COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND, Vic ==================================================================== 28 June 2008, following the resignation of Hon Peter McGauran -------------------------------------------------------------------- Eastern Vic: Bairnsdale, Morwell, Sale, Traralgon -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 95,580 -04.0 Votes cast: 85,717 89.7 -04.8 Informal votes: 2,465 02.9 -03.1 Formal votes: 83,252 97.1 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Malcolm McKelvie Grn 5,862 07.0 +01.5 Rohan Fitzgerald Lib 17,249 20.7 Ben Buckley 3,518 04.2 Darren McCubbin ALP 23,652 28.4 -08.1 Darren Chester + Nat 32,971 39.6 -08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 83,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Buckley's 3,518 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKelvie 669 19.0 6,531 07.8 Fitzgerald 811 23.1 18,060 21.7 McCubbin 890 25.3 24,542 29.5 Chester + 1,148 32.6 34,119 41.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,518 83,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McKelvie's 6,531 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fitzgerald 1,319 20.2 19,379 23.3 McCubbin 3,603 55.2 28,145 33.8 Chester + 1,609 24.6 35,728 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 6,531 83,252 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Fitzgerald's 19,379 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCubbin 3,496 18.0 31,641 38.0 CHESTER + 15,883 82.0 51,611 62.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 19,379 83,252 12.0 06.1 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darren Chester (born 1967): Elected 2008 by Born: 13 September 1967, Sale, Victoria Career: Newspaper and television journalist, marketing consultant. Chief of Staff to Peter Ryan, MLA. --------------------------------------------------------------------