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1989 Gwydir by-election


FieldValue
countryNew South Wales
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
election_date15 April 1989
image1[[File:John Anderson 2001 (cropped).jpg150x150px]]
candidate1John Anderson
party1National Party of Australia
popular_vote131,209
percentage156.0%
swing11.2
image2
candidate2John Uebergang
party2Independent politician
popular_vote214,660
percentage226.3%
swing226.3
image3
candidate3Bevan O'Regan
party3Independent politician
popular_vote39,881
percentage317.7%
swing317.7
1blankTPP
2blankTPP swing
1data160.4%
2data10.1
1data239.6%
2data239.6
titleMP
before_electionRalph Hunt
before_partyNational Party of Australia
after_electionJohn Anderson
after_partyNational Party of Australia

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gwydir on 15 April 1989. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Ralph Hunt.

The Australian Labor Party did not field a candidate. The by-election was won by the National Party's John Anderson.

Candidates

  • National Party of Australia – John Anderson, farmer and grazier.
  • Independent – Bevan O'Regan. O'Regan had contested New England at the 1987 election as an independent National candidate, supporting the Joh for Canberra campaign. He later contested the Senate in 1996 for Australians Against Further Immigration and in 1998 for One Nation.
  • Independent – John Uebergang. Uebergang later contested the Senate in the 1993 election for the Confederate Action Party.

Results

Notes

References

References

  1. "By-Elections 1987-1990".
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