1986 Vaucluse state by-election

A by-election for the seat of Vaucluse in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 31 May 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal member and Deputy Leader Rosemary Foot.[1]

The by-election for the seats of Pittwater was held on the same day.

Dates
Date Event
13 February 1986 Resignation of Rosemary Foot.[1]
2 May 1986 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
8 May 1986 Day of nominations
31 May 2016 Polling day
20 June 1986 Return of writ

Results
1986 Vaucluse by-election
Saturday 31 May [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ray Aston 13,245 72.6 +0.2
Democrats Yvonne Jayawardena 1,978 10.8 +6.8
Call to Australia Elaine Nile 1,173 6.4
Nuclear Free Australia Gillian Fisher 931 5.1
Nuclear Disarmament Robert Wood 732 4.0
Uninflated Movement Nadar Ponnuswamy 99 0.5
Small Business and Enterprise Party Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis 81 0.44 +0.4
Total formal votes 18,239 96.3 -0.8
Informal votes 711 3.8 +0.8
Turnout 18,950 61.1 [lower-alpha 1] -27.6
Liberal hold Swing 

See also

Notes
  1. Estimate based on a roll of 30,993 at the 1984 election.[4]

References
  1. "Mrs Rosemary Irene Foot". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Vaucluse". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (75). New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1986. p. 1991. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1986 Vaucluse by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1984 Vaucluse". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
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