The 1994 Mackellar by-election was held in the

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n electorate of Mackellar in

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on 26 March 1994. The

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was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the

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's Jim Carlton on 14 January 1994. The writ for the by-election was issued on 18 February 1994. On the same day a by-election was held in Warringah. The

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did not stand a candidate for the by-election. The main opposition for the seat was writer/journalist, film-maker, Labor supporter and political commentator

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, who stood as an independent. During the

s in Mackellar and

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the Maverick Far Right Labor MP Graeme Campbell urged electors to vote for

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(AAFI). The by-election was won by the

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Results

Jim Carlton () resigned.

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