1997 BY-ELECTION FRASER, ACT 65,687 enrolled, 55,995 (85.2%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Canberra: Belconnen, Gungahlin, Kaleen, North Belconnen -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 February 1997, following the resignation of John Langmore -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alice Chu 4,135 07.8 Djerk von Behrens Grn 5,584 10.6 (+00.7) Angela Walker AAFI 1,870 03.6 Steve Dargavel ALP 25,867 49.1 (-01.4) Cheryl Hill 9,642 18.3 Jim Bernard 189 00.4 John Miller CTA 1,766 03.4 John Hutchinson 1,228 02.3 Kevin Connor 490 00.9 Joanne Clark 455 00.9 Douglas Thompson 1,456 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,313 (05.9%) informal 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hillšs vote of 18.3% was a decrease of 21.3% from the 39.6% she polled as a Liberal candidate in 1996. 2. Connor was a Rex Connor Sr Labor candidate -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bernard's 189 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 13 (07.0) 4,148 07.9 Von Behrens 14 (07.6) 5,598 10.6 Walker 9 (04.9) 1,879 03.6 Dargavel 18 (09.7) 25,885 49.1 Hill 65 (35.1) 9,707 18.4 Miller 13 (07.0) 1,779 03.4 Hutchinson 11 (05.9) 1,239 02.4 Connor 8 (04.3) 498 00.9 Clarke 18 (09.7) 473 00.9 Thompson 16 (08.6) 1,472 02.8 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 189 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Clarke's 473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 51 (10.8) 4,199 08.0 Von Behrens 27 (05.7) 5,625 10.7 Walker 18 (03.8) 1,897 03.6 Dargavel 25 (05.3) 25,910 49.2 Hill 84 (17.8) 9,791 18.6 Miller 7 (01.5) 1,786 03.4 Hutchinson 16 (03.4) 1,255 02.4 Connor 29 (06.1) 527 01.0 Thompson 216 (45.7) 1,688 03.2 (exhausted 0 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 473 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Connor's 527 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 49 (09.3) 4,248 08.1 Von Behrens 28 (05.3) 5,653 10.7 Walker 41 (07.8) 1,938 03.7 Dargavel 63 (12.0) 25,973 49.3 Hill 77 (14.6) 9,868 18.7 Miller 106 (20.2) 1,892 03.6 Hutchinson 77 (14.6) 1,332 02.5 Thompson 85 (16.2) 1,773 03.4 (exhausted 1 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 527 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Hutchinson's 1,332 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 58 (04.4) 4,306 08.2 Von Behrens 71 (05.3) 5,724 10.9 Walker 671 (50.5) 2,609 05.0 Dargavel 116 (08.7) 26,089 49.5 Hill 151 (11.4) 10,019 19.0 Miller 117 (08.8) 2,009 03.8 Thompson 145 (10.9) 1,918 03.6 (exhausted 3 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,332 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Thompson's 1,918 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 339 (17.8) 4,645 08.8 Von Behrens 109 (05.7) 6,013 11.4 Walker 211 (11.1) 2,820 05.4 Dargavel 137 (07.2) 26,226 49.8 Hill 498 (26.1) 10,517 20.0 Miller 612 (32.1) 2,621 05.0 (exhausted 12 20 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,918 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Miller's 2,621 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 544 (20.8) 5,189 09.9 Von Behrens 180 (06.9) 6,013 11.4 Walker 253 (09.7) 3,073 05.8 DARGAVEL 245 (09.4) 26,471 50.3 Hill 1,391 (53.2) 11,908 22.6 (exhausted 8 28 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,621 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Walker's 3,073 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chu 492 (16.1) 5,681 10.8 Von Behrens 730 (24.0) 6,743 12.8 DARGAVEL 598 (19.6) 27,069 51.4 Hill 1,228 (40.3) 13,136 25.0 (exhausted 25 53 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,073 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Chu's 5,681 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Von Behrens 2,858 (50.6) 9,601 18.3 DARGAVEL 1,154 (20.4) 28,223 53.7 Hill 1,633 (28.9) 14,769 28.1 (exhausted 36 89 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 5,681 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Von Behrens's 9,601 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DARGAVEL 6,056 (63.4) 34,279 65.2 Hill 3,492 (36.6) 18,261 34.8 (exhausted 53 142 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 9,601 52,682 15.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over Hill of 15.2% represented a swing of 3.2% from the ALP majority over Hill as a Liberal candidate in 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven John Dargavel (born 1966): Elected 1997 by Born: 10 June 1966, Traralgon, Victoria Career: Educated Monash University. Youth refuge worker, youth housing worker, employment counsellor. Research officer, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. Organiser, Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- With the abolition of the seat of Namadgi at the 1997 redistribution and the shift of Hon Bob McMullan to Fraser, Dargavel was left without a seat and retired in 1998. --------------------------------------------------------------------