Saturday, November 14
The Fremantle Herald reports Gerry Georgatos is forming a new party he proposes to call the “Real Greens”. Such a name would certainly not be permissible under the Commonwealth Electoral Act, but the state’s Electoral Act does not contain a provision equivalent to that prohibiting a name which “a reasonable person would think [...]
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Category Archives: WA By-Elections
Willagee by-election: November 28
Friday, September 25, 2009 – 9:37 pm
Fremantle by-election live
Saturday, May 16, 2009 – 7:53 pm
#
%
Swing
2PP
Proj.
Varga (IND)
574
3.3%
Totten (CEC)
44
0.3%
Ter Horst (IND)
145
0.8%
Zagami (IND)
927
5.3%
Boni (IND)
302
1.7%
Du Plessis (FFP)
158
0.9%
-0.8%
Tagliaferri (ALP)
6,748
38.5%
-0.4%
46.7%
47.1%
Hollett (CDP)
300
1.7%
-0.2%
Lorrimar (IND)
136
0.8%
Carles (GRN)
7,802
44.5%
17.5%
53.3%
52.9%
Wainwright
400
2.3%
TOTAL
17,536
Monday
Here’s me on the by-election in Crikey.
Sunday
I’ve knocked up a map showing the primary vote swing to the Greens at the different booths. No visible pattern can be discerned, but I’ve done it so here it is. I’ve also tried to find correlations [...]
Fremantle by-election: May 16 (episode two)
Saturday, May 9, 2009 – 4:12 am
This post is being progressively updated to follow the campaign for the May 16 by-election in the Western Australian state seat of Fremantle. Episode one followed events from Jim McGinty’s resignation on April 3 through to May 6.
Saturday, May 16
4pm. Just completed a circuit of the Fremantle booths. Carmelo Zagami was represented everywhere with volunteers [...]
Fremantle by-election: May 16
Friday, April 3, 2009 – 5:33 am
This post is being progressively updated to follow events in the campaign for the May 16 by-election in the Western Australian state seat of Fremantle.
Wednesday, May 6
Last night’s by-election forum at Notre Dame University saw a crowd of several hundred assemble to observe and interrogate 10 of the 11 candidates, independent Rosemary Anne Lorrimar having [...]
Murdoch by-election live
Saturday, February 23, 2008 – 9:37 pm
7.58pm. Notional preference count now up to half, producing no change worth mentioning.
7.54pm. Notional distribution of preferences, based on a bit less than a quarter of the vote, gives a Liberal-versus-Greens two-party preferred of 69.5-30.5.
7.51pm. I speak too soon: Murdoch University now in. Only 478 votes, so not sure what took them so long. This [...]
Murdoch by-election preview
Tuesday, January 29, 2008 – 11:48 pm
This post will be progressively updated as events unfold in the lead-up to Western Australia’s Murdoch by-election, to be held to replace recently deceased Liberal member Trevor Sprigg. The date for the by-election was set last week for February 23, which has left the Liberals complaining they have just days to finalise a candidate ahead [...]
Siege of Troy
Thursday, January 17, 2008 – 5:15 pm
The hapless Western Australian Liberals have a new leader after incumbent Paul Omodei stepped aside at today’s party room meeting. His successor is Vasse MP Troy Buswell (right), who just five days ago told the media he needed “more experience in the House and more time to develop before I could be considered for that [...]
Peel by-election live
Saturday, February 3, 2007 – 8:26 pm
Sunday 3pm. Some perspective on this remarkable result. The table below shows the primary vote swing to the incumbent and opposition party and the two-party swing to (or, in this case alone, against) the opposition, at each comparable by-election going back as far as I could find. This is limited to instances where the major [...]
Peel thunder: pre-match report
Friday, February 2, 2007 – 4:36 pm
Alan Carpenter’s year-old WA government faces its first electoral test tomorrow with the by-election for Peel, the seat vacated after Corruption and Crime Commission hearings blew the lid off Small Business Minister Norm Marlborough’s remarkable dealings with former Premier Brian Burke. As usual, this site will provide live commentary as the booth results come in [...]
Peel thunder: match line-ups
Monday, January 8, 2007 – 12:54 am
The Western Australian Electoral Commission has unveiled the candidates for the February 3 Peel by-election, who are listed below in ballot paper order. More information will be added here as it becomes available.
Brian McCarthy (Citizens Electoral Council). Amanda Haines of the Mandurah Mail reports that McCarthy is "a powerhouse operator with Alcoa for 30 years [...]
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