COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTIETH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== CUNNINGHAM, NSW ==================================================================== South Coast NSW: Corrimal, Figtree, Unanderra, Wollongong -------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 October 2002, following the resignation of Hon Stephen Martin -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 81,521 +00.4 Votes cast: 72,971 89.5 -06.3 Informal votes: 5,647 07.7 +02.9 Formal votes: 67,324 92.3 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owen Nannelli CDP 2,566 03.8 +01.3 Peter Wilson 7,107 10.6 Hal Johnson 120 00.2 Michael Organ Grn 15,505 23.0 +16.4 Sharon Bird + ALP 25,671 38.1 -06.1 John Flanagan 556 00.8 Geoff Crocker ON 2,696 04.0 -00.6 David Hughes 889 01.3 James Keene 483 00.7 Meg Sampson 671 01.0 David Moulds 9,147 13.6 Linda Chapman AD 1,514 02.2 -04.9 Chris Williams 399 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bird, see Cunningham 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Johnson's 120 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 14 11.7 2,580 03.8 Wilson 38 31.7 7,145 10.6 Organ 22 18.3 15,527 23.1 Bird 13 10.8 25,684 38.1 Flanagan 5 04.2 561 00.8 Crocker 13 10.8 2,709 04.0 Hughes 6 05.0 895 01.3 Keene 0 483 00.7 Sampson 4 03.3 675 03.3 Moulds 3 02.5 9,150 13.6 Chapman 2 01.7 1,516 02.2 Williams 0 399 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 120 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Williams's 399 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 15 03.8 2,595 03.8 Wilson 27 06.8 7,172 10.6 Organ 167 41.8 15,694 23.3 Bird 44 11.0 25,728 38.2 Flanagan 11 02.8 572 00.8 Crocker 7 01.7 2,716 04.0 Hughes 15 03.8 910 01.3 Keene 6 01.5 489 00.7 Sampson 9 02.3 684 01.0 Moulds 19 04.8 9,169 13.6 Chapman 79 19.8 1,595 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 399 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Keene's 489 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 13 02.7 2,608 03.9 Wilson 64 13.1 7,236 10.7 Organ 88 18.0 15,782 23.4 Bird 47 09.6 25,775 38.3 Flanagan 6 01.2 578 00.9 Crocker 14 02.9 2,730 04.1 Hughes 23 04.7 933 01.4 Sampson 169 34.6 853 01.3 Moulds 50 10.2 9,219 13.7 Chapman 15 03.1 1,610 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 489 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Flanagan's 578 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 134 23.2 2,742 04.1 Wilson 60 10.4 7,296 10.4 Organ 78 13.5 15,860 23.6 Bird 82 14.2 25,857 38.4 Crocker 91 15.7 2,821 04.2 Hughes 55 09.5 988 01.5 Sampson 16 02.8 869 01.3 Moulds 42 07.3 9,261 13.8 Chapman 20 03.5 1,630 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 578 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sampson's 869 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 31 03.6 2,773 04.1 Wilson 133 15.3 7,429 11.0 Organ 57 06.6 15,917 23.6 Bird 63 07.2 25,920 38.5 Crocker 28 03.2 2,849 04.2 Hughes 37 04.3 1,025 01.5 Moulds 419 48.2 9,680 14.4 Chapman 101 11.6 1,731 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 869 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hughes's 1,025 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 72 07.0 2,845 04.2 Wilson 91 08.9 7,520 11.2 Organ 112 10.9 16,029 23.8 Bird 143 13.9 26,063 38.7 Crocker 350 34.1 3,199 04.7 Moulds 196 19.1 9,876 14.7 Chapman 61 05.9 1,792 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,025 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Chapman's 1,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nannelli 107 06.0 2,952 04.4 Wilson 445 24.8 7,965 11.8 Organ 379 21.1 16,408 24.4 Bird 290 16.2 26,353 39.1 Crocker 65 03.6 3,264 04.8 Moulds 506 28.2 10,382 15.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,792 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Nannelli's 2,952 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson 1,397 47.3 9,362 13.9 Organ 349 11.8 16,757 24.9 Bird 327 11.1 26,680 39.6 Crocker 318 10.8 3,582 05.3 Moulds 561 19.0 10,943 16.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,952 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th count: Crocker's 3,582 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson 741 20.7 10,103 15.0 Organ 448 12.5 17,205 25.6 Bird 566 15.8 27,246 40.5 Moulds 1,827 51.0 12,770 19.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,582 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11th count: Wilson's 10,103 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Organ 5,973 59.1 23,178 34.4 Bird 1,552 15.4 28,798 42.8 Moulds 2,578 25.5 15,348 22.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,103 67,324 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th count: Moulds's 15,348 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGAN 11,982 78.1 35,160 52.2 Bird 3,366 21.9 32,164 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,348 67,324 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Organ (born 1956): Elected 2002 by Born: 22 September 1956, Bulli NSW Career: Educated Wollongong University, University of NSW. Archivist and research assistant, historian. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Organ was the first member of the Australian Greens elected to the House of Representatives, and the first to win a single-member constituency in any Australian parliament. 2. Labor's loss of this by-election led to the resignation of Simon Crean as party leader. --------------------------------------------------------------------