A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Liverpool on 29 April 1989 because of the resignation of George Paciullo (Labor), after being passed over as leader of the party. The Labor pre-selection was the subject of a bitter battle between Mark Latham from the right wing faction and Paul Lynch from the left. Peter Anderson from the right was imposed by the Labor national executive.
Dates
Date | Event |
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19 February 1989 | Resignation of George Paciullo. |
10 April 1989 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls. |
14 April 1989 | Nominations |
29 April 1989 | Polling day |
19 May 1989 | Return of writ |
Result
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Peter Anderson | 10,775 | 45.6 | ||
Independent | Don Syme | 2,610 | 11.0 | ||
Independent | Noel Short | 2,415 | 10.2 | ||
Independent | Gary Lucas | 2,201 | 9.3 | ||
Independent | Paul Galea | 2,031 | 8.6 | ||
Independent | Casey Conway | 1,142 | 4.8 | ||
Independent | Tony Pascale | 1,104 | 4.7 | ||
Independent | Dianne Baric | 942 | 4.0 | ||
Socialist Alliance | Peter Perkins | 152 | 0.6 | ||
Socialist Labour | Barry Jobson | 146 | 0.6 | ||
Independent | John Phillips | 84 | 0.4 | ||
Independent | Tony Kazan | 37 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 23,639 | 95.0 | |||
Informal votes | 1,257 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 24,896 | 80.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Peter Anderson | 11,947 | 60.7 | ||
Independent | Don Syme | 7,734 | 39.3 | ||
Labor hold |
See also
References
- ^ "The Hon. George Paciullo (1934-2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Liverpool seat thrown open again". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
- "Peter Anderson gets the numbers". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
- "Writ of election: Liverpool". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 42. 12 April 1989. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
- Green, Antony. "1989 Liverpool by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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