1994 Williamstown state by-election

By-election in the Victorian Legislative Assembly April 2022 Victoria parliamentary no 1992 Victorian state election 1992 1996 Victorian state election 1996 13 August 1994 Electoral district of Williamstown in the Victorian Legislative Assembly 33,159 85.7% ( 9.0) Steve Bracks at a Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony, August 2006 b.jpg 120 120 160 5 0 Steve Bracks Victorian Labor Party 15,362 57.5% 1.2 Lyn Allison Portrait 2010.jpg 120 120 160 2 0 Lyn Allison Australian Democrats 6,252 23.4% 23.4 Independent (Australia) Chris McConville Independent (Australia) 5,109 19.1% 19.1 2CP 2CP swing 61.0% 3.1 39.0% 39.0 MP Joan Kirner Victorian Labor Party Steve Bracks Victorian Labor Party The 1994 Williamstown state by-election was held on 13 August 1994 to elect the next member for Williamstown in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of sitting MP and former premier Joan Kirner on 27 May 1994. The seat was retained for the Labor Party by candidate Steve Bracks, who went on to become Premier of Victoria from 1999 until 2007. Australian Democrats candidate Lyn Allison was elected as a senator for Victoria in 1996 and became the party's leader in 2004. Candidates Candidates are listed in ballot paper order. The Liberal Party, which received 29.2% of first preference votes in Williamstown at the 1992 state election, did not contest the by-election. Party Candidate Background   democrats Lyn Allison Port Melbourne councillorAllison, Lynette (Lyn) Fay https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/allison-lynette-lyn-fay/ The Australian Women's Register 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241127230655/https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/allison-lynette-lyn-fay/ 27 November 2024   labor vic Steve Bracks Victorian Printing Industry Training Board executive directorSteve Bracks timeline http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22143511-2,00.html news.com.au 7 October 2008 27 July 2007 7 October 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007012007/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22143511-2,00.html bot: unknown   independent Chris McConville Rodriguez Bayardo Independent challenges Labor in Williamstown https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/independent-challenges-labor-williamstown Green Left 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20200301065114/https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/independent-challenges-labor-williamstown 1 March 2020 10 August 1994 Results 1994 Williamstown state by-electionTHE FIFTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ELECTED 3 OCTOBER 1992 http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1992assembly.txt Psephos: Adam Carr's Electoral Archive 27 November 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20231211220218/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/states/vic/historic/1992assembly.txt 11 December 2023Report on the Williamstown district by-election: 13 August 1994 1995 Victorian Electoral Office Labor VIC Steve Bracks 15,362 57.5 −1.2 Democrats Lyn Allison 6,252 23.4 +23.4 Independent Chris McConville 5,109 19.1 +19.1 26,723 94.1 −0.3 1,684 5.9 +0.3 28,407 85.7 −9.0 Labor VIC Steve Bracks 16,309 61.0 −3.1 Democrats Lyn Allison 10,410 39.0 +39.0 Labor VIC No See also 2007 Williamstown state by-election References Williamstown state by-election Williamstown state by-election Category:Victorian state by-elections Williamstown state by-election