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The 2023 Narracan state supplementary election was held on 28 January 2023 to elect the next member for the electoral district of Narracan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of a nominated candidate prior to the 2022 Victorian state election.
Wayne Farnham retained the seat for the Liberal Party despite a 10.6% decrease in the party's first preference vote.
Background
On 21 November 2022, it was reported that the Nationals candidate for the district of Narracan, Shaun Gilchrist, had been found dead. Under electoral law, this means that the lower house election for Narracan was declared as "failed" by the Victorian Electoral Commission. A supplementary election was held for that seat at 28 January 2023. The Legislative Council (upper house) election for that district (which is part of the Eastern Victoria Region), was held as scheduled on 26 November.
The Labor Party and the Nationals did not contest the supplementary election, and the Animal Justice Party and Family First Victoria nominated new candidates.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Wayne Farnham | 16,741 | 45.0 | −10.6 | |
| Greens | Alyssa Weaver | 4,132 | 11.1 | +5.1 | |
| Independent | Tony Wolfe | 4,110 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Democratic Labour | Sophia Camille De Wit | 2,641 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
| Freedom | Leonie Blackwell | 2,254 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| One Nation | Casey Murphy | 2,246 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
| Independent | Annemarie McCabe | 1,437 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Abelman | 1,325 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
| Family First | Brendan Clarke | 1,089 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Austin Cram | 849 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Ian Honey | 381 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 37,205 | 93.4 | –1.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,619 | 6.6 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 39,824 | 78.9 | −5.9 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Wayne Farnham | 23,448 | 63.0 | +3.0 | |
| Independent | Tony Wolfe | 13,757 | 37.0 | +37.0 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
References
- Thomas, Kerrin (28 January 2023). "Wayne Farnham claims Narracan victory for Liberals to secure last seat in Victorian election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- "Liberal wins seat of Narracan as expected". The Age. 29 January 2023. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
- "Nationals candidate for regional seat of Narracan found dead". ABC News. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- "Narracan District supplementary election". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2022-12-18. Retrieved 2022-12-19.
- "Narracan (Supplementary) - VIC Election 2022". ABC News. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- Narracan District results, Victorian Electoral Commission.
- Antony Green. "VIC 2021 Final Redistribution" (PDF). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.