2013 Lyndhurst state by-election
{{Short description|State by-election in Victoria, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| country = Victoria
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| election_date = 27 April 2023
| candidate1 = Martin Pakula
| party1 = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| popular_vote1 = 12,899
| percentage1 = 41.0%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 14.5
| image1 = 150x150px
| candidate2 = {{nowrap|Stephen Nowland}}
| party2 = Family First Party
| popular_vote2 = 4,454
| percentage2 = 14.1%
| swing2 = {{increase}} 9.3
| image2 = {{Election image filler|Family First Party|FFP|150x150px}}
| candidate3 = Geraldine Gonsalvez
| party3 = Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)
| popular_vote3 = 3,467
| percentage3 = 11.0%
| swing3 = {{increase}} 9.8
| image3 = {{Election image filler|Democratic Labour Party (Australia)|DLP|150x150px}}
| 1blank = TPP
| 2blank = TPP swing
| 1data1 = 57.0%
| 2data1 = {{decrease}} 6.9
| 1data2 = 43.0%
| 2data2 = {{increase}} 43.0
| title = MP
| before_election = Tim Holding
| before_party = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
| after_election = Martin Pakula
| after_party = Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch)
}}
A by-election for the seat of Lyndhurst in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on 27 April 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party (ALP) member Tim Holding on 18 February 2013.{{cite news|title=Lyndhurst by-election set for April 27|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-26/lyndhurst-by-election-set-for-april-27/4541082|accessdate=27 February 2013|newspaper=ABC News|date=27 February 2013}} Martin Pakula retained the seat for Labor.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/lyndhurst/|title=2013 Lyndhurst by-election|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=28 April 2013}}
Dates
The writ for the by-election was issued on 5 March 2013. The electoral roll in Lyndhurst closed on 12 March, and the final date for candidates to nominate was 28 March. Registration of how-to-vote cards{{Cite web |url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/current/StateBy2013HTVCLyndhurstDistrict.html |title=Lyndhurst District By-election 2013 Registered How To Vote Cards: VEC |access-date=2013-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428174915/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/current/StateBy2013HTVCLyndhurstDistrict.html |archive-date=2013-04-28 |url-status=dead }} closed on 18 April. Polling day was 27 April.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130411034412/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Current/LyndhurstDistrictByElection.html Lyndhurst District by-election dates: VEC via archive.org]
Candidates
Candidates in ballot paper order for the by-election were:
| class="wikitable" |
| colspan=4 | Candidate nominations |
|---|
| {{Australian party style|Sex Party}}|
| Martin Leahy | Contested Ferntree Gully for the Sex Party in 2010. |
| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|
| Greens | Community worker. Contested Lyndhurst for the Greens in 2010. |
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| Hung Vo | Contested Lyndhurst as an independent in 2010. |
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| Bobby Singh | Contested Division of Holt for the Palmer United Party in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/federal-election-2013/guide/holt/|title=Holt Results|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|author=Antony Green|author-link=Antony Green|accessdate=11 September 2013}} |
| {{Australian party style|Family First}}|
| Stephen Nowland | School worker, registered builder. |
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| David Linaker | Lost VCAT case to appear on the electoral roll as David Linaker-Liberal. Contested 2012 Niddrie by-election as an independent. |
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| Lawyer and previously an industrial officer, state secretary, and national vice-president of the NUW. Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council seat of Western Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2013. |
| {{Australian party style|Democratic Labour}}|
| {{nowrap|Democratic Labour Party}} | Geraldine Gonsalvez | Dandenong councillor from 2000 to 2003. Contested Victorian Legislative Council seat of South Eastern Metropolitan Region for the DLP in 2006 and 2010 and was on the Victorian DLP Senate ticket in 2010. |
The Liberal Party declined to nominate a candidate for the by-election.
