A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives division of Wills was held on 11 April 1992. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.
The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil Cleary. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the 2009 Bradfield by-election, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party.
Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated.[1] No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Cleary | 21,391 | 33.5 | +33.5 | |
| Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 18,784 | 29.4 | -19.3 | |
| Liberal | John Delacretaz | 17,582 | 27.6 | -6.9 | |
| Independent | Katheryne Savage | 1,660 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Democrats | David Mackay | 1,383 | 2.2 | -7.4 | |
| Against Further Immigration | Angela Walker | 577 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Geraldine Rawson | 453 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Ian Sykes | 364 | 0.6 | -0.9 | |
| Federal | Stan Germaine | 280 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Imperial British | Cecil G. Murgatroyd | 258 | 0.4 | -0.1 | |
| Independent | Salvatore Ferraro | 221 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Bob Lewis | 216 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Socialist Labour League | Richard Phillips | 136 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Independent | Bill French | 90 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Kon Kyrou | 81 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Julien Droulers | 68 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Patricia Poulos | 61 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||
| Independent | John Murray | 54 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Chris Vassis | 43 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Republican | Otto Kuhne | 35 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Will Kapphan | 34 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Independent | Felicia Potter | 30 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 63,801 | 93.6 | +0.00 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,348 | 6.4 | +0.00 | ||
| Turnout | 68,149 | 89.4 | -4.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Bill Kardamitis | 40,416 | 63.8 | +5.9 | |
| Liberal | John Delacretaz | 22,942 | 36.2 | −5.9 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Phil Cleary | 41,708 | 65.7 | +65.7 | |
| Labor | Bill Kardamitsis | 21,772 | 34.3 | -23.6 | |
| Independent gain from Labor | |||||
See also
- List of Australian federal by-elections
- Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia ... Sykes v Cleary
References
- ^ Sykes v Cleary [1992] HCA 60, (1992) 176 CLR 77.
- ^ "Wills (Vic) By-Election (11 April 1992)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
- ^ "By-Elections 1990-1993". Psephos.