1992 The Entrance state by-election

Election result for The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia November 2019 November 2019 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of The Entrance on 18 January 1992 because the Court of Disputed Returns overturned the result of the 1991 The Entrance election. Bob Graham (Liberal) had been declared elected by 116 votes over Grant McBride (Labor).1991 The Entrance 1991 TheEntrance 24 November 2019 Justice Slattery in the Court of Disputed Returns held that more than 200 voters in The Entrance had been given ballot papers for the adjoining district of Gosford and that the poll was void.https://www.afr.com/politics/carr-calm-after-poll-made-void-19911212-k4poe Carr calm after poll made void 1991-12-12 Australian Financial Review en 2019-11-23 Dates Date Event 25 May 1991 1991 election August 1991 petitions against the result of the election lodged by Grant McBride,https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231908941 Petition by Grant McBride Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 9 August 1991 24 November 2019 6719 Trove and Tony Irving.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231909465 Petition by Anthong Irving Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 23 August 1991 24 November 2019 7287 Trove 11 December 1991 Court of Disputed returns declared the election void. 2 January 1992 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231538972 Writ of election: The Entrance Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 3 2 January 1992 24 November 2019 127 Trove 3 January 1992 Nominations 18 January 1992 Polling day 7 February 1992 Return of writ Results [[1992 The Entrance state by-election|1992 The Entrance by-election]]Saturday 18 January1992 The Entrance by-election 1991 TheEntrance_1 24 November 2019 Labor NSW Grant McBride 16,642 49.6 +6.5 Liberal NSW Bob Graham 14,222 42.4 -3.7 Democrats Lynn Sawyer 693 2.1 -3.8 Independent Peter Clifford 625 1.9 Independent Tony Irving 584 1.7 -3.2 Grey power Bob Hudson 391 1.2 Citizens Electoral Council Sean James 326 0.97 +1.0 Independent Stewart Scott-Irving 92 0.3 33,575 98.4 +1.8 535 1.6 -1.8 34,110 91.0 -3.5 Labor NSW Grant McBride 17,950 54.7 +4.9 Liberal NSW Bob Graham 14,857 45.3 -4.9 Labor NSW Liberal NSW +4.9 The Court of Disputed Returns overturned the result of the 1991 The Entrance election. See also Electoral results for the district of The Entrance List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1992 elections in Australia Category:1992 in New South Wales