How-to-vote cards
How-to-vote cards are distributed to voters at polling stations to provide information about how the candidate suggests preferences be allocated. Candidates and parties suggesting preferences are shown in each column of the table below. The Sex Party released a card with two preferences allocated, one favoring Labor and the other favoring the Greens. The Greens ran an open card at this by-election.{{Cite web|title = 2013 Lyndhurst by-election - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|url = http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/lyndhurst/|website = www.abc.net.au|access-date = 2016-02-15}}
| class="wikitable" |
| width="100px" rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" width="80px" ! |Sex ! width="80px" ! |Greens ! width="80px" ! |Vo ! width="80px" ! |Singh ! width="80px" ! |Family First ! width="80px" ! |Linaker ! width="80px" ! |Labor ! width="80px" ! |DLP |
|---|
| colspan="2" style="height:2px; background:#FFD700;" |
! style="background:#10C25B;" | ! style="background:#9C9C9C;" | ! style="background:#9C9C9C;" | ! style="background:#00CCFF;" | ! style="background:#9C9C9C;" | ! style="background:#F00011;" | ! style="background:#EEAF30;" | |
| Sex
|1 |1 | |8 |5 |7 |7 |3 |7 |
| Greens
|3 |2 |1 |6 |7 |8 |8 |4 |8 |
| Vo
|4 |4 | rowspan="6" | |1 |4 |3 |2 |5 |3 |
| Singh
|5 |5 |7 |1 |5 |5 |6 |4 |
| Family First
|7 |7 |3 |2 |1 |3 |7 |2 |
| Linaker
|6 |6 |2 |8 |4 |1 |8 |5 |
| Labor
|2 |3 |5 |6 |6 |6 |1 |6 |
| DLP
|8 |8 |4 |3 |2 |4 |2 |1 |
Results
{{Election box begin |
|title=Lyndhurst state by-election, 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/StateBy2013resultLyndhurstDistrict.html|title=Lyndhurst by-election results|publisher=Victorian Electoral Commission|accessdate=28 April 2013|archive-date=29 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629190246/https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/stateby2013resultLyndhurstDistrict.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/lyndhurst/result.htm|title=Lyndhurst by-election results|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=10 May 2013}} }}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Martin Pakula
|votes = 12,899
|percentage = 41.0
|change = –14.5
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Family First
|candidate = Stephen Nowland
|votes = 4,454
|percentage = 14.1
|change = +9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Democratic Labour
|candidate = Geraldine Gonsalvez
|votes = 3,467
|percentage = 11.0
|change = +9.8
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hung Vo
|votes = 3,070
|percentage = 9.7
|change = +6.2
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Greens VIC
|candidate = Nina Springle
|votes = 2,960
|percentage = 9.4
|change = +3.3
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Sex Party
|candidate = Martin Leahy
|votes = 2,635
|percentage = 8.4
|change = +8.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Independent
|candidate = David Linaker
|votes = 1,370
|percentage = 4.4
|change = +4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Independent
|candidate = Bobby Singh
|votes = 639
|percentage = 2.0
|change = +2.0
}}
{{Election box formal|
|votes = 31,494
|percentage = 90.5
|change = –2.4
}}
{{Election box informal|
|votes = 3,288
|percentage = 9.5
|change = +2.4
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 34,782
|percentage = 80.1
|change = −12.4
}}
{{Election box 2cp}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Labor VIC
|candidate = Martin Pakula
|votes = 17,961
|percentage = 57.0
|change = –6.9
}}
{{Election box candidate AU party|
|party = Family First
|candidate = Stephen Nowland
|votes = 13,533
|percentage = 43.0
|change = +43.0
}}
{{Election box hold AU party
|winner = Labor VIC
|swing = N/A
}}
{{Election box end}}
The results are final.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/vic/2013/lyndhurst/commentary.htm|title=Lyndhurst by-election commentary|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|author=Antony Green|accessdate=27 April 2013}} Pre-poll and postal votes were included on election night upon which media outlets called the by-election for Labor.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/labor-win-leaves-napthine-barely-hanging-on-to-power-20130427-2ilpj.html|title=Labor win leaves Napthine barely hanging on to power|newspaper=The Age|date=27 April 2013|accessdate=28 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/martin-pakula-claims-win-in-lyndhurst-by-election/story-e6frfkp9-1226630609924|title=Martin Pakula claims win in Lyndhurst by-election|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=27 April 2013|accessdate=28 April 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-27/lyndhurst-voters-swing-against-labor/4655352|title=Pakula wins Lyndhurst despite swing against Labor|newspaper=ABC|date=27 April 2013|accessdate=28 April 2013}} The full preference distribution occurred on 1 May.[https://www.vec.vic.gov.au/Results/stateby2013distributionLyndhurstDistrict.html Lyndhurst District By-election 2013 Distribution of preference votes: VEC]