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Aby-election was held for theAustralian House of Representatives seat ofWannon on 7 May 1983. This was triggered by the resignation ofLiberal Party MP and formerPrime MinisterMalcolm Fraser.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | David Hawker | 26,631 | 41.6 | −16.0 | |
| Labor | Nancy Genardini | 23,069 | 36.1 | −1.1 | |
| National | Roger Hallam | 14,290 | 22.3 | +22.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 63,990 | 99.2 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 527 | 0.8 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 64,517 | 92.9 | −4.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | David Hawker | 38,930 | 60.8 | +1.1 | |
| Labor | Nancy Genardini | 25,060 | 39.2 | −1.1 | |
| Liberalhold | Swing | +1.1 | |||
