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2025 Prahran state by-election

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2025 Prahran state by-election

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Electoral district of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
  First party
 
Candidate TBC
Party Greens


MP before election

Sam Hibbins
Independent

Elected MP

TBC

A by-election for the electorate of Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly is scheduled to be held sometime in 2025, following the resignation of incumbent independent MP Sam Hibbins, which was announced on 23 November 2024.

Hibbins had resigned from the Victorian Greens several weeks prior on 1 November 2024, after it emerged that he had been having an extramarital affair with a staff member from his office.[1] Hibbins described the affair as a "human mistake".[2]

Background

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Previous election results

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2022 Victorian state election: Prahran[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Sam Hibbins 14,286 36.4 +8.1
Liberal Matthew Lucas 12,198 31.1 −1.6
Labor Wesa Chau 10,421 26.6 −3.9
Animal Justice Alice Le Huray 1,263 3.2 +0.9
Family First Ronald Emilsen 626 1.6 +1.6
Independent Alan Menadue 449 1.1 +0.8
Total formal votes 39,243 97.0 +2.1
Informal votes 1,223 3.0 −2.1
Turnout 40,466 82.7 −1.6
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Wesa Chau 23,966 61.1 +2.4
Liberal Matthew Lucas 15,277 38.9 –2.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Sam Hibbins 24,334 62.0 +3.0
Liberal Matthew Lucas 14,909 38.0 −3.0
Greens hold Swing +3.0

References

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  1. ^ Carmody, Annika Smethurst, Broede (1 November 2024). "'I am angry': Greens leader says co-deputy never welcome back after staffer affair revelation". The Age. Retrieved 20 November 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Victorian Greens leader condemns behaviour of MP who resigned over relationship with staffer". ABC News. 1 November 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  3. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ Prahran District results, Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 December 2022.