1999 Frankston East state supplementary election

1999 Frankston East state supplementary election Victoria Parliamentary no 1996 Victorian state election 1996 16 October 1999 2002 Victorian state election 2002 93.0% 1.3% 150x150px Matt Viney 13,127 Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch) 51.4% 7.0 150x150px Cherie McLean 10,632 Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division) 41.6% 7.3 TPP 54.6% 45.4% TPP swing 7.7 7.7 MP Peter McLellan Independent Matt Viney Labor The 1999 Frankston East state supplementary election was held on 16 October 1999 to elect the next member for the electoral district of Frankston East in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the death of sitting MP Peter McLellan on the day of the 1999 Victorian state election. Background McLellan was elected as a member of the Liberal Party in 1992, but resigned from the party in July 1998 to sit as an independent.McLellan, (Frederick) Peter http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=3 https://web.archive.org/web/20060823083505/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=3 dead August 23, 2006 Parliament of Victoria On the day of the state election on 18 September 1999, McLellan died in Frankston, meaning the election in Frankston East was declared 'failed'. Initial counting on election night had the Coalition on 43 seats in the 88-seat chamber, Labor on 41 (including winning the seat of Geelong by just 16 votes), and independents on three.Woodward Dennis Costar, Brian The Victorian Election of 18 September 1999 Australian Journal of Political Science 35 1 125–133 10.1080/10361140050002881 2000 153439196 Regardless of who won in Frankston East, neither the Coalition nor Labor could form a government without the support of the independents, leaving them in a position to effectively choose the next premier. Independent MPs Russell Savage, Craig Ingram and Susan Davies adopted a united stand and released a charter of their demands which the parties would need to accept to further negotiate. Labor accepted all of them while the Coalition accepted all but two, saying that the Upper House should only be reformed after a referendum and rejecting outright an enquiry into the effects of privatisation. The independents announced that they would announce their decision after the supplementary election in Frankston East, which was to be held on 16 October and now assumed a crucial role. Ahead of the supplementary election, polling had shown that Labor would likely win the seat.Skulley Mark ALP looks good on election eve https://www.afr.com/politics/alp-looks-good-on-election-eve-19991015-k91i5 Australian Financial Review The votes that were cast in Frankston East on the day of the election and McLellan's death had been destroyed without being counted. It is therefore unknown whether Frankston East voters had voted differently in the supplementary election than the way they voted at the general election. Results The supplementary election resulted in a 7.71% swing to Labor, with its candidate Matt Viney winning 54.6% of the two-party preferred vote, putting Labor on 42 seats. 1999 Frankston East state supplementary electionGreen Antony 1999 Victorian State Election Results http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/vic/VIC1999_ResultsBook.pdf ABC Labor VIC Matt Viney 13,127 51.4 +7.0 Liberal VIC Cherie McLean 10,632 41.6 −7.3 Greens VIC Mervyn Vogt 486 1.9 +1.9 Independent Graham Eames 319 1.2 +1.2 Independent Jason Coppard 263 1.0 +1.0 Independent Garry Burleigh 140 0.5 +0.5 Independent Scott Rankin 131 0.5 +0.5 Independent Robert Anderson 95 0.4 +0.4 Democratic Labor Pat Crea 93 0.4 +0.4 Independent Malcolm McClure 77 0.3 +0.3 Independent Ian Bunyan 72 0.3 +0.3 Independent David Dawn 58 0.2 +0.2 Natural Law Lawrence Clarke 24 0.1 −1.0 Independent Geoff Clark 21 0.1 +0.1 Independent Ivan Pavlekov-Smith 13 0.1 +0.1 Independent Raymond Hoser 11 0.1 +0.1 25,562 95.2 −2.6 1,280 4.8 +2.6 26,842 93.0 −1.3 Labor VIC Matt Viney 13,953 54.6 +7.7 Liberal VIC Cherie McLean 11,603 45.4 −7.7 Labor VIC Liberal VIC +7.7 Aftermath The following morning, Labor and the independents signed an agreement which became public the following day. Although this allowed Labor to form government by one seat, Kennett's supporters urged the Coalition to force a last-ditch confidence vote on the floor of the Assembly. They believed that Savage, Davies and Ingram would be forced to publicly support Premier Jeff Kennett. In truth, Savage and Davies felt that Kennett had given them short shrift during the previous term, and would not have even considered supporting any government led by Kennett. However, with the Liberals divided on Kennett's future role, Kennett resigned as premier and retired from politics. References Category:1999 elections in Australia Category:Victorian state by-elections Category:1990s in Victoria (state)