Electoral results for the district of Blacktown

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Blacktown, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1941.[1][2][3][4]

Election Member Party
1941   Frank Hill Labor
1944
1945 by   John Freeman Labor
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959   Alfred Dennis Liberal / Independent
1962   Jim Southee Labor
1965
1968
1971   Gordon Barnier Labor
1973
1976
1978
1981   John Aquilina Labor
1984
1988
1991   Pam Allan Labor
1995
1999   Paul Gibson Labor
2003
2007
2011   John Robertson Labor
2015
2017 by   Stephen Bali Labor
2019

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 2020s[edit]

2023[edit]

2023 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Bali 27,128 55.6 +0.9
Liberal Allan Green 11,637 23.9 −2.6
Legalise Cannabis Peter Foster 2,524 5.2 +5.2
Greens Leonard Hobbs 2,521 5.2 −1.1
Animal Justice Emma Kerin 2,357 4.8 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Alexander Mishalow 1,559 3.2 +3.2
Sustainable Australia Patrick Murphy 1,022 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 48,748 95.8 −0.1
Informal votes 2,123 4.2 +0.1
Turnout 50,871 86.8 −2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stephen Bali 30,091 69.1 +2.5
Liberal Allan Green 13,442 30.9 −2.5
Labor hold Swing +2.5

Elections in the 2010s[edit]

2019[edit]

2019 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Bali 25,618 54.61 +0.76
Liberal Allan Green 11,668 24.87 −5.93
One Nation Amit Batish 3,368 7.18 +7.18
Christian Democrats Josh Green 3,287 7.01 +1.06
Greens Kirsten Gibbs 2,968 6.33 −0.02
Total formal votes 46,909 96.02 +0.69
Informal votes 1,942 3.98 −0.69
Turnout 48,851 88.80 −0.25
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stephen Bali 28,020 67.73 +4.55
Liberal Allan Green 13,348 32.27 −4.55
Labor hold Swing +4.55

2017 by-election[edit]

2017 Blacktown by-election
Saturday 14 October [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Bali 31,031 71.6 +17.7
Christian Democrats Josh Green 6,540 15.1 +9.1
Greens Chris Winslow 3,825 8.8 +2.5
Independent Vivek Singha 1,966 4.5 +4.5
Total formal votes 43,362 95.1 −0.2
Informal votes 2,229 4.9 +0.2
Turnout 45,591 81.5 −7.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Stephen Bali 33,208 82.3 +19.1
Christian Democrats Josh Green 7,154 17.7 +17.7
Labor hold Swing N/A
John Robertson (Labor) resigned.

2015[edit]

2015 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Robertson 24,916 53.9 +9.5
Liberal Raman Bhalla 14,250 30.8 −5.3
Greens David Bate 2,937 6.3 +0.8
Christian Democrats Meena Hanna 2,750 5.9 +0.2
No Land Tax Julia Cacciotti 1,411 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 46,264 95.3 +0.6
Informal votes 2,262 4.7 −0.6
Turnout 48,526 89.0 −2.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Robertson 26,679 63.2 +9.0
Liberal Raman Bhalla 15,547 36.8 −9.0
Labor hold Swing +9.0

2011[edit]

2011 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Robertson 19,419 44.1 -17.6
Liberal Karlo Siljeg 16,047 36.4 +15.7
Christian Democrats Bernie Gesling 2,639 6.0 -1.1
Greens Paul Taylor 2,473 5.6 +0.8
Independent Wayne Olling 1,177 2.7 +2.7
Independent Louise Kedwell 1,166 2.6 +2.6
Independent Greg Coulter 1,152 2.6 +2.6
Total formal votes 44,073 95.5 -0.7
Informal votes 2,074 4.5 +0.7
Turnout 46,147 93.4 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Robertson 20,796 53.7 -18.7
Liberal Karlo Siljeg 17,910 46.3 +18.7
Labor hold Swing -18.7

Elections in the 2000s[edit]

2007[edit]

2007 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Gibson 25,698 61.7 -1.6
Liberal Mark Spencer 8,649 20.8 +1.2
Christian Democrats Bernie Gesling 2,965 7.1 +2.1
Greens John Forrester 2,008 4.8 +0.7
Against Further Immigration Donald McNaught 1,262 3.0 +1.3
Independent F Ivor 678 1.6 +1.6
Unity Bill Jiang 419 1.0 +0.2
Total formal votes 41,679 96.3 0.0
Informal votes 1,622 3.7 0.0
Turnout 43,301 93.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Gibson 27,192 72.4 -2.5
Liberal Mark Spencer 10,362 27.6 +2.5
Labor hold Swing -2.5

2003[edit]

