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Electoral district of Dunstan in the South Australian House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 24,447 (80.8% 8.9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The electoral district of Dunstan (highlighted in green) in the greater Adelaide area. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election for the seat of Dunstan in the South Australian House of Assembly was held on 23 March 2024, following the resignation of incumbent member and former Premier Steven Marshall, which was announced on 24 January 2024. [1]
Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon was elected the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio. O'Hanlon is the first Labor member to represent the seat, and the only member other than Marshall to have represented the seat since its creation in 2014. It is the first instance of a governing party gaining a seat in a by-election from the Opposition in South Australia in over a century. [2]
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of sitting Liberal MP and former Premier Steven Marshall.
Dunstan is considered an ultra-marginal seat, sitting on a 0.5% margin. Indeed, at the 2022 state election, when Marshall's Liberal government unsuccessfully sought a second term (but were defeated in a landslide), Marshall came close to losing his own seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Steven Marshall | 11,219 | 46.7 | −2.6 | |
Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 8,445 | 35.2 | +6.4 | |
Greens | Kay Moncrieff | 3,279 | 13.7 | +4.7 | |
Family First | Tony Holloway | 1,067 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 24,010 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 437 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,447 | 89.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Steven Marshall | 12,135 | 50.5 | −6.9 | |
Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 11,875 | 49.5 | +6.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −6.9 |
List of candidates as they appear on the ballot order.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Anna Finizio | 9,334 | 43.5 | −3.2 | |
Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 6,896 | 32.1 | −3.1 | |
Greens | Katie McCusker | 4,116 | 19.2 | +5.5 | |
Animal Justice | Frankie Bray | 682 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
Australian Family | Nicole Hissey | 440 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 21,468 | 98.1 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 425 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,893 | 80.8 | −8.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Cressida O'Hanlon | 10,914 | 50.8 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | Anna Finizio | 10,554 | 49.2 | −1.4 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +1.4 | |||
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