1984 Hughes by-election

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Hughes on 18 February 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party MP Les Johnson to become Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand. The by-election was held to coincide with the Corangamite and Richmond by-elections.

1984 Hughes by-election

18 February 1984
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Robert Tickner Clifford Mason
Party Labor Liberal
Popular vote 40,728 22,962
Percentage 58.1% 32.7%
Swing Decrease 3.5pp Increase 4.3pp
TPP 63.0% 37.0%
TPP swing Decrease 5.3pp Increase 5.3pp

MP before election

Les Johnson
Labor

Elected MP

Robert Tickner
Labor

The election was won by Labor candidate Robert Tickner, despite a 5.3% swing to the Liberal Party.

Candidates

Results

Hughes by-election, 1984[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Tickner 40,728 58.1 -3.5
Liberal Clifford Mason 22,962 32.7 +4.3
Democrats Ronald Hellyer 4,065 5.8 -3.3
Independent Leslie Johnson 1,393 2.0 +2.0
National Action Jim Saleam 970 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 70,118 97.9
Informal votes 1,486 2.1
Turnout 71,604 86.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Robert Tickner 44,162 63.0 -5.3
Liberal Clifford Mason 25,956 37.0 +5.3
Labor hold Swing-5.3

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