| 词条 | 2001 Aston by-election |
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The 2001 Aston by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Aston in Victoria on 14 July 2001. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Peter Nugent, on 24 April 2001. The writ for the by-election was issued on 1 June 2001. BackgroundThe by-election was an important one for the Liberal Party. The federal Liberal government had introduced a controversial Goods and Services Tax just over a year before, and unpopular sentiment surrounding the government and its GST were believed to have led to the defeat of the Coalition in Western Australia and Queensland state elections in landslide defeats.[1] The Liberals had also lost the seat of Ryan in a recent by-election, and the ALP led by Kim Beazley was ahead in opinion polls. Results{{Election box begin ||title=Aston by-election, 2001 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Chris Pearce |party = Liberal |votes = 31,640 |percentage = 40.73 |change = −7.76 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Kieran Boland |party = Labor |votes = 28,716 |percentage = 36.96 |change = −1.55 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Pierre Harcourt |party = Democrats |votes = 6,271 |percentage = 8.07 |change = +0.54 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Garry Scates |party = Independent |votes = 3,401 |percentage = 4.38 |change = +4.38 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Mick Kir |party = Greens |votes = 1,877 |percentage = 2.42 |change = +2.42 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = June Scott |party = One Nation |votes = 1,369 |percentage = 1.76 |change = −1.13 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Peter O'Loughlin |party = Independent |votes = 1,160 |percentage = 1.49 |change = +1.49 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Graeme Dunstan |party = HEMP |votes = 711 |percentage = 0.92 |change = +0.92 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Luke James Chamberlain |party = liberals for forests |votes = 680 |percentage = 0.88 |change = +0.88 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Mark Sloan |party = No GST |votes = 618 |percentage = 0.80 |change = +0.80 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Doug Mitchell |party = CEC |votes = 334 |percentage = 0.43 |change = +0.43 }}{{Election box candidate| |candidate = Josephine Cox |party = |votes = 328 |percentage = 0.42 |change = +0.42 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Steve Raskovy |party = Independent |votes = 227 |percentage = 0.29 |change = +0.29 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |candidate = Tim Petherbridge |party = Hope |votes = 232 |percentage = 0.30 |change = +0.30 }}{{Election box candidate| |candidate = Mark Ward |party = |votes = 126 |percentage = 0.16 |change = +0.16 }}{{Election box formal| |votes = 77,690 |percentage = 94.16 |change = −3.01 }}{{Election box informal| |votes = 4,819 |percentage = 5.84 |change = +3.01 }}{{Election box turnout| |votes = 82,509 |percentage = 92.54 |change = −4.10 }}{{Election box 2pp}}{{Election box candidate AU party| |party = Liberal |candidate = Chris Pearce |votes = 39,299 |percentage = 50.58 |change = −3.66 }}{{Election box candidate AU party| |party = Labor |candidate = Kieran Boland |votes = 38,391 |percentage = 49.42 |change = +3.66 }}{{Election box hold AU party| |winner = Liberal |loser = Labor |swing = −3.66 }}{{Election box end}} AftermathChris Pearce won the by-election, retaining Aston for the Liberal Party, but with a swing of 3.66 against them. Prime Minister John Howard appeared on the first episode of the ABC program Insiders the next day, where he suggested that Labor's electoral momentum had been held in check, and the government was back in the game: {{Quotation|I believe that the Government is well and truly back in the game. If there were an unstoppable momentum for Labor to win the federal election, they'd have rolled us over in Aston.|John Howard|Insiders|ABC TV, 15 July 2001[1]}}See also
References1. ^1 Coorey, Phillip: No glorious July for PM this year, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 July 2007. External links
3 : 2001 elections in Australia|Victorian federal by-elections|July 2001 events |
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