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Electoral district of Werribee in the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of the electoral district of Werribee | |||||||||||||||||
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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.| 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.