2003 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Gibson 26,160 62.4 +7.7
Liberal Geoff Bisby 8,297 19.8 -0.1
Christian Democrats Bob Bawden 2,171 5.2 -0.5
Greens Jason Bethune 1,771 4.2 +4.2
Independent Goran Reves 940 2.2 +2.2
Democrats David King 785 1.9 -5.9
One Nation Brian Zahner 716 1.7 -7.8
Against Further Immigration Lindon Dedman 694 1.7 -0.8
Unity Selmen Alameddine 409 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 41,943 96.3 -0.2
Informal votes 1,611 3.7 +0.2
Turnout 43,554 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Gibson 27,819 74.5 +5.1
Liberal Geoff Bisby 9,529 25.5 -5.1
Labor hold Swing +5.1

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1999[edit]

1999 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Gibson 22,714 54.7 -2.9
Liberal Rick Holder 8,260 19.9 -10.8
One Nation Bill Nixon 3,953 9.5 +9.5
Democrats David King 3,178 7.7 +7.7
Christian Democrats Bob Bawden 2,377 5.7 +1.4
Against Further Immigration Ed Sherwood 1,015 2.4 -0.2
Total formal votes 41,497 96.5 +3.4
Informal votes 1,497 3.5 -3.4
Turnout 42,994 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Gibson 24,861 69.4 +5.4
Liberal Rick Holder 10,987 30.6 -5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

1995[edit]

1995 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pam Allan 17,654 52.6 +2.4
Liberal Ross Roberts 10,982 32.7 +0.7
Against Further Immigration Warwick Tyler 2,061 6.1 +6.1
Independent Ray Owen 1,653 4.9 +4.9
Call to Australia Bob Bawden 1,199 3.6 +1.0
Total formal votes 33,549 93.6 +6.2
Informal votes 2,312 6.4 -6.2
Turnout 35,861 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Allan 19,340 60.6 +2.3
Liberal Ross Roberts 12,574 39.4 -2.3
Labor hold Swing +2.3

1991[edit]

1991 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Pam Allan 15,354 50.2 +1.9
Liberal Ray Morris 9,802 32.1 -3.0
Independent Con Constantine 3,253 10.6 +10.6
Democrats Diana Shanks 1,182 3.9 +3.0
Call to Australia John Jerrow 781 2.6 +2.6
Citizens Electoral Council Paul Georiadis 199 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 30,571 87.3 -8.5
Informal votes 4,437 12.7 +8.5
Turnout 35,008 94.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Pam Allan 16,472 58.3 +3.4
Liberal Ray Morris 11,784 41.7 -3.4
Labor hold Swing +3.4

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1988[edit]

1988 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Aquilina 16,899 59.2 -7.1
Liberal Allan Green 11,639 40.8 +7.1
Total formal votes 28,538 96.3 -0.2
Informal votes 1,110 3.7 +0.2
Turnout 29,648 93.7
Labor hold Swing -7.1

1984[edit]

1984 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Aquilina 20,605 66.6 -6.5
Liberal David Bannerman 10,319 33.4 +6.5
Total formal votes 30,924 96.6 +0.7
Informal votes 1,094 3.4 -0.7
Turnout 32,018 92.6 +0.2
Labor hold Swing -6.5

1981[edit]

1981 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Aquilina 20,777 73.1 0.0
Liberal David Bannerman 7,644 26.9 +8.3
Total formal votes 28,421 95.9
Informal votes 1,225 4.1
Turnout 29,646 92.4
Labor hold Swing -6.0

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1978[edit]

1978 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Barnier 23,742 73.1 +10.2
Liberal Alfred Spiteri 6,039 18.6 -14.9
Democrats Colin Mannix 2,702 8.3 +8.3
Total formal votes 32,483 96.5 -1.2
Informal votes 1,186 3.5 +1.2
Turnout 33,669 94.5 -0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gordon Barnier 25,093 77.2 +12.5
Liberal Alfred Spiteri 7,390 22.8 -12.5
Labor hold Swing +12.5

1976[edit]

1976 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Barnier 19,590 62.9 +4.6
Liberal John Lyon 10,436 33.5 +1.5
Independent Raymond Ferguson 1,127 3.6 +3.6
Total formal votes 31,153 97.7 +2.4
Informal votes 725 2.3 -2.4
Turnout 31,878 95.1 +1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gordon Barnier 20,163 64.7 +2.0
Liberal John Lyon 10,990 35.3 -2.0
Labor hold Swing +2.0

1973[edit]

