1992 Davidson state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Davidson on 2 May 1992. [1]

New South Wales Legislative Assembly one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales

The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

Electoral district of Davidson state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Davidson is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Jonathan O'Dea of the Liberal Party.

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It was triggered by the resignation of former Liberal Party-turned Independent MP, Terry Metherell, after the scandal known as the 'Metherell Crisis'. [1]

The Liberal Party of Australia , commonly known as the New South Wales Liberals, is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party currently governs in New South Wales in coalition with the National Party of Australia (NSW). The party is part of the federal Liberal Party which governs nationally in Coalition with the National Party of Australia.

Terry Alan Metherell is a former Australian politician who represented the Electoral district of Davidson in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1992. When the Liberal Party won the 1988 election, Premier Nick Greiner appointed him Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, a portfolio he held until 1990. In October 1991, he resigned from the Liberal party and remained until his resignation from Parliament to take up the offer of a public service job. This offer led to the downfall of Greiner, who was found to have corruptly offered the position to force a by-election in Metherell's district.

The seat was subsequently won by Andrew Humpherson of the Liberal Party. However the Liberals suffered a 16% drop in their primary vote, and a 14% drop in their two party preferred vote. [1]

Andrew Humpherson is a former Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Davidson from 1992–2007. He has since pursued a career in public affairs overseeing the Government and Public Affairs Division of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation and as Chief of Staff to the Energy and Resources Minister, Chris Hartcher from 2011 to 2014. He is currently a Director of Barton Deakin, a Liberal-aligned lobbying firm founded by his former parliamentary colleague, Peter Collins.

Background

The seat of Davidson, a traditionally safe Liberal seat, was held since 1981 by Dr Terry Metherell, a controversial Minister for Education in the first term of the Greiner government. [1]

Nicholas Frank Hugo Greiner is an Australian politician who served as the 37th Premier of New South Wales from 1988 to 1992. He was Leader of the New South Wales Division of the Liberal Party from 1983 to 1992 and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1988. He has been the Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia since June 2017, with Fay Duda, Allan Pidgeon, Karina Okotel, and Trish Worth as Vice Presidents.

Charges of tax avoidance forced his resignation from the Ministry in 1990. However, there was speculation that he would be re-appointed to the ministry when the Greiner government was re-elected in 1991. However, at the 1991 election, the Greiner government lost its majority, and was forced to depend on the support of the four independents in order to stay in office. This all but squashed any chance of Metherell returning to cabinet. Feeling betrayed and rejected from his party, Metherell resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1991 live on the 7:30 Report, without having given his colleagues notice. [1]

1991 New South Wales state election

Elections to the 50th Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday 25 May 1991. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election. The Liberal-National Coalition government of Premier Nick Greiner, which enjoyed a considerable majority following their landslide win at the 1988 election, was seeking a second term in office against new Labor Opposition Leader Bob Carr.

The government subsequently created a job for Metherell, a position with the Environment Protection Agency. He accepted and duly resigned from state parliament, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat that was very likely to revert to the Liberas in a by-election. Labor did not nominate a candidate, but a field of Independents and minor parties reduced the Liberal vote by 16%, and 14% after preferences. [1]

Results

The Liberal Party retained the seat, despite a swing of 16%. [2] The Liberal candidate, Warringah Councillor since 1985, Andrew Humpherson, was declared the winner against Independent Candidate and Warringah Councillor since 1980, Julie Sutton.

Nonetheless, the circumstances of Metherell's appointment to the EPA ultimately forced Greiner out of politics a few months after the by-election, when the ICAC determined Metherell's appointment had been corrupt and the independents threatened to bring down the government unless Greiner resigned.

Davidson state by-election, 1992 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Andrew Humpherson 15,85249.32-16.07
Independent Julie Sutton 9,48929.52+29.52
Greens Ross Knowles1,1953.72+3.72
Democrats Edna Cunningham1,1563.60-12.01
Independent Kevin Begaud9182.86+2.86
Independent Michael Evanian8522.65+2.65
Call to Australia Bruce Coleman7702.40+2.40
Independent EFF Michael Vescio6832.12+2.12
Independent Ted Roach3611.12+1.12
Independent Janet Fairlie-Cuninghame3571.11+1.11
Independent Peter Leney1900.59+0.59
Independent Steven Klinger1570.49+0.49
Independent William Williams1050.33+0.33
Independent Julien Droulers340.11+0.11
Independent Sandor Torzsok240.07+0.07
Total formal votes32,14396.97
Informal votes1,0063.03
Turnout 33,14987.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Humpherson 17,35259.65-13.04
Independent Julie Sutton 11,73740.35+40.35
Liberal hold Swing -13.04

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NSW By-Elections Background". ABC Elections. 12 Sep 2005.
  2. 1 2 Green, Antony. "Davidson - By-election". Archived from the original on 2015-06-29. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
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