COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== MACKELLAR, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Dee Why, Narrabeen, Newport, Terrey Hills -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 March 1994, following the resignation of Hon Jim Carlton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,932 +01.0 Votes cast: 69,167 87.6 -08.2 Informal votes: 2,181 03.2 +00.2 Formal votes: 66,986 96.8 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiona McLeod Grn 3,940 05.9 Peter Consandine 586 00.9 Stephen Wells 2,063 03.1 Bob Ellis 15,501 23.1 John Phillips 5,464 08.2 Godfrey Bigot 582 00.9 Brian Johnson AD 3,851 05.8 -01.3 Bronwyn BISHOP + Lib 34,999 52.3 -04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis was a Labor Party member but not an endorsed candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bigot's 586 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 85 14.7 4,025 06.0 Consandine 30 05.2 616 00.9 Wells 36 06.2 2,099 03.1 Ellis 154 26.6 15,655 23.4 Phillips 102 17.6 5,566 08.3 Johnson 88 15.2 3,939 05.9 BISHOP + 84 14.5 35,083 52.4 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 586 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Consandine's 616 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 168 27.4 4,913 06.3 Wells 126 20.6 2,225 03.3 Ellis 122 19.9 15,777 23.6 Phillips 79 12.9 5,645 08.4 Johnson 86 14.0 4,025 06.0 BISHOP + 32 05.2 35,115 52.4 (exhausted 3 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 616 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wells's 2,225 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 609 27.4 4,802 07.2 Ellis 708 31.9 16,485 24.6 Phillips 285 12.8 5,930 08.9 Johnson 348 15.7 4,373 06.5 BISHOP + 273 12.3 35,388 52.8 (exhausted 2 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,225 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Johnson's 4,373 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 1,804 42.2 6,642 09.9 Ellis 1,253 28.7 17,738 26.5 Phillips 571 13.1 6,501 09.7 BISHOP + 696 16.0 36,084 53.9 (exhausted 13 21 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,373 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Phillips's 6,501 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod 2,119 32.7 8,761 13.1 Ellis 2,330 35.9 20,068 30.0 BISHOP + 2,038 31.4 38,122 56.9 (exhausted 14 35 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,501 66,986 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: McLeod's 8,761 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ellis 6,519 74.7 26,587 39.7 BISHOP + 2,206 25.3 40,328 60.3 (exhausted 36 71 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,761 66,986 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (born 1942): Elected 1994 by Born: 19 October 1942, Sydney Career: Educated Sydney University. Solicitor and company director Senate: Senator for NSW 1987-94 --------------------------------------------------------------------