1994 Glendalough state by-election

October 2016 July 2026 The 1994 Glendalough state by-election was a by-election for the seat of Glendalough in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia held on 19 March 1994. It was triggered by the resignation of Carmen Lawrence (the sitting Labor member and a former premier) on 14 February 1994, in order to contest the House of Representatives at the 1994 Fremantle by-election. The Labor Party retained Glendalough at the by-election, with their candidate, Michelle Roberts, recording 52.7 percent of the two-party-preferred vote. Background Carmen Lawrence had held Glendalough for the Labor Party since its creation at the 1989 state election. She had previously held Subiaco since 1986. Lawrence replaced Peter Dowding as Labor leader (and thus as premier) in February 1990, but her government was defeated at the 1993 state election. She resigned from state parliament on 14 February 1994, in order to contest the House of Representatives at the Fremantle by-election on 12 March.Carmen Mary Lawrence, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2017. Following Lawrence's resignation, the writ for the by-election was issued on 17 February, with the close of nominations on 25 February. Polling day was on 19 March, with the writ returned on 30 March.Black David Prescott, Valerie Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996 1997 Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission Perth, Western Australia 0-7309-8409-5 127 Lawrence won the Fremantle by-election held a week earlier, on 12 March, and both by-elections were contested by independent Raymond Conder. Results Glendalough state by-election, 1994 Labor WA Michelle Roberts 7,846 43.4 –2.0 Liberal WA Michael Saunders 6,908 40.0 –0.5 Greens WA Stewart Jackson 1,199 6.9 +2.7 Independent Patrick Cranley 1,033 6.0 +6.0 Independent Barbara Campbell 142 0.8 –1.6 Independent Eric Brown 134 0.8 +0.8 Independent Raymond Conder 119 0.7 +0.7 Independent Nicholas Murray 94 0.5 +0.5 Grey Power Douglas Ratcliffe 66 0.4 +0.4 Republican Eugene Hands 39 0.2 +0.2 Democratic Republican James Connolly 39 0.2 +0.2 17,259 95.6 +0.7 786 4.4 –0.7 18,045 79.4 –13.6 Labor WA Michelle Roberts 9,099 52.7 ±0.0 Liberal WA Michael Saunders 8,160 47.3 ±0.0 Labor WA ±0.0 Connolly and Hands recorded the same number of first-preference votes, but Connolly's preferences were distributed first. Aftermath Glendalough was abolished at the 1996 state election, and Roberts transferred to the new seat of Midland. She was a government minister between 2001 and 2008, under premiers Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter, and in 2015 became Western Australia's longest-serving female parliamentarian.Michelle Hopkins Roberts, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 January 2017. Lawrence was successful in her attempt to transfer to the House of Representatives, and was appointed to the federal ministry almost immediately after entering parliament, where she served until the Labor government's defeat at the 1996 federal election. See also List of Western Australian state by-elections Women in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly References Category:Western Australian state by-elections Glendalough state by-election Glendalough state by-election Category:1990s in Perth, Western Australia