1992 Wills by-election

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.

1992 Wills by-election
11 April 1992
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Phil Cleary Bill Kardamitsis John Delacretaz
Party Independent Labor Liberal
Popular vote 21,391 18,784 17,582
Percentage 33.5% 29.4% 27.9%
Swing Increase 33.5 Decrease 19.3 Decrease 6.9
TPP 65.7% 34.3%
TPP swing Increase 65.7 Decrease 23.6
MP before election

Bob Hawke
Labor

 Elected MP

Phil Cleary
Independent

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
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
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

References
  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.
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