A by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly district of Broadmeadows was conducted on 19 February 2011, and was retained by the Labor Party. [1]
The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 21 December 2010 of John Brumby, the former Premier of Victoria whose 11-year incumbent Labor government was defeated at the 2010 election. Writs for the by-election were issued on 20 January 2011.
Primary votes in Broadmeadows at the 2010 election saw Labor win 62.3 percent and the Liberals win 25.3 percent, with a 71 percent two-party Labor vote. Being Labor's safest seat at that election, the Liberals chose not to contest the by-election. Labor chose to stand Frank McGuire, brother of Eddie McGuire as their candidate. Nine candidates stood at the by-election, with McGuire predicted to win. [2]
Labor won the seat with a majority of primary votes alone. Turkish independent Celal Sahin made a show with a fifth of the primary vote and 30 percent of the two-candidate-preferred vote. [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Frank McGuire | 14,305 | 53.4 | –8.9 | |
| Independent | Celal Sahin | 5,396 | 20.2 | +20.2 | |
| Greens | Graham Dawson | 1,626 | 6.1 | –1.4 | |
| Independent | Graeme Marr | 1,620 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Democratic Labor | Mark Hobart | 1,501 | 5.6 | +3.1 | |
| Sex Party | Merinda Davis | 1,343 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Independent | Peter Byrne | 530 | 2.0 | –0.4 | |
| Independent | Joseph Kaliniy | 277 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Gerrit Schorel-Hlavka | 173 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,771 | 90.5 | –1.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,810 | 9.5 | +1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 29,581 | 78.5 | –10.3 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Frank McGuire | 18,704 | 69.9 | –1.1 | |
| Independent | Celal Sahin | 8,067 | 30.1 | +30.1 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||