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1999 Holt by-election

Australian federal by-election

Summary

Australian federal by-election

Field	Value
country	Victoria
type	parliamentary
vote_type	Primary
ongoing	no
election_date	6 November 1999
previous_year	1998
next_year	2001
image1
candidate1	Anthony Byrne
party1	Australian Labor Party
popular_vote1	48,499
percentage1	65.63%
swing1	5.85
image2
candidate2	Polly Morgan
party2	Australian Democrats
popular_vote2	10,896
percentage2	14.74%
swing2	8.75
1blank	TPP
2blank	TPP swing
1data1	72.06%
2data1	6.95
1data2	27.94%
2data2	27.94
title	MP
before_election	Gareth Evans
before_party	Australian Labor Party
after_election	Anthony Byrne
after_party	Australian Labor Party

The 1999 Holt by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Holt in Victoria on 6 November 1999. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting member, former Australian Labor Party deputy leader Gareth Evans on 30 September 1999. The writ for the by-election was issued on 1 October 1999.

Background

Holt was held by Gareth Evans, a former senator who had moved to the House of Representatives when the previous Labor member Michael Duffy retired in 1996. When Labor was defeated by the Coalition at the 1998 election, Evans resigned as deputy leader and from the opposition frontbench. He announced his intention to retire during the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television coverage of the 1998 election, but delayed his formal retirement until late 1999.

The Liberal Party did not field a candidate for the Holt by-election, with the main opponents being Labor's Anthony Byrne, and Polly Morgan, the Australian Democrats candidate.

The Holt by-election was held in conjunction with the 1999 referendum on the republic on 6 November, with the residents of Holt voting on an additional by-election ballot paper, as well as the two referendum questions.

Results

Aftermath

Anthony Byrne won the seat easily, with the lack of a Liberal candidate seeing a positive swing to all parties.

References

Green, Antony: [https://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2007/guide/holt.htm Federal Election Guide 2007 - Holt], [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]].

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