2018 Longman by-election
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A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Longman took place on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Susan Lamb.[1]
In early counting, within an hour of the close of polls, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's psephologist Antony Green's electoral computer had predicted Labor to retain the electorate with an increased margin.[2]
The by-election occurred on the same day as four other by-elections for the House of Representatives, colloquially known as Super Saturday. The result in Longman has been noted as helping to accelerate the replacement of Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister and Liberal leader in the following month.[3]
Background
[edit]Due to the High Court ruling against Senator Katy Gallagher on 9 May 2018 as part of the ongoing parliamentary eligibility crisis, Lamb and three other MPs in the same situation announced their parliamentary resignations later that day,[1] while the Perth incumbent resigned for family reasons.[4] The Speaker announced on 24 May 2018 that he had scheduled the by-elections to occur on 28 July 2018. Popularly labelled "Super Saturday", the occurrence of five simultaneous federal by-elections is unprecedented in Australian political history.[5] The others are:
Mark Latham, Labor leader between December 2003 and January 2005, voiced a robocall authorised by Pauline Hanson, in an attempt to discourage Labor voting and instead encouraged minor party voting.[6]
The Labor party and Liberal National placed the far right anti immigration Australia First Party last on its preferences.[7][8]
Key dates
[edit]Key dates in relation to the by-election are:[9]
- Thursday, 10 May 2018 – Speaker acceptance of resignation
- Friday, 15 June 2018 – Issue of writ
- Friday, 22 June 2018 – Close of electoral rolls (8pm)
- Thursday, 5 July 2018 – Close of nominations (12 noon)
- Friday, 6 July 2018 – Declaration of nominations (12 noon)
- Tuesday, 10 July 2018 – Start of early voting
- Saturday, 28 July 2018 – Polling day (8am to 6pm)
- Friday, 10 August 2018 – Last day for receipt of postal votes
- Sunday, 23 September 2018 – Last day for return of writs
Candidates
[edit]Candidates (11) in ballot paper order[10] | |||
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Party | Candidate | Background | |
Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Russell | Business consultant.[11] | |
Australia First | Jim Saleam | Party leader. Contested Lindsay at the 2016 election and Cook at the 2013 election.[10] | |
Democratic Labour | Gregory Bell | Truck driver.[10] | |
Independent | Jackie Perkins | Self-employed mobile veterinarian.[12] | |
Science | James Noonan | Criminology and criminal justice graduate.[13] | |
One Nation | Matthew Stephen | Caboolture businessman. Ran in Sandgate at the 2017 state election.[14] | |
People | John Reece | Ran as an independent candidate in Longman at the 2010 federal election.[15] | |
Labor | Susan Lamb | Previous MP for Longman elected at the 2016 federal election.[16] | |
Liberal National | Trevor Ruthenberg | One-term MP for Kallangur elected at the 2012 state election.[17] | |
Country | Blair Verrier | Certified Practising Accountant (CPA).[18] | |
Greens | Gavin Behrens | Caboolture father and IT professional. Ran in Morayfield at the 2017 state election.[19] |
Polling
[edit]Date | Firm | Commissioned by | Sample | Primary vote | TPP vote | |||||||
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ALP | LNP | ONP | GRN | OTH | UND | ALP | LNP | |||||
24−26 July 2018 | Newspoll | The Australian[20] | 1015 | 40% | 36% | 14% | 5% | 5% | − | 51% | 49% | |
17−19 July 2018 | ReachTEL | Courier Mail[21][22] | 578 | 35.8% | 37.9% | 13.9% | (OTH) | 4.3% | 3.9% | 49% | 51% | |
26 June 2018 | ReachTEL | Courier Mail[23][24] | 814 | 39.0% | 35.5% | 14.7% | (OTH) | 6.6% | 4.1% | 49% | 51% | |
21 June 2018 | ReachTEL | Australia Institute[25] | 727 | 39.1% | 34.9% | 14.7% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 50% | 50% | |
2 June 2018 | ReachTEL | Sky News[26] | >800 | 35% | 38% | (OTH) | 2% | 14% | 11% | 48% | 52% | |
10 May 2018 | ReachTEL | Australia Institute[27] | 1277 | 32.5% | 36.7% | 15.1% | 4.9% | 6.4% | 4.5% | 47% | 53% | |
2016 election | 35.4% | 39.0% | 9.4% | 4.4% | 11.8% | 50.8% | 49.2% |
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Susan Lamb | 35,203 | 39.84 | +4.45 | |
Liberal National | Trevor Ruthenberg | 26,170 | 29.61 | −9.40 | |
One Nation | Matthew Stephen | 14,061 | 15.91 | +6.50 | |
Greens | Gavin Behrens | 4,264 | 4.83 | +0.44 | |
