COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== HUGHES, NSW ==================================================================== South of Sydney: Como, Corrimal, Heathcote, Sutherland -------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 February 1984, following the resignation of Hon Les Johnson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 18.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 83,072 +03.6 Votes cast: 71,604 86.2 -09.9 Informal votes: 1,486 02.1 +00.3 Formal votes: 70,118 97.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ronald Hellyer AD 4,065 05.8 -03.3 Leslie Johnson 1,393 02.0 Clifford Mason Lib 22,962 32.7 +04.3 James Saleam 970 01.4 Robert TICKNER + ALP 40,728 58.1 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 70,118 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Saleam's 970 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hellyer 131 13.5 4,196 06.0 Johnson 549 56.6 1,942 02.8 Mason 129 13.3 23,091 32.9 TICKNER + 161 16.6 40,889 58.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 970 70,118 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Johnson's 1,942 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hellyer 1,102 56.7 5,298 07.6 Mason 465 23.9 23,556 33.6 TICKNER + 375 19.3 41,264 58.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,942 70,118 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hellyer's 5,298 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mason 2,400 45.3 25,956 37.0 TICKNER + 2,898 54.7 44,162 63.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,942 70,118 13.0 05.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Edward Tickner (born 1951): Elected 1984 By Born: 24 December 1951, Sydney Career: Educated University of Sydney. Lawyer and economist. Lecturer in business studies and law, NSW Institute of Technology, Sydney. Sydney City Council 1977-84. --------------------------------------------------------------------