2000 Benalla state by-election

A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Benalla on 13 May 2000. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 12 April of Pat McNamara, the sitting member who was Deputy Premier of Victoria until the defeat of the Kennett government at the 1999 state election.

Results

Benalla by-election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Denise Allen	12,514	42.07	−0.52
	National	Bill Sykes	12,244	41.16	−16.25
	Independent	Geoff Rowe	2,072	6.97	+6.97
	Independent	Bill Hill	1,983	6.67	+6.67
	Greens	Janet Mackenzie	597	2.01	+2.01
	Independent	Maurie Smith	234	0.79	+0.79
	Reform	Alf Thorpe	101	0.34	+0.34
Total formal votes			29,745	97.22	+0.79
Informal votes			849	2.78	–0.79
Turnout			30,594	89.60	−3.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Denise Allen	14,991	50.40	+7.81
	National	Bill Sykes	14,754	49.60	−7.81
	Labor gain from National		Swing	7.81