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1984 Richmond by-election

Field	Value
country	New South Wales
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
election_date	18 February 1984
candidate1	Charles Blunt
party1	National Party of Australia
popular_vote1	26,972
percentage1	33.8%
swing1	19.2
candidate2	Peter Carmont
party2	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote2	28,914
percentage2	36.2%
swing2	3.2
candidate3	Brian Pezzutti
party3	Liberal Party of Australia
popular_vote3	16,948
percentage3	21.2%
swing3	21.2
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	55.8%
2data1	0.1
1data2	44.2%
2data2	0.1
title	MP
before_election	Doug Anthony
before_party	National Party of Australia
after_election	Charles Blunt
after_party	National Party of Australia

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Richmond on 18 February 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party Leader MP Doug Anthony. The by-election was held to coincide with the Corangamite and Hughes by-elections.

The election was won by National candidate and future Nationals leader, Charles Blunt, despite challenges from both the Labor and Liberal parties.

Candidates

National Party of Australia – Charles Blunt, State Director of the National Party.
Independent – Fast Bucks. He later stood for the Senate in Queensland in 1984 for the Conservative Party, and as an independent in 1987 in Wills.
Australian Labor Party – Peter Carmont.
Australian Democrats – Simon Clough.
Independent – Denis Griffin.
Liberal Party of Australia – Brian Pezzutti, former national serviceman and president of the Lismore branch of the Liberal Party. He was later elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council.
Uninflated Movement – Nadar Ponnuswamy, Newtown restaurateur and candidate at the October 1983 Marrickville by-election.

Results

References

Thomson, Robert. (20 February 1984). "Like Gandhi, Swamp let the people decide". The Sydney Morning Herald.

Wikipedia Source

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