2007 Peel state by-election
Template:Use dmy dates The 2007 Peel state by-election was held in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Peel on 3 February 2007.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Norm Marlborough. Labor candidate Paul Papalia was elected to fill the vacancy.
Background
Norm Marlborough was appointed to cabinet in 2006 as Minister for Small Business, Minister for the Peel and the South West, and Minister Assisting the Minister for Education and Training. This followed the replacement of Geoff Gallop by Alan Carpenter as Premier and Labor leader. Carpenter relaxed the previously existing ban on ministerial contact with disgraced former Premier turned lobbyist Brian Burke. Marlborough, a friend of Burke's, would prove an embarrassment to the government when it was revealed by the Corruption and Crime Commission that he had deliberately passed on confidential cabinet information to Burke.[1]
Marlborough resigned from parliament on 10 November 2006,[2] following his sacking from the ministry.[3] On 21 November 2006, the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly issued a writ directing the Electoral Commissioner to proceed with an election in the district.[4]
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 10 November 2006 | Norm Marlborough resigned, vacating the seat of Peel. |
| 21 November 2006 | Writs were issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly to proceed with a by-election.[4] |
| 4 January 2007 | Close of nominations and draw of ballot papers.[5] |
| 3 February 2007 | Polling day, between the hours of 8am and 6pm. |
| 19 February 2007 | The writ was returned and the results formally declared. |
Results
Despite the controversy surrounding Marlborough's resignation, the government went unpunished at the ballot box. Instead, the by-election produced an increased two-party preferred majority for Labor.
Template:Election box 2pp| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Paul Papalia | 10,801 | 50.48 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Graeme Coleman | 5,179 | 24.21 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Dawn Jecks | 1,941 | 9.07 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Gerard Kettle | 1,062 | 4.96 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Craig Bradshaw | 913 | 4.27 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Brent Tremain | 871 | 4.07 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Robert Woodward | 461 | 2.15 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Brian McCarthy | 168 | 0.79 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Total formal votes | 21,396 | 96.39 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Informal votes | 801 | 3.61 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 22,197 | 79.54 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Paul Papalia | 13,811 | 64.59 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Graeme Coleman | 7,570 | 35.41 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name hold | Swing | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". | ||
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References
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