COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== LOWE, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Burwood, Croydon, Drummoyne, Strathfield -------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 March 1982, following the resignation of Rt Hon Sir William McMahon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,140 -02.1 Votes cast: 63,388 89.1 -03.6 Informal votes: 2,091 03.3 +00.4 Formal votes: 61,297 96.7 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Bellchambers 460 00.8 Robert Cameron 116 00.2 Peter Consandine 405 00.7 Maddalena Gustin 729 01.2 Stephen Kirkham AD 2,495 04.1 +01.1 Maggie Lee 144 00.2 Michael MAHER ALP 32,717 53.4 +07.0 Frederick Martin 49 00.1 John Penninger 56 00.1 Philip Taylor + Lib 23,637 38.6 -10.1 Robert Webeck 27 00.0 Katherine Wentworth 462 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 61,297 08.3 e 09.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael John Maher (1936-2013): Elected 1982 By Born: 11 July 1936, Sydney Career: Educated University of Sydney. Solicitor. State politics: NSW MLA for Drummoyne 1973-82 --------------------------------------------------------------------