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{{Short description|Term for political candidate with little connection to district}}

{{Elections}}
A '''parachute candidate''', or '''carpetbagger''' in the United States, is a pejorative term<ref name="NDP-crit">{{cite news|title=NDP criticized for running parachute candidate in Labrador|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-criticized-for-running-parachute-candidate-in-labrador-1.734870|accessdate=24 Feb 2015|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=19 September 2008}}</ref> for an election [[candidate]] who does not live in the area they are running to represent and has little connection to it. The allegation is thus that a desperate political party lacking reliable talent local to the district or region is "parachuting" the candidate in for the job or that the party (or the candidate themselves) wishes to give a candidate an easier election than would happen in their home area. The term also carries the implication that the candidacy has been imposed without regard to the existing local hierarchy.<ref>[https://www.oed.com/dictionary/parachute_v?tab=meaning_and_use parachute (v) 3a, 3b] [[Oxford English Dictionary]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref>

==Australia==
===Australian Labor Party===
Due to its factions ([[Labor Left]], [[Labor Right]], and [[Independent Labor (Australia)|Independent Labor]]), [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] often has arrangements in place for preselections, which would often result in parachuting candidates.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
* [[Anthony Byrne (politician)|Anthony Byrne]] lived outside his electorate, [[Division of Holt|Holt]], in the neighbouring electorate of [[Division of La Trobe|La Trobe]].<ref name="massolahunter">{{cite news|last1=Massola|first1=James|last2=Hunter|first2=Fergus|url= http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-2016-the-12-local-mps-who-dont-live-in-the-seats-theyre-trying-to-win-20160513-goua9e.html|title=How local is local? The 12 MPs who don't live in the seats they're trying to win|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=16 May 2016|access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Charlton (politician)|Andrew Charlton]], a former adviser to [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]], was criticised for being parachuted into the [[Division of Parramatta]] to succeed retiring MP [[Julie Owens]] at the [[2022 Australian federal election]] over local candidates who were from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Before the electoral campaign, Charlton resided in Sydney's eastern suburbs in [[Bellevue Hill, New South Wales|Bellevue Hill]] in a property worth over $A16&nbsp;million and only purchased a property in the electorate once preselected.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Bellingham Police Arrest WWU Student in Melee |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anthony-albanese-defends-choice-of-andrew-charlton-as-a-labor-candidate-for-parramatta/z1cvhfjth |work=[[SBS News]] |date=2022-04-01 |access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref>
* [[Mary Doyle]]: At the time of her preselections, Doyle didn't live in the [[Division of Aston]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/awkward-detail-in-fight-for-alan-tudges-seat/news-story/ae88ea65693c4455a439fc19f2e94c8d|title=Awkward detail in fight for Alan Tudge's seat as candidates fight over addresses|first=Ellen|last=Ransley|publisher=News.com.au|date=22 February 2023|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> Doyle lived in the suburb of [[Mitcham, Victoria|Mitcham]], located in the nearby [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]] electorate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kolovos |first1=Benita |last2=Lee |first2=Jane |title=Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton's future in their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401092140/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |archive-date=1 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mark Dreyfus]] lives outside his electorate, [[Division of Isaacs|Isaacs]].<ref>Holly Hales (30 April 2022) [https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/inside-the-key-seat-with-one-big-thing-missing/news-story/2ff1d4a1dc1f63134e41ebb18a521c20 "Inside the key seat with one big thing missing"]. [[News.com.au]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref>
* [[Jane Garrett]], a former minister in the [[First Andrews Ministry]] in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], was parachuted into the number one position in the [[Eastern Victoria Region]] at the [[2018 Victorian state election]], a seat that future MP [[Daniel Mulino]] vacated to run for the [[Division of Fraser (Victoria)|Division of Fraser]] in [[Melbourne]]'s western suburbs. Garrett had been the MP for the [[electoral district of Brunswick]], which was becoming increasingly [[Marginal seat|marginal]], and was criticised for her role in a dispute between the [[Country Fire Authority]], the United Firefighters Union, and the state government in her capacity as Minister for Emergency Services.<ref name="resignation">{{cite news|title=Victorian minister Jane Garrett resigns from Cabinet as Government seeks to end CFA dispute|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/emergency-services-minister-jane-garrett-resigns-from-cabinet/7499334|access-date=11 June 2016|work=ABC News|date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/garrett-takes-the-long-and-winding-road-to-the-far-east-20180724-p4ztd0.html|title=Garrett takes the long and winding road to the far east|last=Towell|first=Noel|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
* In 2004, musician and activist [[Peter Garrett]] was preselected as the Australian Labor Party's candidate for the safe seat of [[Division of Kingsford Smith|Kingsford Smith]] at the [[2004 Australian federal election|federal election that year]] due to the intervention of leader [[Mark Latham]], despite opposition from the local ALP branch, who labelled him an outsider. The [[Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union|CFMEU]] issued a statement criticising his selection as "a pathetic version of political celebrity squares".<ref name="AuParachute">{{cite web|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/02/01/parachute-candidates/|title=Fly in, fly out: a guide to parachute candidates|date=1 February 2019|website=[[Crikey]]}}</ref> Regardless, Garrett was elected to the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
* [[Mathew Hilakari]], Labor's candidate for the newly established electorate of [[Electoral district of Point Cook|Point Cook]], was parachuted in for the [[2022 Victorian state election]]. Hilakari, before pre-selection, was residing in Melbourne's southeastern suburbs in [[Seaford, Victoria|Seaford]]. He is also the convenor for Labor's Socialist Left faction (of which [[Premier of Victoria|Premier]] [[Daniel Andrews]] is a part) in Victoria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Willingham |first1=Richard|date=28 September 2022 |title=As Labor's safe status in Melbourne's west slips, independents are eyeing off 'neglected' communities|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/independents-run-for-melbournes-neglected-outer-west/101479084 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |location=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] |access-date=2022-11-07}}</ref>
* [[Ged Kearney]]: As of 2018, Kearney didn't live in her electorate, [[Division of Batman|Batman]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-s-star-candidate-ged-kearney-doesn-t-live-in-the-seat-of-batman-20180208-p4yzoj.html | title=Bill Shorten's star candidate Ged Kearney doesn't live in the seat of Batman | date=8 February 2018 }}</ref>
* Former [[Premier of New South Wales]] [[Kristina Keneally]] was preselected as Labor candidate for the [[2017 Bennelong by-election]]. She lived 800 metres outside the electorate, which, combined with her high profile, attracted accusations of parachuting.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Keneally sought preselection for the House of Representatives again in 2021, this time for the electorate of [[Division of Fowler|Fowler]] in western [[Sydney]] despite living in the city's affluent northern suburbs. She was also criticised for making the move despite retiring member [[Chris Hayes (politician)|Chris Hayes]] having already endorsed local [[Vietnamese Australians|Vietnamese Australian]] lawyer [[Tu Le]] as his successor in a working-class, migrant-rich neighbourhood. With heavy publicity drawn toward what is normally one of the safest seats in Australian politics, Keneally suffered a massive swing against the previous result and lost the seat for Labor for the only time in its 13-election existence, with parts of the area being held as far back as 1934 when it was part of [[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]]. This resulted in a former Liberal Party member who turned independent, Vietnamese Australian and former refugee [[Dai Le]], being elected.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glenday |first1=James |last2=Haydar |first2=Nour |date=9 September 2021 |title=Kristina Keneally's swap into safe Western Sydney seat sparks anger among Labor locals |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-09/cph-kristina-keneally-safe-seat-switch-sparks-anger/100448790 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |location=Sydney |access-date=2021-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=10 September 2021 |title=Keneally vows to 'step up and fight' as Labor brawls over lower house move |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/keneally-vows-to-step-up-and-fight-as-labor-brawls-over-lower-house-move-20210910-p58qk2.html |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=Sydney |access-date=2021-09-10}}</ref><ref name=fowler>{{Cite news |last1=Malone |first1=Ursula |date=2022-05-22 |title=Voters reject Labor's Kristina Keneally, Dai Le to take seat of Fowler at 2022 federal election |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/nsw-fowler-kristina-keneally-federal-election-2022/101088072 |access-date=2022-05-22}}</ref>
* In 2013, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd asked [[Jason Yat-Sen Li]] to run as the Labor candidate for the seat of [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]] at the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 federal election]] even though he did not live in the electorate. He lost the election.
* In 2007, journalist [[Maxine McKew]] was preselected as Labor candidate in the [[2007 Australian federal election|forthcoming federal election]] for Bennelong, represented by then-Prime Minister [[John Howard]]. McKew did not live in the electorate then, and sold her home in [[Mosman]] to move before the election. She went on to defeat Howard, becoming the first candidate to unseat a sitting prime minister in an election since [[1929 Australian federal election|1929]], when [[Jack Holloway]] defeated [[Stanley Bruce]] at [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]].<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Daniel Mulino is the current MP for the Division of Fraser in Melbourne's western suburbs. Mulino had previously been a member of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] for the Eastern Victoria Region, a seat he vacated for Jane Garrett. Before his tenure in the [[Parliament of Victoria]], Mulino was a councillor and mayor for the [[City of Casey]]. Mulino lived in the electorate of Fraser in the [[2019 Australian federal election]], in which he was elected.
* [[Clare O'Neil]] previously lived in [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], outside her electorate, [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]], but bought a house in [[Oakleigh, Victoria|Oakleigh]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/strewth/labors-unreal-estate/news-story/e4930bf276acb92135c2a06365c8e0f1|title=Labor's unreal estate|first=Alice|last=Workman|newspaper=The Australian|date=14 January 2021|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>
* In 2013, athlete [[Nova Peris]] was preselected as Labor's leading candidate for the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] in the [[Northern Territory]]. Peris was born and raised in the Northern Territory, but her selection was received with controversy due to her celebrity status and the personal intervention of leader and Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]], who described the selection as a "captain's pick".<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Maria Vamvakinou]]: {{As of|2016}} she lived in [[Northcote, Victoria|Northcote]], which lies outside her electorate, [[Division of Calwell|Calwell]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/election-2016-the-12-local-mps-who-dont-live-in-the-seats-theyre-trying-to-win-20160513-goua9e.html|title=Election 2016: The 12 local MPs who don't live in the seats they're trying to win|newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=15 May 2016|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>

