COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Campbelltown, Green Valley, Ingleburn, Liverpool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 September 1978, following the resignation of Hon Gough Whitlam -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,655 +02.8 Votes cast: 60,990 81.7 -13.8 Informal votes: 1,093 01.8 -01.4 Formal votes: 59,897 98.2 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Garcia 1,081 01.8 John KERIN ALP 40,272 67.2 +11.7 Keith Olson AD 3,774 06.3 -02.7 Hans Penninger 214 00.4 William Sadler Lib 14,556 24.3 -09.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 59,897 22.3 e 12.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kerin was member for Macarthur 1972-75. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Charles Kerin (born 1937): Elected 1972, 1974. Defeated 1975. Elected 1978 By --------------------------------------------------------------------