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

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]

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

References

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