1994 Coburg state by-election

1994 Coburg state by-election

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Electoral district of Coburg in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered	28,245
Turnout	85.0% ( 8.3)
First party Second party Third party   ALP IND GRE Candidate Carlo Carli Sam Ganci Andrea Sharam Party Labor Independent Greens Popular vote 13,691 5,976 5,368 Percentage 52.8% 23% 20.7% Swing 2 23 20.7 2CP 66.3% 33.7% 2CP swing 5.1 33.7
MP before election Tom Roper Labor Elected MP Carlo Carli Labor

The 1994 Coburg state by-election was held on 14 May 1994 to elect the next member for Coburg in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of sitting MP Tom Roper on 31 March 1994.

The seat was retained for the Labor Party by candidate Carlo Carli, who held the seat until it was abolished in 2002. Independent candidate Gilbert Boffa later stood as a candidate in the Federal by-election for Kooyong in November.

Candidates

Candidates are listed in ballot paper order. ^[1] The Liberal Party, which received 29.1% of first preference votes in Coburg at the 1992 state election, did not contest the by-election. ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Background
	Independent	Sam Ganci	President of the Coburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry [2]
	Labor	Carlo Carli	Ministerial Adviser in Housing [3]
	Independent	Gilbert Boffa
	Greens	Andrea Sharam	Activist [2]

Results

1994 Coburg state by-election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carlo Carli	13,691	52.8	+2.0
	Independent	Sam Ganci	5,976	23.0	+23.0
	Greens	Andrea Sharam	5,368	20.7	+20.7
	Independent	Gilbert Boffa	906	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			25,941	91.8	−2.2
Informal votes			2,304	8.2	+2.2
Turnout			28,245	85.0	−7.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• List of Victorian state by-elections

References

1. "THE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ELECTED 3 OCTOBER 1992". Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive. Archived from the original on 11 December 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
2. Slee, Chris (25 May 1994). "Big Green vote in Coburg". Green Left. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
3. Anderson, Christ (26 November 2006). "About Carlo Carli". Brunswick Labor. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2025.