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Davidson - By-election (Roll: 38,058)
Retained by Liberal Party
Nominations: Thursday, 16 April 1992, Polling: Saturday, 2 May 1992
Not contested by both major parties, Preferences required, Preferences counted to completion
Candidate Party Votes % Final %
Vescio, Michael Independent EFF 683 2.12
Evanian, Michael Independent 852 2.65
Cunningham, Edna Australian Democrats 1,156 3.60
Roach, Ted Independent 361 1.12
Begaud, Kevin Independent 918 2.86
Knowles, Ross Greens 1,195 3.72
Leney, Peter Independent 190 0.59
Klinger, Steven Independent 157 0.49
Sutton, Julie Independent 9,489 29.52 11,737 40.35
Coleman, Bruce Call to Australia 770 2.40
Humpherson, Andrew (Elected) Liberal Party 15,852 49.32 17,352 59.65
Williams, William Independent 105 0.33
Torzsok, Sandor Independent 24 0.07
Droulers, Julien Independent 34 0.11
Fairlie-Cuninghame, Janet Independent 357 1.11
Formal Votes 32,143
Informal / Exhausted Votes 1,006 3.03 3,054 9.50
Total Votes / Turnout 33,149 87.10
Cause Category: Resignation - Government Job
Notes: Caused by the resignation of Terry Metherell to accept a position with the Environment Protection Agency. Metherell had resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1991, so the government had effectively engineered a vacancy in a seat the Liberal Party would recover at a by-election. Because the Greiner government was in a minority, it could not prevent the Legislative Assembly referring the matter to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, which eventually made findings of corruption under the ICAC Act. The findings were eventually ruled as being outside the powers of the ICAC to make, but by then Premier Greiner and Environment Minister Tim Moore had already resigned. Metherell never took up the offered job.

Distribution of Preferences
Exclusion 1
Torzsok (IND)		 Exclusion 2
Droulers (IND)		 Exclusion 3
Williams (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Vescio (EFF) 2 16.67 685 2.13 1 4.55 686 2.14 3 4.84 689 2.15
Evanian (IND) 1 8.33 853 2.65 0 0.00 853 2.66 3 4.84 856 2.67
Cunningham (DEM) 0 0.00 1156 3.60 0 0.00 1156 3.60 3 4.84 1159 3.61
Roach (IND) 1 8.33 362 1.13 0 0.00 362 1.13 4 6.45 366 1.14
Begaud (IND) 0 0.00 918 2.86 2 9.09 920 2.86 6 9.68 926 2.89
Knowles (GRN) 2 16.67 1197 3.73 3 13.64 1200 3.74 2 3.23 1202 3.75
Leney (IND) 1 8.33 191 0.59 0 0.00 191 0.59 2 3.23 193 0.60
Klinger (IND) 0 0.00 157 0.49 1 4.55 158 0.49 3 4.84 161 0.50
Sutton (IND) 0 0.00 9489 29.53 5 22.73 9494 29.56 19 30.65 9513 29.66
Coleman (CTA) 0 0.00 770 2.40 1 4.55 771 2.40 1 1.61 772 2.41
Humpherson (LIB) 3 25.00 15855 49.34 1 4.55 15856 49.37 6 9.68 15862 49.46
Williams (IND) 0 0.00 105 0.33 3 13.64 108 0.34 -108
Torzsok (IND) -24
Droulers (IND) 2 16.67 36 0.11 -36
Fairlie-Cuninghame (IND) 0 0.00 357 1.11 5 22.73 362 1.13 10 16.13 372 1.16
Votes In Count 12 32131 22 32117 62 32071
Exhausted 12 50.00 12 0.04 14 38.89 26 0.08 46 42.59 72 0.22

