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The 1997 Fraser by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Fraser in the Australian Capital Territory on 1 February 1997. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Australian Labor Party's John Langmore on 6 December 1996. The writ for the by-election was issued on 30 December 1996.
John Langmore had held the seat of Fraser since the 1984 election, but resigned to take up the post of Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development at the United Nations. [1]
Cheryl Hill had previously stood for election in Fraser as a Liberal Party candidate in the 1996 federal election. She had also unsuccessfully stood for election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bulli in the 1991 New South Wales election. By the time of the Fraser by-election, Hill had resigned from the Liberal Party because of the party's attitude to race and immigration, and chose to run as an independent. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Steve Dargavel | 25,867 | 49.10 | −1.41 | |
| Independent | Cheryl Hill | 9,642 | 18.30 | +18.30 | |
| Greens | Dierk von Behrens | 5,584 | 10.60 | +0.70 | |
| Independent | Alice Chu | 4,135 | 7.85 | +7.85 | |
| Against Further Immigration | Angela Walker | 1,870 | 3.55 | +3.55 | |
| Call to Australia | John Richard Miller | 1,766 | 3.35 | +3.35 | |
| Independent | Douglas S. Thompson | 1,456 | 2.76 | +2.76 | |
| Reclaim Australia | John Hutchinson | 1,228 | 2.33 | +2.33 | |
| Advance Australia | Kevin Connor | 490 | 0.93 | +0.93 | |
| Independent | Joanne Clarke | 455 | 0.86 | +0.86 | |
| Independent | Jim Bernard | 189 | 0.36 | +0.36 | |
| Total formal votes | 52,682 | 94.08 | −2.66 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,313 | 5.92 | +2.66 | ||
| Turnout | 55,995 | 85.25 | −11.59 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Steve Dargavel | 34,370 | 65.24 | +7.92 | |
| Independent | Cheryl Hill | 18,312 | 34.76 | +34.76 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
The by-election was won easily by Steve Dargavel, the ALP candidate, who held the seat until 1998 when he lost preselection in favour of Bob McMullan.
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