2018 Longman by-election
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The Division of Longman (Qld) in the House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 111,652 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84.26% 7.42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Longman took place on Saturday 28 July 2018, following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Susan Lamb.
In early counting, within an hour of the close of polls, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's psephologist Antony Green's electoral computer had predicted Labor to retain the electorate with an increased margin.
The by-election occurred on the same day as four other by-elections for the House of Representatives, colloquially known as Super Saturday. The result in Longman has been noted as helping to accelerate the replacement of Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister and Liberal leader in the following month. Turnbull himself did not help his stock when he made the by-election as a direct leadership contest between himself and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.