2009 Fremantle state by-election

Western Australian state by-election April 2022 May 2023 Western Australia parliamentary no 16 May 2009 150x150px Adele Carles Greens Western Australia 8,722 44.06% 16.50 150x150px Peter Tagliaferri Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) 7,632 38.55% 0.14 TPP TPP swing 53.96% 53.96 46.04% 15.97 MP Jim McGinty Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch) Adele Carles Greens Western Australia The 2009 Fremantle state by-election was held in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Fremantle on 16 May 2009.2009 Fremantle By Election Key Dates Western Australian Electoral Commission http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/key_dates_and_deadlines.php 2009-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20090516075615/http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/key_dates_and_deadlines.php 2009-05-16 dead It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Jim McGinty.McGinty resigns from WA parliament 3 April 2009 AAP http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/mcginty-resigns-from-wa-parliament-20090403-9lkh.html The Labor Party was defending a seat that they had held continuously since 1924. The by-election was held in conjunction with the state referendum on daylight saving hours. The Greens candidate, Adele Carles, won the by-election, and in doing so became the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat. Background First elected to parliament at the 1990 Fremantle state by-election, McGinty became a minister in the Labor government of Carmen Lawrence in 1991. He held several portfolios until Labor's defeat at the 1993 state election. In Opposition, McGinty succeeded Ian Taylor as Labor leader in 1994, only to be replaced by Geoff Gallop prior to the 1996 state election. After Labor returned to power at the 2001 state election, McGinty again became a minister. Most significantly he served for seven and half years as Attorney-General in the Labor governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter. Following Labor's defeat at the 2008 state election, speculation among media and political commentators was that McGinty, by then almost 60 years of age, would resign his seat before the end of the term.Speculation Jim McGinty will quit seat 19 February 2009 PerthNow http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25080368-5017005,00.html https://archive.today/20120907181920/http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,25080368-5017005,00.html dead 7 September 2012 He confirmed that speculation on 3 April 2009. Candidates Nominations closed on 17 April 2009. Later that day, the Western Australian Electoral Commission revealed the names of the candidates who nominated. They are as follows, in ballot paper order:2009 Fremantle By Election Candidates Western Australian Electoral Commission http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/District_of_Fremantle/candidates.php 2009-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20090516075826/http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/District_of_Fremantle/candidates.php 2009-05-16 dead Independent - Nik Varga, a real estate agent. Citizens Electoral Council - Rob Totten. Independent - Jan Ter Horst. Independent - Carmelo Zagami. Zagami previously stood as the Liberal Party candidate for the federal division of Fremantle at the 2004 federal election. Independent - Steve Boni. Boni previously stood as the Labor candidate for the district of Roe at the 2001 state election. Family First - Andriette du Plessis. Du Plessis previously stood as the Family First candidate for the federal division of Fremantle at the 2007 federal election. Labor Party - Peter Tagliaferri, Mayor of Fremantle. Tagiliaferri previously stood for this seat as an independent candidate at the 1990 Fremantle state by-election. Christian Democratic Party - Julie Hollett. Independent - Rosemary Anne Lorrimar, a nurse who previously ran for the Christian Democratic Party in Willagee in 2001 state election. She also stood in several elections for the DLP in the 1970s. Greens WA - Adele Carles. Carles was also the Greens candidate for Fremantle at the 2008 state election and came close to defeating McGinty.Kate Campbell Green gives ‘arrogant’ McGinty a scare and a threat 8 September 2008 The West Australian http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuId=77&ContentID=96640 2 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080911212450/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=96640 11 September 2008 dead dmy-all Sam Wainwright, standing for the Socialist Alliance,Socialist to contest Fremantle by-election Kerry Smith 4 April 2009 Green Left Weekly http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/790/40690 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090412213904/http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/790/40690 12 April 2009 which is not registered as an official party. The Liberal Party did not field a candidate.Liberals decide not to contest Fremantle by-election 9 April 2009 ABC http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/09/2539140.htm https://archive.today/20120716184624/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/09/2539140.htm dead 16 July 2012 Results The Greens' win in Fremantle was the first time a Greens candidate was elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat. It was also the first time they had outpolled the Labor Party on the primary vote in any Labor-held seat.Antony Green 2009 Fremantle By-Election 16 May 2009 Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2009/fremantle/ Carles became the first Green to sit in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, and with five members in the Parliament as a whole, the Greens achieved official parliamentary party status in Western Australia, giving them access to additional allowances, monies and staff. Carles later quit the party to sit as an independent after the publication of an affair with Liberal treasurer Troy Buswell. Fremantle state by-election, 2009http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/District_of_Fremantle/District_results.php WAEC - 2009 Fremantle By-election - Results 2009-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090516075838/http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/2009_Fremantle_By-Election/District_of_Fremantle/District_results.php 2009-05-16 dead Greens WA Adele Carles 8,722 44.06 +16.50 Labor WA Peter Tagliaferri 7,632 38.55 -0.14 Independent Carmelo Zagami 999 5.05 +5.05 Independent Nik Varga 701 3.54 +3.54 |- | Socialist Alliance width:1px |   | style="text-align:left;"| Independent Socialist Alliance | style="text-align:left;"| Sam Wainwright | style="text-align:right;"| 454 | style="text-align:right;"| 2.29 | style="text-align:right;"| +2.29 |- Independent Steve Boni 340 1.72 +1.72 Christian Democrats Julie Hollett 339 1.71 -0.15 Family First Andriette du Plessis 194 0.98 -0.71 Independent Jan Ter Horst 188 0.95 +0.95 Independent Rosemary Anne Lorrimar 171 0.86 +0.86 CEC Rob Totten 56 0.28 +0.28 19,796 95.71 +1.38 888 4.29 –1.38 20,684 87.20 +2.81 Greens WA Adele Carles 10,664 53.96 +53.96 Labor WA Peter Tagliaferri 9,100 46.04 -15.97 Greens WA Labor WA N/A References External links 2009 Fremantle By-election Antony Green Antony Green ABC http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2009/fremantle/ Category:2009 elections in Australia Category:Western Australian state by-elections Category:2000s in Western Australia Category:Fremantle