1994 Coburg state by-election

1994 Coburg state by-election

14 May 1994

Electoral district of Coburg in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered28,245
Turnout85.0% ( 8.3)
  First party Second party Third party
 
ALP
IND
GRE
Candidate Carlo Carli Sam Ganci Andrea Sharam
Party Labor Independent Greens
Popular vote 13,691 5,976 5,368
Percentage 52.8% 23% 20.7%
Swing 2 23 20.7
2CP 66.3% 33.7%
2CP swing 5.1 33.7

MP before election

Tom Roper
Labor

Elected MP

Carlo Carli
Labor

The 1994 Coburg state by-election was held on 14 May 1994 to elect the next member for Coburg in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of sitting MP Tom Roper on 31 March 1994.

The seat was retained for the Labor Party by candidate Carlo Carli, who held the seat until it was abolished in 2002. Independent candidate Gilbert Boffa later stood as a candidate in the Federal by-election for Kooyong in November.