Corangamite by-election, 1984

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.

Candidates

• Democratic Labor Party – Joseph Lam.
• Liberal Party of Australia – Stewart McArthur, a local farmer and company director.
• Australian Labor Party – Gavan O'Connor, a local farmer and teacher. O'Connor was later elected to federal Parliament as the member for Corio in 1993.
• National Party of Australia – David Seymour.

Results

Corangamite by-election, 1984^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	32,083	46.7	-11.5
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	25,517	37.1	-4.7
	National	David Seymour	9,794	14.2	+14.2
	Democratic Labor	Joseph Lam	1,336	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			68,730	98.4
Informal votes			1,096	1.6
Turnout			69,826	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Stewart McArthur	40,837	59.4	+1.2
	Labor	Gavan O'Connor	27,893	40.6	-1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections

References

1. "By-Elections 1983-1984". Psephos.