by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections.
A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House, Perth, Parliament House in the Western Australian capi ...
was held on 18 October 2014. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of
Liberal
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Politics
* Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist.
* An adherent of a Liberal Party (See also Liberal parties by country ...
MLA and former Liberal leader
Troy Buswell
Troy Raymond Buswell (born 19 March 1966) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2014, representing the seat of Vasse. He was Treasurer of Western Australia in the Bar ...
on 3 September 2014, who won the seat at the 2013 election with a 57.3 percent primary and a 71.2 percent
two-party
A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time, one of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referre ...
vote. It was held on the same day as the
2014 Casuarina by-election
A by-election for the seat of Casuarina in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 18 October 2014.Writ issued for the 2014 Vasse by-election – WA Electoral Commission. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
The six candidates in ballot paper order were as follows:
The Labor Party declined to field a candidate at the by-election.
List of Western Australian state by-elections
The list of Western Australia state by-elections includes every by-election held in the Australian state of Western Australia. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly (or, historically, the Legislative Council), ...