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 member and Deputy Leader Rosemary Foot.[1]

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

Dates

Date	Event
13 February 1986	Resignation of Rosemary Foot.[1]
2 May 1986	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
8 May 1986	Day of nominations
31 May 2016	Polling day
20 June 1986	Return of writ

Results

1986 Vaucluse by-election
Saturday 31 May [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	0.44	+0.4
Total formal votes			18,239	96.3	-0.8
Informal votes			711	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			18,950	61.1 [lower-alpha 1]	-27.6
	Liberal hold		Swing

See also

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

Notes

1. Estimate based on a roll of 30,993 at the 1984 election.[4]

References

1. "Mrs Rosemary Irene Foot". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Vaucluse". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (75). New South Wales, Australia. 2 May 1986. p. 1991. Retrieved 28 November 2019 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1986 Vaucluse by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1984 Vaucluse". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.