1993 The Hills state by-election

1993 The Hills state by-election
← 1991 28 August 1993 1995 →
Electoral district of The Hills in the; New South Wales Legislative Assembly
MP before election; Tony Packard; Liberal	Elected MP ; Michael Richardson; Liberal

A by-election was held in the state electoral district of The Hills on 28 August 1993. The by-election was triggered by Tony Packard (Liberal) resigning after he was convicted of charges relating to the unlawful use of listening devices at his car dealership.^[1]

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Date	Event
11 June 1993	Tony Packard pleaded guilty to illegally using a listening device.^[2]
27 July 1993	Tony Packard resigned from parliament.^[1]^[3]
9 August 1993	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.^[4]
12 August 1993	Day of nomination
28 August 1993	Polling day
10 September 1993	Return of writ

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Michael Richardson	19,418	60.8	−1.7
	Independent	Roy Potter	6,466	20.3	−0.6
	Independent	David Baggs	1,685	5.3
	Call to Australia	Bruce Coleman	1,375	4.3
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	1,231	3.9
	Independent	Ruth Rothery	677	2.1
	Independent	Tony Pettitt	414	1.3
	Independent	Louis Solomons	313	1.0
	Independent	Ronald Feiner	189	0.6
	Independent	Ivor F	80	0.3
	Independent	Norman Hooper	75	0.2
Total formal votes			31,923	97.3
Informal votes			886	2.7
Turnout			32,809	81.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Michael Richardson	20,184	69.0	+1.6
	Independent	Roy Potter	9,083	31.0	−1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6

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1993 The Hills state by-election

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