2002 Hornsby state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hornsby on 23 February 2002 because of the resignation of Liberal Party member Stephen O'Doherty.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
22 January 2002	Resignation of Stephen O'Doherty.[1]
4 February 2002	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
7 February 2002	Nominations
23 February 2002	Polling day
8 March 2002	Return of writ

Results

2002 Hornsby by-election [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	18,206	48.12	-4.57
	Independent	John Muirhead	6,634	17.54
	Greens	Tony Mohr	4,975	13.15	+9.39
	Independent	Mick Gallagher	4,675	12.36	+7.8
	Democrats	Joanna Wong	2,296	6.07	+1.2
	Christian Democrats	Owen Nannelli	1,045	2.76
Informal votes			878	2.27	-0.05
Turnout			39,188	85.51	-7.41
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Judy Hopwood	20,096	60.16
	Independent	John Muirhead	13,309	39.84
	Liberal hold		Swing	+7.46 [lower-alpha 1]

See also

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

Notes

1. compared to the two-party-preferred result for the 1999 Hornsby election.

References

1. "Mr Stephen Mark O'Doherty (1959- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Hornsby" (PDF). New South Wales Government Gazette (36). 4 February 2002. p. 43812. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
3. Green, Antony. "2002 results Hornsby". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2019.