1994 Mackellar by-election
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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.
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 (politician) 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 34,999 | 52.25 | −4.36 | |
Independent | Bob Ellis | 15,501 | 23.14 | +23.14 | |
Against Further Immigration | John Phillips | 5,464 | 8.16 | +8.16 | |
Greens | Fiona E. McLeod | 3,940 | 5.88 | +5.88 | |
Democrats | Brian Johnson | 3,851 | 5.75 | −1.33 | |
Independent | Stephen Ross Wells | 2,063 | 3.08 | +3.08 | |
Republican | Peter Consandine | 586 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
Godfrey Bigot | 582 | 0.87 | +0.87 | ||
Total formal votes | 66,986 | 96.85 | −0.15 | ||
Informal votes | 2,181 | 3.15 | +0.15 | ||
Turnout | 69,167 | 87.63 | −8.14 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 40,328 | 60.27 | −0.89 | |
Independent | Bob Ellis | 26,587 | 39.73 | +39.73 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | K.A. |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mackellar (NSW) By-Election (26 March 1994)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 9 June 2007.
- ^ "1994 Mackellar by-election". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.