The 2008 Kororoit state by-election was held on 28 June 2008 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 presiding ...
seat of
Kororoit. The by-election was triggered when Labor MLA and former state Police Minister
Andre Haermeyer resigned from parliament on 3 June. It was held on the same day as the
by-election for the Victorian federal seat of Gippsland.
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'', 3 June 2008.
Kororoit was the
third-safest seat in the state for the governing Labor Party, based on the results of the
2006 state election. The opposition Liberal Party contested the by-election, with state president
David Kemp stating that the party would mount a "strong campaign". There had earlier been reports that the party might not run a candidate, as had been the case in the 2007 by-elections for the safe Labor seats of
Albert Park and
Williamstown.
''Sydney Morning Herald
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'', 3 June 2008.
Labor candidate Marlene Kairouz
Marlene Kairouz (born 2 March 1975) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008. She was the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation between 2016 and 2020.
Polit ...
was elected as the new member for Kororoit.
Results
Distribution of preferences
Because Labor attained an absolute majority of formal votes after the elimination of two candidates, no formal two candidate preferred count was determined for this contest.
References
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External links
ABC Kororoit by-election
Victorian state by-elections
2008 elections in Australia
2000s in Victoria (Australia)