===Coalition===
* Despite representing [[Division of Menzies|Menzies]] for nearly thirty-one years, [[Kevin Andrews (politician)|Kevin Andrews]] never lived there. He lived in neighbouring [[Division of Jagajaga|Jagajaga]].<ref name="massolahunter"/>
* [[Russell Broadbent]]: {{As of|2021}}, Broadbent, the MP for [[Division of Monash|Monash]], and his wife lived outside his electorate in [[Pakenham, Victoria]], in the Division of La Trobe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.russellbroadbent.com.au/about-russell/|title=About Russell|publisher=Russell Broadbent MP|access-date=11 April 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411020529/https://www.russellbroadbent.com.au/about-russell/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openpolitics.au/member/russell-broadbent | title=The private interests of Russell Broadbent MP }}</ref>
* [[Georgina Downer]] was [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate for the electorate of [[Division of Mayo|Mayo]] in the [[2018 Mayo by-election|2018 by-election]]. Daughter of long-serving MP for Mayo [[Alexander Downer]], Downer had grown up in the area and proclaimed that she was "coming home" in the by-election. However, she had lived most of her life in [[Adelaide]] and Melbourne and sought preselection for a seat in the latter during the 2016 election. She lost to [[Centre Alliance]] incumbent [[Rebekha Sharkie]].<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Eric Hutchinson (politician)|Eric Hutchinson]] did not live in his electorate, [[Division of Lyons|Lyons]], but in neighbouring [[Division of Bass|Bass]].<ref name="massolahunter"/>
* In 2013, [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] Senator [[Barnaby Joyce]] was preselected as [[National Party of Australia|Nationals]] candidate for the [[New South Wales]] seat of [[Division of New England|New England]]. Joyce was raised in [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]], within the electorate, but had lived in [[Queensland]] for over twenty years and represented the state in the Senate since 2005.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Former President of the Australian Labor Party [[Warren Mundine]] was a parachute candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the [[Division of Gilmore]] at the 2019 federal election to succeed retiring MP [[Ann Sudmalis]]. Prior to Mundine's selection, the local party branches had preselected Grant Schultz, whose candidacy would eventually be overridden by the party's state executive to select Mundine instead at the request of Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerathy |first1=Sarah |last2=Norman |first2=Jane |date=22 January 2019 |title=Warren Mundine installed as Gilmore candidate at behest of Prime Minister |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/morrison-parachutes-warren-mundine-into-gilmore/10735946 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Koziol|first=Michael |date=22 January 2019 |title=Scott Morrison to parachute former Labor boss Warren Mundine into marginal seat |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/5863266/scott-morrison-to-parachute-former-labor-boss-warren-mundine-into-marginal-seat/ |work=[[Canberra Times]] |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> [[Fiona Phillips (politician)|Fiona Phillips]] of the Australian Labor Party defeated Mundine: she received a [[swing (Australian politics)|two-party swing]] of 3.34 per cent while Schultz contested the electorate as an [[Independent politician|independent]] candidate, receiving 7,585 votes.
* After the resignation of Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] from Parliament in 2018, [[Dave Sharma]] was preselected as the Liberal candidate in the [[2018 Wentworth by-election|resulting by-election]] at [[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]]. Sharma did not live in the electorate at the time. He narrowly lost the by-election, but successfully contested the seat again several months later in the 2019 federal election. In the 2022 federal general election, Independent candidate [[Allegra Spender]] defeated Sharma.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Brett Whiteley (politician)|Brett Whiteley]] did not live in his electorate of [[Division of Braddon|Braddon]] during the 2016 election campaign, but in neighbouring Lyons, at Squeaking Point near [[Port Sorell]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Interstate Senate hopefuls target Tassie | author=Georgie Burgess | date=2016-05-16 | publisher=The Examiner | url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3910013/senate-hopefuls-target-tassie/}}</ref><ref name="massolahunter"/>
* [[Jason Wood (politician)|Jason Wood]], the MP for [[Division of La Trobe|La Trobe]], lives with his family in [[Mount Dandenong]], approximately 11kms outside his electorate, in the [[Division of Casey]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Meet the MPs who don't live in their electorate {{!}} The Australian | url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/web-stories/free/the-australian/meet-the-mps-who-dont-live-in-their-electorate | access-date=2025-03-19 | website=www.theaustralian.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openpolitics.au/member/jason-wood | title=The private interests of Jason Wood MP }}</ref>

