Kororoit by-election, 2008
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The Kororoit by-election, 2008 was held on 28 June 2008 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly
seat of Kororoit
. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister Andre Haermeyer
resigned from parliament on 3 June. It was held on the same day as the by-election for the Victorian federal seat of Gippsland
.
Kororoit was the third safest seat in the state for the governing Labor Party, based on the results of the 2006 state election
. The opposition Liberal Party contested the by-election, with state president David Kemp stating that the party would mount a "strong campaign". There had earlier been reports that the party might not run a candidate, as had been the case in the 2007 by-elections for the safe Labor seats of Albert Park
and Williamstown.
Labor candidate Marlene Kairouz
was elected as the new member for Kororoit.
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:...
seat of Kororoit
Electoral district of Kororoit
The Electoral district of Kororoit is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering Albanvale, Caroline Springs as well as some parts of Deer Park and St Albans in the western suburbs of Melbourne....
. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister Andre Haermeyer
Andre Haermeyer
Andre Haermeyer is an Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party member for Kororoit in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002, prior to that representing the Yan Yean electorate in Melbourne's north from 1992.Before being elected to Parliament, Haermeyer worked for the...
resigned from parliament on 3 June. It was held on the same day as the by-election for the Victorian federal seat of Gippsland
Gippsland by-election, 2008
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Gippsland on 28 June 2008. It was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Peter McGauran....
.
Kororoit was the third safest seat in the state for the governing Labor Party, based on the results of the 2006 state election
Victorian state election, 2006
An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...
. The opposition Liberal Party contested the by-election, with state president David Kemp stating that the party would mount a "strong campaign". There had earlier been reports that the party might not run a candidate, as had been the case in the 2007 by-elections for the safe Labor seats of Albert Park
Albert Park state by-election, 2007
The Albert Park state by-election, 2007 was a by-election held on 15 September 2007 for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Albert Park, immediately to the south of Melbourne's central business district....
and Williamstown.
Labor candidate Marlene Kairouz
Marlene Kairouz
Marlene Kairouz is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008.Kairouz was born in Thornbury, Victoria...
was elected as the new member for Kororoit.