Independent | Jackie Perkins | 2,379 | 2.69 | +2.69 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Russell | 1,762 | 1.99 | +1.99 | |
Country | Blair Verrier | 1,387 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |
Democratic Labour | Gregory Bell | 1,043 | 1.18 | +1.18 | |
Science | James Noonan | 970 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
Australia First | Jim Saleam | 709 | 0.80 | +0.80 | |
People's Party | John Reece | 420 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
Total formal votes | 88,368 | 93.93 | +2.46 | ||
Informal votes | 5,707 | 6.07 | −2.46 | ||
Turnout | 94,075 | 84.26 | −7.42 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Susan Lamb | 48,116 | 54.45 | +3.66 | |
Liberal National | Trevor Ruthenberg | 40,252 | 45.55 | −3.66 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.66 |
See also
[edit]- July 2018 Australian federal by-elections
- List of Australian federal by-elections
- 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
References
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- ^ "July 2018 Federal By-elections: Antony Green ABC". Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/queensland-review/article/abs/longman-byelection-of-2018-an-ordinary-result-with-extraordinary-consequences/BEEED6E46287EE1C47EC2EF117B4EE19 [bare URL]
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- ^ "Mark your calendars, the date has been set for five by-elections". ABC News. 24 May 2018. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ "One Nation unleashes Latham robocall ahead of Queensland by-election". ABC News. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ^ "Pauline Hanson's One Nation directs preferences away from Labor in Longman". the Guardian. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ Stiles, Jackson (11 July 2018). "One Nation preferences neo-Nazi over Labor in Longman". The New Daily. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "2018 Longman by-election". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ a b c "2018 Longman by-election guide: Antony Green ABC". Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
- ^ "Liberal Democrats QLD". Liberal Democratic Party. 6 June 2018.
- ^ Dr Jackie Perkins: Facebook
- ^ "Science Party names candidates for 2018 by-elections: 12 June 2018". Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Matthew Stephen named as One Nation's Longman candidate". Courier-Mail. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "By-election 2018 endorsed candidates". Australian People's Party. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Labor's quadruple edge in the citizenship by-elections: Candidates, time, history and money". ABC. 10 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Newman MP Trevor Ruthenberg gets the nod to fight for Longman". The Australian. 22 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Longman by-election: countryparty.org.au". Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ Gavin Behrens: greens.org.au[permanent dead link]
- ^ Newspoll: 51-49 to Labor in Longman and Braddon, 28 July 2018, archived from the original on 28 July 2018, retrieved 28 July 2018
- ^ Longman by-election: ReachTEL poll indicates LNP will win - Courier Mail 21 July 2018
- ^ "Super Saturday YouGov Galaxy and ReachTEL polls: Poll Bludger 23 July 2018". Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Longman by-election: Seat slipping away from Labor's Susan Lamb - Courier Mail 27 June 2018
- ^ Longman ReachTEL poll exclusive: Key electorate fires warning shot at Shorten - Courier Mail 27 June 2018
- ^ "Longman and Mayo: New Polling on Company Tax Cuts and Voter Priorities for Government Revenue - The Australia Institute 24 June 2018". Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ ReachTEL: 52-48 to Labor; 54-46 to Liberal in Braddon; 52-48 to LNP in Longman, 3 June 2018, archived from the original on 21 November 2018, retrieved 3 June 2018
- ^ "Longman Polling" (PDF), The Australia Institute, 11 May 2018, archived (PDF) from the original on 12 May 2018, retrieved 12 May 2018
- ^ "2018 Longman by-election results: AEC". Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Longman by-election results: ABC". Archived from the original on 30 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
External links
[edit]- 2018 Longman by-election website: Australian Electoral Commission
- 2018 Longman by-election guide: Antony Green ABC
- 2018 Longman by-election guide: The Poll Bludger
- 2018 Longman by-election guide: The Tally Room
- By-elections aplenty: The Poll Bludger 10 May 2018
- Super Saturday July 28: The Poll Bludger 24 May 2018