COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA THIRTY-NINTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== HOLT, Vic ==================================================================== Suburban Melbourne: Dandenong, Endeavour Hills, Hampton Park, Keysborough -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 November 1999, following the resignation of Hon Gareth Evans -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,685 +05.2 Votes cast: 79,626 94.0 -02.1 Informal votes: 5,727 07.2 +02.7 Formal votes: 73,899 92.8 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mulholland DLP 5,404 07.3 Daniel Scoullar Grn 4,701 06.4 Lynne Dickson CDP 4,399 05.9 +04.2 Polly Morgan AD 10,896 14.7 +08.7 Anthony BYRNE + ALP 48,499 65.6 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Dickson's 4,399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulholland 763 17.3 6,166 08.3 Scoullar 1,250 28.4 5,951 08.1 Morgan 1,666 37.9 12,562 17.0 BYRNE + 721 16.4 49,220 66.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,399 73,899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Scoullar's 5,951 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulholland 1,401 23.5 7,567 10.2 Morgan 2,497 42.0 15,059 20.4 BYRNE + 2,053 34.5 51,273 69.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,951 73,899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Mulholland's 7,567 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Morgan 5,591 73.9 20,650 27.9 BYRNE + 1,976 26.1 53,249 72.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,951 73,899 22.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony Michael Byrne (born 1962): Elected 1999 by Born: 1 December 1962, Adelaide Career: Chief Executive Officer, Anxiety Disorders Foundation. --------------------------------------------------------------------