COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
TWENTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS
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CHISHOLM, Vic
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19 September 1970, following the death of Hon Sir Wilfrid Kent
Hughes
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1969 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 12.6 e
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Enrolled voters:                         56,737        +00.4
Votes cast:                              46,497  82.0  -12.8
Informal votes:                             756  01.6  -00.5
Formal votes:                            45,741  98.4  +00.5
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Frank Costigan                  ALP      15,335  33.5  -00.6
Andrew Morrow                   AP        1,501  03.3  -00.6
Raymond Nilsen                  DGS       4,138  09.0
Tony STALEY                     Lib      24,767  54.1  +01.2
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Total                                    45,741  09.0 e 03.6 to ALP
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Anthony Allan Staley (born 1939): Elected 1970 By
Born: 15 May 1939, Horsham, Victoria
Career: Educated Scotch College, Melbourne, University of Melbourne.
Law graduate, teacher. Tutor in Political Science, University of
Melbourne 1965. Lecturer, Senior Lecturer.
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