1984 Corangamite by-election

Australian federal by-election April 2022 June 2023 Victoria parliamentary no 18 February 1984 150x150px Stewart McArthur Liberal Party of Australia 32,083 46.7% 11.5 150x150px Gavan O'Connor Australian Labor Party 25,517 37.1% 4.7 150x150px David Seymour National Party of Australia 9,794 14.2% 14.2 TPP TPP swing 59.4% 1.2 40.6% 1.2 MP Tony Street Liberal Party of Australia Stewart McArthur Liberal Party of Australia A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Corangamite on 18 February 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP Tony Street. The by-election was held to coincide with the Hughes and Richmond by-elections. The election was comfortably won by Liberal candidate Stewart McArthur. Candidates Democratic Labor Party – Joseph Lam. Liberal Party of Australia – Stewart McArthur, a local farmer and company director. Australian Labor Party – Gavan O'Connor, a local farmer and teacher. O'Connor was later elected to federal Parliament as the member for Corio in 1993. National Party of Australia – David Seymour. Results Corangamite by-election, 1984 By-Elections 1983-1984 Psephos http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1983/1983repsby.txt Stewart McArthur Liberal 32,083 46.7 -11.5 Gavan O'Connor Labor 25,517 37.1 -4.7 David Seymour Nationals 9,794 14.2 +14.2 Joseph Lam Democratic Labor 1,336 1.9 +1.9 68,730 98.4 1,096 1.6 69,826 92.4 Liberal Stewart McArthur 40,837 59.4 +1.2 Labor Gavan O'Connor 27,893 40.6 -1.2 Liberal +1.2 See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Corangamite by-election Category:Victorian federal by-elections Corangamite by-election, 1984 Corangamite by-election