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2008 Mayo by-election

2008 Mayo by-election
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The Mayo seat in the House of Representatives
Turnout80.10% Decrease15.78
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Jamie Briggs Lynton Vonow
Party Liberal Greens
Popular vote 30,651 15,851
Percentage 41.28% 21.35%
Swing Decrease 9.80 Increase 10.39
TPP 53.03% 46.97%
TPP swing Decrease 4.03 Increase 46.97
  Third party Fourth party
 
IND
Candidate Di Bell Bob Day
Party Independent Family First
Popular vote 12,081 11,468
Percentage 16.87% 11.40%
Swing Increase 16.87 Increase 7.38
MP before election

Alexander Downer
Liberal

Elected MP

Jamie Briggs
Liberal

The 2008 Mayo by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo, located in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 2008,[1] following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downer.[2] The by-election was held on the same day as the Lyne by-election, and the Western Australian state election.

The writ for the by-election was issued 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed on 14 August.[3] The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Mayo at the 2007 federal election. The seat was won by Jamie Briggs of the Liberal Party on a two-candidate preferred vote of 53 per cent against the Greens.

  1. ^ "Mayo by-election date announced". ABC. 31 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Downer quits politics". AAP. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008.
  3. ^ "By-elections to be held on 6 September". The Age. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

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