Electoral results for the district of Blue Mountains
Election results for Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Electoral district of Blue Mountains, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was established in 1968.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1968 | Harold Coates | Independent | |
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | Mick Clough | Labor | |
1978 | |||
1981 | Bob Debus | Labor | |
1984 | |||
1988 | Barry Morris | Liberal | |
1991 | Liberal | ||
1995 | Bob Debus | Labor | |
1999 | |||
2003 | |||
2007 | Phil Koperberg | Labor | |
2011 | Roza Sage | Liberal | |
2015 | Trish Doyle | Labor | |
2019 |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2023
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Trish Doyle | 28,613 | 53.9 | +8.2 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 12,640 | 23.8 | −5.7 | |
Greens | Jenna Condie | 6,669 | 12.6 | +0.5 | |
Animal Justice | Greg Keightley | 2,285 | 4.3 | +0.4 | |
Informed Medical Options | Michelle Palmer | 1,901 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Sustainable Australia | Richard Marschall | 948 | 1.8 | −1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 53,056 | 97.9 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,143 | 2.1 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,199 | 91.7 | −1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Trish Doyle | 35,536 | 71.9 | +8.3 | |
Liberal | Sophie-Anne Bruce | 13,893 | 28.1 | −8.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 |
Elections in the 2010s
2019
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Trish Doyle | 23,022 | 46.77 | +5.58 | |
Liberal | Owen Laffin | 13,982 | 28.40 | −7.11 | |
Greens | Kingsley Liu | 5,993 | 12.17 | −4.07 | |
Animal Justice | Gregory Keightley | 2,008 | 4.08 | +4.08 | |
Christian Democrats | Cameron Phillips | 1,786 | 3.63 | +0.52 | |
Sustainable Australia | Richard Marschall | 1,496 | 3.04 | +3.04 | |
Keep Sydney Open | Mark Pigott | 941 | 1.91 | +1.91 | |
Total formal votes | 49,228 | 97.52 | +0.04 | ||
Informal votes | 1,250 | 2.48 | −0.04 | ||
Turnout | 50,478 | 91.97 | −1.33 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Trish Doyle | 28,834 | 64.86 | +6.71 | |
Liberal | Owen Laffin | 15,620 | 35.14 | −6.71 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +6.71 |
2015
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Trish Doyle | 19,995 | 41.2 | +18.7 | |
Liberal | Roza Sage | 17,241 | 35.5 | −4.1 | |
Greens | Alandra Tasire | 7,888 | 16.2 | −0.7 | |
Christian Democrats | Tony Piper | 1,507 | 3.1 | −1.1 | |
Independent | Mark Harrison | 1,470 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
No Land Tax | Gianna Maiorana | 450 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 48,551 | 97.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,252 | 2.5 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 49,803 | 93.3 | +0.7 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Trish Doyle | 25,866 | 58.1 | +13.5 | |
Liberal | Roza Sage | 18,616 | 41.9 | −13.5 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.5 |
2011
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2011 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Roza Sage | 17,681 | 39.1 | +10.6 | |
Labor | Trish Doyle | 10,253 | 22.7 | -18.1 | |
Independent | Janet Mays | 7,804 | 17.3 | +17.3 | |
Greens | Kerrin O'Grady | 7,647 | 16.9 | +0.7 | |
Christian Democrats | Merv Cox | 1,841 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 45,226 | 97.5 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,141 | 2.5 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,367 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Roza Sage | 20,736 | 54.7 | +15.8 | |
Labor | Trish Doyle | 17,144 | 45.3 | -15.8 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +15.8 |
Elections in the 2000s
2007
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2007 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Phil Koperberg | 17,449 | 40.8 | -4.8 | |
Liberal | Michael Paag | 12,179 | 28.5 | +1.2 | |
Greens | Pippa McInnes | 6,947 | 16.2 | -1.0 | |
Independent | Robert Stock | 4,700 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Against Further Immigration | Robert Dwight | 837 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Outdoor Recreation | Bob Wilcox | 675 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 42,787 | 97.9 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 922 | 2.1 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 43,709 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Phil Koperberg | 22,413 | 61.1 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | Michael Paag | 14,298 | 38.9 | +3.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.7 |
2003
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2003 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Debus | 19,167 | 45.6 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Quentin Cook | 11,496 | 27.4 | -0.5 | |
Greens | Pippa McInnes | 7,223 | 17.2 | +11.1 | |
Christian Democrats | Brian Grigg | 2,224 | 5.3 | +0.6 | |
Democrats | Esther Scholem | 906 | 2.2 | -5.0 | |
One Nation | George Grivas | 855 | 2.0 | -4.8 | |
Unity | Ay Tan | 159 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 42,030 | 98.0 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 839 | 2.0 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 42,869 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Debus | 24,410 | 64.8 | +3.0 | |
Liberal | Quentin Cook | 13,283 | 35.2 | -3.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.0 |
Elections in the 1990s
1999
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1999 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Debus | 18,474 | 44.9 | +7.4 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Scott | 11,464 | 27.9 | -0.6 | |
Democrats | Stephen Lear | 2,944 | 7.2 | +0.3 | |
One Nation | Wayne Buckley | 2,777 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Greens | Adele Doust | 2,528 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Christian Democrats | Shirley Grigg | 1,954 | 4.7 | +0.8 | |
Earthsave | Catherine Bell | 619 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Against Further Immigration | Margaret Anderson | 378 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 41,138 | 98.3 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 702 | 1.7 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 41,840 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Debus | 22,623 | 61.8 | +9.5 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Scott | 13,997 | 38.2 | -9.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +9.5 |
