COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== HIGGINS, Vic ==================================================================== 5 December 2009, following the resignation of Hon Peter Costello -------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne: Ashburton, Malvern, Prahran, Toorak -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 88,130 -01.4 Votes cast: 69,637 79.0 -14.8 Informal votes: 2,890 04.2 +01.6 Formal votes: 66,747 05.8 -01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Murphy 1,145 01.7 Fiona Patten ASP 2,144 03.2 Kelly O'DWYER + Lib 36,421 54.6 +01.0 Isaac Roberts LDP 336 00.5 Clive Hamilton Grn 21,628 32.4 +21.7 David Collyer AD 1,531 02.3 +01.1 Joseph Toscano 523 00.8 Steve Raskovy ON 211 00.3 Peter Brohier 236 00.4 John Mulholland DLP 2,572 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patten was a Vic MLC for Northern Metropolitan from 2014. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Raskovy's 211 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 22 10.4 1,167 01.8 Patten 25 11.9 2,169 03.3 O'DWYER + 40 19.0 36,461 54.6 Roberts 5 02.4 341 00.5 Hamilton 20 09.5 21,648 32.4 Collyer 10 04.7 1,541 02.3 Toscano 32 15.2 555 00.8 Brohier 36 17.1 272 00.4 Mulholland 21 10.0 2,593 03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 211 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brohier's 272 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 61 22.4 1,228 01.8 Patten 13 04.8 2,182 03.3 O'DWYER + 34 12.5 36,495 54.7 Roberts 9 03.3 350 00.5 Hamilton 23 08.5 21,671 32.5 Collyer 17 06.3 1,558 02.3 Toscano 69 25.4 624 00.9 Mulholland 46 16.9 2,639 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 272 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Roberts's 350 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 35 10.0 1,263 01.9 Patten 24 04.8 2,182 03.3 O'DWYER + 139 39.1 36,634 54.9 Hamilton 70 20.0 21,741 32.6 Collyer 33 09.4 1,591 02.4 Toscano 12 03.4 636 01.0 Mulholland 37 10.6 2,676 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 350 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Toscano's 636 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy 160 25.2 1,423 02.1 Patten 46 07.2 2,252 03.4 O'DWYER + 84 13.2 36,718 55.0 Hamilton 184 28.9 21,925 32.9 Collyer 96 15.1 1,687 02.5 Mulholland 66 10.4 2,742 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 636 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Murphy's 1,423 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patten 544 38.2 2,796 04.2 O'DWYER + 341 24.0 37,059 55.5 Hamilton 233 16.4 22,158 33.2 Collyer 145 10.2 1,832 02.7 Mulholland 160 11.2 2,902 04.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,423 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Collyer's 1,832 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patten 627 34.2 3,423 05.1 O'DWYER + 248 13.5 37,307 55.9 Hamilton 707 38.6 22,865 34.3 Mulholland 250 13.7 3,152 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1,832 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Mulholland's 3,152 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patten 405 12.9 3,828 05.7 O'DWYER + 1,495 47.4 38,802 58.1 Hamilton 1,252 39.7 24,117 36.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,152 66,747 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Patten's 3,828 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'DWYER + 1,401 36.6 40,203 60.2 Hamilton 2,427 63.4 26,544 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 3,828 66,747 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kelly Megan O'Dwyer born 1977): Elected 2009 by Born: 31 March 1977, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne University. Lawyer, banker, ministerial adviser. --------------------------------------------------------------------