==Canada==
===Federal===
* In the [[2008 Canadian federal election]], in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], the [[New Democratic Party]] nominated Phyllis Artiss, who lived in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], for the northern riding of [[Labrador (electoral district)|Labrador]]. Artiss was nominated in the absence of any local candidate and admitted that she found her candidacy to be not ideal: "It would be much better to have someone from Labrador who has lived there all their lives or much of their lives and worked there, and I haven't done that."<ref name="NDP-crit" /> Artiss was unsuccessful in her bid.
* Former [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Joe Clark]], an [[Alberta]]n, was seen as a parachute candidate when he ran for election in the [[Nova Scotia]] riding of [[Kings—Hants]] at a by-election in 2000. Clark had been [[1998 Progressive Conservative leadership election|elected leader]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] for the second time in 1998 and was seeking a seat in the House of Commons; incumbent Tory MP [[Scott Brison]] had stepped aside for Clark.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-08-11 |title=Clark nomination made official for N.S. byelection |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/clark-nomination-made-official-for-n-s-byelection-1.225072 |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref> He was elected, but in the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal election]], he instead sought election in the Alberta riding of [[Calgary Centre]]. He won in Calgary Centre, making it the only constituency to flip to the PCs.
* [[Chrystia Freeland]] faced accusations of being a parachute candidate after the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] nominated her for the safe seat of [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]] at a 2013 by-election (which its former interim leader [[Bob Rae]] had represented), as she was born in rural northern Alberta and lived in New York City at the time. She ultimately won the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/john-ivison-justin-trudeau-parachutes-star-candidate-chrystia-freeland-into-safe-toronto-centre|title=John Ivison: Justin Trudeau parachutes 'star' candidate Chrystia Freeland into safe Toronto Centre|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[Kellie Leitch]] was accused of being a parachute candidate when she sought the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination in the [[Ontario]] riding of [[Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)|Simcoe—Grey]] in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Leitch was born in [[Winnipeg]] and worked in [[Toronto]] at the time of her nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-18|title=Tim Harper: Conservative civil war engulfing Helena Guergis' riding|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/04/17/tim_harper_conservative_civil_war_engulfing_helena_guergis_riding.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How Kellie Leitch touched off a culture war – Macleans.ca|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/how-kellie-leitch-touched-off-a-culture-war/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.macleans.ca|date=23 September 2016 }}</ref> Leitch won the seat over candidates including [[Helena Guergis]], the former Conservative Member of Parliament whom she defeated for the nomination and who ran as an independent.
* In [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]], the Conservative Party nominated Lea Mollison for the riding of [[Northwest Territories (electoral district)|Northwest Territories]]. Mollison was a resident of [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario, and reportedly never visited the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Eleven days out, NWT Conservative parachute candidate still absent |url=https://cabinradio.ca/72318/news/politics/eleven-days-out-nwt-conservative-parachute-candidate-still-absent/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=cabinradio.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> Mollison's campaign ignored local media requests, including an invitation to a candidates' forum, which drew widespread criticism.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Butterfield |first=Ethan |date=2021-09-09 |title=Ghost protocol: some Northwest Territories voters cool to invisible Tory parachute candidate |url=https://www.nnsl.com/news/ghost-protocol-some-northwest-territories-voters-cool-to-invisible-tory-parachute-candidate/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=NNSL Media |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* [[Lester B. Pearson]], who was born and raised in Toronto, served as MP for [[Algoma East]] in rural [[Northwestern Ontario]] during his parliamentary career from 1948 to 1968. In his memoirs, Pearson admitted he did not have "any earlier connection" to the riding;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pearson |first=Lester |title=The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Two: 1948–1957 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1973 |pages=7}}</ref> Pearson had been seeking entry into the House of Commons, and the seat had been made vacant for him when Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] recommended that its sitting member, [[Thomas Farquhar]], be appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Andrew |title=Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson |publisher=Penguin Canada |year=2008}}</ref> Pearson nevertheless won election eight times before retiring from Parliament, culminating in his premiership of five years.
* After Conservative leader [[Pierre Poilievre]] was [[List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2025 Canadian federal election|unseated in the 2025 election]], [[Damien Kurek]] resigned to trigger a [[2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election|by-election in his safe Western Canadian seat]] in his favour.
* [[Jagmeet Singh]], former [[Ontario]] MPP for [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton]], faced accusations of being a parachute candidate when he stood at [[2019 Burnaby South federal by-election|a by-election]] in [[Burnaby South]], a riding in [[British Columbia]]. Singh had been [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|elected leader of the NDP]] in 2017 but did not have a seat in the House of Commons (whereas his leadership opponents [[Charlie Angus]], [[Niki Ashton]], and [[Guy Caron]] were serving MPs) and stood in Burnaby South to gain one. Singh pledged to move to [[Burnaby]] if he won the by-election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoekstra |first=Gordon |date=2018-08-08 |title=Jagmeet Singh says he'll move to Burnaby if he wins election there |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/live-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-expected-to-announce-hell-run-in-burnaby-by-election |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> Singh was ultimately successful in his bid,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gul |first=Monika |date=2019-02-25 |title=Jagmeet Singh elected MP for Burnaby-South |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2019/02/25/burnaby-south-byelection-results/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=[[CityNews]]}}</ref> and held his seat in the general elections of [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]] and 2021.

