Background
Due to the High Court ruling against Senator Katy Gallagher on 9 May 2018 as part of the ongoing Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, Wilson 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:
Key dates
Key dates in relation to the by-election are:[5]
- 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
Polling
Fremantle by-election polling
Date |
Firm |
Commissioned by |
Sample |
MoE[13] |
Primary vote |
|
TCP vote |
|
|
|
|
|
ALP |
GRN |
LDP |
OTH |
UND |
|
ALP |
GRN |
23 July 2018 |
ReachTEL |
Legalise Vaping Australia[14] |
692 |
±3.7% |
49.3% |
16.0% |
17.4% |
11.2% |
6.1% |
|
69% |
31% |
2016 election |
|
|
|
|
41.0% |
17.7% |
− |
41.3% |
− |
|
57.5% |
− |
Results
Fremantle by-election: 28 July 2018[15][16]
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
± |
|
Labor |
Josh Wilson |
33,277 |
52.62 |
+11.63 |
|
Greens |
Dorinda Cox |
10,456 |
16.53 |
−1.21 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Gray |
8,916 |
14.10 |
+14.10 |
|
Christians |
Mark Staer |
3,350 |
5.30 |
+5.30 |
|
Animal Justice |
Katrina Love |
3,297 |
5.21 |
+5.21 |
|
Independent |
Jason Spanbroek |
3,239 |
5.12 |
+5.12 |
|
People's Party |
James Harfouche |
708 |
1.12 |
+1.12 |
Total formal votes |
63,243 |
92.76 |
−3.24 |
Informal votes |
4,933 |
7.24 |
+3.24 |
Turnout |
68,176 |
66.05 |
−22.76 |
Two-candidate-preferred result |
|
Labor |
Josh Wilson |
46,375 |
73.33 |
+15.81 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
John Gray |
16,868 |
26.67 |
+26.67 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
N/A |
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