Corangamite by-election, 1984

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Corangamite on 18 February 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP Tony Street. The by-election was held to coincide with the Hughes and Richmond by-elections.

The election was comfortably won by Liberal candidate Stewart McArthur.

Candidates

Results

Corangamite by-election, 1984[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Stewart McArthur 32,083 46.7 -11.5
Labor Gavan O'Connor 25,517 37.1 -4.7
National David Seymour 9,794 14.2 +14.2
Democratic Labor Joseph Lam 1,336 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 68,730 98.4
Informal votes 1,096 1.6
Turnout 69,826 92.4
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stewart McArthur 40,837 59.4 +1.2
Labor Gavan O'Connor 27,893 40.6 -1.2
Liberal hold Swing +1.2

See also

References

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