1995
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1995 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Debus | 13,412 | 37.4 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Scott | 9,860 | 27.5 | -14.4 | |
Independent | Barry Morris | 5,951 | 16.6 | +16.6 | |
Democrats | Jon Rickard | 2,489 | 6.9 | -1.8 | |
Independent | Carol Gaul | 2,136 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Call to Australia | Warren Kinny | 1,430 | 4.0 | -0.1 | |
Independent | William Mulcahy | 303 | 0.8 | -1.5 | |
Natural Law | Stephanie Chambers | 180 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Bert Ackland | 93 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 35,854 | 96.8 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,193 | 3.2 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 37,047 | 97.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Debus | 17,227 | 52.5 | +5.2 | |
Liberal | Jennifer Scott | 15,577 | 47.5 | -5.2 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.2 |
1991
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1991 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Barry Morris | 13,469 | 41.9 | -3.2 | |
Labor | Jim Angel | 11,667 | 36.3 | -7.1 | |
Democrats | Steve Bailey | 2,799 | 8.7 | -1.3 | |
Call to Australia | Shirley Grigg | 1,317 | 4.1 | +3.4 | |
Independent | Bob Kennedy | 1,029 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Independent | William Mulcahy | 745 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Colin Slade | 744 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Country Residents | Paul Arico | 373 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 32,143 | 94.4 | −3.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,913 | 5.6 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,056 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry Morris | 15,663 | 52.6 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Jim Angel | 14,093 | 47.4 | -2.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
1988
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Barry Morris | 13,551 | 45.6 | +10.1 | |
Labor | Bob Debus | 13,006 | 43.7 | -5.9 | |
Democrats | Bruce Forbes | 3,192 | 10.7 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 29,749 | 97.6 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 723 | 2.4 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 30,472 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Barry Morris | 14,701 | 50.3 | +4.9 | |
Labor | Bob Debus | 14,503 | 49.7 | -4.9 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +4.9 |
1984
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Debus | 16,830 | 48.5 | -9.9 | |
Liberal | Margaret Bradshaw | 12,962 | 37.3 | -2.2 | |
Democrats | Steve Franklin | 2,600 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Call to Australia | Bruce Fry | 2,347 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Total formal votes | 34,739 | 98.4 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 579 | 1.6 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 35,318 | 92.3 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Debus | 18,186 | 53.5 | -6.1 | |
Liberal | Margaret Bradshaw | 15,832 | 46.5 | +6.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -6.1 |
1981
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Debus | 18,682 | 58.4 | -3.5 | |
Liberal | Reg Gillard | 12,637 | 39.5 | +39.5 | |
Independent | Harry Marsh | 696 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 32,015 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 784 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 32,799 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bob Debus | 18,782 | 59.6 | -0.5 | |
Liberal | Reg Gillard | 12,737 | 40.4 | +40.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Elections in the 1970s
1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Mick Clough | 15,187 | 61.9 | +11.4 | |
Independent | Harold Coates | 8,050 | 32.8 | -16.7 | |
Democrats | William Player | 1,307 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 24,544 | 98.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 410 | 1.6 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 24,954 | 93.0 | −0.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Mick Clough | 15,841 | 64.5 | +14.0 | |
Independent | Harold Coates | 8,703 | 35.5 | -14.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +14.0 |
1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Mick Clough | 11,957 | 50.5 | +8.6 | |
Independent | Harold Coates | 11,721 | 49.5 | -5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,678 | 98.3 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 410 | 1.7 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 24,088 | 93.5 | −0.5 | ||
Labor gain from Independent | Swing | +7.0 |
1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Harold Coates | 1,229 | 54.9 | +0.1 | |
Labor | Mick Clough | 9,339 | 41.9 | +2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Joseph Conroy | 709 | 3.2 | -0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,277 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 314 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,591 | 94.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Harold Coates | 12,584 | 56.5 | -1.2 | |
Labor | Mick Clough | 9,693 | 43.5 | +1.2 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -1.2 |
1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Harold Coates | 11,271 | 54.8 | -2.0 | |
Labor | James Collins | 8,101 | 39.4 | -1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Kenneth Brown | 812 | 3.9 | +1.2 | |
Independent | Frederick Lamb | 399 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,583 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 248 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 20,831 | 94.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Harold Coates | 11,877 | 57.7 | -0.5 | |
Labor | James Collins | 8,786 | 42.3 | +0.5 | |
Independent hold | Swing | -0.5 |
Elections in the 1960s
1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Blue Mountains.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Harold Coates | 9,991 | 56.1 | +10.1 | |
Labor | James Robson | 7,118 | 40.5 | -6.9 | |
Democratic Labor | David Westgate | 468 | 2.7 | -3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,577 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 272 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 17,849 | 95.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Harold Coates | 10,247 | 58.3 | +6.9 | |
Labor | James Robson | 7,330 | 41.7 | -6.9 | |
Independent win | (new seat) |
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