A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Heffron on 23 June 1990 because of the resignation of Laurie Brereton (Labor) to successfully contest the 1990 federal election for Kingsford Smith [1] The Labor candidate for the election was Deirdre Grusovin, the sister of Brereton.[2]
The Heffron by-election was held the same day as the Granville and Smithfield by-elections.
Dates edit
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 17 February 1990 | Resignation of Laurie Brereton.[1] |
| 24 March 1990 | 1990 federal election |
| 25 May 1990 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3] |
| 1 June 1990 | Nominations |
| 23 June 1990 | Polling day |
| 13 July 1990 | Return of writ |
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 14,393 | 65.6 | 9.4 | |
| Democrats | Amelia Newman | 3,549 | 16.2 | ||
| Greens | Mark Berriman | 2,799 | 12.8 | ||
| Call to Australia | Beville Varidel | 1,188 | 5.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 21,929 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 999 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 22,928 | 72.0 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Deirdre Grusovin | 15,206 | 74.2 | 15.0 | |
| Democrats | Amelia Newman | 5,278 | 25.8 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | 15.0[a] | |||
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Heffron election.
References edit
- ^ a b "Hon Laurie Brereton MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: Heffron". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 71. 1 June 1990. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1990 Heffron by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.