1992 Wills by-election

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1992 Wills by-election
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  1990 11 April 1992 1993  

Division of Wills (Vic) in the Australian House of Representatives
Turnout89.4% (Decrease2.svg 4.9)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Candidate Phil Cleary Bill KardamitsisJohn Delacretaz
Party Independent Labor Liberal
Primary  vote21,39118,78417,582
Percentage33.5%29.4%27.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg 33.5Decrease2.svg 19.3Decrease2.svg 6.9
2PP 65.7%34.3%
2PP swingIncrease2.svg 65.7Decrease2.svg 23.6

MP before election

Bob Hawke
Labor

Elected MP

Phil Cleary
Independent

The 1992 Wills by-election was held on 11 April 1992 to elect the member for Wills in the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

Contents

The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil Cleary. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the 2009 Bradfield by-election, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party.

Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated. [1] No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.

Results

Wills by-election, 1992 [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Phil Cleary 21,39133.5+33.5
Labor Bill Kardamitsis18,78429.4−19.3
Liberal John Delacretaz17,58227.6−6.9
Independent Katheryne Savage1,6602.6+2.6
Democrats David Mackay1,3832.2−7.4
AAFI Angela Walker5770.9+0.9
Independent Geraldine Rawson4530.7+0.7
Independent Ian Sykes3640.6−0.9
  Federal Stan Germaine2800.4+0.4
  Imperial British Cecil G. Murgatroyd 2580.4−0.1
Independent Salvatore Ferraro2210.4+0.4
Independent Bob Lewis2160.3+0.3
  Socialist Labour League Richard Phillips1360.2+0.2
Independent Bill French900.1+0.1
Independent Kon Kyrou810.1+0.1
Independent Julien Droulers680.1+0.1
Patricia Poulos610.1+0.1
Independent John Murray540.1+0.1
Independent Chris Vassis430.1+0.1
  Republican Otto Kuhne350.1+0.1
Independent Will Kapphan340.1+0.1
Independent Felicia Potter300.1+0.1
Total formal votes63,80193.6+0.00
Informal votes4,3486.4+0.00
Turnout 68,14989.4−4.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill Kardamitis40,41663.8+5.9
Liberal John Delacretaz22,94236.2−5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Phil Cleary 41,70865.7+65.7
Labor Bill Kardamitsis21,77234.3−23.6
Independent gain from Labor  

See also

References

  1. Sykes v Cleary [1992] HCA 60 , (1992) 176 CLR 77.
  2. "Wills (Vic) By-Election (11 April 1992)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  3. "By-Elections 1990-1993". Psephos.