1989 Liverpool state by-election

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),[1] 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.[2] Peter Anderson from the right was imposed by the Labor national executive.[3]

Dates

Date Event
19 February 1989 Resignation of George Paciullo.[1]
10 April 1989 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[4]
14 April 1989 Nominations
29 April 1989 Polling day
19 May 1989 Return of writ

Result

1989 Liverpool by-election
Saturday 29 April [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ a b "The Hon. George Paciullo (1934-2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Liverpool seat thrown open again". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Peter Anderson gets the numbers". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Writ of election: Liverpool". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 42. 12 April 1989. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1989 Liverpool by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2021.