2002 Cunningham by-election
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The 2002 Cunningham by-election was held on 19 October 2002 to elect the member for Cunningham in the Australian House of Representatives, following the resignation of Labor Party MP Stephen Martin.
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Two-party-preferred vote
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In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote is the result of an opinion poll or a projection of an election result in which preferences are distributed between the two major parties, being th
2002 Cunningham by-election
…September 2002. Although Labor received the highest primary vote, the Australian Greens candidate, Michael Organ, won the by-election on a 52.2 percent two-candidate preferred (2CP) vote. Asymmetrical preference flows in the absence of an official Liberal candidate contributed to Labor losing the seat, with their 2CP being…
Stephen Bates won the Division of Brisbane despite placing third on primary votes. A three-candidate-preferred count showed he had overtaken second-placed Madonna Jarrett.