The Labor government did not contest the by-elections in the safe Liberal seats of South-West Coast and Polwarth.[ 15]
How-to-vote cards are distributed to voters at polling stations to provide information with how the candidate suggests preferences be allocated. Candidates and parties suggesting preferences are shown in each column of the table below. Michael McCluskey ran an open card at this by-election.
Van De Hoef[ 16]
Liberal[ 17]
Reekie[ 17]
Country[ 18]
National[ 17]
Smith
Greens[ 17]
Marsh[ 17]
AJP[ 17]
Christians[ 17]
McCluskey[ 16]
Van de Hoef
1
11
10
4
4
No card
7
9
7
5
Liberal
11
1
11
9
2
8
11
10
3
Reekie
2
6
1
7
3
2
6
3
9
Country
3
3
4
1
5
11
2
9
2
National
4
2
5
10
1
9
10
11
4
Smith
5
5
3
6
6
5
4
5
7
Greens
6
8
2
11
7
1
8
2
11
Marsh
7
10
6
2
8
6
1
4
8
Animal Justice
8
7
7
8
9
4
5
1
10
Christians
9
4
8
3
10
10
7
8
1
McCluskey
10
9
9
5
11
3
8
6
6
1
South-West Coast polling
Date
Primary vote
LIB
Reekie
NAT
OTH
23 October 2015[ 19]
37%
24%
18%
21%
Roma Britnell retained the seat on preferences for the Liberals. Roy Reekie was second in the primary count.[ 20] [ 21]
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