A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Grayndler on 23 June 1979. It was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP...
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The Division of Grayndler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is currently represented by Prime Minister of Australia...
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Leo McLeay (category Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grayndler)
secretary of the state branch from 1976 to 1979. McLeay was elected to federal parliament at the 1979 Grayndler by-election, following the death in office of Frank...
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earliest anti-Asian immigration parties. The ANA contested the 1979 Grayndler by-election, in which its secretary and candidate Frank Salter received 863...
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Division of Grayndler in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1949 until the present. Grayndler is currently held by Anthony Albanese...
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Tony Whitlam (category Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grayndler)
Grayndler in central Sydney. His father Gough Whitlam was at that time the Leader of the Labor Party and had just been dismissed as Prime Minister by...
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This is a list of by-elections for the Australian House of Representatives from its creation in 1901 until the present day. Casual vacancies in the House...
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List of prime ministers of Australia (redirect from List of Australian prime ministers by political affiliation)
1968; he was elected to the House of Representatives at the Higgins by-election on 24 February 1968. As of 15 August 2024 "The Ministry". Parliament...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1977–1980 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
member Frank Stewart died on 16 April 1979; Labor candidate Leo McLeay won the resulting by-election on 23 June 1979. "Historical information on the Australian...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1987–1990 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
on 31 December 1987; Liberal candidate Mike Pratt won the resulting by-election on 6 February 1988. 2 The Labor member for Port Adelaide, Mick Young...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1974–1975 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
Representatives, and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam defeated...
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Frank Stewart (category Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Grayndler)
representing Lang from 1953 to 1977 and subsequently Grayndler from 1977 until his death in 1979. Stewart was born in the Sydney suburb of Belmore and...
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Donkey vote (section 2005 Werriwa by-election)
below for the Divisions of Gwydir and Grayndler); the order of candidates on the ballot paper being decided randomly by the Australian Electoral Commission...
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the federal election that took place on 2 December became known and the full ministry was able to be sworn in. The ministry was replaced by the Third Whitlam...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1958–1961 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
by-election on 9 April. 4 The Liberal member for Balaclava, Percy Joske, resigned on 2 June 1960; Liberal candidate Ray Whittorn won the resulting by-election...
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Watson was elected as the inaugural leader following the first federal election. Every Australian state and territory has its own branch of the Australian...
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Although counting was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison's Liberal/National Coalition...
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Australia by time in office Premier of Tasmania List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office Premier of Victoria List of premiers of Victoria by time in...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1975–1977 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
Party of Australia, led by Fraser, with coalition partner the National Country Party, led by Doug Anthony, went to the election as a minority caretaker...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1969–1972 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
the 1969 federal election. 1 Labor member Jim Fraser died on 1 April 1970; Labor candidate Kep Enderby won the resulting by-election on 30 May 1970. 2...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 2022–2025 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
(2022–2025). They were elected in the 2022 Australian federal election or subsequent by-elections. As of 14 November 2023[update]. Over the course of the 47th...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1996–1998 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
resulting by-election held on 15 June 1996 was won by Labor's Michael Hatton. 2 The election of Jackie Kelly in Lindsay was declared invalid by the High...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1966–1969 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
Commissioner to Malta; Labor candidate Gordon Scholes won the resulting by-election on 22 July 1967. 3 The Labor member for Capricornia, George Gray, died...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1983–1984 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
resigned on 31 March 1983; Liberal candidate David Hawker won the resulting by-election on 7 May 1983. 2 The Liberal member for Bruce (VIC), Sir Billy Snedden...
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30 June 1958. p. 2. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-19. "Senator Dies In Hospital"...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1963–1966 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
24 December 1963; Liberal candidate Adrian Gibson won the resulting by-election on 15 February 1964. 3 The Liberal member for Angas, Alick Downer, resigned...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
resigned on 20 December 1985. His son, Harry Jenkins, won the resulting by-election. "Historical information on the Australian Parliament". Parliament of...
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Werriwa 1952–1978, Prime Minister 1972–75 Tony Whitlam (1944–), MHR for Grayndler, Justice on the Federal Court of Australia (1993–2005) F. E. S. Willmott...
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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1980–1983 (category Members of Australian parliaments by term)
1980 federal election. 1 Liberal member Eric Robinson died on 7 January 1981; Liberal candidate Peter White won the resulting by-election on 21 February...
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Australian House of Representatives representing Lang and later Grayndler between 1953 and 1979, also for Labor. Kevin Stewart was born in Belmore, New South...
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