1994 Warringah by-election

Australian federal by-election April 2022 April 2023 New South Wales parliamentary Primary no 26 March 1994 1993 Australian federal election 1993 1996 Australian federal election 1996 Tony Abbott.jpg 140 120 160 0 10 Tony Abbott Liberal Party of Australia 34,440 55.21% 0.89 Independent (Australia) Judith Halnan Independent (Australia) 9,563 15.33% 15.33 Australian Democrats Troy Anderson Australian Democrats 9,932 15.92% 11.66 Australians Against Further Immigration AAFI Robyn Spencer Australians Against Further Immigration 8,446 13.54% 13.54 TPP TPP swing 63.46% 3.20pp 36.54% 36.54pp MP Michael MacKellar Liberal Party of Australia Tony Abbott Liberal Party of Australia The 1994 Warringah by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Warringah in New South Wales on 26 March 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, Liberal MP Michael MacKellar on 18 February 1994, from the safe Liberal seat. The writ for the by-election was issued on the same day. The by-election was won by Liberal candidate Tony Abbott who served as the Prime Minister of Australia from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015. Abbott would hold the seat for 25 years until he would lose the seat to teal independent Zali Steggall. The Warringah by-election was held on the same day as the Mackellar by-election triggered by the resignation of sitting Liberal member Jim Carlton. 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.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 Labor did not field a candidate in either by-election. Unsuccessful candidates for Liberal preselection included former NSW Liberal leader John Dowd, future MP Peter King, and future senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/134300357 14 nominate for safe Liberal seat Canberra Times 8 February 1994 Results [[1994 Warringah by-election]]Warringah (NSW) By-Election (26 March 1994), Australian Electoral Commission. Tony Abbott Liberal 34,440 55.21 −0.89 Troy Anderson Democrats 9,932 15.92 +11.66 Judith Halnan Independent 9,564 15.33 +15.33 Robyn Marion Spencer AAFI 8,446 13.54 +13.54 62,382 96.39 −1.23 2,339 3.61 +1.23 64,721 82.79 −12.68 Liberal Tony Abbott 39,588 63.46 +3.20 Independent Judith Halnan 22,794 36.54 +36.54 Liberal No See also List of Australian federal by-elections References Category:1994 elections in Australia Category:March 1994 in Australia Category:New South Wales federal by-elections