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{{Short description|Western Australian state by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = Darling Range state by-election, 2018
| election_name = 2018 Darling Range state by-election
| country = Western Australia
| country = Western Australia
| type = Parliamentary
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Western Australian state election, 2017
| previous_election = 2017 Western Australian state election
| previous_year = 2017
| previous_year = 2017
| election_date = 23 June 2018
| election_date = 23 June 2018
| next_election = Western Australian state election, 2021
| next_election = 2021 Western Australian state election
| next_year = 2021
| next_year = 2021
| turnout =
| turnout =
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| seats_for_election = The [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] seat in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| seats_for_election = The [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] seat in the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]


| candidate1 = Tania Lawrence
| candidate1 = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
| image1 =
| image1 = [[File:Liberal Placeholder.png|150x150px]]
| party1 = Australian Labor Party
| party1 = Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
| percentage1 =
| popular_vote1 = '''8,418'''
| swing1 =
| percentage1 = '''34.5%'''
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| swing1 = {{up}} 4.1


| candidate2 = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
| candidate2 = [[Tania Lawrence]]
| image2 =
| image2 = [[File:Labor Placeholder.png|150x150px]]
| party2 = Liberal Party of Australia
| party2 = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| percentage2 =
| percentage2 = 32.0%
| swing2 =
| popular_vote2 = 7,809
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| swing2 = {{down}} 9.5


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| 1data1 = 55.8%
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| 1data2 = 44.2%

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| 1blank = [[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]]
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| 1data1 = '''53.5%'''
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| 1data2 = 46.5%
| 2blank = [[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]] swing
| 2blank = [[Two-party-preferred vote|TPP]] swing
| 2data1 = {{decrease}}
| 2data1 = {{increase}} 9.3
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| title = MP
| title = MP
| before_election = [[Barry Urban]]
| before_election = [[Barry Urban]]
| before_party = Australian Labor Party
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
| after_election = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
| after_election = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
| after_party = Liberal Party of Australia
| after_party = Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)
}}
}}


A '''Darling Range state by-election''' for the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] seat of [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] was held on 23 June 2018 following the resignation of [[Barry Urban]] on 8 May.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Caporn|first1=Dylan|title=Date of Darling Range by-election announced following resignation of Barry Urban|publisher=The West|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/date-of-darling-range-by-election-announced-following-resignation-of-barry-urban-ng-b88839440z}}</ref>
A by-election for the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly]] seat of [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] was held on 23 June 2018 following the resignation of [[Barry Urban]] on 8 May.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Caporn|first1=Dylan|title=Date of Darling Range by-election announced following resignation of Barry Urban|publisher=The West|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/date-of-darling-range-by-election-announced-following-resignation-of-barry-urban-ng-b88839440z}}</ref>


Ninety-two minutes after polling booths closed, the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s [[Antony Green]] called the by-election for the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberals]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/darling-range-by-election-2018/commentary/ Commentary, 2018 Darling Range by-election: Antony Green ABC]</ref>
Won by [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]] for the first time in the seat's history at the landslide [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 state election]], the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberals]] regained the seat.<ref name=comm>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/darling-range-by-election-2018/commentary/ Commentary, 2018 Darling Range by-election: Antony Green ABC]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
[[Barry Urban]] was the first ever [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] candidate to be elected to the previously safe Liberal seat of [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] in the seat's 64 year history at the [[Western Australian state election, 2017|state election in March 2017]]. In November 2017, Urban resigned from Labor and moved to the [[Crossbencher|crossbench]] to sit as an [[Independent politicians in Australia|independent]], after questions were raised about his academic claims and his wearing an overseas police service medal he had not been awarded. Urban was referred to the procedures and privileges committee, which in May 2018 recommended his expulsion from the Legislative Assembly. Urban resigned immediately after the committee's report was released.<ref name="urban">{{cite news|last1=Hondros|first1=Nathan|title=Barry Urban quits WA parliament after committee moves for expulsion|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/barry-urban-quits-wa-parliament-after-committee-moves-for-expulsion-20180508-p4ze2k.html|accessdate=22 May 2018|work=WAtoday|date=8 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>
Following a large 19 percent [[Two-party-preferred vote|two-party]] [[Swing (Australian politics)|swing]], [[Barry Urban]] was the first ever [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]] candidate to be elected to the previously safe [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] seat of [[Electoral district of Darling Range|Darling Range]] in the seat's 64 year history at the landslide [[2017 Western Australian state election|state election in March 2017]]. In November 2017, Urban resigned from Labor and moved to the [[Crossbencher|crossbench]] to sit as an [[Independent politicians in Australia|independent]], after questions were raised about his academic claims and his wearing an overseas police service medal he had not been awarded. Urban was referred to the procedures and privileges committee, which in May 2018 recommended his expulsion from the Legislative Assembly for [[contempt of parliament]] and [[misleading of parliament|misleading the House]]. Urban resigned immediately after the committee's report was released.<ref name="urban">{{cite news|last1=Hondros|first1=Nathan|title=Barry Urban quits WA parliament after committee moves for expulsion|url=https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/barry-urban-quits-wa-parliament-after-committee-moves-for-expulsion-20180508-p4ze2k.html|accessdate=22 May 2018|work=WAtoday|date=8 May 2018|language=en}}</ref>


