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
edit| 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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "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.