COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WENTWORTH, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bondi, Randwick, Vaucluse, Woollahra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 April 1995, following the resignation of Dr John Hewson -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,880 Votes cast: 60,451 76.6 Informal votes: 2,392 04.0 Formal votes: 58,059 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray Matson Grn 15,120 26.0 +20.1 John Hooper 1,317 02.3 Andrew THOMSON + Lib 30,677 52.8 +00.1 Hon William Wentworth 10,945 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 58,059 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wentworth was Liberal member for Mackellar 1949-77. He first contested this seat (named for his great-grandfather) in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hooper's 1,317 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matson 726 55.2 15,846 27.3 THOMSON 234 17.8 30,911 53.2 Wentworth 356 27.1 11,301 19.5 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,317 58,059 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Wentworth's 11,301 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matson 3,947 35.0 19,793 34.1 THOMSON 7,431 65.0 38,252 65.9 (exhausted 13 14 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,301 58,059 15.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Peter Thomson (born 1961): Elected 1995 by Born: 7 January 1961, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University. Solicitor, investment banker, golf course developer. --------------------------------------------------------------------