Country: | New South Wales |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 26 March 1994 |
Candidate1: | Bronwyn Bishop |
Party1: | Liberal Party of Australia |
Popular Vote1: | 34,999 |
Percentage1: | 53.25% |
Swing1: | 4.36 |
Candidate2: | Bob Ellis |
Party2: | Independent politician |
Popular Vote2: | 15,501 |
Percentage2: | 23.14% |
Swing2: | 23.14 |
1Blank: | TPP |
2Blank: | TPP swing |
1Data1: | 60.27% |
2Data1: | 0.89 |
1Data2: | 39.73% |
2Data2: | 39.73 |
MP | |
Before Election: | Jim Carlton |
Before Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
After Election: | Bronwyn Bishop |
After Party: | Liberal Party of Australia |
The 1994 Mackellar by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Mackellar in New South Wales on 26 March 1994. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Jim Carlton on 14 January 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 18 February 1994. On the same day a by-election was held in Warringah.
The Australian Labor Party did not stand a candidate for the by-election. The main opposition for the seat was writer/journalist, film-maker, Labor supporter and political commentator Bob Ellis, who stood as an independent.
During the by-elections in Mackellar and Warringah the Maverick Far Right Labor MP Graeme Campbell (politician) urged electors to vote for Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI).[1]
The by-election was won by the Liberal Party's Bronwyn Bishop.[2]