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1992 Wills by-election

1992 Wills by-election
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Division of Wills (Vic) in the Australian House of Representatives
Turnout89.4% (Decrease 4.9)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Candidate Phil Cleary Bill Kardamitsis John Delacretaz
Party Independent Labor Liberal
Primary vote 21,391 18,784 17,582
Percentage 33.5% 29.4% 27.9%
Swing Increase 33.5 Decrease 19.3 Decrease 6.9
2PP 65.7% 34.3%
2PP swing Increase 65.7 Decrease 23.6
MP before election

Bob Hawke
Labor

Elected MP

Phil Cleary
Independent

The 1992 Wills by-election was held on 11 April 1992 to elect the member for Wills in the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation of Labor Party MP 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

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Wills by-election, 1992[2][3]
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
AAFI 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

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References

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  1. ^ Sykes v Cleary [1992] HCA 60, (1992) 176 CLR 77.
  2. ^ "Wills (Vic) By-Election (11 April 1992)". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  3. ^ "By-Elections 1990-1993". Psephos.