2025 Werribee state by-election

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Electoral district of Werribee in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Registered| 56,464[1]
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Candidate  | John Lister  | Steve Murphy
Party  | Labor | Liberal

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Location of the electoral district of Werribee

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| MP before election

Tim Pallas
Labor

| Elected MP

TBC

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The 2025 Werribee state by-election will be held on 8 February 2025 to elect the member for Werribee in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Labor MP Tim Pallas. It will take place on the same day as a by-election for Prahran.

## Background

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### 2022 election results

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Victorian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Werribee.[edit]

2022 Victorian state election: Werribee[2][3][4][5][6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labor | Tim Pallas | 17,512  | 45.4  | −0.6
| Liberal | Mia Shaw  | 9,779  | 25.3  | +8.7
| Greens | Jack Boddeke  | 2,613  | 6.8  | +0.3
| Independent | Paul Hopper  | 2,278  | 5.9  | +5.9
| Victorian Socialists | Sue Munro  | 1,391  | 3.6  | +3.6
| Family First | Matthew Emerson  | 964  | 2.5  | +2.5
| Democratic Labour | Kathryn Breakwell  | 767  | 2.0  | −1.2
| Animal Justice | Josh Segrave  | 730  | 1.9  | +1.9
| Justice | Patricia Anne Wicks  | 709  | 1.8  | +1.8
| Freedom | Mark Strother  | 663  | 1.7  | +1.7
| Transport Matters | Trevor Russell Collins  | 360  | 0.9  | +0.9
| New Democrats | Prashant Tandon  | 319  | 0.8  | +0.8
| Health Australia | Karen Hogan  | 260  | 0.7  | +0.7
| Independent | Patrizia Barcatta  | 213  | 0.6  | +0.6
| Independent | Heni Cazlynn Kwan  | 45  | 0.1  | +0.1
Total formal votes  | 38,603  | 90.3  | −2.9
Informal votes  | 4,156  | 9.7  | +2.9
Turnout | 42,759  | 85.6  | +4.5
Two-party-preferred result
| Labor | Tim Pallas | 23,517  | 60.9  | −2.4
| Liberal | Mia Shaw  | 15,086  | 39.1  | +2.4
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.4 |

## Key events

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* 6 January 2025 − Tim Pallas resigns
* 13 January 2025 − Close of electoral roll
* 23 January 2025 – Candidate nominations close for registered parties
* 24 January 2025 – Candidate nominations close for independents
* 29 January 2025 − Early voting begins
* 8 February 2025 − Polling day

## Candidates

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Candidates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot.[7]

Party  | Candidate  | Background

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| Greens | Rifai A. Raheem  | Community activist and union organiser[8]
| Liberal | Steve Murphy  | Real estate agent and former police officer
| Family First | Matt Emerson  | Community volunteer and small business IT professional
| Legalise Cannabis | Xavier Menta  | Horticulturist[9]
| Independent | Munish Joshi  |
| Victorian Socialists | Sue Munro  | Community activist and agency-enrolled nurse
| Animal Justice | Shohre Mansouri Jajaee  | Software engineer and charity worker[10]
| Independent | Kodei Mulcahy  | Celebrity stalker[11][12]
| Independent | Aidan McLindon | Mayor of Whittlesea and former Queensland MP[13]
| Independent | Paul Hopper  | Candidate for Werribee in 2022 and co-founder of unregistered West Party[14][15]
| Labor | John Lister  | Teacher and CFA volunteer firefighter
| Independent | Aijaz Moinuddin  | Founder of unregistered United People's Party[16]

### Labor

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Labor announced on 23 December 2024 that John Lister, a local school teacher and Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer firefighter, would be its candidate for the by-election.[17]

### Liberal

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On 22 December 2024, the Liberal Party publicly confirmed that they indicated to contest the by-election.[18] On 11 January 2025, the party announced Steve Murphy, a real estate agent and former police officer, as its candidate.[19]

### Others

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The Victorian Greens announced on 10 January 2025 that Rifai A. Raheem, a community activist and union organiser, would be its candidate.[8]

## References

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1. ^ "Over 56,000 enrolled in Werribee District before by-election". Victorian Electoral Commission. 16 January 2025. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
2. ^ Green, Antony (11 January 2023). "VIC22 – 2-Party Preferred Results and Swings by District". Antony Green's Election Blog. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. ^ VIC 2021 Final Redistribution, ABC News. [Retrieved 1 January 2023.
4. ^ Full preference distributions – 2022 State election, Victorian Electoral Commission. [Retrieved 17 June 2023.
5. ^ Green, Antony (10 January 2023). "VIC22 – Werribee – Analysis of Preferences". Antony Green's Election Blog. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
6. ^ "Werribee District results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 25 October 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
7. ^ "Twelve Candidates, One Seat: The Fight for Werribee Heats Up!". Wyndham TV. 24 January 2025. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
8. ^ a b "Greens announce candidate for Werribee Rifai A. Raheem". Victorian Greens. 10 January 2025. Archived from the original on 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
9. ^ Kennedy, Jaidyn (14 January 2025). "Candidates named for by-election". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
10. ^ Green, Anthony (16 January 2025). "Werribee by-election 2025". ABC News. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
11. ^ Simonis, Aneeka (28 August 2023). "Celebrity stalker Kodei Mulcahy dodges conviction over Rhonda Burchmore con". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
12. ^ Callander, Lucy (6 September 2023). "Werribee Magistrates' Court: Kodei Mulcahy charged with breaching intervention order". Point Cook Wyndham Leader. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
13. ^ Carey, Adam (20 January 2025). "Whittlesea mayor plans Australia Day push as he fights Werribee byelection". The Age.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
14. ^ Lucas, Cade (2 December 2024). "New party to challenge Labor". Star Weekly. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
15. ^ Eddie, Rachel; Rooney, Kieran (17 December 2024). "With state byelections looming, there is no clear successor to Pallas". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
16. ^ "Werribee By-elections 2025 - Aijaz For Werribee". United People's Party. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
17. ^ Clarke, Mitch (23 December 2024). "John Lister named as Labor's Werribee candidate". Geelong Advertiser. Archived from the original on 23 December 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
18. ^ "Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto apologises to Moira Deeming, calls new vote". ABC News. 22 December 2024. Archived from the original on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024. "Since last Friday's meeting it has become clear that there is now a definite absolute majority of my colleagues who want this issue resolved with her readmission so that we can collectively put this behind us and concentrate on the Prahran and Werribee by-elections and holding the Allan Labor Government to account."
19. ^ Yu, Andi (11 January 2025). "Victorian Liberal party announces real estate agent as candidate for Werribee by-election". ABC News. Archived from the original on 11 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

## External links

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* "Werribee District by-election" at Victorian Electoral Commission

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