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	===Labor===		===Labor===
	Labor announced on 23 December 2024 that John Lister, a local school teacher and ] (CFA) volunteer firefighter, would be its candidate for the by-election.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Clarke \|first1=Mitch \|title=John Lister named as Labor’s Werribee candidate \|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/victoria/john-lister-named-as-labors-werribee-candidate/news-story/10ce33a0f34daa82b2eb717908a68f02 \|publisher=Geelong Advertiser \|access-date=28 December 2024 \|archive-url=~~http~~://archive.today/~~2024.12.23-223810~~/https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/victoria/john-lister-named-as-labors-werribee-candidate/news-story/10ce33a0f34daa82b2eb717908a68f02?amp&nk=74ed44b3327c2276649c8f5b1a7c649e-1734993506 \|archive-date=28 December 2024 \|date=28 December 2024}}</ref>		Labor announced on 23 December 2024 that John Lister, a local school teacher and ] (CFA) volunteer firefighter, would be its candidate for the by-election.<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Clarke \|first1=Mitch \|title=John Lister named as Labor’s Werribee candidate \|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/victoria/john-lister-named-as-labors-werribee-candidate/news-story/10ce33a0f34daa82b2eb717908a68f02 \|publisher=Geelong Advertiser \|access-date=28 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241223223810/https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/victoria/john-lister-named-as-labors-werribee-candidate/news-story/10ce33a0f34daa82b2eb717908a68f02?amp&nk=74ed44b3327c2276649c8f5b1a7c649e-1734993506 \|archive-date=23 December 2024 \|date=23 December 2024}}</ref>

	===Others===		===Others===
	The ] and the ] have indicated that they will contest the by-election.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto apologises to Moira Deeming, calls new vote \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-22/john-pesutto-calls-meeting/104755834 \|publisher=ABC News \|access-date=22 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222033857/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-22/john-pesutto-calls-meeting/104755834 \|archive-date=22 December 2024 \|date=22 December 2024 \|quote=Since last Friday's meeting it has become clear that there is now a definite absolute majority of my colleagues who want this issue resolved with her readmission so that we can collectively put this behind us and concentrate on the Prahran and Werribee by-elections and holding the Allan Labor Government to account.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet \|number=1870314345877680587 \|user=vic_socialists \|title=Victorian Socialists will contest the Werribee by-election. We will announce our candidate soon. \|date=2024-12-21 \|access-date=2024-12-22 \|author=Victorian Socialists \|archive-url=~~http~~://archive.today/~~2024.12.22-034017~~/https://x.com/vic_socialists/status/1870314345877680587 \|archive-date=2024-12-22 \|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		The ] and the ] have indicated that they will contest the by-election.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto apologises to Moira Deeming, calls new vote \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-22/john-pesutto-calls-meeting/104755834 \|publisher=ABC News \|access-date=22 December 2024 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222033857/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-22/john-pesutto-calls-meeting/104755834 \|archive-date=22 December 2024 \|date=22 December 2024 \|quote=Since last Friday's meeting it has become clear that there is now a definite absolute majority of my colleagues who want this issue resolved with her readmission so that we can collectively put this behind us and concentrate on the Prahran and Werribee by-elections and holding the Allan Labor Government to account.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet \|number=1870314345877680587 \|user=vic_socialists \|title=Victorian Socialists will contest the Werribee by-election. We will announce our candidate soon. \|date=2024-12-21 \|access-date=2024-12-22 \|author=Victorian Socialists \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241222034017/https://x.com/vic_socialists/status/1870314345877680587 \|archive-date=2024-12-22 \|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

Latest revision as of 12:37, 1 January 2025

2025 Werribee state by-election

← 2022

TBC (2025)

2026 →

Electoral district of Werribee in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

	First party	Second party	Third party
			IND
Candidate	John Lister	TBA	Paul Hopper
Party	Labor	Liberal	Independent

Location of the electoral district of Werribee

MP before election

Tim Pallas
Labor

Elected MP

TBC

A by-election for the electorate of Werribee in the Victorian Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held sometime in 2025 following the resignation of incumbent member Tim Pallas, which was announced on 16 December 2024.

Background

2022 election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Werribee.

2022 Victorian state election: Werribee
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tim Pallas	17,512	45.4	−0.6
	Liberal	Mia Shaw	9,779	25.3	+8.7
	Greens	Jack Boddeke	2,613	6.8	+0.3
	Independent	Paul Hopper	2,278	5.9	+5.9
	Victorian Socialists	Sue Munro	1,391	3.6	+3.6
	Family First	Matthew Emerson	964	2.5	+2.5
	Democratic Labour	Kathryn Breakwell	767	2.0	−1.2
	Animal Justice	Josh Segrave	730	1.9	+1.9
	Justice	Patricia Anne Wicks	709	1.8	+1.8
	Freedom	Mark Strother	663	1.7	+1.7
	Transport Matters	Trevor Russell Collins	360	0.9	+0.9
	New Democrats	Prashant Tandon	319	0.8	+0.8
	Health Australia	Karen Hogan	260	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Patrizia Barcatta	213	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	Heni Cazlynn Kwan	45	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			38,603	90.3	−2.9
Informal votes			4,156	9.7	+2.9
Turnout			42,759	85.6	+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tim Pallas	23,517	60.9	−2.4
	Liberal	Mia Shaw	15,086	39.1	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

Candidates

Party		Candidate	Background
	Labor	John Lister	Teacher and CFA volunteer firefighter
	Independent	Paul Hopper	Candidate for Werribee in 2022 and co-founder of unregistered West Party

Labor

Labor announced on 23 December 2024 that John Lister, a local school teacher and Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer firefighter, would be its candidate for the by-election.

Others

The Liberal Party and the Victorian Socialists have indicated that they will contest the by-election.

References

Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
Green, Antony (10 January 2023). "VIC22 – Werribee – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
"Werribee District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
Lucas, Cade (2 December 2024). "New party to challenge Labor". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
Eddie, Rachel; Rooney, Kieran (17 December 2024). "With state byelections looming, there is no clear successor to Pallas". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
Clarke, Mitch (23 December 2024). "John Lister named as Labor's Werribee candidate". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 23 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
"Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto apologises to Moira Deeming, calls new vote". ABC News. 22 December 2024. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024. Since last Friday's meeting it has become clear that there is now a definite absolute majority of my colleagues who want this issue resolved with her readmission so that we can collectively put this behind us and concentrate on the Prahran and Werribee by-elections and holding the Allan Labor Government to account.
Victorian Socialists (21 December 2024). "Victorian Socialists will contest the Werribee by-election. We will announce our candidate soon" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024 – via Twitter.

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