Electoral results for the district of Bass Hill

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

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]
Party 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

This section is an excerpt from 1986 Bass Hill state by-election § Result.[edit]
1986 Bass Hill by-election
Saturday 2 August [5]
Party 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'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000013−QINU`"'
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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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

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]
Party 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
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]

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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b 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.