1981 Curtin by-election

March 2024 April 2022 A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Curtin on 21 February 1981. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Victor Garland in order to be appointed High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom. It was held on the same day as by-elections for Boothby and McPherson. The by-election was won by Liberal Allan Rocher, who had resigned from the Senate to contest it. Key dates Date Event 22 January 1981 Hon Victor Garland resigned from Parliament.Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives 24 February 1981 1 Hon Billy Snedden Speaker 27 January 1981 The writ for the by-election was issued.https://www.legislation.gov.au/file/1981GN05 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives Australian Government Gazette S 13 27 January 1981 22 December 2020 11 February 1981 Close of nominations. 21 February 1981 Polling day.Commonwealth By-Elections 1901–82 Australian Electoral Office Australian Government Publishing Service 1983 0-644-02369-4 166–167, 187 4 March 1981 The writ was returned and Allan Rocher was sworn in as the member for Curtin.Commonwealth of Australia House of Representatives 4 March 1981 403 Hon Billy Snedden Speaker 27 March 1981 The original deadline for the writ to be returned. 24 April 1981 Garland arrived in London to commence his duties as High Commissioner of Australia.https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/high-commissioners.pdf The High Commissioners: Australia's Representatives in the United Kingdom, 1910–2010 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) 2010 978-1-92161-211-4 239 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Results Curtin by-election, 1981By-Elections 1980-1983 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1980/1980repsby.txt 2012-05-19 2018-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180317035805/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1980/1980repsby.txt dead Allan Rocher Liberal 22,951 47.04 -11.88 John Crouch Labor 15,644 32.06 -0.72 Shirley de la Hunty Democrats 8,356 17.13 +8.83 Alfred Bussell Independent 1,843 3.78 +3.78 48,794 96.70 –1.15 1,664 3.30 +1.15 50,458 78.21 –14.83 Liberal Allan Rocher 27,062 55.46 -6.8 Labor John Crouch 21,732 44.54 +6.8 Liberal -6.8 References Category:1981 elections in Australia Category:Western Australian federal by-elections Category:1980s in Perth, Western Australia