Bligh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1962, partly replacing Electoral district of Paddington-Waverley and was an urban electorate, covering 13.03 km² and taking in the suburbs of Potts Point, Darling Point, Woolloomooloo, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Edgecliff, Darlinghurst, Paddington, Surry Hills, Redfern, Darlington and part of Chippendale. It was a highly diverse electorate, as it contained both some of the wealthiest suburbs of Sydney, along the edge of the harbour, as well as some of the city's most disadvantaged areas, such as those around Redfern. This had the effect of making Bligh a marginal seat, although as the wealthier suburbs outnumbered the poorer suburbs, it tended to be Liberal-leaning. Independent Clover Moore defeated the incumbent Liberal member Michael Yabsley in 1988 (Yabsley subsequently reentered Parliament in the Vaucluse by-election later that year) and held the seat until its abolition in 2007, when it was replaced by the electoral district of Sydney.

Members for Bligh

Member Party Term
  Tom Morey [1] Labor 1962–1965
  Morton Cohen [2] Liberal 1965–1968
  John Barraclough [3] Liberal 1968–1981
  Fred Miller [4] Labor 1981–1984
  Michael Yabsley [5] Liberal 1984–1988
  Clover Moore [6] Independent 1988–2007

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bligh
2003 New South Wales state election: Bligh [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clover Moore 15,330 38.5 +1.2
Labor Barri Phatarfod 9,071 22.8 -9.1
Liberal Shayne Mallard 8,496 21.3 -0.1
Greens Anita Ceravolo 5,634 14.1 +8.2
Unity Stephen Pong 642 1.6 +0.0
Christian Democrats Jon Phillips 279 0.7 +0.7
Independent Malcolm Duncan 268 0.7 +0.0
Independent Gary Burns 113 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 39,833 97.8 +0.1
Informal votes 882 2.2 -0.1
Turnout 40,715 84.3
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Barri Phatarfod 15,499 60.9 -0.9
Liberal Shayne Mallard 9,971 39.1 +0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Clover Moore 19,253 64.7 +4.9
Labor Barri Phatarfod 10,525 35.3 -4.9
Independent hold Swing +4.9

References

  1. ^ "Mr (Tom) Thomas Irving Morey (1906–1980)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr Morton Barnett Cohen (1913-1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "The Hon. Lindley John Forbes Barraclough". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr Frederick Joseph Miller (1926–1992)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Michael Robert Yabsley (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Ms Clover Moore (1945- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "2003 Bligh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony (August 2003). "2003 New South Wales Election: Final Analysis" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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