The Labor Party originally selected Colleen Yates as its candidate for the by-election. However, on 24 May 2018, Yates announced that she would withdraw from the race, after reporters discovered that she had incorrectly claimed multiple university degrees which she had never obtained on her LinkedIn profile.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-25/colleen-yates-resigns-as-labor-darling-range-by-election-pick/9800900 Colleen Yates resigns as Labor Darling Range by-election candidate after Barry Urban scandal]</ref>
Labor originally selected Colleen Yates as its candidate for the by-election. However, on 24 May 2018, Yates announced that she would withdraw from the race, after reporters discovered that she had incorrectly claimed multiple university degrees which she had never obtained on her LinkedIn profile.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-25/colleen-yates-resigns-as-labor-darling-range-by-election-pick/9800900 Colleen Yates resigns as Labor Darling Range by-election candidate after Barry Urban scandal]</ref>


==Candidates==
==Candidates==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan=4 | Candidates in ballot paper order
! colspan=4 | Candidates (11) in ballot paper order<ref name=cand>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/darling-range-by-election-2018/ 2018 Darling Range by-election guide: Antony Green ABC]</ref>
|-
|-
! colspan=2 | Party
! colspan=2 | Party
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| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Western Australia Party}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Western Australia Party}}| 
|[[Western Australia Party|Western Australia]]
|[[Western Australia Party|Western Australia]]
|Russell Goodrick
|[[Russell Goodrick]]
|Television producer and journalist. Candidate for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]] at the [[Western Australian state election, 2017|2017 state election]].
|TV producer and journalist. Candidate for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]] at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]].<ref name=cand/>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Greens}}| 
|[[Greens Western Australia|Greens]]
|[[Greens Western Australia|Greens]]
|Anthony Pyle
|Anthony Pyle
|Disability advocate and support worker. Candidate for [[Electoral district of Armadale|Armadale]] at the [[Western Australian state election, 2017|2017 state election]].<ref>[https://www.communitynews.com.au/comment/news/greens-put-forward-anthony-pyle-for-june-23-darling-range-by-election/ Greens put forward Anthony Pyle for June 23 Darling Range by-election]</ref>
|Disability support worker. Candidate for [[Electoral district of Armadale|Armadale]] at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]].<ref>[https://www.communitynews.com.au/comment/news/greens-put-forward-anthony-pyle-for-june-23-darling-range-by-election/ Greens put forward Anthony Pyle for June 23 Darling Range by-election]</ref>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}}| 
|[[Animal Justice Party|Animal Justice]]
|[[Animal Justice Party|Animal Justice]]
|Jehni Thomas-Wurth
|Jehni Thomas-Wurth
|[[City of Armadale]] Librarian.<ref name=cand/>
|
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 
|[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|[[Alyssa Hayden]]
|[[Alyssa Hayden]]
|Former member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]].
|Former member of the [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]] for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]].<ref name=cand/>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Fluoride Free WA}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Fluoride Free WA}}| 
|[[Fluoride Free WA|Fluoride Free]]
|[[Fluoride Free WA|Fluoride Free]]
|John Watt
|John Watt
|Candidate for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]] at the [[Western Australian state election, 2017|2017 state election]].
|Candidate for [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan region]] at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]].<ref name=cand/>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|One Nation}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|One Nation}}| 
|[[Pauline Hanson's One Nation|One Nation]]
|[[Pauline Hanson's One Nation|One Nation]]
|Rod Caddies
|Rod Caddies
|Candidate for [[Electoral region of Agricultural|Agricultural region]] at the [[Western Australian state election, 2017|2017 state election]].
|Candidate for [[Electoral region of Agricultural|Agricultural region]] at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]].<ref name=cand/>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Labor}}| 
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| Tania Lawrence
| [[Tania Lawrence]]
|Manager at [[Woodside Petroleum]] and former public servant.<ref name="lawrence">{{cite news |title=Labor names new Darling Range candidate Tania Lawrence after Colleen Yates, Barry Urban sagas |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-31/new-labor-darling-range-candidate-tania-lawrence-named/9819790 |work=ABC News |date=31 May 2018 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|Manager at [[Woodside Petroleum]] and former public servant.<ref name="lawrence">{{cite news |title=Labor names new Darling Range candidate Tania Lawrence after Colleen Yates, Barry Urban sagas |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-31/new-labor-darling-range-candidate-tania-lawrence-named/9819790 |work=ABC News |date=31 May 2018 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Christians}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Christians}}| 
|[[Australian Christians|Christians]]
|[[Australian Christians (political party)|Christians]]
|Erick Eikelboom
|Eric Eikelboom
|<ref name=cand/>
|
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Shooters, Fishers and Farmers}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Shooters, Fishers and Farmers}}| 
|[[Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party|Shooters, Fishers and Farmers]]
|[[Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party|SFF]]
|Stuart Ostle
|Stuart Ostle
|Candidate for Darling Range at the [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]].<ref name=cand/>
|
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Doug Shaw
|Doug Shaw
|Realtor and property manager.<ref name=cand/> Former state president of [[Pauline Hanson's One Nation]].<ref>[https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/one-nations-wa-president-quits-party-to-make-solo-poll-run-at-darling-range-by-election-ng-b88870651z One Nation's WA president quits party to make solo poll run at Darling Range by-election: The West Australian 20 June 2018]</ref>
|Former WA state secretary of [[Pauline Hanson's One Nation]].
|-
|-
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
| width=3pt {{Australian party style|Independent}}| 
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|George O'Byrne
|George O'Byrne
|<ref name=cand/>
|
|}
|}


