1992 Wills by-election
The 1992 Wills by-election was held on 11 April 1992 to elect the member for Wills in the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation of Labor Party MP and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke. The by-election was won by independent candidate Phil 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, nine of the candidates were from the Christian Democratic Party. 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.[1] No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election. Results
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