===Provincial===
* [[Ernie Eves]] became the leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Ontario PCs]] and [[Premier of Ontario]] in [[2002 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election|2002]]. He was called a parachute candidate when he ran for election in the safe Conservative seat of [[Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey (provincial electoral district)|Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey]] instead of a constituency in [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], where he was born, or [[Parry Sound—Muskoka (provincial electoral district)|Parry Sound—Muskoka]], which he had represented as MPP from 1981 until 1999.
* In [[New Brunswick]], [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] leader [[Susan Holt]] was accused of being a parachute candidate when she ran in the safe Liberal constituency of [[Bathurst East-Nepisiguit-Saint-Isidore]] in a 2023 by-election instead of any riding in [[Fredericton]], where she was born and ran as a candidate in [[2018 New Brunswick general election|2018]] (she placed second in [[Fredericton South (electoral district)|Fredericton South]]).
* [[Danielle Smith]], current [[Premier of Alberta]], was called a parachute candidate when she ran at a by-election in [[Brooks-Medicine Hat]] after winning the [[2022 United Conservative Party leadership election]] instead of [[Highwood (electoral district)|Highwood]], the district she resides in and formerly represented as a [[Wildrose Party|Wildrose]] MLA.

===Municipal===
* In Ontario, [[Patrick Brown (Canadian politician)|Patrick Brown]], who had previously been MP for [[Barrie (federal electoral district)|Barrie]] and MPP for [[Simcoe North (provincial electoral district)|Simcoe North]], was called a parachute candidate when he announced his campaign for [[List of mayors of Brampton|Mayor of Brampton]] in [[2018 Ontario municipal elections|2018]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Patrick Brown begins campaign to rise from political ashes in Brampton mayoral race {{!}} CBC News|language=en-US|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/patrick-brown-brampton-mayor-campaigning-1.4816510|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> Brown ultimately succeeded in his mayoral bid.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patrick Brown defeats incumbent Linda Jeffrey to become mayor of Brampton|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4582196/brampton-mayor/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref>

==European Parliament==
*[[Sophie in 't Veld]] left Dutch [[Democrats 66]] to join [[Volt Europa]] but she joined too late to be eligible for [[Volt Netherlands]] so she ran for [[Volt Belgium]] instead.
*In Italy, it is quite common for party leaders to ran as [[lead candidate]]s in all constituencies.
*[[Waldemar Herdt]] did not run for [[Alternative for Germany]] in the 2019 election instead he ran on the [[Centre Party (Latvia)|Centre Party]] list in Latvia.

==France==
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France has a long history of parachute candidates.<ref name="h641">{{cite web | last=Decotte | first=Laurent | title=Législatives : le parachutage, cette vieille discipline de la politique | website=La Voix du Nord | date=2022-05-27 | url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/1185389/article/2022-05-27/le-parachutage-cette-vieille-discipline-de-la-politique | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> Extreme examples have been candidates from [[mainland France]] who ran for election in [[overseas France]]. In 1963, [[Michel Debré]] was parachuted to the [[Indian Ocean]] island of [[Réunion]] nearly 6,000 miles away from the mainland,<ref name="o913">{{cite magazine | title=France: 6,000 Miles from Home | magazine=TIME | date=1963-03-29 | url=https://time.com/archive/6831734/france-6000-miles-from-home/ | access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> where he won a [[by-election]] and served as [[Deputy (France)|deputy]] for seventeen years.<ref name="w695">{{cite web | last=Barbarit | first=Simon | title=« Parachutages » aux législatives : « Une pratique aussi vieille que la République » | website=Public Sénat | date=2022-05-18 | url=https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/parachutages-aux-legislatives-une-pratique-aussi-vieille-que-la-republique-210951 | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref> In the small North American territory of [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]], three candidates from the mainland have attempted to win its [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon's 1st constituency|constituency seat]] since 2002, most recently [[Patricia Chagnon]] in [[2024 French legislative election|2024]].<ref name="x993">{{cite web | last=Raynaud | first=Mathias | title=Élections législatives : Histoires de dissolutions à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon | website=Saint-Pierre et Miquelon la 1ère | date=2024-06-18 | url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/saintpierremiquelon/elections-legislatives-histoires-de-dissolutions-a-saint-pierre-et-miquelon-1495976.html | language=fr | access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

