COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== WERRIWA, NSW ==================================================================== South of Sydney: Campbelltown, Ingleburn, Macquarie Fields, Minto -------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 January 1994, following the resignation of Hon John Kerin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 74,545 +00.4 Votes cast: 63,839 85.6 -09.7 Informal votes: 3,318 05.2 +01.2 Formal votes: 60,521 94.8 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graeme Macallister 1,111 01.8 Mark LATHAM + ALP 30,337 50.1 -11.3 Alex Kammoun 378 00.6 Charlie Lynn Lib 20,466 33.8 +03.3 Robyn Spencer 4,384 07.2 Julia Moon 3,199 05.3 Earl Keegel 188 00.3 Maxwell Corbett 458 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lynn was a NSW MLC 1995-2015. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Keegel's 188 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macallister 12 06.5 1,123 01.9 LATHAM + 18 09.7 30,355 50.2 Kammoun 11 05.9 389 00.6 Lynn 12 06.5 20,478 33.8 Spencer 12 06.5 4,396 07.3 Moon 42 22.6 3,241 05.4 Corbett 79 42.5 537 00.9 (exhausted 2 2 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kamoun's 389 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macallister 37 09.7 1,160 01.9 LATHAM + 104 27.2 30,459 50.3 Lynn 63 16.4 20,541 33.9 Spencer 38 09.9 4,434 07.3 Moon 109 28.5 3,350 05.5 Corbett 32 08.4 569 00.9 (exhausted 6 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 389 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Corbett's 569 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Macallister 47 08.4 1,207 02.0 LATHAM 50 08.9 30,509 50.4 Lynn 36 06.4 20,577 34.0 Spencer 46 08.2 4,480 07.4 Moon 382 68.1 3,732 06.2 (exhausted 8 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 569 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Macallister's 1,207 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LATHAM + 624 52.2 31,133 51.5 Lynn 217 18.2 20,794 34.4 Spencer 141 11.8 4,621 07.6 Moon 213 17.8 3,945 06.5 (exhausted 12 28 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,207 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Moon's 3,945 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LATHAM + 2,078 53.1 33,220 54.9 Lynn 695 17.7 21,489 35.5 Spencer 1,151 29.3 5,772 09.5 (exhausted 12 40 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,945 60,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Spencer's 5,772 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- LATHAM + 2,752 47.8 35,972 59.5 Lynn 3,011 52.2 24,500 40.5 (exhausted 49 9 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,772 60,521 09.5 06.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Latham (born 1961): Elected 1994 Born: 28 February 1961, Sydney Career: Educated Sydney University. Economist and author. Research Assistant to Hon Gough Whitlam. Research and Education Officer, NSW ALP 1987-88. Advisor to Hon Bob Carr, MLA. Liverpool City Council, Mayor 1991-94. --------------------------------------------------------------------