2018 Cottesloe state by-election

A by-election for the electoral district of Cottesloe in Western Australia took place on 17 March 2018.^[1] The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the Liberal Party member, Colin Barnett, on 5 February 2018. Barnett was the Premier of Western Australia from 23 September 2008 until 17 March 2017, when he was succeeded as Premier by Mark McGowan after the Labor Party defeated Barnett's Liberal government at the 2017 state election in March 2017. The by-election was won by the Liberal candidate David Honey.

2018 Cottesloe state by-election

17 March 2018

First party Second party   Candidate David Honey Greg Boland Party Liberal Greens Popular vote 10,872 3,555 Percentage 59.9% 19.6% Swing 3.2pp 7.5pp TCP 70.2% 29.8% TCP swing 6.9pp 29.8pp

Map showing the location of the electoral district of Cottesloe (dark green) in metropolitan Perth, Western Australia.

MP before election Colin Barnett Liberal Elected MP David Honey Liberal

Dates

The writ for the by-election was issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Peter Watson, on 6 February 2018.^[2]

The by-election was held on 17 March 2018, the same day as the South Australian state election and the Batman federal by-election.^[3]

Candidates

The Labor Party announced it would not nominate a candidate for the by-election.^[4]

Candidates in ballot paper order[5]
Party		Candidate	Background
	Liberal	David Honey	Honey is a manager at Alcoa, president of the Kwinana Industries Council and former state president of the Liberal Party in Western Australia.[6]
	Micro Business	Cam Tinley	Contested the Legislative Council at the 2017 state election.[7]
	Independent	Michael Thomas	Running to advocate for completion of the Perth–Fremantle PSP Bike Path.[8]
	Western Australia	Ron Norris	Former mayor of Mosman Park.[7]
	Greens	Greg Boland	Previously contested Cottesloe for the Greens at three state elections.[7]
	Independent	Michael Tucak	Member of the Cottesloe Town Council. Contested the Legislative Council at the 2017 state election.[7]
	Independent	Dmitry Malov	Previously contested Cottesloe at the 2017 state election.[9]

Results

Cottesloe state by-election, 2018^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David Honey	10,872	59.9	+3.2
	Greens	Greg Boland	3,555	19.6	+7.5
	Western Australia	Ron Norris	1,636	9.0	+9.0
	Independent	Michael Tucak	977	5.4	+5.4
	Micro Business	Cam Tinley	605	3.3	+3.3
	Independent	Michael Thomas	402	2.2	+2.2
	Independent	Dmitry Malov	112	0.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			18,159	98.0	+1.4
Informal votes			364	2.0	−1.4
Turnout			18,523	66.6	−21.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	David Honey	12,738	70.2	+6.9
	Greens	Greg Boland	5,416	29.8	+29.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.9

See also

• List of Western Australian state by-elections
• 2018 Darling Range state by-election