COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-THIRD PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WANNON, Vic ==================================================================== South-western Victoria: Hamilton, Portland, Stawell, Warrnambool -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 May 1983, following the resignation of Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 09.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,466 +01.4 Votes cast: 64,517 92.9 -04.1 Informal votes: 527 00.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 63,990 99.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nancy Genardini ALP 23,069 36.1 -01.1 Roger Hallam NPA 14,290 22.3 David Hawker + Lib 26,631 41.6 -16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,990 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallam was Vic MLC for Western 1985-2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hallam's 14,290 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Genardini 1,991 13.9 25,060 39.2 HAWKER 12,299 86.1 38,930 60.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,290 63,990 10.8 01.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Peter Maxwell Hawker (born 1949): Elected 1983 By Born: 1 May 1949, Adelaide Career: Educated University of Melbourne. Farmer and grazier. --------------------------------------------------------------------