1973 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Barnier 16,272 58.3 -1.1
Liberal John Lyon 8,935 32.0 +0.6
Democratic Labor Stan Aster-Stater 1,207 4.3 -1.6
Independent George Perrin 1,135 4.1 +4.1
Independent F. Ivor 366 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 27,915 95.3
Informal votes 1,389 4.7
Turnout 29,304 93.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gordon Barnier 17,500 62.7 +0.4
Liberal John Lyon 10,415 37.3 -0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.4

1971[edit]

1971 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gordon Barnier 17,174 59.4 +2.4
Liberal Hilton Robinson 9,081 31.4 -4.0
Democratic Labor Charles Ormel 1,702 5.9 -1.7
Independent George Nicolaidis 976 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 28,933 97.4
Informal votes 785 2.6
Turnout 29,718 93.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gordon Barnier 18,002 62.2 +3.3
Liberal Hilton Robinson 10,931 37.8 -3.3
Labor hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 1960s[edit]

1968[edit]

1968 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Southee 13,751 54.0 +4.2
Liberal Ralph Stewart 9,781 38.4 -8.8
Democratic Labor Kenneth Brown 1,944 7.6 +7.6
Total formal votes 25,476 96.4
Informal votes 959 3.6
Turnout 26,435 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Southee 14,140 55.5 +4.8
Liberal Ralph Stewart 11,336 44.5 -4.8
Labor hold Swing +4.8

1965[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Southee 17,361 52.8 −8.9
Liberal Denys Clarke 14,560 44.2 +5.9
Independent Malcolm Towner 993 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 32,914 97.6 −0.2
Informal votes 822 2.4 +0.2
Turnout 33,736 93.9 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Southee 17,560 53.4 −8.3
Liberal Denys Clarke 15,354 46.6 +8.3
Labor hold Swing −8.3

1962[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Southee 17,255 61.7 +10.2
Liberal Ross Shuttleworth 10,713 38.3 −4.6
Total formal votes 27,968 97.8
Informal votes 632 2.2
Turnout 28,600 94.2
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.7
  • Blacktown became a notional Labor seat in the redistribution.

Elections in the 1950s[edit]

1959[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alfred Dennis 13,519 49.9
Labor Jim Southee 12,044 44.5
Democratic Labor Francis Moffitt 834 3.1
Independent Frank Finlayson 691 2.6
Total formal votes 27,088 97.7
Informal votes 625 2.3
Turnout 27,713 93.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alfred Dennis 14,650 54.1
Labor Jim Southee 12,438 45.9
Liberal gain from Labor Swing

1956[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 15,188 55.5 −5.7
Liberal Graham Cullis 12,189 44.5 +8.9
Total formal votes 27,377 98.4 +0.4
Informal votes 451 1.6 −0.4
Turnout 27,828 93.7 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −8.5

1953[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 14,424 61.2
Liberal George Walker 8,391 35.6
Communist Melville McCalman 756 3.2
Total formal votes 23,571 98.0
Informal votes 477 2.0
Turnout 24,048 94.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Freeman 15,088 64.0
Liberal George Walker 8,486 36.0
Labor hold Swing

1950[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 13,229 55.5
Liberal Nancy Saxby 10,616 44.5
Total formal votes 23,845 98.8
Informal votes 283 1.2
Turnout 24,128 93.2
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s[edit]

1947[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 13,392 53.8 +2.6
Liberal Francis Izon 8,939 35.9 +16.8
Lang Labor Ian Grant 1,387 5.6 -10.9
Communist Fred Wingrave 1,168 4.7 +4.7
Total formal votes 24,886 98.0 +2.4
Informal votes 518 2.0 -2.4
Turnout 25,404 94.7 +3.8
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1945 by-election[edit]

1945 Blacktown by-election
Saturday 18 August [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Freeman 10,879 55.5 +4.3
Liberal George Maunder 6,344 32.4 +13.3
Independent Ernest Phelps 1,913 9.8
Independent John Cammell 453 2.3
Total formal votes 19,589 97.3 +1.7
Informal votes 538 2.7 -1.7
Turnout 20,127 82.8 -8.1
Labor hold Swing  
Frank Hill (Labor) died. Preferences were not distributed.[34]

1944[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hill 10,364 51.2 -6.3
Democratic Francis Izon 3,868 19.1 -23.4
Independent Ray Watson 2,649 13.1 +13.1
Lang Labor William Morgan 1,701 8.4 +8.4
Lang Labor Lucy Steel 1,645 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 20,227 95.6 -1.6
Informal votes 927 4.4 +1.6
Turnout 21,154 90.9 -2.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Blacktown[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Frank Hill 10,909 57.5
United Australia Arthur Francis 8,069 42.5
Total formal votes 18,978 97.2
Informal votes 549 2.8
Turnout 19,527 93.1
Labor notional hold Swing

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