==Ireland==
* [[Avril Doyle]] stood for [[Fine Gael]] at the [[2004 European Parliament election in Ireland|2004 European elections]] in the [[East (European Parliament constituency)|Ireland East constituency]], despite being from [[Dublin]], and was considered a parachute candidate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-10119496.html|title=Running 'mates' ready for prize fight|date=April 26, 2004|website=Irish Examiner}}</ref>
* [[George Lee (journalist)|George Lee]] was a successful parachute candidate for Fine Gael at the 2009 [[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]] [[2009 Dublin South by-election|by-election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fg-may-opt-for-high-profile-byelection-candidate-1.914390|title=FG may opt for high-profile byelection candidate|first=Michael|last=O'Regan|newspaper=The Irish Times |date=Nov 25, 2008 }}</ref>
* Lorraine Mulligan was described as a parachute candidate when she stood for [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour]] at the [[2014 Dublin West by-election]], despite living in [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/news/labour-candidate-hoping-enthusiasm-wins-her-votes-30286482.html|title=Labour candidate hoping enthusiasm wins her votes|website=The Irish Independent|date=19 May 2014}}</ref>
* [[Catherine Noone]] stood for Fine Gael in [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]] at the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]]; she later attempted to be "parachuted" in [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]] before standing in [[Dublin Bay North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Bay North]] at the [[2020 Irish general election|2020 general election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/catherine-noones-dail-ambition/|title=CATHERINE NOONE'S DÁIL AMBITION|date=1 March 2018|website=The Phoenix Magazine}}</ref>
* [[Sheila Nunan]] stood for the Labour Party at the [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European elections]] in the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|Ireland South constituency]], despite living in Dublin. Her team replied that she lived near the border with [[County Wicklow]] and her parents are from [[County Kerry]], both counties in the South constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/fgs-doyle-selected-to-run-in-european-elections-908497.html|title=FG's Doyle selected to run in European elections|date=4 March 2019|work = Irish Examiner }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/nunan-defends-constituency-links-after-extds-online-posts-37887988.html|title=Nunan defends constituency links after ex-TD's online posts|website=The Irish Independent| date = 7 May 2019 }}</ref> [[Michael McNamara (politician)|Michael McNamara]] claimed that "a parachute candidate could look like desperation. We [the Labour Party] need to be relevant and have relevant ideas for people in rural Ireland."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/labour-lines-up-outgoing-into-boss-to-stand-in-european-elections-1.3750501|title=Labour lines up outgoing INTO boss to stand in European elections|first=Fiach|last=Kelly|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
* Journalist [[Susan O'Keeffe]] was described as a parachute candidate by local candidate Veronica Cawley when she stood for Labour in [[Sligo–North Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–North Leitrim]] at the [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]]; O'Keeffe is a native of Dublin but lived in [[Sligo]] at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/97489?comment_order=asc&userlanguage=ga&save_prefs=true|title=Labour row over candidate choice in Sligo-N Leitrim |website=Indymedia Ireland |author=Star Ship |date=August 23, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/freesearch/get/image.ashx?kind=preview&href=SCH/2014/05/27&page=6|title=Election 2014|work=The Sligo Champion|via=Irish Newspaper Archives|quote=She referred to Labour's Susan O'Keeffe having been "a parachute candidate" in the last general election.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eolasmagazine.ie/political-platform-senator-susan-okeeffe/|title=Political Platform: Senator Susan O'Keeffe|date=May 9, 2014 |website=eolas Magazine }}</ref>

==New Zealand==
In 2017, [[Deborah Russell]] won selection for the safe [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] seat of [[New Lynn (New Zealand electorate)|New Lynn]], in [[ West Auckland, New Zealand|West Auckland]], despite being from [[Whangamōmona]], a small town in the [[Manawatū-Whanganui]] region. She beat out Greg Presland, a New Lynn resident for 30 years who had the backing of the local members. However, Labour's Council backed Russell because of her finance expertise and a pledge to have more women in electorates. Upon winning selection, Russell moved to the electorate.<ref>{{cite web |author=Trevett, Claire |date=25 January 2017 |title=Battle to replace Labour's David Cunliffe in New Lynn heats up |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11788733 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ali, Mahvash |date=6 March 2017 |title=The "Taranaki girl" who wants to win over New Lynn |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/90091542/the-taranaki-girl-who-wants-to-win-over-new-lynn |publisher=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]]}}</ref> She was elected in the [[2017 New Zealand general election|2017 election]] and re-elected in [[2020 New Zealand general election|2020]] before being defeated in the electorate in [[2023 New Zealand general election|2023]].

==Taiwan==
[[Han Kuo-yu]] was a successful parachute candidate for [[Mayor of Kaohsiung]] at [[2018 Taiwanese local elections]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |last2=Lin |first2=Sean |last3=Lee |first3=I-chia |title=2018 ELECTIONS: Lai offers to resign as DPP routed |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/11/25/2003704879 |access-date=25 November 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=25 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124222222/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/11/25/2003704879 |archive-date=24 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nids.mod.go.jp/english/publication/security/pdf/2021/01/06.pdf |title=A Study of the Correlation between Local Head/Representative Elections and Presidential Elections in Taiwan |publisher=NIDS Journal of Defense and Security |access-date=2021-01-06}}</ref> He has served previously on the [[Taipei County Council]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hakka-associations.ntpc.gov.tw/files/15-1002-2039,c121-1.php|title=新北市客家同鄉會|publisher=hakka-associations.ntpc.gov.tw|date=15 August 2018}}</ref> and as a member of [[Legislative Yuan]] elected by [[Taipei County]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hsu|first1=Brian|title=Legislature will cooperate to pass emergency decree|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/quake/archives/1999/09/28/0000004304|access-date=12 January 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=28 September 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113142028/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/quake/archives/1999/09/28/0000004304|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==United Kingdom==
Parachute candidates are common in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]. The [[Westminster system]] historically emphasizes [[party discipline]] over responsiveness to constituencies. For example, [[Margaret Thatcher]], who was [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] for over eleven years, represented [[Finchley (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley]] during her parliamentary career despite living in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]], London.{{r|economist20141211}} As far back as the 1900s, the then-dominant [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] were parachuting candidates from [[England]] into [[safe seat]]s in [[Scotland]], including [[Winston Churchill in politics, 1900–1939|Winston Churchill]], elected MP for [[1908 Dundee by-election|Dundee in 1908]]. This led to a formal protest movement, called Young Scots, arguing that objections to carpet-baggers were based on a lack of understanding of the political will of their constituents on matters like [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|Home Rule]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-30 |title=The history of carpetbaggers and their Scottish opponents |url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/24420245.history-carpetbaggers-scottish-opponents/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>

