2024 Dunstan state by-election

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2024 Dunstan state by-election
Flag of South Australia.svg
  2022 23 March 2024 2026  

Electoral district of Dunstan in the South Australian House of Assembly
Turnout24,447 (80.8% Decrease2.svg 8.9)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Labor Placeholder.png Liberal Placeholder.png KatieMcCusker.png
Candidate Cressida O'Hanlon Anna FinizioKatie McCusker
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Popular vote6,8969,3344,116
Percentage32.1%43.5%19.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.1Decrease2.svg 3.2Increase2.svg 5.5
TPP 50.8%49.2%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg 1.4Decrease2.svg 1.4

Electoral district of Dunstan 2022.svg
The electoral district of Dunstan (highlighted in green) in the greater Adelaide area.

MP before election

Steven Marshall
Liberal

Elected MP

Cressida O'Hanlon
Labor

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]

Contents

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]

Background

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.

2022 result

2022 South Australian state election: Dunstan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Steven Marshall 11,21946.7−2.6
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 8,44535.2+6.4
Greens Kay Moncrieff3,27913.7+4.7
Family First Tony Holloway1,0674.4+4.4
Total formal votes24,01098.2
Informal votes4371.8
Turnout 24,44789.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Steven Marshall 12,13550.5−6.9
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 11,87549.5+6.9
Liberal hold Swing −6.9

Candidates

List of candidates as they appear on the ballot order.

Results

2024 Dunstan state by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Anna Finizio9,33443.5−3.2
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 6,89632.1−3.1
Greens Katie McCusker4,11619.2+5.5
Animal Justice Frankie Bray6823.2+3.2
Australian Family Nicole Hissey4402.0+2.0
Total formal votes21,46898.1−0.2
Informal votes4251.9+0.2
Turnout 21,89380.8−8.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Cressida O'Hanlon 10,91450.8+1.4
Liberal Anna Finizio10,55449.2−1.4
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +1.4

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References

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  2. Liberals behind in Dunstan by-election, 23 March 2024, retrieved 23 March 2024
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