Background
Due to the High Court ruling against Senator Katy Gallagher on 9 May 2018 as part of the ongoing Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Keay and three other MPs in the same situation announced their parliamentary resignations later that day,[1] while the Perth incumbent resigned for family reasons.[3] The Speaker announced on 24 May 2018 that he had scheduled the by-elections to occur on 28 July 2018. Popularly labelled "Super Saturday", the occurrence of five simultaneous federal by-elections is unprecedented in Australian political history.[4] The others are:
A redistribution of the Tasmanian federal electoral divisions was completed in 2017, however by-elections are conducted under existing boundaries, as redistributed boundaries do not come in to effect until the subsequent federal election.[5][6]
Key dates
Key dates in relation to the by-election are:[7]
- Thursday, 10 May 2018 – Speaker acceptance of resignation
- Friday, 15 June 2018 – Issue of writ
- Friday, 22 June 2018 – Close of electoral rolls (8pm)
- Thursday, 5 July 2018 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
- Friday, 6 July 2018 – Declaration of nominations (12 noon)
- Tuesday, 10 July 2018 – Start of early voting
- Saturday, 28 July 2018 – Polling day (8am to 6pm)
- Friday, 10 August 2018 – Last day for receipt of postal votes
- Sunday, 23 September 2018 – Last day for return of writs
Results
Braddon by-election: 28 July 2018[19][20]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Liberal |
Brett Whiteley |
24,645 |
39.26 |
−2.24 |
|
Labor |
Justine Keay |
23,218 |
36.98 |
−3.07 |
|
Independent |
Craig Garland |
6,633 |
10.57 |
+10.57 |
|
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers |
Brett Neal |
2,984 |
4.75 |
+4.75 |
|
Greens |
Jarrod Edwards |
2,518 |
4.01 |
−2.73 |
|
Independent |
Donna Gibbons |
1,533 |
2.44 |
+2.44 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Joshua Boag |
828 |
1.32 |
−0.81 |
|
People's Party |
Bruno Strangio |
421 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
Total formal votes |
62,780 |
94.29 |
−0.48 |
Informal votes |
3,804 |
5.71 |
+0.48 |
Turnout |
66,584 |
90.28 |
−3.81 |
Two-party-preferred result |
|
Labor |
Justine Keay |
32,842 |
52.31 |
+0.11 |
|
Liberal |
Brett Whiteley |
29,938 |
47.69 |
−0.11 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
+0.11 |
|
Diagram of preference flows at the Braddon by-election
References
- 1 2 Citizenship drama flares again, with four MPs and one senator on the way out after High Court ruling: ABC 9 May 2018
- ↑ July 2018 Federal By-elections: Antony Green ABC
- ↑ Federal Member for Perth Tim Hammond quits politics for family, triggering WA by-election: ABC 2 May 2018
- ↑ "Mark your calendars, the date has been set for five by-elections". ABC News. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Braddon by-election". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "Tasmanian federal redistribution [2016]". aec.gov.au. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "2018 Braddon by-election". Australian Electoral Commission.
- 1 2 3 4 2018 Braddon by-election guide: Antony Green ABC
- ↑ "Greens' Braddon candidate Jarrod Edwards wants big Newstart increase". theadvocate.com.au. Fairfax Media. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ↑ "Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party announce Braddon by-election candidate". tasmaniatalks.com.au. Grant Broadcasters. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ↑ Liberals name Braddon by-election runner: SBS 13 May 2018
- ↑ "Fishing identity enters race for by-election seat". themercury.com.au. News Corp. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ↑ Labor's quadruple edge in the citizenship by-elections: Candidates, time, history and money - ABC 10 May 2018
- ↑ Margin of error calculator
- ↑ Newspoll: 51-49 to Labor in Longman and Braddon, 28 July 2018, retrieved 28 July 2018
- ↑ Labor's Justine Keay best placed in close Braddon race, new poll suggests, 21 July 2018, retrieved 22 July 2018
- ↑ Super Saturday YouGov Galaxy and ReachTEL polls: Poll Bludger 23 July 2018
- ↑ ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor; 54-46 to Liberal in Braddon; 52-48 to LNP in Longman, 3 June 2018, retrieved 3 June 2018
- ↑ 2018 Braddon by-election results: AEC
- ↑ 2018 Braddon by-election results: ABC
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