COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== BLAXLAND, NSW ==================================================================== Suburban Sydney: Bankstown, Bass Hill, Punchbowl, Yagoona -------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 June 1996, following the resignation of Hon Paul Keating -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 13.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,714 +01.3 Votes cast: 69,348 87.0 -09.1 Informal votes: 5,092 07.3 +00.7 Formal votes: 64,256 92.7 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hutchinson 5,771 09.0 Neil Baird 1,499 02.3 Adam Spencer 499 00.8 Melodie Rahme CTA 2,782 04.3 +03.0 Bob Reid 750 01.2 Marnie Kennedy 388 00.6 Vicki Kearney Grn 3,148 04.9 Marc Aussie-Stone 298 00.5 Linda Cogger 224 00.4 Peter Sayegh 2,334 03.6 Michael HATTON + ALP 37,804 58.8 +00.1 Peter Krumins 8,759 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cogger's 224 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 20 09.1 5,791 09.0 Baird 8 03.6 1,507 02.4 Spencer 8 03.6 507 00.8 Rahme 10 04.5 2,792 04.4 Reid 10 04.5 760 01.2 Kennedy 9 04.1 397 00.6 Kearney 42 19.0 3,190 05.0 Aussie-Stone 32 14.5 330 00.5 Sayegh 36 16.3 2,370 03.7 HATTON + 27 12.2 37,831 58.9 Krumins 19 08.6 8,778 13.7 (exhausted 3 3 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 224 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Aussie-Stone's 330 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 18 05.5 5,809 09.0 Baird 41 12.6 1,548 02.4 Spencer 9 02.8 516 00.8 Rahme 6 01.9 2,798 04.4 Reid 53 16.3 813 01.3 Kennedy 18 05.5 415 00.7 Kearney 70 21.4 3,260 05.1 Sayegh 67 20.6 2,437 03.8 HATTON + 23 07.1 37,854 58.9 Krumins 20 06.2 8,798 13.7 (exhausted 5 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 330 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kennedy's 415 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 29 07.0 5,838 09.1 Baird 20 04.9 1,568 02.4 Spencer 44 10.7 560 00.9 Rahme 33 08.0 2,831 04.4 Reid 82 19.9 895 01.4 Kearney 148 35.9 3,408 05.3 Sayegh 15 03.6 2,452 03.8 HATTON + 29 07.0 37,883 59.0 Krumins 12 02.9 8,810 13.7 (exhausted 3 11 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 415 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Spencer's 560 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 103 18.7 5,941 09.3 Baird 125 22.6 1,693 02.6 Rahme 84 15.2 2,915 04.5 Reid 71 12.9 966 01.5 Kearney 48 08.7 3,456 05.4 Sayegh 17 03.1 2,469 03.8 HATTON + 61 11.1 37,944 59.1 Krumins 43 07.8 8,853 13.8 (exhausted 8 19 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 560 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Reid's 966 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 110 11.6 6,051 09.4 Baird 288 30.3 1,981 03.1 Rahme 170 17.9 3,085 04.8 Kearney 138 14.5 3,594 05.6 Sayegh 146 15.3 2,615 04.1 HATTON + 56 05.9 38,000 59.2 Krumins 44 04.6 8,897 13.9 (exhausted 14 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 966 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Baird's 1,981 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 570 29.0 6,621 10.3 Rahme 252 12.8 3,337 05.2 Kearney 190 09.7 3,784 05.9 Sayegh 632 32.2 3,247 05.1 HATTON + 148 07.5 38,148 59.4 Krumins 173 08.8 9,070 14.1 (exhausted 16 49 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,981 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Sayegh's 3,247 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 452 14.1 7,073 11.0 Rahme 291 09.1 3,628 05.7 Kearney 1,503 46.8 5,287 08.3 HATTON + 584 18.2 38,732 60.4 Krumins 379 11.8 9,449 14.7 (exhausted 38 87 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,247 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Rahme's 3,628 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 1,815 50.7 8,888 13.9 Kearney 804 22.5 6,091 09.5 HATTON + 614 17.2 39,346 61.4 Krumins 346 09.7 9,795 15.3 (exhausted 49 136 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,628 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Kearney's 6,091 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 2,238 37.2 11,126 17.4 HATTON + 3,155 52.5 42,501 66.4 Krumins 622 10.3 10,417 16.3 (exhausted 76 212 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,091 64,256 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Krumins's 10,417 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hutchinson 8,674 83.8 19,800 30.9 HATTON + 1,687 16.2 44,188 69.1 (exhausted 56 268 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,417 64,256 19.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael John Hatton (born 1951): Elected 1996 By Born: 28 August 1951, Sydney Career: Educated University of NSW. School teacher. Electorate officer to Hon Paul Keating 1986-96. --------------------------------------------------------------------