COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GRAYNDLER, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Ashfield, Belmore North, Marrickville, Summer Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 June 1979, following the death of Hon Frank Stewart -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,726 -04.2 Votes cast: 52,594 77.7 -14.3 Informal votes: 2,806 05.3 +02.0 Formal votes: 49,788 94.7 -02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Bellchambers 1,051 02.1 Stanley Duncan 1,845 03.7 Juanita Keig 591 01.2 Stephen Kirkham AD 1,848 03.7 -03.5 Leo McLEAY + ALP 30,764 61.8 +04.1 Frank Salter 863 01.7 Vassil Vassiliou Lib 12,161 24.4 -09.0 Frank Vouros 665 01.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,788 19.2 e 07.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leo Boyce McLeay (born 1945): Elected 1979 By Born: 4 October 1945, Sydney Career: Telephone technician, union official. Assistant General- Secretary, NSW ALP. Marrickville Municipal Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------