1989 Gwydir by-election

1989 Gwydir by-election
15 April 1989
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
IND
Candidate John Anderson John Uebergang Bevan O'Regan
Party National Independent Independent
Popular vote 31,209 14,660 9,881
Percentage 56.0% 26.3% 17.7%
Swing Decrease 1.2 Increase 26.3 Increase 17.7
TPP 60.4% 39.6%
TPP swing Increase 0.1 Increase 39.6
MP before election

Ralph Hunt
National

Elected MP

John Anderson
National

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gwydir on 15 April 1989. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Ralph Hunt.

The Australian Labor Party did not field a candidate. The by-election was won by the National Party's John Anderson.

Candidates

  • National Party of Australia – John Anderson, farmer and grazier.
  • Independent – Bevan O'Regan. O'Regan had contested New England at the 1987 election as an independent National candidate, supporting the Joh for Canberra campaign. He later contested the Senate in 1996 for Australians Against Further Immigration and in 1998 for One Nation.
  • Independent – John Uebergang. Uebergang later contested the Senate in the 1993 election for the Confederate Action Party.

Results

1989 Gwydir by-election [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National John Anderson 31,209 56.0 -1.2
Independent John Uebergang 14,660 26.3 +26.3
Independent Bevan O'Regan 9,881 17.7 +17.7
Total formal votes 55,750 95.3
Informal votes 2,768 4.7
Turnout 58,518 84.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
National John Anderson 60.4 [a]
Independent John Uebergang 39.6
National hold Swing N/A

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Electoral Commission has no record of the distribution of preferences for this by-election, despite the fact that a full distribution was required by the Electoral Act. Adam Carr estimates a majority of 60.4% for Anderson, assuming 75% of O'Regan's preferences went to Uebergang.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "By-Elections 1987-1990". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
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