COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== MORETON, Qld ==================================================================== Suburban Brisbane: Holland Park, Mt Gravatt, Salisbury, Wishart -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 November 1983, following the resignation of the Hon Sir James Killen -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,335 -03.0 Votes cast: 60,985 90.6 -02.2 Informal votes: 655 01.1 -00.4 Formal votes: 60,330 98.9 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON + Lib 31,440 52.1 +05.4 Norman Eather 508 00.8 Marcus Platen 252 00.4 Barbara Robson ALP 28,130 46.6 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cameron was member for Griffith 1966-77 and for Fadden 1977-83. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Platen's 252 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON + 41 06.3 31,481 52.2 Eather 163 64.7 671 01.1 Robson 48 19.0 28,178 46.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252 60,330 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Eather's 671 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMERON + 401 59.8 31,882 52.8 Robson 48 19.0 28,448 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252 60,330 02.8 01.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Milner Cameron (born 1940): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980. Defeated 1983. Elected 1983 by --------------------------------------------------------------------