A by-election was held for the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...
seat of
Benalla
Benalla
is a small city in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The town sits on the Broken River (Victoria), Broken River, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. As of the , the population wa ...
on 13 May 2000. The by-election was triggered by the resignation on 12 April of
Pat McNamara, the sitting member who was
Deputy Premier of Victoria
The deputy premier of Victoria is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Victoria. The deputy premier position was created in May 1932, with Robert Menzies being the first person to hold the position. The deputy premier is appointe ...
until the defeat of the Kennett government at the
1999 state election.
Results
References
2000 elections in Australia
Victorian state by-elections
20th century in Victoria (state)
2000 in Victoria (state)
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