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A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Richmond on 18 February 1984. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party Leader MP Doug Anthony. The by-election was held to coincide with the Corangamite and Hughes by-elections.
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The election was won by National candidate and future Nationals leader, Charles Blunt, despite challenges from both the Labor and Liberal parties.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Peter Carmont | 28,914 | 36.2 | -3.5 | |
National | Charles Blunt | 26,972 | 33.8 | -19.2 | |
Liberal | Brian Pezzutti | 16,948 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
Independent | Fast Bucks | 3,657 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Democrats | Simon Clough | 2,587 | 3.2 | -4.1 | |
Independent | Denis Griffin | 469 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Uninflated Movement | Nadar Ponnuswamy | 290 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 79,837 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,383 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 81,220 | 89.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Charles Blunt | 44,528 | 55.8 | -0.1 | |
Labor | Peter Carmont | 35,309 | 44.2 | +0.1 | |
National hold | Swing | -0.1 |
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