1992 Wills by-election

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives division of Wills was held on 11 April 1992. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

1992 Wills by-election

11 April 1992

First party Second party Third party   Candidate Phil Cleary Bill Kardamitsis John Delacretaz Party Independent Labor Liberal Popular vote 21,391 18,784 17,582 Percentage 33.5% 29.4% 27.9% Swing 33.5 19.3 6.9 TPP 65.7% 34.3% TPP swing 65.7 23.6

MP before election Bob Hawke Labor Elected MP Phil Cleary Independent

The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil Cleary. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the 2009 Bradfield by-election, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party.

Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated. No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.

Results

Wills by-election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Phil Cleary	21,391	33.5	+33.5
	Labor	Bill Kardamitsis	18,784	29.4	−19.3
	Liberal	John Delacretaz	17,582	27.6	−6.9
	Independent	Katheryne Savage	1,660	2.6	+2.6
	Democrats	David Mackay	1,383	2.2	−7.4
	Against Further Immigration	Angela Walker	577	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Geraldine Rawson	453	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Ian Sykes	364	0.6	−0.9
	Federal	Stan Germaine	280	0.4	+0.4
	Imperial British	Cecil G. Murgatroyd	258	0.4	-0.1
	Independent	Salvatore Ferraro	221	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Bob Lewis	216	0.3	+0.3
	Socialist Labour League	Richard Phillips	136	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Bill French	90	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Kon Kyrou	81	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Julien Droulers	68	0.1	+0.1
		Patricia Poulos	61	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Murray	54	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Chris Vassis	43	0.1	+0.1
	Republican	Otto Kuhne	35	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Will Kapphan	34	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Felicia Potter	30	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			63,801	93.6	+0.00
Informal votes			4,348	6.4	+0.00
Turnout			68,149	89.4	−4.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Kardamitis	40,416	63.8	+5.9
	Liberal	John Delacretaz	22,942	36.2	−5.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Phil Cleary	41,708	65.7	+65.7
	Labor	Bill Kardamitsis	21,772	34.3	−23.6
	Independent gain from Labor

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections
• Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia ... Sykes v Cleary