1990 Smithfield state by-election

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

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

Dates

DateEvent
17 February 1990Resignation of Janice Crosio. [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 Smithfield by-election
Saturday 23 June [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Carl Scully 16,84468.5+7.7
Democrats Catherine Bateson3,50514.3
Call to Australia Brian Grigg1,9137.8
Independent Sandor Torzsok1,3295.4
Independent Ted Oldfield9964.1
Total formal votes24,58795.6
Informal votes1,1254.4
Turnout 25,71280.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Carl Scully 18,08080.2+19.4
Democrats Catherine Bateson4,47619.8
Labor hold Swing +19.4 [lower-alpha 1]

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Notes

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hon Janice Crosio MBE MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. "Writ of election: Smithfield". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 71. 1 June 1990. p. 4381. Retrieved 21 October 2019 via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1990 Smithfield by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 October 2019.