Electoral results for the district of Bass Hill

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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]

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ElectionMemberParty
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

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1988 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Lovelee 14,75850.1-16.1
Liberal Michael Owen 12,06241.0+11.8
Independent EFF Norm Axford1,7776.0+6.0
Independent Ernest Archer8312.8+2.8
Total formal votes29,42896.4+0.3
Informal votes1,0953.6-0.3
Turnout 30,52395.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Lovelee 15,63454.3-14.1
Liberal Michael Owen 13,18045.7+14.1
Labor hold Swing -14.1

1986 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1986 Bass Hill state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1986 Bass Hill by-election
Saturday 2 August  [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Lovelee 10,89941.96−22.17
Liberal Michael Owen 8,64633.28+3.92
Independent Jill Barber3,20912.35+12.35
Australian Democrats Peter Carver1,3915.35+5.35
Call to Australia Elaine Nile 1,3875.34+5.34
Independent Richard Mezinec3291.27+1.27
Pan Ethnic RepublicanJohn Vartanian1150.44+0.44
Total formal votes25,97696.23+0.15
Informal votes1,0193.77−0.15
Turnout 26,99580.76−13.91
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Michael Owen 12,26050.21+17.5 *
Labor Bill Lovelee 12,15749.79−17.5  *
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +17.5 [lower-alpha 1]
Labor MP Neville Wran resigned. [5]

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1984 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neville Wran 19,43264.1-11.6
Liberal Peter Swiderski8,89729.4+5.1
Citizens ActionSandor Torzsok1,3304.4+4.4
Rainbow PartyJulien Droulers6422.1+2.1
Total formal votes30,30196.1-0.5
Informal votes1,2373.9+0.5
Turnout 31,53894.7+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neville Wran 67.3-8.4
Liberal Peter Swiderski32.7+8.4
Labor hold Swing -8.4

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1981 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neville Wran 22,56775.7-2.8
Liberal Paul Jones7,26324.3+5.3
Total formal votes29,83096.6
Informal votes1,0373.4
Turnout 30,86793.6
Labor hold Swing -4.0

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1978 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neville Wran 23,93478.5+13.9
Liberal Phillip Wearne5,80119.0-16.4
Democrats Gillian Benn7502.5+2.5
Total formal votes30,48597.3-0.5
Informal votes8482.7+0.5
Turnout 31,33394.3-0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neville Wran 24,30979.7+15.1
Liberal Phillip Wearne6,17620.3-15.1
Labor hold Swing +15.1

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1976 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neville Wran 19,68464.6+3.9
Liberal Terence Shanahan10,78835.4-3.9
Total formal votes30,47297.8+1.4
Informal votes6942.2-1.4
Turnout 31,16694.50.0
Labor hold Swing +3.9

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1973 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Neville Wran 17,41360.7-6.1
Liberal Raymond Clark-Smith11,27739.3+6.1
Total formal votes28,69096.4
Informal votes1,0603.6
Turnout 29,75094.5
Labor hold Swing -6.1

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1971 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 18,60866.8+10.4
Liberal Doreen Ghent9,24233.2-10.4
Total formal votes27,85097.1
Informal votes8362.9
Turnout 28,68694.3
Labor hold Swing +10.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1968 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 15,05256.4+0.4
Liberal Neil Davis11,64843.6+6.0
Total formal votes26,70096.4
Informal votes9843.6
Turnout 27,68494.7
Labor hold Swing -1.9

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 13,76556.0−7.1
Liberal William Pardy9,25137.6+8.4
Independent John Sawyer1,5646.4+6.4
Total formal votes24,58097.7−0.3
Informal votes5742.3+0.3
Turnout 25,15494.0+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Earl 14,70359.8−8.7
Liberal William Pardy9,87740.2+8.7
Labor hold Swing −8.7

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Bass Hill.[ edit ]
1962 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clarrie Earl 14,30763.1−2.3
Liberal William Pardy6,62129.2−5.4
Independent Isaac Denley1,7557.7+7.7
Total formal votes22,68398.0
Informal votes4592.0
Turnout 23,14293.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Earl 15,53568.5+3.1
Liberal William Pardy7,14831.5−3.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1
Bass Hill was a new seat that was notionally a safe Labor seat. [16]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1988 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "Bass Hill 1986 by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  6. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1984 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Election Background". www.abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1981 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1978 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1976 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1973 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1971 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1968 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1962 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  16. ↑ "1961 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
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