2015 South-West Coast state by-election


A by-election for the seat of South-West Coast in the Victorian Legislative Assembly was held on 31 October 2015. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Premier Denis Napthine on 3 September 2015. Former Transport Minister Terry Mulder resigned his seat representing the adjacent district of Polwarth on the same day as Napthine. The by-election for Polwarth was held on the same day.

Candidates

The Labor government did not contest the by-elections in the safe Liberal seats of South-West Coast and Polwarth.

How-to-vote cards

s are distributed to voters at polling stations to provide information with how the candidate suggests preferences be allocated. Candidates and parties suggesting preferences are shown in each column of the table below. Michael McCluskey ran an open card at this by-election.
Van De HoefLiberalReekieCountryNationalSmithGreensMarshAJPChristiansMcCluskey
Van de Hoef1111044No card7975
Liberal1111192No card811103
Reekie26173No card2639
Country33415No card11292
National425101No card910114
Smith55366No card5457
Greens682117No card18211
Marsh710628No card6148
Animal Justice87789No card45110
Christians948310No card10781
McCluskey1099511No card38661

Polling

Result

retained the seat on preferences for the Liberals. Roy Reekie was second in the primary count.