1996 Southern Highlands state by-election

Election result for Southern Highlands, New South Wales, Australia September 2019 September 2019 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Southern Highlands on 25 May 1996. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, former Premier of New South Wales John Fahey (Liberal NSW), who vacated the seat to contest the federal electorate of Macarthur at the 1996 Australian federal election.HQ5 The Hon John Fahey MP 2021-11-07 On the same day, by-elections were held in the seats of Clarence, Orange, Pittwater and Strathfield. Four of the five recontested seats were retained by the Liberal–National Coalition, with the exception of Clarence. In Southern Highlands, there was three-cornered-contest between coalition partners, the Liberal and Nationals NSW parties. Despite the Nationals candidate polling the highest number of first preference votes, the Liberal Party retained the seat with a swing of 8.00% against them on a two-candidate-preferred basis. Results [[1996 Southern Highlands state by-election|1996 Southern Highlands by-election]]Saturday 25 May1996 Southern Highlands by-election 1995 SouthernHighlands_1 12 September 2019 Katrina Hodgkinson Nationals NSW 11,530 32.60 +32.60 Peta Seaton Liberal NSW 10,565 29.87 -24.69 Philip Yeo Labor NSW 8,862 25.06 -7.48 Greg Butler Democrats 2,155 6.09 +1.54 Malcolm Duncan Independent 1,493 4.22 +4.22 Charles Chappell Call to Australia 763 2.16 +0.53 35,368 98.03 +1.81 712 1.97 -1.81 36,080 89.43 -5.85 Liberal NSW Peta Seaton 19,933 52.37 -8.00 Nationals NSW Katrina Hodgkinson 15,400 47.63 +47.63 Liberal NSW -8.00 John Fahey (Liberal NSW) resigned to successfully contest the federal electorate of Macarthur. See also Electoral results for the district of Southern Highlands List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1996 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1996 in New South Wales