2025 Prahran state by-election
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Electoral district of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
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_2022.svg) Location of the electoral district of Prahran | |||||||||||||
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A by-election for the electorate of Prahran is scheduled to be held sometime in 2025, following the resignation of incumbent independent MP Sam Hibbins, which was announced on 23 November 2024.
Hibbins had resigned from the Victorian Greens several weeks prior on 1 November 2024, after it emerged that he had been having an extramarital affair with a staff member from his office.[1] Hibbins described the affair as a "human mistake".[2]
Background
[edit]Previous election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greens | Sam Hibbins | 14,286 | 36.4 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal | Matthew Lucas | 12,198 | 31.1 | −1.6 | |
| Labor | Wesa Chau | 10,421 | 26.6 | −3.9 | |
| Animal Justice | Alice Le Huray | 1,263 | 3.2 | +0.9 | |
| Family First | Ronald Emilsen | 626 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Independent | Alan Menadue | 449 | 1.1 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,243 | 97.0 | +2.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,223 | 3.0 | −2.1 | ||
| Turnout | 40,466 | 82.7 | −1.6 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Labor | Wesa Chau | 23,966 | 61.1 | +2.4 | |
| Liberal | Matthew Lucas | 15,277 | 38.9 | –2.4 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Greens | Sam Hibbins | 24,334 | 62.0 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal | Matthew Lucas | 14,909 | 38.0 | −3.0 | |
| Greens hold | Swing | +3.0 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Carmody, Annika Smethurst, Broede (1 November 2024). "'I am angry': Greens leader says co-deputy never welcome back after staffer affair revelation". The Age. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Victorian Greens leader condemns behaviour of MP who resigned over relationship with staffer". ABC News. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ Prahran District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2022.