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

1988

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

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
	Australian 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[lower-alpha 1]

Labor MP Neville Wran resigned.[5]

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [8]

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

1981 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [9]

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

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [10]

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

1976 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [11]

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

1973 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [12]

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

1971 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [13]

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

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [14]

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

1965 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [15]

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

1962 New South Wales state election: Bass Hill [16]

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

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

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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.
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7. "Election Background". www.abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC). Retrieved 25 June 2020.
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12. Green, Antony. "1973 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
13. Green, Antony. "1971 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
14. Green, Antony. "1968 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
15. Green, Antony. "1965 Bass Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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