Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
Bligh was anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales. It was created in 1962, partly replacingElectoral district of Paddington-Waverley and was an urban electorate, covering 13.03 km2 and taking in the suburbs ofPotts Point,Darling Point,Woolloomooloo,Elizabeth Bay,Rushcutters Bay,Edgecliff,Darlinghurst,Paddington,Surry Hills,Redfern,Darlington and part ofChippendale. It was a highly diverse electorate, as it contained both some of the wealthiest suburbs ofSydney, along the edge of the harbour, as well as some of the city's most disadvantaged areas, such as those around Redfern. This made Bligh amarginal seat, although as the wealthier suburbs outnumbered the poorer suburbs, it tended to beLiberal-leaning. IndependentClover Moore defeated the incumbent Liberal memberMichael Yabsley in 1988 (Yabsley subsequently reentered Parliament in theVaucluse by-election later that year) and held the seat until its abolition in 2007, when it was replaced by theelectoral district of Sydney.
2003 New South Wales state election: Bligh [7][8]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
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| 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 |
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| Informal votes | 882 | 2.2 | −0.1 |
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| Turnout | 40,715 | 84.3 | |
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| Notionaltwo-party-preferred count |
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| Labor | Barri Phatarfod | 15,499 | 60.9 | −0.9 |
| Liberal | Shayne Mallard | 9,971 | 39.1 | +0.9 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result |
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| Independent | Clover Moore | 19,253 | 64.7 | +4.9 |
| Labor | Barri Phatarfod | 10,525 | 35.3 | −4.9 |
| Independenthold | Swing | +4.9 | |
