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1986 Vaucluse state by-election

A by-election for the seat of Vaucluse in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 31 May 1986. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP and deputy leader Rosemary Foot.

The by-election for the seats of Pittwater was held on the same day.

Date	Event
13 February 1986	Resignation of Rosemary Foot.
2 May 1986	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
8 May 1986	Day of nominations
31 May 2016	Polling day
20 June 1986	Return of writ

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal	Ray Aston	13,245	72.6	+0.2
	Democrats	Yvonne Jayawardena	1,978	10.8	+6.8
	Call to Australia	Elaine Nile	1,173	6.4
	Nuclear Free Australia	Gillian Fisher	931	5.1
	Nuclear Disarmament	Robert Wood	732	4.0
	Uninflated Movement	Nadar Ponnuswamy	99	0.5
	Small Business and Enterprise Party	Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis	81	0.4
18,239	96.3	−0.8
711	3.8	+0.8
18,950	61.1	−27.6
	Liberal hold

Electoral results for the district of Vaucluse
List of New South Wales state by-elections

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