COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-EIGHTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== FRASER, ACT ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 65,687 +02.0 Votes cast: 55,995 85.2 -11.6 Informal votes: 3,313 05.9 +02.4 Formal votes: 52,682 04.1 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 52,682 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hill's 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 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 at the 1998 election. Later career: Victorian State Secretary Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union 2002-18. Labour Hire Licensing Commissioner from 2018. --------------------------------------------------------------------