2024 Dunstan state by-election

2024 Dunstan state by-election

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Electoral district of Dunstan in the South Australian House of Assembly
Turnout24,447 (80.8% Decrease 8.9)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Cressida O'Hanlon Anna Finizio Katie McCusker
Party Labor Liberal Greens
Popular vote 6,896 9,334 4,116
Percentage 32.1% 43.5% 19.2%
Swing Decrease 3.1 Decrease 3.2 Increase 5.5
TPP 50.8% 49.2%
TPP swing Increase 1.4 Decrease 1.4

The electoral district of Dunstan (highlighted in green) in the greater Adelaide area.

MP before election

Steven Marshall
Liberal

Elected MP

Cressida O'Hanlon
Labor

A by-election for the seat of Dunstan in the South Australian House of Assembly was held on 23 March 2024, following the resignation of incumbent member and former premier Steven Marshall, which was announced on 24 January 2024.[1]

Labor candidate Cressida O'Hanlon was elected the new member, defeating Liberal candidate Anna Finizio. O'Hanlon is the first Labor member to represent the seat, and the only member other than Marshall to have represented the seat since its creation in 2014. It is the first instance of a governing party gaining a seat in a by-election from the Opposition in South Australia in over a century.[2]

  1. ^ "Former premier Steven Marshall announces he will soon retire from state parliament". The Advertiser.
  2. ^ Liberals behind in Dunstan by-election, 23 March 2024, retrieved 23 March 2024