A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Smithfield on 23 June 1990 because of the resignation of Janice Crosio (Labor) to successfully contest the 1990 federal election for Prospect.[1]
The Smithfield by-election was held the same day as the Heffron and Granville by-elections.
Dates
edit| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 17 February 1990 | Resignation of Janice Crosio.[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.[2] |
| 1 June 1990 | Nominations |
| 23 June 1990 | Polling day |
| 2 August 1990 | Return of writ |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Carl Scully | 16,844 | 68.5 | +7.7 | |
| Democrats | Catherine Bateson | 3,505 | 14.3 | ||
| Call to Australia | Brian Grigg | 1,913 | 7.8 | ||
| Independent | Sandor Torzsok | 1,329 | 5.4 | ||
| Independent | Ted Oldfield | 996 | 4.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 24,587 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,125 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 25,712 | 80.8 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Carl Scully | 18,080 | 80.2 | +19.4 | |
| Democrats | Catherine Bateson | 4,476 | 19.8 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | +19.4'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000009−QINU`"' | |||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Smithfield election.
References
edit- ^ a b "Hon Janice Crosio MBE MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Writ of election: Smithfield". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 71. 1 June 1990. p. 4381. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1990 Smithfield by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.