A 2013 [[YouGov]] survey found that support for a hypothetical candidate rose by 12 points after voters learned that his opponent had moved to the area two years earlier and by 30 points if the opponent lived 120 miles away.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Campbell |first1=Rosie |last2=Cowley |first2=Philip |date=2014 |title=What Voters Want: Reactions to Candidate Characteristics in a Survey Experiment |url=https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/7471/1/7471.pdf |journal=Political Studies |language=en |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=745–765 |doi=10.1111/1467-9248.12048 |issn=0032-3217}}</ref> The percentage of local MPs rose, according to Michael Rush of the [[University of Exeter]], from 25% in [[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]] to 45% in [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]; Ralph Scott of [[Demos (UK think tank)|Demos]] calculates that {{asof|2014|lc=y}} 63% are local.{{r|economist20141211}} According to surveys, public trust in all MPs has decreased, but trust in the local MP has increased, making pre-existing connections to seats more critical. Election advertisements emphasize local connections more than they mention the candidate's party or its leader. Such a change produces MPs who are more attentive to local issues, but may be detrimental to Britain's [[first-past-the-post voting]] system designed to create broad parties that [[party whip]]s stabilize.{{r|economist20141211}}
===Labour Party===
* [[Luciana Berger]] was a middle-class Londoner parachuted into the north-western working-class safe Labour seat of [[Liverpool Wavertree (UK Parliament constituency)|Liverpool Wavertree]]. She was heavily criticised for having no connection to the Wavertree constituency or [[Liverpool]] when she first ran in [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]. When a local radio station asked her basic questions about the [[culture of Liverpool]], she could not answer them and, during the selection process, she stayed at the house of retiring local MP [[Jane Kennedy (politician)|Jane Kennedy]] rather than resettle in the area. Some figures in the media suggested that she was only selected for the seat because of her close connections to the family of former Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]].<ref>{{cite web |date=23 April 2010 |title=Crash landing for Labour candidate parachuted into Liverpool |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/crash-landing-for-labour-candidate-parachuted-into-liverpool-1951962.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/crash-landing-for-labour-candidate-parachuted-into-liverpool-1951962.html |archive-date=2022-05-25 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> Berger won the seat in 2010 with a slightly larger majority than Kennedy had in [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]], against the national trend, then retained it in [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]] and [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]. After joining the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] in 2019, she unsuccessfully contested the [[Greater London]] seat of [[Finchley and Golders Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Finchley and Golders Green]] at the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]]. She chose to stand there because of the seat's large Jewish population and [[Brexit|Remain]] vote, as well as her affinity towards living in London and choice to raise her children there rather than in Liverpool.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= 25 September 2019|title=Luciana Berger to stand for Lib Dems in Finchley and Golders Green |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/luciana-berger-to-stand-for-liberal-democrats-in-finchley-golders-green-1.489253 |access-date=2019-10-01 |website=www.thejc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-26 |title=Lib Dems recruit Luciana Berger to stand in north London seat |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/luciana-berger-to-stand-for-lib-dems-in-north-london-seat-once-held-by-margaret-thatcher-a4246931.html |access-date=2019-10-01 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Roy Jenkins]] was so unfamiliar with [[Glasgow]], he later wrote, that on his arrival to campaign at the [[1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election]] its skyline was "as mysterious to me as the [[List of mosques in Istanbul|minarets of Constantinople]]" to [[Imperial Russian Army|Russian troops]] during the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|Russo-Turkish War]].<ref name="economist20141211">{{Cite magazine |date=2014-12-11 |title=No more parachuting in |url=https://www.economist.com/britain/2014/12/11/no-more-parachuting-in |access-date=2020-07-08 |magazine=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> Campaigning as a [[Social Democratic Party (UK)|Social Democrat]], Jenkins won the election, taking the seat from the [[Scottish Conservatives]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Boothroyd |first=David |title=Results of Byelections in the 1979–83 Parliament |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1979.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000609021725/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/by1979.html |archive-date=June 9, 2000 |access-date=2015-09-19 |website=United Kingdom Election Results}}</ref>
* [[David Miliband|David]] and [[Ed Miliband]] were selected to fight safe Labour seats in [[northern England]], [[South Shields (UK Parliament constituency)|South Shields]] and [[Doncaster North (UK Parliament constituency)|Doncaster North]] respectively, despite being [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] graduates who were born, raised, and living in London while working as political advisers. David was elected for the first time in [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]], and Ed in 2005. Both would later serve as ministers under Tony Blair and [[Gordon Brown]] and fight against each other in the [[2010 Labour Party leadership election (UK)|2010 party leadership election]].
*[[Shaun Woodward]], who was first elected as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] MP in 1997, defected to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1999. He faced much criticism from former Conservative colleagues, particularly when he refused to resign and fight a by-election.<ref name="BBCNews">{{cite news |date=20 December 1999 |title=Fallout grows over Tory turncoat |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/571883.stm |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413190754/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/571883.stm |archivedate=13 April 2014 |accessdate=12 April 2014 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="TheGuardian">{{cite news |date=19 December 1999 |title=Top Tory defects to Labour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/dec/19/labour.labour1997to99 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413132209/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1999/dec/19/labour.labour1997to99 |archivedate=13 April 2014 |accessdate=12 April 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In 2001, Woodward did not contest his safe Conservative seat of [[Witney (UK Parliament constituency)|Witney]] in Oxfordshire, instead being selected for the similarly ultra-safe Labour seat of [[St Helens South (UK Parliament constituency)|St Helens South]] in Merseyside. During the early days of the 2001 general election campaign, Labour minister [[Chris Mullin (politician)|Chris Mullin]] wrote in his diary on 11 May about "speculation about which members of the New Labour elite will be parachuted into one of the safe seats being vacated by MPs retiring at the last moment." On 14 May, Mullin described Woodward's selection at St Helens as "one of New Labour's vilest stitch-ups" and wrote that listening to him campaigning as a Labour candidate "made my flesh creep."<ref name="Chris Mullin 2009">{{cite book |author=Chris Mullin |url=https://archive.org/details/viewfromfoothill0000mull |title=A View from the Foothills: The Diaries of Chris Mullin |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-84668-223-0 |page=198 |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Conservative Party===
* Prior to the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], [[Richard Holden (British politician)|Richard Holden]], who was serving as the [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]], represented the marginal seat of [[North West Durham (UK Parliament constituency)|North West Durham]], which he won in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] with a slender 2.4% majority. His seat was abolished by the [[2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies]] and he was later selected for the safe Conservative seat of [[Basildon and Billericay (UK Parliament constituency)|Basildon and Billericay]] after the Conservative Party imposed him as the candidate against local opposition; Holden was the only contender allowed to stand on the shortlist.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-05 |title=Richard Holden: Growing backlash after Tory chair lands safe seat |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkkq4kx3l0o |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> This led to accusations of carpetbagging, especially after it emerged that, in January 2024, he described himself as "bloody loyal to the north-east", and denied he would seek a safer seat.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 June 2024 |title='D-day was the final straw': Sunak's blunders ignite Tory party fury |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/07/d-day-was-the-final-straw-sunaks-blunders-ignite-tory-party-fury |accessdate=7 June 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Ironically, Holden went on to win by a mere twenty votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001077|title=Basildon and Billericay results: General election 2024|work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
* [[Boris Johnson]]'s selection for the ultra-safe Conservative seat of [[Henley (UK Parliament constituency)|Henley]] in 2001, after [[Conservative Campaign Headquarters|the party's central office]] parachuted him in,<ref name="JCM">J Cheng-Morris (6 December 2019) [https://uk.style.yahoo.com/boris-johnson-henley-general-election-2001-124903709.html "Arrogant in the extreme: The story of Boris Johnson's general election victory in 2001"]. [[Yahoo! News]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023</ref> was described by senior local Tory Mike McInnes as "a disaster for the integrity of modern politics" and "arrogant in the extreme", Johnson having "blustered in with no knowledge about the constituency". McInnes commented that he could not see him supporting a hypothetical local old lady who was having problems with her housing benefit and asked, "Are people going to feel comfortable going to him?" Likewise, Johnson's main rival, Liberal Democrat candidate [[Catherine Bearder]] said: "In Henley, you can put a blue rosette on a donkey and it will get elected. And that's what happened in 2001... He clearly just wanted to be an MP. [[2008 London mayoral election|As soon as London came up]], he was off out."<ref name="JCM" />

