COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BRUCE, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Mulgrave, Tally Ho, Waverley, Wheelers Hill -------------------------------------------------------------------- 28 May 1983, following the resignation of Rt Hon Sir Billy Snedden -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,668 +02.8 Votes cast: 75,169 92.0 -05.3 Informal votes: 1,266 01.7 00.0 Formal votes: 73,903 98.3 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth Aldred + Lib 35,849 48.5 +00.6 Peter Fogarty 105 00.1 Michael Johnson AD 4,769 06.5 -01.3 Wilhelm Kapphan 111 00.2 John Mulholland DLP 1,621 02.2 Heather O'Connor ALP 31,354 42.4 -01.9 Bill Thiele 94 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred was member for Henty 1975-80. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thiele's 94 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred + 21 22.3 35,870 48.5 Fogarty 8 08.5 113 00.2 Johnson 9 09.6 4,778 06.5 Kapphan 7 07.4 118 00.2 Mulholland 12 12.8 1,633 02.2 O'Connor 37 39.4 31,391 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 94 73,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Fogarty's 113 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred + 54 47.8 35,924 48.6 Johnson 27 23.9 4,805 06.5 Kapphan 11 09.7 129 00.2 Mulholland 10 08.8 1,643 02.2 O'Connor 11 09.7 31,402 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 73,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kapphan's 129 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aldred + 31 24.0 35,955 48.7 Johnson 45 34.9 4,850 06.6 Mulholland 28 21.7 1,671 02.3 O'Connor 25 19.4 31,427 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 129 73,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Mulholland's 1,671 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALDRED + 1,385 82.9 37,340 50.5 Johnson 129 07.7 4,979 06.7 O'Connor 157 09.4 31,584 42.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,671 73,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Johnson's 4,979 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALDRED + 2,919 58.6 40,259 54.5 O'Connor 2,060 41.4 33,644 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,979 73,903 04.5 03.8 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth James Aldred 1945-2016): Elected 1975, 1977. Defeated 1980. Elected 1983 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- This by-election was the first election to take place under new legislation which provided for a full count of preferences in all electorates. This eliminated the need to estimate two-party majorities. --------------------------------------------------------------------