COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== LYNE, NSW ==================================================================== 6 September 2008, following the resignation of Hon Mark Vaile -------------------------------------------------------------------- North Coast NSW: Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Wingham -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 87,854 +01.2 Votes cast: 76,793 87.4 -08.6 Informal votes: 2,646 03.5 -01.6 Formal votes: 74,147 96.5 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Smith 2,566 03.5 Graeme Muldoon 270 00.4 Stewart Scott-Irving 400 00.5 Michael O'Donohue DLP 853 01.2 Rob OAKESHOTT 47,306 63.8 Susie Russell Grn 5,206 07.0 Rob Drew + Nat 16,964 22.9 -29.4 Barry Wright 582 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Muldoon's 270 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 98 36.3 2,663 03.6 Scott-Irving 42 15.6 442 00.6 O'Donohue 21 07.8 874 01.2 OAKESHOTT 40 14.8 47,346 63.9 Russell 21 07.8 5,227 07.1 Drew + 27 10.0 16,991 22.9 Wright 21 07.8 603 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 270 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Scott-Irving's 442 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 107 24.2 2,771 03.7 O'Donohue 44 10.0 918 01.2 OAKESHOTT 93 21.0 47,439 64.0 Russell 44 10.0 5,271 07.1 Drew + 27 06.1 17,018 23.0 Wright 127 28.7 730 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 442 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Wright's 730 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 193 26.4 2,964 04.0 O'Donohue 62 08.5 980 01.3 OAKESHOTT 188 25.8 47,627 64.2 Russell 146 20.0 5,417 07.3 Drew + 141 19.3 17,159 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 730 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: O'Donohue's 980 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 276 28.2 3,240 04.4 OAKESHOTT 339 34.6 47,966 64.7 Russell 258 26.3 5,675 07.7 Drew + 107 10.9 17,266 23.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 980 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Smith's 3,240 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OAKESHOTT 1,556 48.0 49,522 66.8 Russell 1,056 32.6 6,731 09.1 Drew + 628 19.4 17,894 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,240 74,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Russell's 6,731 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- OAKESHOTT 5,248 78.0 54,770 73.9 Drew + 1,483 22.0 19,377 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,731 74,147 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert James Murray Oakeshott (born 1969): Elected 2008 by Born: 14 December 1969, Lismore NSW Career: Educated Sydney University. Ministerial staffer. NSW MLA for Port Macquarie 1996-2008 (Nationals until 2002, then independent). ---------------------------------------------------------------------