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! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Sample
! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Sample
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="6"|[[First-preference votes|Primary vote]]
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="6"|[[First-preference votes|Primary vote]]
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! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|[[Two-party-preferred vote|Two-party vote]]
! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|[[Two-party-preferred vote|Two-party vote]]
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! style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"|LIB
|-
|-
! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|[[Circa|c.]] 14 June 2018
! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|{{circa}} 14 June 2018
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|ReachTEL<ref>[https://www.pollbludger.net/2018/06/17/reachtel-54-46-labor-darling-range/ ReachTEL: 54-46 to Labor in Darling Range - The Poll Bludger 17 June 2018]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|[[ReachTEL]]
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|[[The Weekend West]]<ref>[https://www.pollbludger.net/2018/06/17/reachtel-54-46-labor-darling-range/ ReachTEL: 54-46 to Labor in Darling Range - The Poll Bludger 17 June 2018]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|>600
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|>600
| width="" style="text-align:center; background:#;"| 37.5%
| width="" style="text-align:center; background:#;"| 37.5%
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| width="" style="text-align:center; background:#;"| 46%
|-
|-
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! style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"| '''[[2017 Western Australian state election|2017 election]]'''
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{{Election box begin
{{Election box begin
|title=Darling Range state by-election, 2018<ref>[https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/byelection#/2018-Darling-Range-By-election 2018 Darling Range By-election], WAEC.</ref>
|title=Darling Range state by-election, 2018<ref name=res1>[https://www.elections.wa.gov.au/elections/state/byelection#/2018-Darling-Range-By-election 2018 Darling Range By-election results: WAEC]</ref><ref name=res2>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/darling-range-by-election-2018/results/ 2018 Darling Range By-election results: Antony Green ABC]</ref>
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
|candidate = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
|party = Liberal
|party = Liberal WA
|votes = 8,235
|votes = 8,418
|percentage = 34.4
|percentage = 34.5
|change = +4.0
|change = +4.1
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Tania Lawrence
|candidate = [[Tania Lawrence]]
|party = Labor
|party = Labor WA
|votes = 7,690
|votes = 7,809
|percentage = 32.1
|percentage = 32.0
|change = −9.4
|change = −9.5
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Rod Caddies
|candidate = Rod Caddies
|party = One Nation
|party = One Nation
|votes = 1,867
|votes = 1,894
|percentage = 7.8
|percentage = 7.8
|change = −0.9
|change = −1.0
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Anthony Pyle
|candidate = Anthony Pyle
|party = Greens
|party = Greens WA
|votes = 1,396
|votes = 1,427
|percentage = 5.8
|percentage = 5.8
|change = −1.8
|change = −1.8
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|candidate = Russell Goodrick
|candidate = Russell Goodrick
|party = Western Australia Party
|party = Western Australia Party
|votes = 1,389
|votes = 1,413
|percentage = 5.8
|percentage = 5.8
|change = +5.8
|change = +5.8
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Erick Eikelboom
|candidate = Eric Eikelboom
|party = Christians
|party = Christians
|votes = 1,128
|votes = 1,145
|percentage = 4.7
|percentage = 4.7
|change = +0.3
|change = +0.3
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|candidate = Stuart Ostle
|candidate = Stuart Ostle
|party = Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
|party = Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
|votes = 1,081
|votes = 1,112
|percentage = 4.5
|percentage = 4.6
|change = +0.3
|change = +0.3
}}
}}
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|candidate = Jehni Thomas-Wurth
|candidate = Jehni Thomas-Wurth
|party = Animal Justice
|party = Animal Justice
|votes = 787
|votes = 803
|percentage = 3.3
|percentage = 3.3
|change = +3.3
|change = +3.3
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|candidate = Doug Shaw
|candidate = Doug Shaw
|party = Independent
|party = Independent
|votes = 140
|votes = 146
|percentage = 0.6
|percentage = 0.6
|change = +0.6
|change = +0.6
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|candidate = George O'Byrne
|candidate = George O'Byrne
|party = Independent
|party = Independent
|votes = 131
|votes = 137
|percentage = 0.5
|percentage = 0.5
|change = +0.5
|change = +0.5
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|candidate = John Watt
|candidate = John Watt
|party = Fluoride Free WA
|party = Fluoride Free WA
|votes = 102
|votes = 106
|percentage = 0.4
|percentage = 0.4
|change = +0.4
|change = +0.4
}}
}}
{{Election box formal
{{Election box formal
|votes = 23,946
|votes = 24,410
|percentage = 95.6
|percentage = 95.6
|change = +0.5
|change = +0.5
}}
}}
{{Election box informal
{{Election box informal
|votes = 1,089
|votes = 1,126
|percentage = 4.4
|percentage = 4.4
|change = −0.5
|change = −0.5
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 25,044
|votes = 25,536
|percentage = 76.9
|percentage = 78.4
|change = (−12.6)
|change = −11.1
}}
}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box 2pp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
|candidate = [[Alyssa Hayden]]
|party = Liberal
|party = Liberal WA
|votes = 12,750
|votes = 13,039
|percentage = 53.3
|percentage = 53.5
|change = +9.1
|change = +9.3
}}
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|candidate = Tania Lawrence
|candidate = [[Tania Lawrence]]
|party = Labor
|party = Labor WA
|votes = 11,169
|votes = 11,331
|percentage = 46.7
|percentage = 46.5
|change = −9.1
|change = −9.3
}}
}}
{{Election box gain AU party|
{{Election box gain AU party|
|winner = Liberal
|winner = Liberal WA
|loser = Labor
|loser = Labor WA
|swing = +9.1
|swing = +9.3
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}


Ninety-two minutes after polling booths closed, the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s [[Antony Green]] called the by-election for the [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberals]].<ref name=comm/>
Results are not final.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Western Australian state by-elections]]
*[[List of Western Australian state by-elections]]
*[[Cottesloe state by-election, 2018]]
*[[2018 Cottesloe state by-election]]


==References==
==References==
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*[http://www.tallyroom.com.au/darlingrangeby2018 2018 Darling Range by-election guide: The Tally Room]
*[http://www.tallyroom.com.au/darlingrangeby2018 2018 Darling Range by-election guide: The Tally Room]


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Latest revision as of 23:42, 25 November 2023

2018 Darling Range state by-election
← 2017 23 June 2018 2021 →
The Darling Range seat in the Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Alyssa Hayden Tania Lawrence
Party Liberal Labor
Popular vote 8,418 7,809
Prozentualer Anteil 34.5% 32.0%
Swing Increase 4.1 Decrease 9.5
TPP 53.5% 46.5%
TPP swing Increase 9.3 Decrease 9.3
The Darling Range seat in Western Australia
MP before election

Barry Urban
Labor

Elected MP

Alyssa Hayden
Liberal

A by-election for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Darling Range was held on 23 June 2018 following the resignation of Barry Urban on 8 May.[1]

Won by Labor for the first time in the seat's history at the landslide 2017 state election, the Liberals regained the seat.[2]

Background

[edit]

Following a large 19 percent two-party swing, Barry Urban was the first ever Labor candidate to be elected to the previously safe Liberal seat of Darling Range in the seat's 64 year history at the landslide state election in March 2017. In November 2017, Urban resigned from Labor and moved to the crossbench to sit as an independent, after questions were raised about his academic claims and his wearing an overseas police service medal he had not been awarded. Urban was referred to the procedures and privileges committee, which in May 2018 recommended his expulsion from the Legislative Assembly for contempt of parliament and misleading the House. Urban resigned immediately after the committee's report was released.[3]

Labor originally selected Colleen Yates as its candidate for the by-election. However, on 24 May 2018, Yates announced that she would withdraw from the race, after reporters discovered that she had incorrectly claimed multiple university degrees which she had never obtained on her LinkedIn profile.[4]

Candidates

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Candidates (11) in ballot paper order[5]
Party Candidate Background
  Western Australia Russell Goodrick TV producer and journalist. Candidate for East Metropolitan region at the 2017 election.[5]
  Greens Anthony Pyle Disability support worker. Candidate for Armadale at the 2017 election.[6]
  Animal Justice Jehni Thomas-Wurth City of Armadale Librarian.[5]
  Liberal Alyssa Hayden Former member of the Legislative Council for East Metropolitan region.[5]
  Fluoride Free John Watt Candidate for East Metropolitan region at the 2017 election.[5]
  One Nation Rod Caddies Candidate for Agricultural region at the 2017 election.[5]
  Labor Tania Lawrence Manager at Woodside Petroleum and former public servant.[7]
  Christians Eric Eikelboom [5]
  SFF Stuart Ostle Candidate for Darling Range at the 2017 election.[5]
  Independent Doug Shaw Realtor and property manager.[5] Former state president of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.[8]
  Independent George O'Byrne [5]

Polling

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Darling Range by-election polling
Date Firm Commissioned by Sample Primary vote Two-party vote
ALP LIB ONP GRN OTH UND ALP LIB
c. 14 June 2018 ReachTEL The Weekend West[9] >600 37.5% 31% 9.4% 3.5% ~8.5% ~10% 54% 46%
2017 election 41.5% 30.4% 8.7% 7.7% 11.8% 55.8% 44.2%

Results

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Further information: Electoral results for the district of Darling Range
Darling Range state by-election, 2018[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Alyssa Hayden 8,418 34.5 +4.1
Labor Tania Lawrence 7,809 32.0 −9.5
One Nation Rod Caddies 1,894 7.8 −1.0
Greens Anthony Pyle 1,427 5.8 −1.8
Western Australia Russell Goodrick 1,413 5.8 +5.8
Christians Eric Eikelboom 1,145 4.7 +0.3
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Stuart Ostle 1,112 4.6 +0.3
Animal Justice Jehni Thomas-Wurth 803 3.3 +3.3
Independent Doug Shaw 146 0.6 +0.6
Independent George O'Byrne 137 0.5 +0.5
Fluoride Free WA John Watt 106 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 24,410 95.6 +0.5
Informal votes 1,126 4.4 −0.5
Turnout 25,536 78.4 −11.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alyssa Hayden 13,039 53.5 +9.3
Labor Tania Lawrence 11,331 46.5 −9.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +9.3

Ninety-two minutes after polling booths closed, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Antony Green called the by-election for the Liberals.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Caporn, Dylan. "Date of Darling Range by-election announced following resignation of Barry Urban". The West.
  2. ^ a b Commentary, 2018 Darling Range by-election: Antony Green ABC
  3. ^ Hondros, Nathan (8 May 2018). "Barry Urban quits WA parliament after committee moves for expulsion". WAtoday. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  4. ^ Colleen Yates resigns as Labor Darling Range by-election candidate after Barry Urban scandal
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 2018 Darling Range by-election guide: Antony Green ABC
  6. ^ Greens put forward Anthony Pyle for June 23 Darling Range by-election
  7. ^ "Labor names new Darling Range candidate Tania Lawrence after Colleen Yates, Barry Urban sagas". ABC News. 31 May 2018.
  8. ^ One Nation's WA president quits party to make solo poll run at Darling Range by-election: The West Australian 20 June 2018
  9. ^ ReachTEL: 54-46 to Labor in Darling Range - The Poll Bludger 17 June 2018
  10. ^ 2018 Darling Range By-election results: WAEC
  11. ^ 2018 Darling Range By-election results: Antony Green ABC
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