2023 Aston by-election
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The 2023 Aston by-election was held on 1 April 2023 to elect the next member of the Australian House of Representatives in the electorate of Aston in Victoria.
This article is about the 2023 by-election. For 2001 by-election in the same electorate, see 2001 Aston by-election.
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Turnout | 94,429 (85.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal MP Alan Tudge, on 17 February 2023.[1]
The ABC's Antony Green called Aston for Labor at 8:16 PM AEDT, for the Labor candidate Mary Doyle.[2] The result was considered a historic upset by the media.[3] Aston had been regarded as a safe seat for the Liberals, and had been held by the party since the 1990 federal election. It marked the first time in 103 years that a government has won a seat from the opposition in a by-election.