2017 Pembroke state by-election

2017 Pembroke state by-election

4 November 2017

First party Second party Third party   LIB IND Candidate Jo Siejka James Walker Doug Chipman Party Labor Liberal Independent First preference vote 6,846 5,468 4,212 Percentage 32.2% 25.8% 19.9% Swing 32.2pp 25.3pp 19.9pp TPP 57.4% 42.6%

MLC before election Vanessa Goodwin Liberal Elected MLC TBD

A by-election was held in the Tasmanian Legislative Council division of Pembroke on 4 November 2017. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Vanessa Goodwin, who was diagnosed with brain cancer.

Background

The electoral division of Pembroke is located on the eastern shore of the River Derwent in Hobart.

Vanessa Goodwin, a member of the Liberal Party, was elected on 1 August 2009 at a by-election to replace Labor member Allison Ritchie who had resigned. When the Liberals won government in 2014, Goodwin was appointed as Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Corrections and Minister for the Arts.

On 25 March 2017, Goodwin was hospitalised with multiple brain tumours. On 6 April, Premier Will Hodgman informed the parliament that she was not expected to recover. Goodwin resigned on 2 October 2017.

Results

Tasmanian Legislative Council by-election, 2017: Pembroke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jo Siejka	6,846	32.2	+32.2
	Liberal	James Walker	5,468	25.8	−25.3
	Independent	Doug Chipman	4,212	19.9	+19.9
	Greens	Bill Harvey	1,977	9.3	−1.0
	Independent	Richard James	1,563	7.4	+7.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Carlo Di Falco	649	3.1	+3.1
	Independent	Hans Willink	497	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			21,212	96.5	+0.1
Informal votes			772	3.5	−0.1
Turnout			21,984	84.3	−1.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jo Siejka	11,862	57.4	N/A
	Liberal	James Walker	8,786	42.6	N/A
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

External links

• Pembroke By-election (Tasmanian Electoral Commission)