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Electoral results for the district of Bulli

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)
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

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Elections in the 1990s

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1995

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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
Bulli was a new seat with a notional Labor majority.

District recreated

1971 - 1991

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District abolished

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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1959

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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This section is an excerpt from 1955 Bulli state by-election § Result.[edit]
1955 Bulli by-election
Saturday 9 July [11]
Party 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
Laurie Kelly (Labor) died. Preferences were not distributed.[11]

1953

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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1947

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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1938

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party 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

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This section is an excerpt from 1933 Bulli state by-election § Result.[edit]
1933 Bulli by-election
Saturday 3 June [19]
Party 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
Andrew Lysaght, Labor (NSW).[19]

1932

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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]
Party 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

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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]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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)
Andrew Lysaght (Labor) was the sitting member for Illawarra.

Notes

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  1. ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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  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. ^ a b 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.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  19. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1933 Bulli by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  20. ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  21. ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Bulli". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.