2010 Altona state by-election

April 2022 A by-election was held for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Altona on 13 February 2010, following the sudden resignation of state Transport Minister Lynne Kosky on 18 January, who cited a family member's health as the reason for her decision to leave politics.http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/18/2794606.htm?section=australia https://web.archive.org/web/20100123003406/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/18/2794606.htm?section=australia dead 23 January 2010 Kosky leaves her station for family reasons ABC News 18 January 2010 Altona was widely considered a safe Labor seat, with Kosky winning over 60% of the primary vote at the 2006 state election. The Labor Party's Jill Hennessy, a lawyer who sat on the board of Western Health, won the seat despite a 13 percent primary vote swing away from Labor. The Liberals and Greens primary votes went up by 11 percent and 2 percent respectively. Hennessy retained the seat in the November 2010 state election. Candidates The following candidates nominated; they are listed in ballot-paper order.http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/StateBy2010candidatesAltonaDistrict.html VEC: Altona District By-Election 2010 : Candidates for Altona District 2010-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20100201061122/http://www.vec.vic.gov.au/StateBy2010candidatesAltonaDistrict.html 2010-02-01 dead Independent – Brijender Nain. Independent – Liz Mumby. Socialist Alliance – Margarita Windisch. Liberal Party – Mark Rose, a Wyndham councillor and candidate for Tarneit in the 2006 state election. Greens – David Strangward, a management consultant. Independent – Andrew Rixon. Independent – Brian Shaw. Labor Party – Jill Hennessy, a lawyer who sat on the board of Western Health, and was backed in her preselection bid by Steve Bracks, Joan Kirner, Lynne Kosky and Nicola Roxon. She defeated Hobsons Bay councillor Luba Grigorovitch for Labor endorsement.2010 Altona by-election: The Poll Bludger Election results Altona state by-election, 2010 Jill Hennessy Labor VIC 18,249 47.50 −13.11 Mark Rose Liberal VIC 13,427 34.95 +11.06 David Strangward Greens VIC 4,006 10.43 +2.01 Liz Mumby Independent 693 1.80 +1.80 Brijender Nain Independent 634 1.65 +1.65 Brian Shaw Independent 623 1.62 +1.62 Margarita Windisch Socialist Alliance 607 1.58 +1.58 Andrew Rixon Independent 182 0.47 +0.47 38,421 95.18 +1.29 1,947 4.82 −1.29 40,368 93.69 −9.03 Labor VIC Jill Hennessy 22,252 57.93 −12.28 Liberal VIC Mark Rose 16,160 42.07 +12.28 Labor VIC -12.28 References External links 2010 Altona by-election: The Poll Bludger Category:Victorian state by-elections Category:2010 elections in Australia Category:2010 in Victoria (state)