COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bellevue Hill, Potts Point, Rose Bay, Vaucluse -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 April 1981, following the resignation of Hon Robert Ellicott -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 13.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,972 +00.2 Votes cast: 48,633 69.5 -19.0 Informal votes: 1,349 02.8 +00.3 Formal votes: 47,284 97.2 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Bussell 534 01.1 Peter Coleman + Lib 22,736 48.1 -12.4 Joan Kersey AD 2,186 04.6 -01.6 William More 176 00.4 Walker Roach 92 00.2 Robert Tickner ALP 16,637 35.2 +01.9 Katherine Wentworth 4,923 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Tickner, see Hughes by-election 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Roach's 92 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bussell 8 08.7 542 01.1 Coleman 8 08.7 22,744 48.1 Kersey 10 10.9 2,196 04.6 More 29 31.5 205 00.4 Tickner 28 30.4 16,665 35.2 Wentworth 9 09.8 4,932 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 92 47,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: More's 205 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bussell 19 09.3 561 01.2 Coleman 61 29.8 22,805 48.2 Kersey 48 23.4 2,244 04.8 Tickner 47 22.9 16,712 35.3 Wentworth 30 14.6 4,962 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 205 47,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bussell's 561 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coleman 374 66.7 23,179 49.0 Kersey 84 15.0 2,328 04.9 Tickner 44 07.8 16,756 35.4 Wentworth 59 10.5 5,021 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 561 47,284 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Kersey's 2,328 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COLEMAN 749 32.2 23,928 50.6 Tickner 1,253 53.8 18,009 38.1 Wentworth 326 14.0 5,347 11.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,328 47,284 09.6 e 03.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Peter Coleman (born 1928): Elected 1981 By Born: 15 December 1928, Melbourne Career: Educated University of Sydney, London University. Barrister, journalist and author. Editor, The Bulletin 1964-67, Quadrant 1967- 75. Administrator of Norfolk Island 1979-81. Father-in-law of Hon Peter Costello, MP. State politics: NSW MLA for Fuller 1968-78. Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer 1975-76, Chief Secretary 1976. Leader of the Opposition 1977-78. --------------------------------------------------------------------