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1992 Wills by-election

Australian federal by-election

Field	Value
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
vote_type	Primary
ongoing	no
election_date	11 April 1992
previous_election	1990 Australian federal election
previous_year	1990
next_election	1993 Australian federal election
next_year	1993
turnout	89.4% ( 4.9)
seats_for_election	Division of Wills (Vic) in the Australian House of Representatives
image1	{{CSS image crop	Image = PhilCleary.jpg
bSize	130	cWidth = 120	cHeight = 160	oTop = 0	oLeft = 7}}
candidate1	Phil Cleary
party1	Independent (Australia)
popular_vote1	21,391
percentage1	33.5%
swing1	33.5
image2
candidate2	Bill Kardamitsis
party2	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote2	18,784
percentage2	29.4%
swing2	19.3
image3
candidate3	John Delacretaz
party3	Liberal Party of Australia
popular_vote3	17,582
percentage3	27.9%
swing3	6.9
1blank	2PP
2blank	2PP swing
1data1	65.7%
2data1	65.7
1data2	34.3%
2data2	23.6
title	MP
before_election	Bob Hawke
before_party	Australian Labor Party
after_election	Phil Cleary
after_party	Independent politician

The 1992 Wills by-election was held on 11 April 1992 to elect the member for Wills in the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil Cleary. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the 2009 Bradfield by-election, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party.

Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated. No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.

Results

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References

{{cite AustLII. (1992). CLR]] 77.

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