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1980 Denison state by-election
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Tasmania |
| type | parliamentary |
| ongoing | no |
| election_date | 16 February 1980 |
| seats_for_election | All 7 seats for the Division of Denison in the House of Assembly |
| majority_seats | 4 |
| vote_type | First preference |
| previous_election | 1979 Tasmanian state election |
| previous_year | 1979 |
| next_election | 1982 Tasmanian state election |
| next_year | 1982 |
| image1 | |
| leader1 | Doug Lowe |
| party1 | Australian Labor Party |
| seats_before1 | 4 seats |
| seats1 | **3** |
| seat_change1 | 1 |
| popular_vote1 | **21,615** |
| percentage1 | **46.4%** |
| swing1 | 4.3pp |
| image2 | |
| leader2 | Geoff Pearsall |
| party2 | Liberal Party of Australia |
| seats_before2 | 3 seats |
| seats2 | **3** |
| seat_change2 | |
| popular_vote2 | 20,309 |
| percentage2 | 43.6% |
| swing2 | 1.6pp |
| image3 | |
| leader3 | Norm Sanders |
| party3 | Australian Democrats |
| seats_before3 | 0 seats |
| seats3 | 1 |
| seat_change3 | 1 |
| popular_vote3 | 4,292 |
| percentage3 | 9.2% |
| swing3 | 1.8pp |
A by-election for the Tasmanian House of Assembly was held in the Division of Denison in the Australian state of Tasmania on Saturday 16 February 1980.
Background
The election was the first to use the Robson Rotation, a method of rotating names on ballot papers. In previous elections, candidates were listed in alphabetical order by surname.
By-elections are not usually held in the Tasmanian House of Assembly because casual vacancies are filled by a countback of votes, a system that has been in place since 1917.
On 18 December 1979 the Supreme Court of Tasmania ordered that the election of three candidates in the 1979 election be declared void. The court found that Julian Amos, John Devine and John Green had exceeded their spending limits. As a result, all elected members for the electorate of Denison were required to face another election.
Elected members
The election resulted in two previously elected members losing their seats: John Green from the Labor Party and Bob Baker from the Liberal Party. Elected in their place were Norm Sanders from the Democrats and Liberal Gabriel Haros.
The following candidates were elected, listed in order of election:
| Order | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neil Batt | Labor |
| 2 | Max Bingham | Liberal |
| 3 | Gabriel Haros | Liberal |
| 4 | Julian Amos | Labor |
| 5 | John Devine | Labor |
| 6 | Robert Mather | Liberal |
| 7 | Norm Sanders | Democrats |
Result
References
References
- [http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~lee/prsa/qn/69.html Newsletter of the Proportional Representation Society of Australia] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-07-06 , Number 69, March 1993)
- [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Backg/HAElections.htm House of Assembly Elections], Tasmanian Parliamentary Library
- [http://tec.tas.gov.au/Info/Publications/ElectionReports/1978-1980.pdf Report on Parliamentary Elections 1978 to 1980] {{webarchive. link. (2007-08-30 , [[Parliament of Tasmania]], 1980.)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020919110134/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/php/Almanac.htm A Tasmanian Political Almanac], Parliament of Tasmania
- "1980 Results in Denison for the By-Election held on 16 February 1980". Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
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