A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grayndler on 23 June 1979. It was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Frank Stewart.
The by-election was won by Labor candidate Leo McLeay, the Assistant General Secretary of the state's Labor branch.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Leo McLeay | 30,764 | 61.8 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal | Vassil Vassiliou | 12,161 | 24.4 | −9.0 | |
| Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 1,848 | 3.7 | −3.5 | |
| Voice of the Elderly | Stanley Duncan | 1,845 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
| Independent | Charles Bellchambers | 1,051 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Australian National Alliance | Frank Salter | 863 | 1.7 | +0.0 | |
| Socialist | Frank Vouros | 665 | 1.3 | −0.4 | |
| Socialist Workers | Juanita Keig | 591 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,788 | 94.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,806 | 5.3 | |||
| Turnout | 52,594 | 77.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Leo McLeay | 69.2 | +7.0 | ||
| Liberal | Vassil Vassiliou | 30.8 | −7.0 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +7.0 | |||
References
edit- ^ "1979 Grayndler by-election". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.