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and the

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's sole MP resigned due to dual citizenship concerns after the High Court ruled on 8 May 2018 that Senator

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was ineligible to have been elected to the

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for being a dual citizen, in similar circumstances to four of the lower house MPs. Labor MP for

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resigned for family reasons on the same day, causing the first time ever that five by-elections would be held on the same day in Australia. All sitting MPs apart from Hammond re-contested and won the ensuing by-elections. The governing

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did not contest the by-elections in the safe Labor seats of

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and

, with the

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contesting the by-elections in the marginal Labor seats of Braddon and

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, and the Centre Alliance-held

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. Coalition performance at the by-elections was below expectations and

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resigned as Prime Minister after losing a

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less than a month later.

Results

Braddon

Fremantle

Longman

Mayo

Perth

References

External links

Super Saturday July 28: The Poll Bludger 24 May 2018
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