -14.1 | |
Liberal | Michael Owen | 13,180 | 45.7 | +14.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -14.1 |
1986 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Lovelee | 10,899 | 41.96 | −22.17 | |
Liberal | Michael Owen | 8,646 | 33.28 | +3.92 | |
Independent | Jill Barber | 3,209 | 12.35 | +12.35 | |
Democrats | Peter Carver | 1,391 | 5.35 | +5.35 | |
Call to Australia | Elaine Nile | 1,387 | 5.34 | +5.34 | |
Independent | Richard Mezinec | 329 | 1.27 | +1.27 | |
Pan Ethnic Republican | John Vartanian | 115 | 0.44 | +0.44 | |
Total formal votes | 25,976 | 96.23 | +0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 1,019 | 3.77 | −0.15 | ||
Turnout | 26,995 | 80.76 | −13.91 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Michael Owen | 12,260 | 50.21 | +17.5* | |
Labor | Bill Lovelee | 12,157 | 49.79 | −17.5 * | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +17.5[a] |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Wran | 19,432 | 64.1 | -11.6 | |
Liberal | Peter Swiderski | 8,897 | 29.4 | +5.1 | |
Citizens Action | Sandor Torzsok | 1,330 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Rainbow Party | Julien Droulers | 642 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 30,301 | 96.1 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,237 | 3.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,538 | 94.7 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Neville Wran | 67.3 | -8.4 | ||
Liberal | Peter Swiderski | 32.7 | +8.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -8.4 |
1981
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Wran | 22,567 | 75.7 | -2.8 | |
Liberal | Paul Jones | 7,263 | 24.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 29,830 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,037 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 30,867 | 93.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1978
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Wran | 23,934 | 78.5 | +13.9 | |
Liberal | Phillip Wearne | 5,801 | 19.0 | -16.4 | |
Democrats | Gillian Benn | 750 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 30,485 | 97.3 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 848 | 2.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 31,333 | 94.3 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Neville Wran | 24,309 | 79.7 | +15.1 | |
Liberal | Phillip Wearne | 6,176 | 20.3 | -15.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +15.1 |
1976
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Wran | 19,684 | 64.6 | +3.9 | |
Liberal | Terence Shanahan | 10,788 | 35.4 | -3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 30,472 | 97.8 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 694 | 2.2 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 31,166 | 94.5 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 |
1973
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Neville Wran | 17,413 | 60.7 | -6.1 | |
Liberal | Raymond Clark-Smith | 11,277 | 39.3 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 28,690 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 1,060 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 29,750 | 94.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.1 |
1971
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 18,608 | 66.8 | +10.4 | |
Liberal | Doreen Ghent | 9,242 | 33.2 | -10.4 | |
Total formal votes | 27,850 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 836 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 28,686 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +10.4 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 15,052 | 56.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Neil Davis | 11,648 | 43.6 | +6.0 | |
Total formal votes | 26,700 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 984 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 27,684 | 94.7 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 13,765 | 56.0 | −7.1 | |
Liberal | William Pardy | 9,251 | 37.6 | +8.4 | |
Independent | John Sawyer | 1,564 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 24,580 | 97.7 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 574 | 2.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 25,154 | 94.0 | +0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 14,703 | 59.8 | −8.7 | |
Liberal | William Pardy | 9,877 | 40.2 | +8.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.7 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 14,307 | 63.1 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | William Pardy | 6,621 | 29.2 | −5.4 | |
Independent | Isaac Denley | 1,755 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Total formal votes | 22,683 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 459 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 23,142 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Clarrie Earl | 15,535 | 68.5 | +3.1 | |
Liberal | William Pardy | 7,148 | 31.5 | −3.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Notes
edit- ^ Since the two-party preferred count was not conducted for Bass Hill in 1984,[6] the two party preferred swing at the by-election cannot be calculated precisely. ABC election analyst Antony Green estimates a two party preferred swing of 17.5% towards the Liberal Party.[7]
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "Bass Hill 1986 by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1984 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Election Background". www.abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1981 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "1961 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.