A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grayndler on 23 June 1979. It was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Frank Stewart.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate Leo McLeay, the Assistant General Secretary of the state's Labor branch.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Leo McLeay | 30,764 | 61.8 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Vassil Vassiliou | 12,161 | 24.4 | -9.0 | |
Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 1,848 | 3.7 | -3.5 | |
Voice of the Elderly | Stanley Duncan | 1,845 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 1,051 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Australian National Alliance | Frank Salter | 863 | 1.7 | +0.0 | |
Socialist | Frank Vouros | 665 | 1.3 | -0.4 | |
Socialist Workers | Juanita Keig | 591 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 49,788 | 94.7 | |||
Informal votes | 2,806 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 52,594 | 77.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Leo McLeay | 69.2 | +7.0 | ||
Liberal | Vassil Vassiliou | 30.8 | -7.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
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