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1992 Davidson state by-election

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 Davidson state by-election
country	New South Wales
type	parliamentary
vote_type	Primary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1991 New South Wales state election
previous_year	1991
election_date	2 May 1992
next_election	1995 New South Wales state election
next_year	1995
seats_for_election	Electoral district of Davidson in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
image1
candidate1	Andrew Humpherson
party1	New South Wales Liberal Party
popular_vote1	15,852
percentage1	49.32%
swing1	16.07
image2
candidate2	Julie Sutton
party2	Independent (Australia)
popular_vote2	9,489
percentage2	29.52%
swing2	29.52
1blank	TCP
2blank	TCP swing
1data1	59.65%
2data1	13.04
1data2	40.35%
2data2	13.04
title	MP
before_election	Terry Metherell
before_party	New South Wales Liberal Party
after_election	Andrew Humpherson
after_party	New South Wales Liberal Party

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Davidson on 2 May 1992.

It was triggered by the resignation of former Liberal Party-turned-independent MP, Terry Metherell, after the scandal known as the 'Metherell Crisis'.

The seat was subsequently won by Andrew Humpherson of the Liberal Party. However the Liberals suffered a 16% drop in their primary vote, and a 14% drop in their two party preferred vote.

Background

Main article: Terry Metherell

The seat of Davidson, a traditionally safe Liberal seat, was held since 1981 by Terry Metherell, a controversial Minister for Education in the first term of the Greiner government.

Charges of tax avoidance forced his resignation from the Ministry in 1990. However, there was speculation that he would be re-appointed to the ministry when the Greiner government was re-elected in 1991. However, at the 1991 election, the Greiner government lost its majority, and was forced to depend on the support of the four independents in order to stay in office. This all but squashed any chance of Metherell returning to cabinet. Feeling betrayed and rejected from his party, Metherell resigned from the Liberal Party in October 1991 live on the 7:30 Report, without having given his colleagues notice.

The government subsequently created a job for Metherell, a position with the Environment Protection Agency. He accepted and duly resigned from state parliament, effectively engineering a vacancy in a seat that was very likely to revert to the Liberals in a by-election. Labor did not nominate a candidate, but a field of Independents and minor parties reduced the Liberal vote by 16%, and 14% after preferences.

Results

Saturday 2 May}}

Terry Metherell, -turned resigned.

References

(12 Sep 2005). "NSW By-Elections Background". [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
(1991). "1992 Davidson by-election".

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