Country: | Victoria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 18 February 1984 |
Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Popular Vote1: | 32,083 |
Percentage1: | 46.7% |
Swing1: | 11.5 |
Candidate2: | Gavan O'Connor |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party |
Popular Vote2: | 25,517 |
Percentage2: | 37.1% |
Swing2: | 4.7 |
Party3: | National Party of Australia |
Popular Vote3: | 9,794 |
Percentage3: | 14.2% |
Swing3: | 14.2 |
1Blank: | TPP |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 59.4% |
2Data1: | 1.2 |
1Data2: | 40.6% |
2Data2: | 1.2 |
MP | |
Before Election: | Tony Street |
Before Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
After Election: | Stewart McArthur |
After Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
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.
The election was comfortably won by Liberal candidate Stewart McArthur.