2008 Kororoit state by-election
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English The 2008 Kororoit state by-election was held on 28 June 2008 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Kororoit. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister Andre Haermeyer resigned from parliament on 3 June. It was held on the same day as the by-election for the Victorian federal seat of Gippsland.[1]
Kororoit was the third-safest seat in the state for the governing Labor Party, based on the results of the 2006 state election. The opposition Liberal Party contested the by-election, with state president David Kemp stating that the party would mount a "strong campaign". There had earlier been reports that the party might not run a candidate, as had been the case in the 2007 by-elections for the safe Labor seats of Albert Park and Williamstown.[1][2]
Labor candidate Marlene Kairouz was elected as the new member for Kororoit.
Results
| 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 | Marlene Kairouz | 15,339 | 48.50 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Jenny Matic | 6,650 | 21.03 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Les Twentyman | 6,451 | 20.40 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Marcus Power | 1,465 | 4.63 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Tania Walters | 1,292 | 4.08 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Andre Kozlowski | 432 | 1.37 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Total formal votes | 31,629 | 93.69 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Informal votes | 2,129 | 6.31 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 33,758 | 83.31 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
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Distribution of preferences
Because Labor attained an absolute majority of formal votes after the elimination of two candidates, no formal two candidate preferred count was determined for this contest.[3]
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| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Marlene Kairouz | 16,152 | 51.07 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Jenny Matic | 6,970 | 22.04 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Les Twentyman | 6,780 | 21.44 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
| Template:Australian party style | | Template:Australian politics/name | Marcus Power | 1,727 | 5.46 | Script error: No such module "MultiReplace". |
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References
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- ↑ a b Wallace, Rick. "Retiring MP leaves trouble behind" Template:Webarchive. The Australian, 3 June 2008.
- ↑ "Liberals to choose Kororoit candidate". Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2008.
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