A by-election for the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia. The term of members of the ...

division of

Wills Wills may refer to: * Will (law) A will or testament is a legal document that expresses a person's (testator) wishes as to how their property ( estate) is to be distributed after their death and as to which person (executor) is to manage the pr ...

was held on 11 April 1992. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former Prime Minister

Bob Hawke Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...

. The by-election was won by

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candidate

Phil Cleary Philip Ronald Cleary (born 8 December 1952) is an Australian commentator on politics and sport, particularly Australian rules football, and a former independent politician elected at the 1992 Wills by-election. Football playing career Cleary ...

. There were 22 candidates, the largest number ever to contest any House of Representatives seat. Though 22 candidates contested the

2009 Bradfield by-election The 2009 Bradfield by-election was held for the House of Representatives (Australia), Australian House of Representatives seat of Division of Bradfield, Bradfield on 5 December 2009. This was triggered as a result of the resignation of former min ...

, nine of the candidates were from the

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. Cleary's election was declared void by the High Court on the grounds that, as a teacher employed by the Victorian state government, he held an office of profit under the Crown at the time he nominated.. No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.

Results

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References

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Results

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