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Election result for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sydney was held on Saturday 27 October 2012. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent MP Clover Moore due to the legislation preventing dual membership of state parliament and local council.[1]
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Following the 2012 local government elections in which Moore was re-elected for a third term as Lord Mayor of Sydney, Moore resigned from NSW Parliament. Laws passed through NSW Parliament in 2012 ceased dual state parliament and local council representation.[2][3][4][5][6]
Alex Greenwich, an independent candidate backed by Moore easily won the seat.[7][8][9][10]
Date | Event [11] |
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8 October 2012 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[12] |
10 October 2012 | Close of party nominations |
11 October 2012 | Close of independent nominations, ballot paper order draw conducted |
15 October 2012 | Early voting began |
27 October 2012 | Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm |
Moore was first elected to the marginal seat of Bligh at the 1988 election. Her largest primary vote was 43.7 percent in 1991, while her largest two-candidate preferred vote was 64.7 percent in 2003. The seat was replaced by Sydney at the 2007 election, where Moore retained the seat with a primary vote of 39.6 percent (+7.2) and a two-candidate preferred vote of 66.6 percent (+1.6) against Labor. At the 2011 election, Moore retained the seat with a primary vote of 36.3 percent and a two-candidate vote of 53.1 percent against the Liberals with a primary vote of 36.2 percent (+14.6), the Greens on 12.8 percent (−2.8), and Labor on 11.3 percent (−8.7). In two-party preferred terms, the seat had a Liberal vote of 65.5 percent (+22.4) against Labor.[13][14]
There was a 16.3 percent two-party preferred swing away from the Coalition government at the 2011 Clarence by-election. The Coalition did not contest the 2012 Heffron by-election which Labor retained with an increased margin. Labor strategically chose not to contest the Sydney by-election.[15]
The five candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:
Candidates [14] | |||
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Christian Democratic Party | Robyn Peebles | Pastor of West Ryde Church of the Good Shepherd, state and federal serial candidate. | |
Independent | Alex Greenwich | LGBT rights campaigner, leader of Australian Marriage Equality. Endorsed by Clover Moore.[16] | |
Greens | Chris Harris | Councillor for City of Sydney 2004–2012. Contested Sydney in 2007. | |
Liberal Party | Shayne Mallard | Councillor for City of South Sydney 2000–2004 and City of Sydney 2004–2012. LGBT rights campaigner.[17] Contested Bligh in 2003. | |
Independent | Glenn Wall | Long-term local activist, most recently involved with the Occupy Sydney movement. | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Alex Greenwich | 17,687 | 47.3 | +47.3 | |
Liberal | Shayne Mallard | 11,543 | 30.9 | –5.3 | |
Greens | Chris Harris | 6,616 | 17.7 | +4.9 | |
Independent | Glenn Wall | 825 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Christian Democrats | Robyn Peebles | 724 | 1.9 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 37,395 | 97.2 | –0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,062 | 2.8 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 38,457 | 62.6 | –21.3 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Alex Greenwich | 21,283 | 63.7 | +63.7 | |
Liberal | Shayne Mallard | 12,120 | 36.3 | –10.6 | |
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |