2009 Frome state by-election

none December 2025 December 2025 2009 Frome state by-election South Australia parliamentary Primary no 2006 South Australian state election 2006 17 January 2009 2010 South Australian state election 2010 Electoral district of Frome in the South Australian House of Assembly Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg 120 120 160 0 0 Terry Boylan South Australian Liberal Party 7,576 39.24% 8.86 Labor Placeholder.png 120 120 160 0 0 John Rohde South Australian Labor Party 5,041 26.11% 14.93 Geoff Brock MP.png 170 120 160 8 20 Geoff Brock Independent (Australia) 4,557 23.60% 23.60 TCP TCP swing 48.28% 5.13 51.72% 51.72 MP Rob Kerin South Australian Liberal Party Geoff Brock Independent (Australia) A by-election was held for the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Frome on 17 January 2009.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2419065.htm https://archive.today/20120716131624/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2419065.htm dead 16 July 2012 Libs upset by Frome poll date ABC Online 13 November 2008 1 February 2009 This was triggered by the resignation of former premier and state Liberal MHA Rob Kerin.http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/kerin-quits-politics/1358146.aspx Kerin quits politics 12 November 2008 Independent Weekly (Fairfax Media) 1 February 2009 The seat had been retained by the Liberals at the 2006 state election on a 3.4 per cent margin, and at the 2002 state election on an 11.5 per cent margin.http://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2006/guide/from.htm South Australian Election 2006 : Green Guide : Frome Green Antony ABC Online 20 April 2006 1 February 2009 The writ for the by-election was issued on 28 November, with the rolls closing on 8 December. Candidate nominations closed 18 December at midday. Independent candidate Geoff Brock ended up winning the seat from the Liberals in a very close contest. Background Kerin was first elected as the member for the new rural Port Pirie-based seat of Frome at the 1993 state election where the Liberals won government. From 1995 he held various ministries in the Brown and Olsen Liberal governments until he became Premier of South Australia in October 2001, before losing government to the Mike Rann-led Labor Party at the March 2002 state election. Kerin remained Liberal leader until after the 2006 state election when he resigned the leadership to make way for Iain Evans. The state by-election was the first to be held since the 1994 Taylor by-election, when another former premier, Lynn Arnold, retired from politics.http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2008/12/frome-by-electi.html Frome by-election and South Australian Redistributions Green Antony ABC Online 18 December 2008 1 February 2009 Candidates 6 candidates in ballot paper orderhttp://www.abc.net.au/elections/sa/2009/frome/ 2009 Frome By-election: ABC Elections Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2 February 2009 28 July 2010  Labor Party John Rohde Postal worker  Nationals SA Neville Wilson Deputy mayor of Port Pirie Regional Council  Liberal Party Terry Boylan Police officer  Greens Joy O'Brien Former librarian and Burnside councillor  One Nation Peter Fitzpatrick Small business contractor  Independent Your Voice Geoff Brock Mayor of Port Pirie Regional Council The Family First Party and the Australian Democrats, who ran candidates in the previous election, polling 5.2 percent and 2 percent respectively, did not nominate a candidate to contest the by-election. Issues Of concern to the electorate was the potential closure of the Nyrstar smelter in Port Pirie due to the federal government's emissions trading scheme known as the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, however it won special exemption from the scheme on 17 December.Smelter 'safe' - Premier: Fairfax 18/12/2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081231105511/http://portpirie.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/smelter-safe%E2%80%88premier/1390075.aspx 31 December 2008 Port Pirie mayor and independent candidate Geoff Brock was considered a possibility for winning the seat, with a strong local profile, and receiving preference recommendations in how-to-vote cards (HTVs) from Labor and the Nationals, whilst the Greens did not recommend preferences. Brock's own HTV recommended preferences to the Nationals, Labor, Liberal, Green, and One Nation, in that order.http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/01/frome-by-electi.html ABC Antony Green's Frome by-election Results blog Antony Green Antony Green Australian Broadcasting Corporation 17 January 2009 28 July 2010 Independent senator Nick Xenophon also campaigned for Brock.Jamie Walker http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24910259-5013945,00.html Deals put former SA premier's seat on line: The Australian 14/1/2009 The Australian 14 January 2009 28 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090120223303/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24910259-5013945,00.html 20 January 2009 dead http://flindersranges.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/independents-unite-to-support-brock-in-bid-for-byelection-glory/1408219.aspx Independents unite to support Brock in bid for by-election glory: Flinders News 15/1/2009 Flindersranges.yourguide.com.au 15 January 2009 28 July 2010 dead https://archive.today/20120715092719/http://flindersranges.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/independents-unite-to-support-brock-in-bid-for-byelection-glory/1408219.aspx 15 July 2012 Australian Associated Press http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/greens-to-run-open-ticket-in-frome/1407191.aspx Greens to run open ticket in Frome: The Independent 14/1/2009 Independentweekly.com.au 14 January 2009 28 July 2010 Results The by-election was closely contested, with the result being uncertain for over a week. Initial reports suggested a slight swing to the Liberals on the two-party preferred count against Labor, but with Independent candidate Geoff Brock not far behind Labor. By 21 January 2009, both the ABC's Antony Green and the State Electoral Office were indicating a two percent swing against the Liberals toward Labor, but not enough to lose the seat.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/18/2468468.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090120120520/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/18/2468468.htm dead 20 January 2009 Frome by-election goes down to the wire ABC Online 18 January 2009 25 January 2009http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/01/frome-by-electi.html Frome By-election Results Antony Green ABC Online 25 January 2009http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,27574,24926699-2682,00.html Liberals confident they'll hold Outback seat of Frome Emmerson Russell Pepper, Chris The Advertiser 18 January 2009 25 January 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090120203204/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,27574,24926699-2682,00.html 20 January 2009 Liberal leader Martin Hamilton-Smith claimed victory on behalf of the party.http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/files/2009/01/articleaspx.htm Liberals claim victory in Frome Poll Bludger (Crikey) 21 January 2009 25 January 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090131162702/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/files/2009/01/articleaspx.htm 31 January 2009 dmy-all This article reproduces the original Liberal press release, no longer available on the SA Liberal site.Hendrik Gout http://www.independentweekly.com.au/news/local/news/general/frome-one-loss-to-another/1420719.aspx?storypage=0 Frome one loss to another: Independent Weekly 30/1/2009 Independentweekly.com.au 30 January 2009 28 July 2010Richardson Tom http://www.independentweekly.com.au/blogs/state-politics/frome-a-lost-moment-for-the-libs/1420738.aspx?storypage=0 Frome, a lost moment for the Libs: Independent Weekly 30/1/2009 Independentweekly.com.au 30 January 2009 28 July 2010 Frome state by-election, 17 January 2009http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/elections/state-elections/past-state-election-results/7648?view=result 2009 Frome by-election: ECSA 25 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140426232545/http://www.ecsa.sa.gov.au/elections/state-elections/past-state-election-results/7648?view=result 26 April 2014 dead Terry Boylan Liberal SA 7,576 39.24 –8.86 John Rohde Labor SA 5,041 26.11 –14.93 Geoff Brock #888888 Independent Your Voice 4,557 23.60 +23.60 Neville Wilson Nationals SA 1,267 6.56 +6.56 Joy O'Brien SA Greens 734 3.80 +0.06 Peter Fitzpatrick One Nation 134 0.69 +0.69 19,309 97.12 +0.21 573 2.88 –0.21 19,882 89.79 –4.44 Liberal SA Terry Boylan 9,976 51.67 –1.74 Labor SA John Rohde 9,333 48.33 +1.74 #888888 Independent Your Voice Geoff Brock 9,987 51.72 +51.72 Liberal SA Terry Boylan 9,322 48.28 –5.13 Independent Liberal SA N/A right|thumb|upright|Instant-runoff voting method. The result hinged on the performance of Brock against Labor in the competition for second place. Brock polled best in the Port Pirie area, and received enough eliminated candidate preferences to end up ahead of the Labor candidate by 30 votes. Distribution of preferences - 4th counthttp://ecsa.sa.gov.au/apps/uploadedFiles/news/486/Distribution_of_Preferences.pdf District of Frome – By-election 17 January 2009 Distribution of Preferences to Last 2 Candidates in Count 23 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20090206004743/http://ecsa.sa.gov.au:80/apps/uploadedFiles/news/486/Distribution_of_Preferences.pdf 6 February 2009 dead Terry Boylan Liberal SA 8,215 42.54 Geoff Brock #888888 Independent Your Voice 5,562 28.81 John Rohde Labor SA 5,532 28.65 Brock received 80 percent of Labor's fifth count preferences to achieve a two-candidate preferred vote of 51.72 percent (a majority of 665 votes) against the Liberals, despite a slight improvement in the Liberal primary vote since the previous count.http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24957588-2682,00.html Shock Frome loss rocks SA Liberals Pepper Chris The Advertiser 25 January 2009 25 January 2009October 2026 medicmedicJamie Walker http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987347-5006787,00.html Peace plea as Nationals take revenge on Liberals at polling booth: The Australian 31/1/2009 The Australian 31 January 2009 28 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20090306061232/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24987347-5006787,00.html 6 March 2009 dead This was announced by the Electoral Commissioner, Kay Mousley, at 8:30 pm local time on 24 January 2009, but without a formal declaration. The commissioner rejected a request for a recount by Boylan, with a formal request being lodged by the Liberals, which was also rejected, after which the Liberals ruled out a possibility of taking the result to the Court of Disputed Returns.2009-01-28 Brock to be formally declared in Frome https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-01-29/brock-to-be-formally-declared-in-frome/276464 2026-01-14 ABC News en-AUhttp://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24975106-5006301,00.html Electoral commissioner refuses challenge: The Advertiser 28/1/2009 news.com.au 27 January 2009 28 July 2010October 2026 medicmedic A formal declaration of the by-election outcome was made by the State Electoral Office on 29 January.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/29/2477743.htm https://archive.today/20120717095640/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/29/2477743.htm dead 17 July 2012 New Frome MP to 'make politics more accessible': ABC 29/1/2009 ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 29 January 2009 28 July 2010 The by-election saw a rare two-party swing to an incumbent government, and was the first time an opposition had lost a seat at a by-election in South Australia.David Nason http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962538-5013871,00.html https://archive.today/20120911185428/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962538-5013871,00.html dead 11 September 2012 Leader left with pumpkin: The Australian 26/1/2009 The Australian 26 January 2009 28 July 2010 Gavin Lower David Nason http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962542-2702,00.html https://archive.today/20120913205418/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24962542-2702,00.html dead 13 September 2012 Libs demand recount after shock poll loss: The Australian 26/1/2009 The Australian 26 January 2009 28 July 2010 The result in Frome at the 2010 state election saw Brock increase his primary vote by 14.1 percent to a total of 37.7 percent and his two-candidate vote by 6.5 percent to a total of 58.2 percent. Despite a statewide swing against Labor at the election, Labor again increased its two-party vote in Frome by 1.8 percent to a total of 50.1 percent, coincidentally by 30 votes. See also List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections References External links An Example of Non-Monotonicity and Opportunities for Tactical Voting at an Australian Election: Antony Green ABC 2009 Frome by-election: ECSA 2009 Frome by-election: Antony Green ABC William Bowe's "The Poll Bludger" 2009 Frome by-election pre-election discussion https://web.archive.org/web/20081219015502/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2008/11/11/frome-by-election-south-australia/ 19 December 2008 William Bowe's "The Poll Bludger" 2009 Frome by-election post-election discussion https://web.archive.org/web/20090208054305/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2009/01/17/frome-by-election-live/ 8 February 2009 Frome Category:South Australian state by-elections Category:2000s in South Australia