1990 Smithfield state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Smithfield on 23 June 1990 because of the resignation of Labor Party member Janice Crosio to contest the 1990 federal election for Prospect.[1]

The Smithfield by-election was held the same day as the Heffron and Granville by-elections.

Dates
Date Event
17 February 1990 Resignation of Janice Crosio.[1]
24 March 1990 1990 federal election
25 May 1990 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
1 June 1990 Nominations
23 June 1990 Polling day
2 August 1990 Return of writ

Results
1990 Smithfield by-election [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carl Scully 16,844 68.5 +7.7
Democrats Catherine Bateson 3,505 14.3
Call to Australia Brian Grigg 1,913 7.8
Independent Sandor Torzsok 1,329 5.4
Independent Ted Oldfield 996 4.1
Total formal votes 24,587 95.6
Informal votes 1,125 4.4
Turnout 25,712 80.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Carl Scully 18,080 80.2 +19.4
Democrats Catherine Bateson 4,476 19.8
Labor hold Swing+19.4[lower-alpha 1]

See also

Notes
  1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Smithfield election.

References
  1. "Hon Janice Crosio MBE MP". Senators and Members. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Smithfield". New South Wales Government Gazette (71). 1 June 1990. p. 4381. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1990 Smithfield by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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