1981 Boothby by-election
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Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Boothby on 21 February 1981. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP John McLeay, who subsequently took up the role of Consul General in Los Angeles. It was held on the same day as by-elections for Curtin and McPherson.
This by-election was won by Steele Hall, who was Premier of South Australia from 1968 to 1970.
Key dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 22 January 1981 | Hon John McLeay resigned from Parliament.[1] |
| 27 January 1981 | The writ for the by-election was issued.[2] |
| 13 February 1981 | Close of nominations. |
| 21 February 1981 | Polling day.[3] |
| 24 February 1981 | The writ was returned and Steele Hall was sworn in as the member for Boothby.[4] |
| 27 March 1981 | The original deadline for the writ to be returned.[2] |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Steele Hall | 36,406 | 56.71 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Bruce Whyatt | 17,108 | 26.65 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Robert Hercus | 9,188 | 14.31 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Alf Gard | 555 | 0.86 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | David Arkins | 544 | 0.85 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | John Herren | 398 | 0.62 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Total formal votes | 64,199 | 97.75 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Informal votes | 1,480 | 2.25 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 65,679 | 81.69 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name hold | Swing | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". | ||
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See also
References
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