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1990 Heffron state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Heffron on 23 June 1990 because of the resignation of Laurie Brereton (Labor) to successfully contest the 1990 federal election for Kingsford Smith [1] The Labor candidate for the election was Deirdre Grusovin, the sister of Brereton.[2]

The Heffron by-election was held the same day as the Granville and Smithfield by-elections.

Dates

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Date Event
17 February 1990 Resignation of Laurie Brereton.[1]
24 March 1990 1990 federal election
25 May 1990 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[3]
1 June 1990 Nominations
23 June 1990 Polling day
13 July 1990 Return of writ

Results

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1990 Heffron by-election
Saturday 23 June [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 14,393 65.6 9.4
Democrats Amelia Newman 3,549 16.2
Greens Mark Berriman 2,799 12.8
Call to Australia Beville Varidel 1,188 5.4
Total formal votes 21,929 95.6
Informal votes 999 4.4
Turnout 22,928 72.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Deirdre Grusovin 15,206 74.2 15.0
Democrats Amelia Newman 5,278 25.8
Labor hold Swing 15.0[a]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1988 Heffron election.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hon Laurie Brereton MP". Senators and Members of the Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The Hon. Deirdre Mary Grusovin (1938- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Writ of election: Heffron". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 71. 1 June 1990. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1990 Heffron by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.