2018 Perth by-election

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2018 Perth by-election
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The Division of Perth (WA) in the House of Representatives
Registered100,655
Turnout64.07% Decrease2.svg 23.97
 First partySecond party
  Labor Placeholder.png Greens placeholder-01.png
Candidate Patrick Gorman Caroline Perks
Party Labor Greens
Popular vote22,81210,908
Percentage39.33%18.81%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.97Increase2.svg 1.74
2CP 63.10%36.90%
2CP swingIncrease2.svg 63.10Increase2.svg 36.90
Division of PERTH 2016.png
MP before election

Tim Hammond
Labor

Elected MP

Patrick Gorman
Labor

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Perth, took place on Saturday 28 July, 2018 following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP, Tim Hammond. [1]

Contents

During the early counting, within 90 minutes of the close of polls, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's psephologist Antony Green's electoral computer had predicted Labor to retain the electorate with an increased margin. [2]

The by-election occurred on the same day as four other by-elections for the House of Representatives, colloquially known as Super Saturday.

Background

Hammond announced on 2 May 2018 of his imminent intention to resign from parliament due to family reasons. [1] Due to the High Court ruling against Senator Katy Gallagher on 9 May 2018 as part of the ongoing parliamentary eligibility crisis, four other MPs in the same situation announced their parliamentary resignations later that day. [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]

Candidates

Candidates (15) in ballot paper order [6]
PartyCandidateBackground
 Julie MathesonFounder of the federally unregistered Western Australia Party. [6]
  Animal Justice Nicole ArielliParty treasurer. [6]
  Independent Jim GraydenProperty manager, former teacher. Son of former Swan MP Bill Grayden. Running as an Independent Liberal [7]
  Liberal Democrats Wesley Du Preez Edith Cowan University graduate in Marketing, Advertising, and Public Relations. [6]
  #Sustainable Colin ScottSmall business operator and community volunteer. [8]
  Mental Health Ben MullingsPsychologist. [9]
  Labor Patrick Gorman Western Australian Labor state secretary. [10] Aligned with Labor Left. [11]
  People Gabriel HarfoucheParty founder. Ran as a Palmer United candidate in Perth at the 2013 federal election. [12]
  Independent Paul CollinsFormer Stirling councillor. Contested the North Metropolitan Region at the 2013 state election as the sixth Liberal candidate. [6]
  Greens Caroline PerksPublic servant for climate change policy. [13]
  Science Aaron Hammond Multi-disciplinary engineer. [14]
  Christians Ellen JoubertCoach and mentor for women and children. [15]
  Liberty Alliance Tony RobinsonParty co-founder. Contested the 2017 Bennelong by-election. [16]
  Independent Ian Britza Two-term Liberal MP for Morley elected at 2008 state election, contested 2017 New England federal by-election as a Country candidate. [6]
  CEC Barry MasonDriver for a traffic management company. [6]

The Liberals declined to contest the Perth and Fremantle federal by-elections, but concentrated their resources on the Darling Range state by-election. [17]

Polling

Perth by-election polling
DateFirmCommissioned bySample Primary vote TCP vote
ALPGRNLDPOTHUNDALPGRN
23 July 2018 ReachTEL Legalise Vaping Australia [18] 69544.9%17.0%13.4%16.0%8.7%68%32%
2016 election 37.4%17.1%1.7%43.8%−53.3%−

Results

Perth by-election: 28 July 2018 [6] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Patrick Gorman 22,81239.33+1.96
Greens Caroline Perks10,90818.81+1.74
Independent Paul Collins5,5169.51+9.51
Liberal Democrats Wesley Du Preez3,8806.69+4.98
Western Australia Julie Matheson3,1235.38+5.38
Independent Liberal Jim Grayden2,5654.42+4.42
Animal Justice Nicole Arielli1,8153.13+3.13
Independent Ian Britza 1,7052.94+2.94
Christians Ellen Joubert1,4742.54+2.54
Science Aaron Hammond1,0021.73+1.73
Mental Health Ben Mullings9301.60+1.60
Sustainable Australia Colin Scott7741.33+1.33
Liberty Alliance Tony Robinson6821.18+1.18
Citizens Electoral Council Barry Mason5961.03+1.03
People's Party Gabriel Harfouche2220.38+0.38
Total formal votes58,00489.94−6.29
Informal votes6,48610.06+6.29
Turnout 64,49064.07−23.97
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Patrick Gorman 36,60163.10+9.77
Greens Caroline Perks21,40336.90+36.90
Labor hold Swing N/A

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  14. ↑ "Science Party names candidates for 2018 by-elections: 12 June 2018".
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