Craftian federal election, 1989

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1986 ← 	10 December 1989 	10 December 1989 	→ 1992
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75 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority	75 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority	75 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority 	75 seats in the Craftian House of Representatives38 needed for a majority
 	 	 	
 	First party 	Second party 	Third party
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Leader 	Lachlan Charles(retiring) 	Edwin Stevenson 	Jim McIntyre
Party 	Liberty 	Protection 	National
Leader since 	2 December 1986 	15 July 1981 	25 October 1969
Leader's seat 	West Lake, MY 	Coastalis, JS 	Oronton, WT
Last election 	30 seats, 40.74% 	18 seats, 23.35% 	27 seats, 35.61%
Seats won 	27 	26 	22
Seat change 	3 	8 	5
Popular vote 	162,122 	159,205 	134,456
Percentage 	35.57% 	34.93% 	29.00%
Swing 	5.17% 	11.58% 	6.61%
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Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election 	Craftian House of Representatives after the election
Political groups 	Political groups 	Government (48): Protection (26) National (22)Opposition (27): Liberty (27)	Government (48): Protection (26) National (22)Opposition (27): Liberty (27)
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Prime Minister before election 	Prime Minister before election 	Elected Prime Minister 	Elected Prime Minister
Lachlan CharlesLiberty 	Lachlan CharlesLiberty 	Edwin StevensonProtection 	Edwin StevensonProtection
A federal election was held on Saturday, 10 December 1989 to elect the members of the 2nd Parliament of Craftia. The incumbent centre-left Craftia Liberty Party government, led by retiring leader Lachlan Charles and leader-designate Brad King, was defeated by the opposition right-wing Protection of Craftia Party, led by leader Edwin Stevenson.
The result of the election was an even three-way split between the three major parties. The Protection Party had the largest gains in this election, winning 26 seats, although the Liberty Party maintained its plurality of seats with 27, including those of the now-absorbed Craftian Democrats (whose caucus merged with Liberty's shortly before the election). Although the vote was very close in terms of individual parties, the actual result was a two-thirds majority government in the House of Representatives, after the Protection Party reluctantly formed a coalition government with the National Party of Craftia, led by outgoing Opposition Leader Jim McIntyre.
==Results==
===National results===
↓ 	↓ 	↓
27 	22 	26
Liberty	National	Protection
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Seats 	Seats	Seats	Change
Party	Party 	Votes 	Percentage	Percentage	Swing	Electorate	List 	Total	Change
 	Craftia Liberty Party 	162,122	35.57 	  	5.17 	23 	4 	27 	3
 	Protection of Craftia Party	159,205	34.93 	  	11.58	12 	14 	26 	8
 	National Party of Craftia 	132,177	29.00 	  	6.61 	15 	7 	22 	5
 	Other 	2,279 	0.50 	  	0.20 	0 	0 	0 	0
Total	Total 	455,784	 	 	 	50 	25 	75 	
===Seats changing hands===
Seat 	Pre-1989 	Pre-1989 	Pre-1989 	Pre-1989	Swing 	Post-1989	Post-1989 	Post-1989 	Post-1989
Seat 	Party 	Party 	Member 	Margin 	Swing 	Margin 	Member 	Party 	Party
Bonestan, AD 	width="1%"	Wilson Ingram 	National 	1.57 	–6.89 	5.32 	Martin Garreth 	Protection	width="1%"
Cook, JS 	 	Peter Sellman 	Democrats 	8.12 	–14.04	5.92 	Shane Stoner 	Protection	
Darnick, AD 	 	Clinton Barnhouse 	Democrats 	6.01 	–21.14	15.13 	Charles Barnett 	Protection	
Ipswich, JS 	 	James Ishibashi 	Liberty 	2.12 	–10.75	8.63 	Paul Hawk 	Protection	
Laidera, JS 	 	Richard Stillman 	Liberty 	6.41 	–6.47 	0.06 	Seb Anthony 	National 	
Mitchell, JL 	 	Paul Mundt 	Liberty 	3.19 	–5.97 	2.78 	Madeline Thomas 	National 	
Mount Worden, JL	 	Christopher Ziegel	National 	4.72 	–13.78	9.06 	Michelle Pence 	Protection	
