1989 Liverpool state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Liverpool on 29 April 1989 because of the resignation of George Paciullo (Labor), [1] after being passed over as leader of the party. The Labor pre-selection was the subject of a bitter battle between Mark Latham from the right wing faction and Paul Lynch from the left. [2] Peter Anderson from the right was imposed by the Labor national executive. [3]

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Dates

DateEvent
19 February 1989Resignation of George Paciullo. [1]
10 April 1989 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [4]
14 April 1989Nominations
29 April 1989Polling day
19 May 1989Return of writ

Result

1989 Liverpool by-election
Saturday 29 April [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Anderson 10,77545.6
Independent Don Syme 2,61011.0
Independent Noel Short2,41510.2
Independent Gary Lucas2,2019.3
Independent Paul Galea2,0318.6
Independent Casey Conway1,1424.8
Independent Tony Pascale1,1044.7
Independent Dianne Baric9424.0
Socialist Alliance Peter Perkins1520.6
Socialist Labour Barry Jobson1460.6
Independent John Phillips840.4
Independent Tony Kazan370.2
Total formal votes23,63995.0
Informal votes1,2575.1
Turnout 24,89680.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Anderson 11,94760.7
Independent Don Syme 7,73439.3
Labor hold 

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References

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  2. "Liverpool seat thrown open again". The Canberra Times . 15 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 via Trove.
  3. "Peter Anderson gets the numbers". The Canberra Times . 23 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 via Trove.
  4. "Writ of election: Liverpool". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 42. 12 April 1989. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 via Trove.
  5. Green, Antony. "1989 Liverpool by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 March 2021.