COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WARRINGAH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Balgowlah, Harbord, Manly, Mosman -------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 March 1994, following the resignation of Hon Michael MacKellar -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,174 -00.3 Votes cast: 64,721 82.8 -12.7 Informal votes: 2,339 03.6 +01.2 Formal votes: 62,382 96.4 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robyn Spencer 8,446 13.5 Tony ABBOTT + Lib 34,440 55.2 -00.9 Judith Halnan 9,564 15.3 Troy Anderson AD 9,932 15.9 +11.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,382 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Spencer's 8,446 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABBOTT + 3,428 40.6 37,868 60.7 Halnan 3,176 37.3 12,740 20.4 Anderson 1,835 21.7 11,767 18.9 (exhausted 7 7 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,446 62,382 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Anderson's 11,767 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABBOTT + 1,713 14.6 39,581 63.5 Halnan 10,048 85.4 22,788 36.5 (exhausted 6 13 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,767 62,382 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony John Abbott (born 1957): Elected 1994 by Born: 4 November 1957, London, Britain Career: Educated Sydney University, Oxford University. Lawyer and journalist. Press Secretary and adviser to Dr John Hewson, MP. Executive Director, Australians for a Constitutional Monarchy 1993-94. --------------------------------------------------------------------