A by-election for the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...

district of Niddrie was held on 24 March 2012. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 27 January 2012 of

Rob Hulls Rob Justin Hulls (born 23 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2012, representing the electorate of Niddrie. As well as serving as the Deputy Premier of Victoria, ...

, the former

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, who had held the seat since 1996. The Labor Party retained the seat.

Key dates

The by-election was held on 24 March, the same day as the

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. *23 February: Issue of writ *24 February: Nominations opened *1 March: Close of electoral roll *7 March: Close of nominations for party candidates *8 March: Close of nominations for independent candidates *9 March: Early voting commenced *22 March: Close of postal voting *23 March: Early voting closes *24 March: Polling day

Candidates

Candidates who nominated for the by-election are (in ballot paper order): The

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who contested the seat at the previous election and gained 34.8 percent of the primary and 43.1 percent of the two-party vote did not run a candidate. The unregistered

Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups, it was Austral ...

nominated Rob Livesay as a candidate, however the party failed to correctly lodge the nomination form, with one of Livesay's supporting signatories not listed on the electoral roll in the district.MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Democrats withdraw from Niddrie by Election
, Australian Democrats, 8 March 2012.

Results

References

External links

2012 Niddrie by-election

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, (ABC)
2012 Niddrie by-election plan
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