1990 Granville state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Granville on 23 June 1990 because of the resignation of Laurie Ferguson (Labor) to successfully contest the 1990 federal election for Reid. [1]

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The Granville by-election was held the same day as the Heffron and Smithfield by-elections.

Dates

DateEvent
17 February 1990Resignation of Laurie Ferguson. [1]
24 March 1990 1990 federal election
25 May 1990 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. [2]
1 June 1990Nominations
23 June 1990Polling day
2 August 1990Return of writ

Results

1990 Granville by-election
Saturday 23 June [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Kim Yeadon 14,96059.36+2.56
Independent Tony Issa 4,74418.82
Greens Lisa Macdonald3,47713.80
Call to Australia Keith Barron2,0208.02-2.18
Total formal votes25,20196.00
Informal votes1,0494.00
Turnout 26,25080.04
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Kim Yeadon 15,77071.55
Independent Tony Issa 6,26928.45
Labor hold Swing +10.65 [lower-alpha 1]

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Notes

  1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Granville election.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mr Laurie Ferguson MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Writ of election: Granville". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 71. 1 June 1990. p. 4382. Retrieved 20 October 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1990 Granville by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 March 2021.