Electoral results for the district of Bulli

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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]

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First incarnation (1930–1971)
ElectionMemberParty
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)
ElectionMemberParty
1991   Ian McManus Labor
1995

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bulli.[ edit ]
1995 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ian McManus 18,13750.8−1.4
Liberal Roy Stanton11,86033.2+2.2
Greens Steve Allen4,19311.7+4.0
Call to Australia Nicole White1,5444.3+0.9
Total formal votes35,73496.2+2.2
Informal votes1,4213.8−2.2
Turnout 37,15594.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian McManus 21,00661.3−1.9
Liberal Roy Stanton13,26338.7+1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9

1991

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bulli.[ edit ]
1991 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ian McManus 17,18952.2+1.6
Liberal Cheryl Hill10,22031.0−9.7
Greens Carole Medcalf2,5537.7+7.7
Democrats Greg O'Brien1,8615.6+1.9
Call to Australia Colin Scott1,1323.4+3.4
Total formal votes32,95593.9−3.1
Informal votes2,1316.1+3.1
Turnout 35,08694.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ian McManus 19,34463.2+6.9
Liberal Cheryl Hill11,26336.8−6.9
Labor notional  hold Swing +6.9
Bulli was a new seat with a notional Labor majority.

District recreated

1971 - 1991

District abolished

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1968 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 13,41964.5+7.3
Liberal Ronald White7,39535.5+6.8
Total formal votes20,81497.5
Informal votes5412.5
Turnout 21,35595.1
Labor hold Swing −2.5

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 13,65457.2−11.1
Liberal Donald Heggie6,84728.7+2.0
Independent Mary Hargrave2,38810.0+10.0
Communist Sara Bowen9884.1−1.0
Total formal votes23,87797.9−0.6
Informal votes5052.1+0.6
Turnout 24,38295.2+0.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 15,99667.0−5.3
Liberal Donald Heggie7,88133.0+5.3
Labor hold Swing −5.3

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1962 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 14,42468.2+2.5
Liberal Donald Heggie5,63626.7−2.7
Communist Sara Bowen1,0745.1+0.3
Total formal votes21,13498.5
Informal votes3161.5
Turnout 21,45094.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 15,28372.3+2.7
Liberal Donald Heggie5,85127.7−2.7
Labor hold Swing +2.7

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1959 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 13,16865.7
Liberal Donald Heggie5,89729.4
Communist Frederick Watson9654.8
Total formal votes20,03098.3
Informal votes3551.7
Turnout 20,38594.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 13,94069.6
Liberal Donald Heggie6,09030.4
Labor hold Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1956 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 11,81260.8−27.1
Liberal Donald Heggie6,50833.5+33.5
Communist Bill McDougall1,1015.7−6.4
Total formal votes19,42198.8+4.8
Informal votes2271.2−4.8
Turnout 19,64893.7−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Rex Jackson 12,80365.9−22.0
Liberal Donald Heggie6,61834.1+34.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1955 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1955 Bulli state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1955 Bulli by-election
Saturday 9 July  [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Rex Jackson 8,72651.1−36.8
Liberal Lewis Jaratt3,81122.3
Independent Labor Leslie Strachan3,35919.7
Communist Leonard Boardman1,1877.0−5.2
Total formal votes17,08398.4
Informal votes2761.6
Turnout 17,35985.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
Laurie Kelly (Labor) died. Preferences were not distributed. [11]

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1953 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 14,48087.9
Communist Sara Phipps1,99412.1
Total formal votes16,47494.0
Informal votes1,0546.0
Turnout 17,52894.3
Labor hold Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1950 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 9,96362.0
Liberal Leslie Strachan4,68829.2
Communist John Martin1,4228.8
Total formal votes16,07398.5
Informal votes2491.5
Turnout 16,32294.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Laurie Kelly 69.0  [a]
Liberal Leslie Strachan31.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Laurie Kelly 8,51758.5+10.1
Independent Labor Hector MacKay3,11721.4+21.4
Communist John Martin2,93720.2−10.6
Total formal votes14,57197.0+1.4
Informal votes4493.0−1.4
Turnout 15,02095.5+3.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sweeney 6,30548.4−26.3
Communist John Martin4,01630.8+30.8
Independent Labor Lawrence Baines2,04915.7+15.7
Independent Labor Maurice Twomey6595.1+5.1
Total formal votes13,02995.6+1.4
Informal votes5964.4−1.4
Turnout 13,62592.5−0.7
After distribution of preferences
Labor John Sweeney 6,56850.4
Communist John Martin4,12131.6
Independent Labor Lawrence Baines2,34018.0
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sweeney 9,30874.7
State Labor Alfred Burgess3,15725.3
Total formal votes12,55694.2
Informal votes6765.8
Turnout 13,23293.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sweeney 7,38054.6−26.1
Independent Edward Ryan3,41325.2+25.2
Communist Jack Miles 2,73120.2+0.9
Total formal votes13,52495.4+13.7
Informal votes6554.6−13.7
Turnout 14,17995.1−1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) John Sweeney 8,38280.7+17.9
Communist Patrick McHenry2,00219.3+16.0
Total formal votes10,38481.7−17.1
Informal votes2,32318.3+17.1
Turnout 12,70796.4−0.9
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

1933 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1933 Bulli state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1933 Bulli state by-election [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Sweeney 5,37645.5−17.3
United Australia Arthur Butterell3,08426.1−4.0
Miners Albert Willis 2,78323.5+23.5
Communist Paul Martin5865.0+1.7
Total formal votes11,82998.9+0.1
Informal votes1361.1−0.1
Turnout 11,96592.0−5.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Sweeney 7,73465.4+65.4
United Australia Arthur Butterell4,09534.6+34.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Andrew Lysaght 7,59062.8−16.4
United Australia Robert Roberts3,63430.1+12.2
Federal Labor Allan Howie4603.8+3.8
Communist Evred Bostick4043.3+0.4
Total formal votes12,08898.8+0.5
Informal votes1421.2−0.5
Turnout 12,23097.3+2.7
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Bulli.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Bulli   [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Andrew Lysaght 9,17079.2
Nationalist Edward Holmes2,07717.9
Communist Evred Bostick3312.9
Total formal votes11,57898.3
Informal votes2011.7
Turnout 11,77994.6
Labor win(new seat)
Andrew Lysaght (Labor) was the sitting member for Illawarra.

Notes

  1. ↑ Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 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 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1995 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1991 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1968 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1962 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1959 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1956 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  11. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1955 Bulli by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1953 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1950 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1947 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1944 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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