===Minor parties===
* [[Douglas Carswell]] defected from the Conservatives to the [[UK Independence Party]] in 2014, in turn displacing the existing UKIP candidate for the forthcoming general election in his constituency of [[Clacton (UK Parliament constituency)|Clacton]]. As Carswell was living in London then, the former UKIP candidate accused him of carpetbagging.<ref>{{cite web |title='Douglas Carswell is a gutless coward' says ousted UKIP candidate Roger Lord |date=29 August 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11065185/Douglas-Carswell-is-a-gutless-coward-says-ousted-UKIP-candidate-Roger-Lord.html |publisher=}}</ref>
* [[George Galloway]] was expelled from Labour in 2003 over [[Iraq War]]-related controversies and, despite previously representing [[Glasgow Kelvin (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvin]], stood for the [[Respect Party]] in the Greater London constituency of [[Bethnal Green and Bow (UK Parliament constituency)|Bethnal Green and Bow]] at the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]], where he used his opposition to the war and the local Muslim population to gain the seat from Labour. Constitutional Affairs Minister [[David Lammy]] said he was a carpetbagger who had whipped up racial tensions.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=BBC Election 2005 |date=5 May 2005 |last=Lammy |first=David |time=6:57:50 |quote=I think he's a carpetbagger who came down from Scotland to whip up racial tensions in Tower Hamlets.}}</ref> After standing down from Bethnal Green and Bow in 2010, he stood for Respect at a [[2012 Bradford West by-election|2012 by-election]] in the [[West Yorkshire]] seat of [[Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bradford West]], another constituency with a high local Muslim population. Galloway made a point of not drinking alcohol and again gained the seat from Labour.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gilligan |first=Andrew |date=2012-03-30 |title=A runaway victory for George Galloway – and all praise to Allah |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9176195/A-runaway-victory-for-George-Galloway-and-all-praise-to-Allah.html |access-date=2019-06-29 |journal=Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> He lost Bradford West in 2015 to Labour's [[Naz Shah]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Sky News |title=Special Report: The Battle For Bradford West |date=2015-05-10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-t70MyIQzY |access-date=2019-06-29 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/z-t70MyIQzY |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As an [[Independent politician|independent]], he unsuccessfully contested [[Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Gorton]] in 2017 and [[West Bromwich East (UK Parliament constituency)|West Bromwich East]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Manchester Gorton parliamentary constituency – Election 2017 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14000808 |access-date=2019-06-29 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=West Bromwich East parliamentary constituency – Election 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/E14001029 |access-date=2019-12-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> He attempted to be selected as the [[Reform UK|Brexit Party]] candidate in the [[Cambridgeshire]] seat of [[Peterborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Peterborough]] in a [[2019 Peterborough by-election|2019 by-election]] but the party selected local businessman Mike Greene.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-02 |title=Brexit candidates may split Peterborough vote after jailed MP ousted |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-candidates-may-split-peterborough-vote-after-jailed-mp-fiona-onasanya-is-ousted-a4132391.html |access-date=2019-06-29 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secret Millionaire Mike Greene revealed as Brexit Party Peterborough by-election candidate |url=https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/politics/secret-millionaire-mike-greene-revealed-as-brexit-party-peterborough-by-election-candidate-1-8920291 |access-date=2019-06-29 |website=www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Having formed the [[Workers Party of Britain]], Galloway returned to parliament at the [[2024 Rochdale by-election]] in which there were a variety of problems with the major-party candidates and he ran a campaign [[Criticism of Israel|critical of Israel]] over its role in the [[Gaza war]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chessum |first=Michael |date=2024-03-03 |title=Writing off George Galloway ignores his dangerous appeal to both far left and right |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/commentisfree/2024/mar/03/writing-off-george-galloway-ignores-his-dangerous-appeal-to-both-far-left-and-right |access-date=2024-03-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=George Galloway wins divisive Rochdale by-election |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5c0b4fdb-c93d-4182-9b6a-3d4ce930ae41 |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=www.ft.com|date=March 2024 |last1=Uddin |first1=Rafe |last2=Pickard |first2=Jim }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=J. N. |title=Galloway leaflets Muslim voters in Rochdale with false Starmer Israel claim |url=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/galloway-leaflets-muslim-voters-in-rochdale-with-false-starmer-israel-claim/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=www.jewishnews.co.uk |date=29 February 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Belger |first1=Tom |last2=Jones |first2=Morgan |date=2024-03-01 |title=Rochdale by-election: Results breakdown and analysis as George Galloway says 'this is for Gaza' |url=https://labourlist.org/2024/03/rochdale-by-election-full-results-breakdown-azhar-ali-george-galloway-who-win-mp/ |access-date=2024-03-09 |website=LabourList |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* In 1974, [[Enoch Powell]] left the Conservative Party and joined the [[Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionists]], becoming the Westminster MP for [[South Down (UK Parliament constituency)|South Down]], despite having no Ulster connections. In 2002, when ex-Tory MP [[Andrew Hunter (British politician)|Andrew Hunter]] (who had family and [[Orange Order]] connections with Northern Ireland) joined the [[Democratic Unionist Party]], the UUP accused him of being a carpet-bagger. It was pointed out the criticism was "a little hollow" considering the UUP's prior acceptance and promotion of Powell.<ref>Paul Porter (15 Oct. 2002) [https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/carpetbagger-claim-rings-hollow/28074577.html "Carpetbagger claim rings hollow"]. [[Belfast Telegraph]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref>

