1994 Mackellar by-election

April 2022 June 2023 New South Wales parliamentary no 26 March 1994 150x150px Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Party of Australia 34,999 53.25% 4.36 Independent politician IND 150x150px Bob Ellis Independent politician 15,501 23.14% 23.14 TPP TPP swing 60.27% 0.89 39.73% 39.73 MP Jim Carlton Liberal Party of Australia Bronwyn Bishop Liberal Party of Australia The 1994 Mackellar by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Mackellar in New South Wales on 26 March 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Jim Carlton on 14 January 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 18 February 1994. On the same day a by-election was held in Warringah. The Australian Labor Party did not stand a candidate for the by-election. The main opposition for the seat was writer/journalist, film-maker, Labor supporter and political commentator Bob Ellis, who stood as an independent. During the by-elections in Mackellar and Warringah the Maverick Far Right Labor MP Graeme Campbell urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI).From white Australia to Woomera: the story of Australian immigration James Jupp 136 Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 https://books.google.com/books?id=A9XR6eKT54AC 978-0-521-53140-5 The by-election was won by the Liberal Party's Bronwyn Bishop.Mackellar (NSW) By-Election (26 March 1994) Australian Electoral Commission http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/mackellar.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070609091531/http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/supplementary_by_elections/mackellar.htm 9 June 2007 dead Results [[1994 Mackellar by-election]]http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1993/mack1993.txt 1994 Mackellar by-election Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive 2022-05-29 Bronwyn Bishop Liberal 34,999 52.25 −4.36 Bob Ellis Independent 15,501 23.14 +23.14 John Phillips AAFI 5,464 8.16 +8.16 Fiona E. McLeod Greens 3,940 5.88 +5.88 Brian Johnson Democrats 3,851 5.75 −1.33 Stephen Ross Wells Independent 2,063 3.08 +3.08 Peter Consandine Republican 586 0.87 +0.87 Godfrey Bigot 582 0.87 +0.87 66,986 96.85 −0.15 2,181 3.15 +0.15 69,167 87.63 −8.14 Liberal Bronwyn Bishop 40,328 60.27 −0.89 Independent Bob Ellis 26,587 39.73 +39.73 Liberal N/A Jim Carlton (Liberal) resigned. See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Mackellar by-election Category:New South Wales federal by-elections Mackellar by-election