1992 Wills by-election

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives division of Wills was held on 11 April 1992. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting Labor Party member and former Prime Minister Bob Hawke.

1992 Wills by-election
11 April 1992
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Phil Cleary Bill Kardamitsis John Delacretaz
Party Independent Labor Liberal
Popular vote 21,391 18,784 17,582
Percentage 33.5% 29.4% 27.9%
Swing 33.5 19.3 6.9
TPP 65.7% 34.3%
TPP swing 65.7 23.6
MP before election

Bob Hawke
Labor

 Elected MP

Phil Cleary
Independent

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. No second by-election was held due to the imminence of the 1993 federal election.

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