1987 Bankstown state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bankstown on 31 January 1987 following the resignation of sitting Labor party member, Ric Mochalski who was facing charges over the collapse of a property trust. [1] Mochalski gave the reason for his resignation as ill health, however the NSW Parliamentary Superannuation Fund rejected a claim based on ill health following a report from the NSW Chief Medical Officer. [2]

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The Bankstown by-election was held the same day as the Heathcote by-election.

Dates

DateEvent
1 December 1986 Ric Mochalski resigned from parliament. [1]
2 January 1987 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [3]
8 January 1987Nominations
31 January 1987Polling day
20 February 1987Return of writ

Results

1987 Bankstown state by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Doug Shedden 12,67743.80−20.7
Liberal Terry McDonald4,33623.20−12.3
Independent Kevin Ryan 5,39518.64+18.64
Call to Australia Elaine Nile 9933.43+3.43
 Small Business People GroupNorm Axford6412.21+2.21
  Democrats Peter Carver6032.08+2.08
Independent John Hillman5681.96+1.96
Independent Richard Mezinec3091.07+1.07
Unite Australia Peter Sawyer2430.84+0.84
 HumanistScott Wilkie1720.59+0.59
  Centre Unity John Beasley930.32+0.32
 New Australian RepublicJohn Vartanian740.26+0.26
Total formal votes28,94095.689
Informal votes1,3084.32
Turnout 30,24884.85
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Doug Shedden 14,83261.37−3.13
Liberal Terry McDonald9,33638.63+3.13
Labor hold Swing −3.13

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Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
    2. ↑ "MP not allowed pension". The Canberra Times . 21 August 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2019– via Trove.
    3. ↑ "Writ of election: Bankstown". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 5. 2 January 1987. p. 63. Retrieved 21 October 2019– via Trove.
    4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1987 Bankstown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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