The 1991 Menzies by-election was held in the
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n electorate of
Menzies in
Victoria on 11 May 1991. The
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, the former deputy
Liberal Party leader
Neil Brown.
The
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...
did not field a candidate. The by-election was won by the Liberal Party's
Kevin Andrews.
Results
See also
*
List of Australian federal by-elections
References
{{Aus by-elections 36th parl
Menzies by-election
Victorian federal by-elections
Menzies by-election, 1991
Menzies by-election