2020 North Hall by-election
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The 2020 North Hall by-election will take place on 14 November 2020 to elect the Member of the House of Representatives for the North Hall. The by-election will be held because of the resignation of Regal Lion.
Background
The electorate of North Hall is a marginal ground electorate that usually goes to the National party. The Coalition has never won the seat and still win government.
Key dates
- 8 November 2020 – Regal Lion resigns
- 10 November 2020 – Nominations open
- 13 November 2020 – voting starts
- 14 November 2020 – day (6am – 6pm)
- 17 November 2020 – All mail votes are in (4pm)
- 17 November 2020 – Declaration of result (6pm)
Party Primaries
No party primaries were held because only 1 candidate contested for each party
Candidates
8 candidates have declared their candidacy.
| Candidates (8) in ballot paper order and party endorsements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
| Green Party of House Hold | Creeper Craft | Former Leader of the federal Greens | |
| Outdoors Party | |||
| Bolderash Party | Billy Deer | Lawyer for the Bolderash Party | |
| DBP | |||
| Progressive Green Party | Andrew Bird | Former Leader of the federal Greens | |
| Progressive Party | |||
| Maine Party of House Hold | |||
| Independent | Spina Spinosaurus | Candidate for North Turn in 2019 by-election and South Turn in 2019 | |
| Christian Coalition | |||
| Spartan Party | |||
| Sustainable House Hold Party | |||
| Labor Party of House Hold | Red Woolly | Senator and former MP for Box Wall (2019-2020) | |
| House Hold Alliance | |||
| Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers | Fur Seal | Former Labor MP for Bunn South | |
| National Party | Sergio Bird | Former MP for North Turn (2020) and (2018-2019) | |
| Communist Bird Workers Party | Wood Duck | ||
| Candidates (8) in ballot paper order | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
| Green Party of House Hold | Creeper Craft | Former Leader of the federal Greens | |
| Bolderash Party | Billy Deer | Lawyer for the Bolderash Party | |
| Progressive Green Party | Andrew Bird | Former Leader of the federal Greens | |
| Christian Coalition | Spina Spinosaurus | Candidate for North Turn in 2019 by-election and South Turn in 2019 | |
| Labor Party of House Hold | Red Woolly | Senator and former MP for Box Wall (2019-2020) | |
| Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers | Fur Seal | Former Labor MP for Bunn South | |
| National Party | Sergio Bird | Former MP for North Turn (2020) and (2018-2019) | |
| Communist Bird Workers Party | Wood Duck | ||
Results
| 2020 North Hall by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | FPv% | ±% | |
| Labor Party of House Hold | Red Woolly | 4 | 28.6 | -8.9 | |
| National Party | Sergio Bird | 4 | 28.6 | -8.9 | |
| Christian Coalition | Spina Spinosaurus | 3 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Green Party of House Hold | Creeper Craft | 2 | 14.3 | +1.8 | |
| Bolderash Party | Billy Deer | 1 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Progressive Green Party | Andrew Bird | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Communist Bird Workers Party | Wood Duck | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Shooters, Fishers, and Farmers | Fur Seal | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
| Total formal votes | 14 | 100.0 | -0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 14 | 100.0 | +14.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National Party | Sergio Bird | 7 | 50.0 | +12.5 | |
| Labor Party of House Hold | Red Woolly | 7 | 50.0 | -12.5 | |
| National gain from Labor | Swing | ||||