Distribution of Preferences - part 2
Exclusion 4
Klinger (IND)		 Exclusion 5
Leney (IND)		 Exclusion 6
Roach (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Vescio (EFF) 7 6.86 696 2.17 11 6.51 707 2.21 18 6.41 725 2.28
Evanian (IND) 7 6.86 863 2.70 9 5.33 872 2.73 21 7.47 893 2.80
Cunningham (DEM) 1 0.98 1160 3.62 8 4.73 1168 3.66 24 8.54 1192 3.74
Roach (IND) 2 1.96 368 1.15 6 3.55 374 1.17 -374
Begaud (IND) 6 5.88 932 2.91 73 43.20 1005 3.15 97 34.52 1102 3.46
Knowles (GRN) 7 6.86 1209 3.78 11 6.51 1220 3.82 24 8.54 1244 3.90
Leney (IND) 35 34.31 228 0.71 -228
Klinger (IND) -161
Sutton (IND) 16 15.69 9529 29.77 17 10.06 9546 29.88 33 11.74 9579 30.07
Coleman (CTA) 0 0.00 772 2.41 4 2.37 776 2.43 8 2.85 784 2.46
Humpherson (LIB) 16 15.69 15878 49.60 21 12.43 15899 49.76 55 19.57 15954 50.08
Fairlie-Cuninghame (IND) 5 4.90 377 1.18 9 5.33 386 1.21 1 0.36 387 1.21
Votes In Count 102 32012 169 31953 281 31860
Exhausted 59 36.65 131 0.41 59 25.88 190 0.59 93 24.87 283 0.88

Distribution of Preferences - part 3
Exclusion 7
Fairlie-Cuninghame (IND)		 Exclusion 8
Vescio (EFF)		 Exclusion 9
Coleman (CTA)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Vescio (EFF) 27 10.07 752 2.37 -752
Evanian (IND) 69 25.75 962 3.03 320 58.93 1282 4.07 28 4.79 1310 4.18
Cunningham (DEM) 37 13.81 1229 3.87 48 8.84 1277 4.05 32 5.48 1309 4.18
Begaud (IND) 14 5.22 1116 3.52 22 4.05 1138 3.61 26 4.45 1164 3.72
Knowles (GRN) 26 9.70 1270 4.00 25 4.60 1295 4.11 35 5.99 1330 4.25
Sutton (IND) 36 13.43 9615 30.29 80 14.73 9695 30.75 74 12.67 9769 31.20
Coleman (CTA) 12 4.48 796 2.51 6 1.10 802 2.54 -802
Humpherson (LIB) 47 17.54 16001 50.41 42 7.73 16043 50.88 389 66.61 16432 52.47
Fairlie-Cuninghame (IND) -387
Votes In Count 268 31741 543 31532 584 31314
Exhausted 119 30.75 402 1.25 209 27.79 611 1.90 218 27.18 829 2.58

Distribution of Preferences - part 4
Exclusion 10
Begaud (IND)		 Exclusion 11
Knowles (GRN)		 Exclusion 12
Cunningham (DEM)
PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes% Votes%Votes%
Evanian (IND) 438 49.27 1748 5.63 81 10.56 1829 6.01 485 39.11 2314 7.73
Cunningham (DEM) 72 8.10 1381 4.45 366 47.72 1747 5.74 -1747
Begaud (IND) -1164
Knowles (GRN) 40 4.50 1370 4.41 -1370
Sutton (IND) 175 19.69 9944 32.04 220 28.68 10164 33.39 600 48.39 10764 35.97
Humpherson (LIB) 164 18.45 16596 53.47 100 13.04 16696 54.86 155 12.50 16851 56.30
Votes In Count 889 31039 767 30436 1240 29929
Exhausted 275 23.63 1104 3.43 603 44.01 1707 5.31 507 29.02 2214 6.89

Distribution of Preferences - part 5
Exclusion 13
Evanian (IND)
PreferencesNew Totals
Votes%Votes%
Evanian (IND) -2314
Sutton (IND) 973 66.01 11737 40.35
Humpherson (LIB) 501 33.99 17352 59.65
Votes In Count 1474 29089
Exhausted 840 36.30 3054 9.50