1994 Mackellar by-election

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1994 Mackellar by-election
Flag of New South Wales.svg
26 March 1994
 First partySecond party
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IND
Candidate Bronwyn Bishop Bob Ellis
Party Liberal Independent
Popular vote34,99915,501
Percentage53.25%23.14%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.36Increase2.svg 23.14
TPP 60.27%39.73%
TPP swingDecrease2.svg 0.89Increase2.svg 39.73

MP before election

Jim Carlton
Liberal

Elected MP

Bronwyn Bishop
Liberal

The 1994 Mackellar by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Mackellar in New South Wales on 26 March 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Jim Carlton on 14 January 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 18 February 1994. On the same day a by-election was held in Warringah.

Contents

The Australian Labor Party did not stand a candidate for the by-election. The main opposition for the seat was writer/journalist, film-maker, Labor supporter and political commentator Bob Ellis, who stood as an independent.

During the by-elections in Mackellar and Warringah the Maverick Far Right Labor MP Graeme Campbell urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI). [1]

The by-election was won by the Liberal Party's Bronwyn Bishop. [2]

Results

1994 Mackellar by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bronwyn Bishop 34,99952.25−4.36
Independent Bob Ellis 15,50123.14+23.14
AAFI John Phillips5,4648.16+8.16
Greens Fiona E. McLeod3,9405.88+5.88
Democrats Brian Johnson3,8515.75−1.33
Independent Stephen Ross Wells2,0633.08+3.08
Republican Peter Consandine5860.87+0.87
Godfrey Bigot5820.87+0.87
Total formal votes66,98696.85−0.15
Informal votes2,1813.15+0.15
Turnout 69,16787.63−8.14
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Bronwyn Bishop 40,32860.27−0.89
Independent Bob Ellis 26,58739.73+39.73
Liberal hold Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. James Jupp (2002). From white Australia to Woomera: the story of Australian immigration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 136. ISBN   978-0-521-53140-5.
  2. "Mackellar (NSW) By-Election (26 March 1994)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.
  3. "1994 Mackellar by-election". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.