==United States==
===U.S. Senate===
* [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]] was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in the [[2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire]], despite having represented [[Massachusetts]] in the Senate just [[2012 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|two years prior]]. Brown's family had previously resided in [[New Hampshire]], however, and he owned a vacation home in the state.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
* [[Hillary Clinton]] was elected in the [[2000 United States Senate election in New York]] after buying a house in [[Chappaqua, New York|Chappaqua]] in 1999. Born in [[Illinois]], Clinton had previously lived in [[Arkansas]] and Washington, D.C.; she served as a senator until she resigned in 2009 to become [[United States Secretary of State]].{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
* [[Robert F. Kennedy]] was elected to the U.S. Senate in New York in [[1964 United States Senate election in New York|1964]], serving from 1965 until [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|his death on June 6, 1968]]. He had previously resided in his home state of Massachusetts. His opponents accused Kennedy of merely using the state as a convenient launching pad for the presidency.<ref name="Another Senator Kennedy">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/16/archives/another-senator-kennedy.html|title=Another Senator Kennedy?|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 16, 1964|access-date=April 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tye |first1=Larry |title=Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon |date=2017 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |pages=319–320}}</ref>
* [[Alan Keyes]], a resident of [[Maryland]], was the unsuccessful Republican nominee in the [[2004 United States Senate election in Illinois|2004 Illinois United States Senate election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/04/illinois.senate/|title=Illinois GOP offers Senate nod to Alan Keyes|date=August 5, 2004|publisher=CNN}}</ref> Notably, he had previously run unsuccessfully for the Senate in Maryland in [[1988 United States Senate election in Maryland|1988]] and [[1992 United States Senate election in Maryland|1992]].
* [[Mehmet Oz]] moved from [[Cliffside Park, New Jersey|Cliffside Park]], New Jersey to [[Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania|Bryn Athyn]], Pennsylvania, several months prior to the primary of the [[2022 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tamari |first1=Jonathan |last2=Briggs |first2=Ryan W. |last3=Lai |first3=Jonathan |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Senate candidate Mehmet Oz says he's a Pennsylvania resident now. So why's he still hanging out in his New Jersey mansion? |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |url=https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html |access-date=February 6, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223122221/https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania/does-dr-oz-live-in-pennsylvania-20211202.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===U.S. House of Representatives===
* [[Kat Abughazaleh]], a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in [[Illinois's 9th congressional district]] in the [[2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois|2026 Democratic primary election]]. Abughazaleh moved to Chicago from Washington D.C. in July 2024 and did not vote in Illinois in the [[2024 Illinois elections|2024 general election]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Kapos|first=Shia|title=Gen-Z challenges Schakowsky|date=March 25, 2025|newspaper=[[Politico|Politico Illinois Playbook]]|access-date=March 26, 2025|url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2025/03/25/gen-z-challenges-schakowsky-00246902}}</ref> At the time of her announcement, she did not live in Illinois's 9th congressional district, having only registered to vote in [[Illinois's 7th congressional district]] a month before her announcement.<ref>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Isabel|title=Online 'influencer' challenging Rep. Jan Schakowsky|newspaper=[[Capitol Fax]]|date=March 25, 2025|access-date=March 26, 2025|url=https://capitolfax.com/2025/03/25/online-influencer-challenging-rep-jan-schakowsky/|quote=Rich has heard that she currently lives in the upscale Streeterville neighborhood.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Harrington|first=Adam|title=17 incumbent Illinois U.S. representatives vied for reelection. Here's who's won.|date=November 7, 2024|newspaper=[[CBS Chicago]]|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/illinois-us-representatives-election-results/|quote=The 7th Congressional District includes the Loop, River North, Streeterville, and the West Loop, and...}}</ref>
* [[Eli Crane]] was elected in [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Arizona|2022]] to serve as the U.S. representative for [[Arizona's 2nd congressional district]], while he resides in [[Oro Valley, Arizona|Oro Valley]], which is in [[Arizona's 1st congressional district]]. The majority of Crane's district is on the northern side of [[Arizona]], while he resides in the southern areas of the state.<ref>Albert Serna Jr (October 14, 2022)  [https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2022/10/14/us-house-district-2-eli-crane/ US House, District 2: Eli Crane limits public access, doesn't live in district-but is Trump endorsed]. [[Cronkite News]]: Retrieved August 12, 2023</ref>
* [[Trey Hollingsworth]] moved from [[Tennessee]] to [[Indiana]] in September 2015. He ran as a Republican to represent [[Indiana's 9th congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], and won the election in [[2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Tim|last2=Alesia|first2=Mark|title=Trey Hollingsworth for Congress — rich carpetbagger or breath of fresh air?|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2016/04/25/trey-hollingsworth-joseph-hollingsworth-hollingsworth-capital-partners-greg-zoeller-indiana-ninth-congressional-district/83274574/|date=April 25, 2016|work=The Indianapolis Star}}</ref>
* [[Alex Mooney]], a former member of the [[Maryland Senate]] and former chairman of the [[Maryland Republican Party]], moved to [[West Virginia]] in 2013 after previously exploring a run in [[Maryland's 6th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/state-gop-chair-alex-mooney-wont-challenge-bartlett-in-primary/2012/01/10/gIQA3KxEoP_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Ben | last=Pershing | title=State GOP Chair Alex Mooney won't challenge Bartlett in primary | date=January 10, 2012}}</ref> Less than two years after moving, he was elected in the [[2014 United States House of Representatives elections in West Virginia|2014 general election]] to represent [[West Virginia's 2nd congressional district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet The Carpetbagging Tea Partier Who Could Be W. Va.'s Newest Rep.|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alex-mooney-west-virginia-maryland|last=Strauss|first=Daniel|date=February 14, 2014|publisher=Talking Points Memo}}</ref> Mooney unsuccessfully [[2024 United States Senate election in West Virginia|ran for the US Senate]] seat held by Senator [[Joe Manchin]].
* [[Morgan Ortagus]], a former [[United States Department of State|State Department]] spokeswoman, moved from Florida to Tennessee only months before announcing her candidacy for the [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee#District 5|2022 Republican primary]] in [[Tennessee's 5th congressional district]]. Ortagus was ultimately disqualified due to the [[Tennessee Republican Party]]'s bylaws requiring candidates to have voted in three of the last four Tennessee Republican primaries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Adam |last2=Brown |first2=Melissa |title=Tennessee GOP kicks Trump-backed Morgan Ortagus, Baxter Lee and Robby Starbuck out of primary |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/19/tennessee-gop-kicks-trump-backed-candidate-two-others-out-5th-house-race/7376398001/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |work=The Tennessean |date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of democracy and elections-related topics]]

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