1992 Gordon state by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gordon on 2 May 1992 because of the resignation of Tim Moore, [1] following the release of the findings of the Independent Commission Against Corruption into the 'Metherell Affair'.

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The seat was comfortably won by Jeremy Kinross of the Liberal Party despite a 5.5% drop in the Liberal primary vote, and a 5.7% drop in their two party preferred vote. [2]

Background

The seat of Gordon, a traditionally safe Liberal seat, was held since 1976 by Tim Moore. However, with the hung parliament result of the 1991 election, the performance of the Greiner government had become dependent on the support of the few independent members of the legislative assembly. When former minister Terry Metherell resigned in October 1991 the government's ability to command a majority became even more difficult. The government subsequently created a job for Metherell, a position with the Environment Protection Agency, which he accepted, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat the Liberal Party would recover at a by-election. [3]

While the Liberal Party won the by-election, there was a much higher cost. Because the Greiner government was in a minority, it could not prevent the Legislative Assembly referring the matter of Metherell's appointment to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which made findings of corruption. These findings were eventually ruled by the Supreme Court of New South Wales as being outside the powers of the ICAC to make, but by then Premier Greiner had already resigned as Premier and an MP after the four independent MPs threatened to bring down the government if Greiner stayed in office. [3]

Result

1992 Gordon by-election
Saturday 22 August  [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Jeremy Kinross 19,83269.02-6.5
Independent David Barnett4,48115.60
CEC Leone Hay1,9036.62
Marie Bignold Team Marie Bignold 1,8446.42
Call to Australia Bruce Coleman6732.34-1.5
Total formal votes28,73395.15
Informal votes1,4654.85
Turnout 30,19880.17
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Jeremy Kinross 20,99977.85-5.7
Independent David Barnett5,97522.1522.15
Liberal hold Swing -5.7

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr (Tim) Timothy John Moore (1948– )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1992 Gordon by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Davidson - profile". The Poll Bludger - 2007 election. Archived from the original on 5 October 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.
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