Bulli, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1930 until 1971 and from 1991 until 1999.[1][2][3]
First incarnation (1930–1971) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1930 | Andrew Lysaght | Labor | |
1932 | Labor (NSW) | ||
1933 by | John Sweeney | Labor (NSW) | |
1935 | |||
1938 | Labor | ||
1941 | |||
1944 | |||
1947 | Laurie Kelly | Labor | |
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1955 by | Rex Jackson | Labor | |
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
Second incarnation (1991–1999) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1991 | Ian McManus | Labor | |
1995 |
Election results
editElections in the 1990s
edit1995
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ian McManus | 18,137 | 50.8 | -1.4 | |
Liberal | Roy Stanton | 11,860 | 33.2 | +2.2 | |
Greens | Steve Allen | 4,193 | 11.7 | +4.0 | |
Call to Australia | Nicole White | 1,544 | 4.3 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 35,734 | 96.2 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,421 | 3.8 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 37,155 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian McManus | 21,006 | 61.3 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | Roy Stanton | 13,263 | 38.7 | +1.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 |
1991
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ian McManus | 17,189 | 52.2 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Cheryl Hill | 10,220 | 31.0 | -9.7 | |
Greens | Carole Medcalf | 2,553 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Democrats | Greg O'Brien | 1,861 | 5.6 | +1.9 | |
Call to Australia | Colin Scott | 1,132 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 32,955 | 93.9 | −3.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,131 | 6.1 | +3.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,086 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ian McManus | 19,344 | 63.2 | +6.9 | |
Liberal | Cheryl Hill | 11,263 | 36.8 | -6.9 | |
Labor notional hold | Swing | +6.9 |
District recreated
1971 - 1991
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 13,419 | 64.5 | +7.3 | |
Liberal | Ronald White | 7,395 | 35.5 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,814 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 541 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,355 | 95.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -2.5 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 13,654 | 57.2 | −11.1 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,847 | 28.7 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Mary Hargrave | 2,388 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Communist | Sara Bowen | 988 | 4.1 | −1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 23,877 | 97.9 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 505 | 2.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 24,382 | 95.2 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Jackson | 15,996 | 67.0 | −5.3 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 7,881 | 33.0 | +5.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.3 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 14,424 | 68.2 | +2.5 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 5,636 | 26.7 | −2.7 | |
Communist | Sara Bowen | 1,074 | 5.1 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 21,134 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 316 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 21,450 | 94.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Jackson | 15,283 | 72.3 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 5,851 | 27.7 | −2.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 13,168 | 65.7 | ||
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 5,897 | 29.4 | ||
Communist | Frederick Watson | 965 | 4.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,030 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 355 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 20,385 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Jackson | 13,940 | 69.6 | ||
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,090 | 30.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 11,812 | 60.8 | −27.1 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,508 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
Communist | Bill McDougall | 1,101 | 5.7 | −6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,421 | 98.8 | +4.8 | ||
Informal votes | 227 | 1.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 19,648 | 93.7 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Rex Jackson | 12,803 | 65.9 | −22.0 | |
Liberal | Donald Heggie | 6,618 | 34.1 | +34.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1955 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Rex Jackson | 8,726 | 51.1 | -36.8 | |
Liberal | Lewis Jaratt | 3,811 | 22.3 | ||
Independent Labor | Leslie Strachan | 3,359 | 19.7 | ||
Communist | Leonard Boardman | 1,187 | 7.0 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,083 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 276 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 17,359 | 85.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 14,480 | 87.9 | ||
Communist | Sara Phipps | 1,994 | 12.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,474 | 94.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,054 | 6.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,528 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 9,963 | 62.0 | ||
Liberal | Leslie Strachan | 4,688 | 29.2 | ||
Communist | John Martin | 1,422 | 8.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,073 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 249 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 16,322 | 94.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 69.0 [a] | |||
Liberal | Leslie Strachan | 31.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Kelly | 8,517 | 58.5 | +10.1 | |
Independent Labor | Hector MacKay | 3,117 | 21.4 | +21.4 | |
Communist | John Martin | 2,937 | 20.2 | -10.6 | |
Total formal votes | 14,571 | 97.0 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 449 | 3.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 15,020 | 95.5 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Sweeney | 6,305 | 48.4 | -26.3 | |
Communist | John Martin | 4,016 | 30.8 | +30.8 | |
Independent Labor | Lawrence Baines | 2,049 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Independent Labor | Maurice Twomey | 659 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 13,029 | 95.6 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 596 | 4.4 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 13,625 | 92.5 | −0.7 | ||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Labor | John Sweeney | 6,568 | 50.4 | ||
Communist | John Martin | 4,121 | 31.6 | ||
Independent Labor | Lawrence Baines | 2,340 | 18.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Sweeney | 9,308 | 74.7 | ||
State Labor | Alfred Burgess | 3,157 | 25.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,556 | 94.2 | |||
Informal votes | 676 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 13,232 | 93.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Sweeney | 7,380 | 54.6 | -26.1 | |
Independent | Edward Ryan | 3,413 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Communist | Jack Miles | 2,731 | 20.2 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 13,524 | 95.4 | +13.7 | ||
Informal votes | 655 | 4.6 | −13.7 | ||
Turnout | 14,179 | 95.1 | −1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | John Sweeney | 8,382 | 80.7 | +17.9 | |
Communist | Patrick McHenry | 2,002 | 19.3 | +16.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,384 | 81.7 | −17.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,323 | 18.3 | +17.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,707 | 96.4 | −0.9 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
1933 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | John Sweeney | 5,376 | 45.5 | -17.3 | |
United Australia | Arthur Butterell | 3,084 | 26.1 | -4.0 | |
Miners | Albert Willis | 2,783 | 23.5 | ||
Communist | Paul Martin | 586 | 5.0 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 11,829 | 98.9 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 136 | 1.1 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 11,965 | 92.0 | −5.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | John Sweeney | 7,734 | 65.4 | ||
United Australia | Arthur Butterell | 4,095 | 34.6 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Andrew Lysaght | 7,590 | 62.8 | -16.4 | |
United Australia | Robert Roberts | 3,634 | 30.1 | +12.2 | |
Federal Labor | Allan Howie | 460 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Communist | Evred Bostick | 404 | 3.3 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,088 | 98.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,230 | 97.3 | +2.7 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Andrew Lysaght | 9,170 | 79.2 | ||
Nationalist | Edward Holmes | 2,077 | 17.9 | ||
Communist | Evred Bostick | 331 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,578 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 201 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 11,779 | 94.6 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 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 16 August 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1991 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1955 Bulli by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1933 Bulli by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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