Broadmeadows state by-election, 2011
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A by-election for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
district of Broadmeadows
was conducted on 19 February 2011, and was retained by the Australian Labor Party
.
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.
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.
independent Celal Sahin made a show with a fifth of the primary vote and 30 percent of the two-candidate preferred
vote.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...
district of Broadmeadows
Electoral district of Broadmeadows
The Electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly created in 1952. The seat is currently based on the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas and Jacana...
was conducted on 19 February 2011, and was retained by the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 21 December 2010 of John Brumby
John Brumby
John Mansfield Brumby , is an Australian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became Premier after the resignation of Steve Bracks. He also served as the Minister for Veterans' Affairs and the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. He contested his first election...
, the former Premier of Victoria whose 11-year incumbent Labor government was defeated at the 2010 election
Victorian state election, 2010
The 2010 Victorian state election was held on 27 November. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government, led by John Brumby, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Ted Baillieu....
. Writs for the by-election were issued on 20 January 2011.
Background
Primary votes in Broadmeadows at the 2010 electionVictorian state election, 2010
The 2010 Victorian state election was held on 27 November. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government, led by John Brumby, was defeated by the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition, led by Ted Baillieu....
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
Frank McGuire (Australian politician)
Frank McGuire is an Australian politician representing the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Broadmeadows for the Australian Labor Party since the 2011 Broadmeadows by-election....
, brother of Eddie McGuire
Eddie McGuire
Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network....
as their candidate. Nine candidates stood at the by-election, with McGuire predicted to win.
Results
Labor won the seat with a majority of primary votes alone. TurkishTurkish people
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independent Celal Sahin made a show with a fifth of the primary vote and 30 percent of the two-candidate preferred
Two-party-preferred vote
In politics, the two-party-preferred vote , or two-candidate-preferred vote , in an election or opinion poll uses preferential voting to express the electoral result after the distribution of preferences...
vote.