1989 Liverpool state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Liverpool on 29 April 1989 because of the resignation of George Paciullo (Labor),^[1] after being passed over as leader of the party. The Labor pre-selection was the subject of a bitter battle between Mark Latham from the right wing faction and Paul Lynch from the left.^[2] Peter Anderson from the right was imposed by the Labor national executive.^[3]

Dates

Date	Event
19 February 1989	Resignation of George Paciullo.^[1]
10 April 1989	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.^[4]
14 April 1989	Nominations
29 April 1989	Polling day
19 May 1989	Return of writ

1989 Liverpool by-election
Saturday 29 April ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Peter Anderson	10,775	45.6
	Independent	Don Syme	2,610	11.0
	Independent	Noel Short	2,415	10.2
	Independent	Gary Lucas	2,201	9.3
	Independent	Paul Galea	2,031	8.6
	Independent	Casey Conway	1,142	4.8
	Independent	Tony Pascale	1,104	4.7
	Independent	Dianne Baric	942	4.0
	Socialist Alliance	Peter Perkins	152	0.6
	Socialist Labour	Barry Jobson	146	0.6
	Independent	John Phillips	84	0.4
	Independent	Tony Kazan	37	0.2
Total formal votes			23,639	95.0
Informal votes			1,257	5.1
Turnout			24,896	80.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Anderson	11,947	60.7
	Independent	Don Syme	7,734	39.3
	Labor hold

^ ^a ^b "The Hon. George Paciullo (1934-2012)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Liverpool seat thrown open again". The Canberra Times. 15 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ "Peter Anderson gets the numbers". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1989. p. 5. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via Trove.
^ "Writ of election: Liverpool". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 42. 12 April 1989. p. 4382. Retrieved 21 October 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1989 Liverpool by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

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