1994 North Shore state by-election

1994 North Shore state by-election

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Electoral district of North Shore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
First party Second party   IND Candidate Jillian Skinner Robyn Read Party Liberal Independent Primary  vote 15,267 10,408 Percentage 54.7% 37.3% Swing 3.6 3.8 TCP 58.4% 41.6% TCP swing 5.9 5.9
MP before election Phillip Smiles Liberal Elected MP Jillian Skinner Liberal

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of North Shore on 5 February 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP Phillip Smiles. ^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
21 December 1993	Resignation of Phillip Smiles. [1]
18 January 1994	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2]
20 January 1994	Day of nomination
5 February 1994	Polling day
18 February 1994	Return of writ

Results

1994 North Shore by-election
Saturday 5 February  ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	15,267	54.7	+3.6
	Independent	Robyn Read	10,408	37.3	−3.8
	Independent	Gerry Nolan	878	3.1
	Independent	Jim Reid	787	2.8
	Democrats	Alec Cater	590	2.1
Total formal votes			27,930	98.3	+3.9
Informal votes			473	1.7	−3.9
Turnout			28,403	76.0	−14.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Jillian Skinner	15,905	58.4	+5.9
	Independent	Robyn Read	11,338	41.6	−5.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.9

The Labor Party did not nominate a candidate.

See also

• Electoral results for the district of North Shore
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr Phillip Murray Smiles (1946- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: North Shore". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 23. 18 January 1994. p. 223. Retrieved 13 November 2019– via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1994 North Shore by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 November 2019.