2008 Mayo by-election

2008 Mayo by-election
6 September 2008 (2008-09-06)
Division of Mayo (SA) in the House of Representatives
Turnout80.10% 15.78
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Jamie Briggs Lynton Vonow
Party Liberal Greens
Primary vote 30,651 15,851
Percentage 41.28% 21.35%
Swing 9.80 10.39
TPP 53.03% 46.97%
TPP swing 4.03 46.97
  Third party Fourth party
 
IND
Candidate Di Bell Bob Day
Party Independent Family First
Primary vote 12,081 11,468
Percentage 16.87% 11.40%
Swing 16.87 7.38
MP before election

Alexander Downer
Liberal

 Elected MP

Jamie Briggs
Liberal

The 2008 Mayo by-election was held on 6 September 2008 to elect the member for Mayo in the Australian House of Representatives, following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downer. The by-election was held on the same day as the Lyne by-election, and the Western Australian state election.

The writ for the by-election was issued 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed on 14 August. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Mayo at the 2007 federal election. The seat was won by Jamie Briggs of the Liberal Party on a two-candidate preferred vote of 53 per cent against the Greens.

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