Notchropolis, JS	 	Francis Harding 	National 	3.27 	–9.24 	5.97 	Steven Zilberman	Liberty 	
Portlands, MY 	 	Belinda Freudman 	Democrats 	1.33 	–1.44 	0.11 	William Wahl 	National 	
Redleaf, AD 	 	Jack Rumper 	National 	6.02 	–9.14 	3.12 	Yaju Liang 	Protection	
Twixton, JS 	 	Mary Dustin 	Liberty 	1.36 	–3.66 	2.30 	Blake Hingis 	National 	
Waratah, JS 	 	Christopher Ottley	Liberty 	2.44 	–7.15 	4.70 	Barney Warner 	National 	
Wilson, KT 	 	Josh Trough 	Protection	3.55 	–4.20 	0.65 	Robert Fenton 	National 	
Winston, WT 	 	Steve Bergensten 	Democrats 	N/A 	N/A 	0.96 	Steve Bergensten	Liberty 	
Yarrayonga, AD 	 	Tracey Grimshaw 	National 	3.67 	–14.96	11.29 	Henry Whitaker 	Protection	
===Post-election pendulum===
GOVERNMENT SEATS (27)	GOVERNMENT SEATS (27)	GOVERNMENT SEATS (27)	GOVERNMENT SEATS (27)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Laidera (JS) 	Seb Anthony 	NAT 	50.06
Portlands (MY) 	William Wahl 	NAT 	50.11
East Marylands (JL) 	Alex McCain 	PCP 	50.46
Wilson (KT) 	Robert Fenton 	NAT 	50.65
Banks (MY) 	Alan Hasseroff 	NAT 	51.32
Jilong (MY) 	Tony Mackeral 	NAT 	51.85
Twixton (JS) 	Blake Hingis 	NAT 	52.30
Mitchell (JL) 	Madeline Thomas 	NAT 	52.78
Redleaf (AD) 	Yaju Liang 	PCP 	53.55 vs NAT
Waratah (JS) 	Barney Warner 	NAT 	54.70
Bonestan (AD) 	Martin Garreth 	PCP 	55.32
Cook (JS) 	Shane Stoner 	PCP 	55.92
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Newington (KT) 	Lee Clouser 	NAT 	56.52
Higgins (AD) 	Marcus Pierce 	PCP 	58.07
Ipswich (JS) 	Paul Hawk 	PCP 	58.63
Ermington (MY) 	Martin Servas 	NAT 	59.24
Mount Worden (JL) 	Michelle Pence 	PCP 	59.63
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Yarrayonga (AD) 	Henry Whitaker 	PCP 	61.29
Cootamundra (KT) 	Eric Harden 	NAT 	64.21
Darnick (AD) 	Charles Barnett 	PCP 	65.13
Kennedy (MY) 	Jamie Katter 	NAT 	65.56
Morrison (WT) 	Samuel Rich 	PCP 	66.45
Trijunction (AD) 	Percy Mack 	PCP 	66.51
Oronton (WT) 	Jim McIntyre 	NAT 	68.93
Wawanakwa (KT) 	Andrew McArthur 	NAT 	69.80
Holbrook (AD) 	Johnson Jones 	NAT 	71.03
Coastalis (JS) 	Edwin Stevenson 	PCP 	82.64
OPPOSITION SEATS (23)	OPPOSITION SEATS (23)	OPPOSITION SEATS (23)	OPPOSITION SEATS (23)
Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal 	Marginal
Winston (WT) 	Steve Bergensten 	CLP 	50.96
Durston (AD) 	Brad King 	CLP 	51.60
Highlane (JS) 	Brendan Low 	CLP 	51.72
Phillipson (JS) 	Walton Fanning 	CLP 	52.10
Longshan (KT) 	Danielle Johnson 	CLP 	53.89
West Marylands (JL) 	David Scots 	CLP 	54.23
Yoollagarra (MY) 	Jonathan Wang 	CLP 	54.53
Notchropolis (JS) 	Steven Zilberman 	CLP 	55.97
Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe 	Fairly safe
Lake Sydney (AD) 	Tyler Polston 	CLP 	56.33
Berhardsson (MY) 	Melvin Ybarra 	CLP 	57.41
Penshurst (MY) 	Jennifer Resch 	CLP 	57.99
East Lake (MY) 	Mark Courier 	CLP 	59.62
Canley (AD) 	Isaiah Portera 	CLP 	59.77
Adelaide (AD) 	Jack Bacote 	CLP 	59.94
Safe 	Safe 	Safe 	Safe
Barris (JS) 	Chrisman Chung 	CLP 	60.43
Mount Tinyadanka (MY)	Jonathan Johnson 	CLP 	60.76
Sydney Shore (MY) 	John Pineau 	CLP 	61.77
Grumbroe (MY) 	Juan Cristiano Lopez 	CLP 	62.14
Flinders (JS) 	Christopher Renner 	CLP 	63.27
Plartu (MY) 	Americano Trecaz 	CLP 	65.20
Goldun (JS) 	Peter McDonald 	CLP 	67.35
West Lake (MY) 	Tim Nicholls 	CLP 	68.18
St James (MY) 	Kylie Lamberton 	CLP 	70.80
===Retiring members===
The terms of Members of the House of Representatives who did not renominate ended on the day before the opening of the new parliament.
Members who chose not to renominate are as follows:
====Liberty====
*Cedrick Brody (Yoollagarra, MY)
*Richard Gaiser (St James, MY)
*Christopher Maddison (Grumbroe, MY)
*Jonas Monash (Highlane, JS)
*Christopher Ottley (Waratah, JS)
*Richard Stillman (Laidera, JS)
*Theodore Wright (East Lake, MY)
====National====
*Owen Frederickson (Newington, KT)
*Jeremy Garrett (Holbrook, AD)
*Christopher Ziegel (Mount Worden, JL)