1983 Moreton by-election

1983 Moreton by-election

5 November 1983

First party Second party   Candidate Don Cameron Barbara Robson Party Liberal Labor Popular vote 31,440 28,130 Percentage 52.1% 46.6% Swing 5.4pp 1.1pp TPP 52.8% 47.2% TPP swing 1.2pp 1.2pp

MP before election James Killen Liberal Elected MP Don Cameron Liberal

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Moreton on 5 November 1983. This was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Party MP James Killen.

Candidates

• Liberal Party of Australia – Don Cameron, previously the member for Griffith (1966–1977) and Fadden (1977–1983).
• Australian Pensioner Pressure Group – Norman Eather.
• National Humanitarian Party – Marcus Platen.
• Australian Labor Party – Barbara Robson.

Results

Moreton by-election, 1983

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,440	52.1	+5.4
	Labor	Barbara Robson	28,130	46.6	+1.1
	Pensioner	Norman Eather	508	0.8	+0.8
	Humanitarian	Marcus Platen	252	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			60,330	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			655	1.1	−0.4
Turnout			60,985	90.6	−2.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Don Cameron	31,882	52.8	+1.2
	Labor	Barbara Robson	28,448	47.2	−1.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

See also

• List of Australian federal by-elections