A by-election was held on 24 July 2021 for the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Stretton following the death of Duncan Pegg.
Background
Duncan Pegg was first elected at the 2015 election defeating incumbent Freya Ostapovitch on a swing of over 14%. Ostapovitch had won the previously safe seat for Labor during the Liberal National Party of Queensland landslide of the 2012 election. In subsequent elections, Pegg would increase the margin of Stretton back into safe territory for Labor and saw a nearly 5% swing to himself in the 2020 election. On 22 April 2021, Pegg announced that he would be resigning from his seat to focus on his health revealing that he had been diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and that it was a terminal illness. Pegg's death was announced by his electorate office on 10 June 2021.
+ Two-party-preferred vote in Stretton, 2009–2020 Election 2009 2012 2015 2017 2020 Labor 59.50% 40.45% 54.98% 59.90% 64.82% Liberal National 40.50% 59.55% 45.02% 40.10% 35.18% Swing +5.0 +19.03 +14.54 +4.6 +4.93 Government ALP LNP ALPALP ALP
Key dates Date Event 29 June 2021 Issue of the writ 5 July 2021 Close of electoral rolls 7 July 2021 Close of nominations 12 July 2021 Early voting begins 24 July 2021 Polling day
Candidates Candidates (in ballot paper order) Greens Andrea Wildin Health worker and advocate Labor James Martin Electorate officer for Stretton Liberal National Jim Bellos OAM APM Queensland Police Service sergeant and liaison officer Informed Medical Options Jasmine Melhop Alternative medicine practitioner Animal Justice Suzanne Clarke Animal and environmental advocate
Results
See also
List of Queensland state by-elections Politics of Queensland
References
External links
Stretton By-election – Electoral Commission Queensland Stretton by-election 2021 – ABC Elections Stretton by-election 2021 – The Tally Room