1984 Corangamite by-election

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.

1984 Corangamite by-election

18 February 1984

First party Second party Third party   Candidate Stewart McArthur Gavan O'Connor David Seymour Party Liberal Labor National Popular vote 32,083 25,517 9,794 Percentage 46.7% 37.1% 14.2% Swing 11.5 4.7 14.2 TPP 59.4% 40.6% TPP swing 1.2 1.2

MP before election Tony Street Liberal Elected MP Stewart McArthur Liberal

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	32,083	46.7	−11.5
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	25,517	37.1	−4.7
	National	David Seymour	9,794	14.2	+14.2
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Lam	1,336	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			68,730	98.4
Informal votes			1,096	1.6
Turnout			69,826	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,837	59.4	+1.2
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	27,893	40.6	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections