House of Representatives By-Elections Since 1901

The first table below shows the causes of all 163 by-elections for the House of Representatives since 1901. The second table provides details for each by-election.

A by-election is held when a member of the House of Representatives resigns for any reason, or dies in office. A sitting member may also be disqualified and an election may be voided by the Court of Disputed Returns. Expulsion of a member can no longer occur.

Causes of House of Representatives By-Elections Since 1901
CAUSE	1901-1960	1961-2023	TOTAL 1901-2023	LAST 33 YEARS 1990-2023
RESIGNATION	22 (28%)	65 (78%)	87 (53.37%)	35 (85%)
DEATH	53 (66%)	16 (19%)	69 (42.33%)	4 (10%)
VOIDED	4 (5%)	–	4 (2.5%)	–
DISQUALIFICATION	–	2 (2%)	2 (1.25%)	2 (5%)
EXPULSION	1 (1%)	–	1 (0.62%)	–
TOTAL	80	83	163	41

Note: Rounding up or down, or rounding to two decimal points means not all totals are exactly 100%.
 

Death and Resignation

A total of 163 by-elections have been held since 1901. All but seven of these have been caused by death or resignation.

A total of 87 by-elections – 53.37% – have been caused by the resignation of the sitting member. However, whereas 22 resignations (27.5% of 80 by-elections) occurred in the first 60 years of Federation, since 1960 there have been 65 by-elections caused by resignation (78.31% of 83 by-elections).

A total of 69 by-elections – 42.33% – have been caused by the death of the sitting member. However, whereas 53 of 80 by-elections up to 1960 were caused by death – 66.25% – since then only 16 of 83 by-elections – 19.27% – have been caused by death.

Since 1990, resignations have caused an even higher proportion of by-elections. There have been 41 by-elections, 35 (85.36%) of which were caused by resignations. As the average age of MPs has fallen, resignation has become the most common cause of departure from parliament. No doubt, medical improvements have also contributed to this turnaround.

By-Elections Ordered by The Court of Disputed Returns

Six by-elections have been ordered by the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns.

Four by-elections were caused by the Court of Disputed Returns voiding a result. Two of these were in 1904, one in 1907 and one in 1920.

Two by-elections have resulted from the disqualification of an elected member under the terms of Section 44 of the Constitution. The first of these was in 1996 (Lindsay – Jackie Kelly) and the second was in 2017 (New England – Barnaby Joyce). Kelly was re-elected in the by-election and Joyce was returned on December 2, 2017.

Six other by-elections have been caused by dual citizenship issues but the members concerned chose to resign before they were disqualified by the High Court. In 2017, John Alexander (Bennelong) resigned and successfully recontested. In 2018, David Feeney (Batman) resigned but did not recontest. On May 10, 2018, Justine Keay (Braddon), Susan Lamb (Longman) and Joshua Wilson (Fremantle) resigned due to dual citizenship issues. Each successfully re-contested their seats at by-elections on July 28, 2018. Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo) resigned her seat on May 11, 2018, due to dual citizenship issues, and was also re-elected on July 28.

Some vacancies in the House have occurred but the proximity of general elections meant that by-elections were not held. The most recent example of this was the 1992 disqualification of Phil Cleary (Wills). Cleary was re-elected at the 1993 election.

Expulsion

One by-election, in 1920, was caused by the expulsion of a member of the House (Kalgoorlie – Hugh Mahon). This power of expulsion was removed by Section 8 of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987.

By-Elections in the 47 Parliaments

The table below lists all by-elections since 1901 and indicates during which Parliament they occurred.

There were no by-elections in four parliaments – the 11th (1928-1929), the 18th (1946-1949), the 19th (1949-1951) and the 43rd (2010-2013). The five-year period from 1946 until 1951 is the longest period in which no by-elections took place.

The record for the most number of by-elections is held by the 20th Parliament (1951-1954). It recorded ten by-elections, nine of which were caused by death, including those of two former prime ministers.

The most number of by-elections in a single year was recorded in 2018, with seven in total, including a record five on the same day.

House of Representatives By-Elections Since 1901
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
First Parliament (1901-1903) – 3 by-elections
1.	Darling Downs	Qld	14.09.1901	William Henry Groom	Prot	Death	Littleton Ernest Groom	Prot
2.	Tasmania (At Large)	Tas	26.03.1902	Frederick William Piesse	FT	Death	William Hartnoll	FT
3.	East Sydney	NSW	04.09.1903	George Houston Reid	FT	Resignation	George Houston Reid	FT
Second Parliament (1903-1906) – 3 by-elections
4.	Wilmot	Tas	26.02.1904	(Sir) Edward Braddon	FT	Death	Donald Norman Cameron	FT
5.	Melbourne	Vic	30.03.1904	(Sir) Malcolm McEacharn	Prot	Voided	William Robert Maloney	ALP
6.	Riverina	NSW	18.05.1904	Robert Blackwood	FT	Voided	John Moore Chanter	Prot
Third Parliament (1906-1910) – 3 by-elections
7.	Echuca	Vic	10.07.1907	Albert Clayton Palmer	Prot	Voided	Albert Clayton Palmer	Prot
8.	Adelaide	SA	13.06.1908	Charles C. Kingston	Prot	Death	Ernest Alfred Roberts	ALP
9.	Wakefield	SA	28.08.1909	Sir Frederick Holder	A-Soc	Death	Richard Witty Foster	A-Soc
Fourth Parliament (1910-1913) – 5 by-elections
10.	Kooyong	Vic	24.08.1910	William Knox	LP	Resignation	(Sir) Robert Best	LP
11.	Batman	Vic	08.02.1911	Henry Elisha Beard	ALP	Death	Frank Brennan	ALP
12.	North Sydney	NSW	11.03.1911	George Edwards	LP	Death	(Sir) Granville Ryrie	LP
13.	Boothby	SA	11.11.1911	Egerton Lee Batchelor	ALP	Death	David John Gordon	LP
14.	Werriwa	NSW	01.06.1912	David Robert Hall	ALP	Resignation	Benjamin Holland Bennett	ALP
Fifth Parliament (1913-1914) – 2 by-elections
15.	Kalgoorlie	WA	22.12.1913	Charles Edward Frazer	ALP	Death	Hugh Mahon (unopposed)	ALP
16.	Adelaide	SA	10.01.1914	Ernest Alfred Roberts	ALP	Death	George Edwin Yates	ALP
Sixth Parliament (1914-1917) – 4 by-elections
17.	Bendigo	Vic	06.02.1915	John Andrew Arthur	ALP	Death	Alfred John Hampson	ALP
18.	Grampians	Vic	20.02.1915	Edward Jolley	ALP	Death	Charles Carty Salmon	LP
19.	Dalley	NSW	15.05.1915	Robert Howe	ALP	Death	William George Mahony	ALP
20.	Wide Bay	Qld	11.12.1915	Andrew Fisher	ALP	Resignation	Ernest Bernard Corser	LP
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Seventh Parliament (1917-1919) – 6 by-elections
21.	Darwin	Tas	30.06.1917	Charles Howroyd	Nat.	Death	William Guthrie Spence	Nat.
22.	Grampians	Vic	27.10.1917	Charles Carty Salmon	Nat.	Death	Edmund Jowett	Nat.
23.	Flinders	Vic	11.05.1918	(Sir) William Hill Irvine	Nat.	Resignation	Stanley Melbourne Bruce	Nat.
24.	Swan	WA	26.10.1918	(Sir) John Forrest	Nat.	Death	Edwin Wilkie Corboy	ALP
25.	Corangamite	Vic	14.12.1918	James Chester Manifold	Nat.	Death	William Gerrand Gibson	FU
26.	Echuca	Vic	20.09.1919	Albert Clayton Palmer	Nat.	Death	William Caldwell Hill	VFU
Eighth Parliament (1919-1922) – 6 by-elections
27.	Ballarat	Vic	10.07.1920	Edwin Kerby	Nat.	Voided	David Charles McGrath	ALP
28.	Kalgoorlie	WA	18.12.1920	Hugh Mahon	ALP	Expulsion	George James Foley	Nat.
29.	Maranoa	Qld	30.07.1921	James Page	ALP	Death	James Aitchison Hunter	CP
30.	West Sydney	NSW	03.09.1921	Thomas Joseph Ryan	ALP	Death	William Henry Lambert	ALP
31.	Parramatta	NSW	10.12.1921	(Sir) Joseph Cook	Nat.	Resignation	Herbert Edward Pratten	Nat.
32.	Yarra	Vic	18.02.1922	Frank Gwynne Tudor	ALP	Death	James Henry Scullin	ALP
Ninth Parliament (1922-1925) – no by-elections
Tenth Parliament (1925-1928) – 5 by-elections
33.	Eden-Monaro	NSW	06.03.1926	(Sir) Austin Chapman	Nat.	Death	John Arthur Perkins	Nat.
34.	Dalley	NSW	26.02.1927	William George Mahony	ALP	Resignation	Edward G. Theodore	ALP
35.	Warringah	NSW	21.05.1927	(Sir) Granville Ryrie	Nat.	Resignation	Robert Archdale Parkhill	Nat.
36.	Martin	NSW	16.06.1928	Herbert Edward Pratten	Nat.	Death	Frederick Graham Pratten	Nat.
37.	Wide Bay	Qld	22.09.1928	Edward Bernard Corser	Nat.	Death	Bernard Henry Corser (unopposed)	CP
Eleventh Parliament (1928-1929) – 1 by-election
38.	Balaclava	Vic	03.08.1929	William Alexander Watt	Nat.	Resignation	Thomas Walter White	Nat.
Twelfth Parliament (1929-1931) – 3 by-elections
39.	Franklin	Tas	14.12.1929	William McWilliams	Ind	Death	Charles William Frost	ALP
40.	Parkes	NSW	31.01.1931	(Sir) Edward McTiernan	ALP	Resignation	Charles William Marr	Nat.
41.	East Sydney	NSW	07.03.1931	John Edward West	ALP	Death	Edward John Ward	Lang Labor
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Thirteenth Parliament (1931-1934) – 2 by-elections
42.	East Sydney	NSW	06.02.1932	John Joseph Clasby (died before taking seat)	UAP	Death	Edward John Ward	Lang Labor
43.	Flinders	Vic	11.11.1933	Stanley Melbourne Bruce	UAP	Resignation	James Valentine Fairbairn	UAP
Fourteenth Parliament (1934-1937) – 5 by-elections
44.	Newcastle	NSW	01.06.1935	David Watkins	ALP	Death	David Oliver Watkins	ALP
45.	Fawkner	Vic	17.08.1935	George Arnot Maxwell	UAP	Death	Harold Edward Holt	UAP
46.	Kennedy	Qld	12.12.1936	David Riordan	ALP	Death	William James Riordan	ALP
47.	Darling Downs	Qld	19.12.1936	(Sir) Littleton E. Groom	UAP	Death	Arthur William Fadden	CP
48.	Gwydir	NSW	08.05.1937	Charles Lydiard Abbott	CP	Resignation	William James Scully	ALP
Fifteenth Parliament (1937-1940) – 4 by-elections
49.	Wakefield	SA	10.12.1938	Charles Allan Hawker	UAP	Death	Sydney McHugh	ALP
50.	Griffith	Qld	20.05.1939	Francis Matthew Baker	ALP	Death	William Patrick Conelan	ALP
51.	Wilmot	Tas	27.05.1939	Joseph Aloysius Lyons	UAP	Death	Lancelot Thomas Spurr	ALP
52.	Corio	Vic	02.03.1940	Richard Gardiner Casey	UAP	Resignation	John Johnstone Dedman	ALP
Sixteenth Parliament (1940-1943) – 3 by-elections
53.	Kalgoorlie	WA	16.11.1940	Albert Ernest Green	ALP	Death	Herbert Victor Johnson	ALP
54.	Swan	WA	21.12.1940	Henry Gregory	CP	Death	Thomas William Marwick	CP
55.	Boothby	SA	24.05.1941	John Lloyd Price	UAP	Death	Archibald Grenfell Price	UAP
Seventeenth Parliament (1943-1946) – 3 by-elections
56.	Fremantle	WA	18.08.1945	John Curtin	ALP	Death	Kim Edward Beazley	ALP
57.	Wimmera	Vic	09.02.1946	Alexander Wilson	Ind	Resignation	(Sir) Winton Turnbull	CP
58.	Henty	Vic	30.03.1946	Arthur William Coles	Ind	Resignation	Henry “Jo” Gullett	Lib
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Eighteenth Parliament (1946-1949) – no by-elections
Nineteenth Parliament (1949-1951) – no by-elections
Twentieth Parliament (1951-1954) – 10 by-elections
59.	Balaclava	Vic	28.07.1951	Thomas Walter White	Lib	Resignation	Percy Ernest Joske	Lib
60.	Macquarie	NSW	28.07.1951	Joseph Benedict Chifley	ALP	Death	Anthony Luchetti	ALP
61.	Lyne	NSW	22.03.1952	Eldred James Eggins	CP	Death	Philip Ernest Lucock	CP
62.	Flinders	Vic	18.10.1952	Rupert Sumner Ryan	Lib	Death	Keith Walter Ewert	ALP
63.	Werriwa	NSW	29.11.1952	Hubert Peter Lazzarini	ALP	Death	Edward Gough Whitlam	ALP
64.	Bradfield	NSW	20.12.1952	William Morris Hughes	Lib	Death	Henry Basil Turner	Lib
65.	Dalley	NSW	09.05.1953	John Solomon Rosevear	ALP	Death	Arthur Edward Greenup	ALP
66.	Corangamite	Vic	29.08.1953	Allan McKenzie McDonald	Lib	Death	Ewen Daniel MacKinnon	Lib
67.	Lang	NSW	29.08.1953	Daniel Mulcahy	ALP	Death	Francis Eugene Stewart	ALP
68.	Gwydir	SA	19.12.1953	Thomas John Treloar	CP	Death	Archibald Ian Allan	CP
Twenty-First Parliament (1954-1955) – 1 by-election
69.	Cook	NSW	21.05.1955	Thomas Sheehan	ALP	Death	James Francis Cope	ALP
Twenty-Second Parliament (1955-1958) – 5 by-elections
70.	Cunningham	NSW	11.04.1956	William Davies	ALP	Death	Victor Dennis Kearney	ALP
71.	Barker	SA	13.10.1956	Archie Galbraith Cameron	Lib	Death	Alexander James Forbes	Lib
72.	Wentworth	NSW	08.12.1956	(Sir) Eric John Harrison	Lib	Resignation	Leslie Harry Ernest Bury	Lib
73.	Richmond	NSW	14.09.1957	Hubert Lawrence Anthony	CP	Death	John Douglas Anthony	CP
74.	Parramatta	NSW	08.03.1958	Oliver Howard Beale	Lib	Resignation	(Sir) Garfield Barwick	Lib
Twenty-Third Parliament (1958-1961) – 6 by-elections
75.	Hunter	NSW	09.04.1960	Herbert Vere Evatt	ALP	Resignation	Albert William James	ALP
76.	La Trobe	Vic	09.04.1960	Richard Gardiner Casey	Lib	Resignation	John David Jess	Lib
77.	Balaclava	Vic	16.07.1960	Percy Ernest Joske	Lib	Resignation	Raymond Whittorn	Lib
78.	Bendigo	Vic	16.07.1960	Percy James Clarey	ALP	Death	Noel Lawrence Beaton	ALP
79.	Calare	NSW	05.11.1960	John Brooke Howse	Lib	Resignation	John Armstrong England	CP
80.	Higinbotham	Vic	10.12.1960	Thomas Frank Timson	Lib	Death	Donald Leslie Chipp	Lib
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Twenty-Fourth Parliament (1961-1963) – 3 by-elections
81.	Batman	Vic	01.09.1962	Alan Charles Bird	ALP	Death	Samuel James Benson	ALP
82.	Grey	SA	01.06.1963	Edgar Hughes Deg Russell	ALP	Death	Jack Mortimer	ALP
83.	East Sydney	NSW	28.09.1963	Edward John Ward	ALP	Death	Leonard Thomas Devine	ALP
Twenty-Fifth Parliament (1963-1966) – 7 by-elections
84.	Denison	Tas	15.02.1964	Athol Gordon Townley	Lib	Death	Adrian Gibson	Lib
85.	Angas	SA	20.06.1964	Alexander Downer	Lib	Resignation	Geoffrey O’Halloran Giles	Lib
86.	Parramatta	NSW	20.06.1964	(Sir) Garfield Barwick	Lib	Resignation	Nigel Hubert Bowen	Lib
87.	Robertson	NSW	05.12.1964	Roger Levinge Dean	Lib	Resignation	Crawford Bridges-Maxwell	Lib
88.	Riverina	NSW	27.02.1965	Hugh Stevenson Roberton	CP	Resignation	Adam Armstrong	CP
89.	Dawson	Qld	26.02.1966	George William Shaw	CP	Death	Rex Alan Patterson	ALP
90.	Kooyong	Vic	02.04.1966	(Sir) Robert Menzies	Lib	Resignation	Andrew Sharp Peacock	Lib
Twenty-Sixth Parliament (1966-1969) – 6 by-elections
91.	Corio	Vic	22.07.1967	Hubert Opperman	Lib	Resignation	Gordon Scholes	ALP
92.	Capricornia	Qld	30.09.1967	George Henry Gray	ALP	Death	Douglas Everingham	ALP
93.	Higgins	Vic	24.02.1968	Harold Edward Holt	Lib	Death	John Grey Gorton	Lib
94.	Curtin	WA	19.04.1969	(Sir) Paul Hasluck	Lib	Resignation	Ransley Victor Garland	Lib
95.	Bendigo	Vic	07.06.1969	Noel Lawrence Beaton	ALP	Resignation	Andrew David Kennedy	ALP
96.	Gwydir	NSW	07.06.1969	Archibald Ian Allan	CP	Resignation	Ralph J.D. Hunt	CP
Twenty-Seventh Parliament (1969-1972) – 3 by-elections
97.	Aust. Capital Territory	ACT	30.05.1970	James Reay Fraser	ALP	Death	Keppel Earl Enderby	ALP
98.	Chisholm	Vic	19.09.1970	(Sir) Wilfrid Kent Hughes	Lib	Death	Anthony Allan Staley	Lib
99.	Murray	Vic	20.03.1971	(Sir) John McEwen	CP	Resignation	Bruce Lloyd	CP
Twenty-Eighth Parliament (1972-1974) – 1 by-election
100.	Parramatta	NSW	22.09.1973	Nigel Hubert Bowen	Lib	Resignation	Philip Maxwell Ruddock	Lib
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Twenty-Ninth Parliament (1974-1975) – 1 by-election
101.	Bass	Tas	28.06.1975	Lance Herbert Barnard	ALP	Resignation	Kevin Eugene Newman	Lib
Thirtieth Parliament (1975-1977) – 1 by-election
102.	Cunningham	NSW	15.10.1977	Reginald F.X. Connor	ALP	Death	Stewart John West	ALP
Thirty-First Parliament (1977-1980) – 2 by-elections
103.	Werriwa	NSW	23.09.1978	Edward Gough Whitlam	ALP	Resignation	John Charles Kerin	ALP
104.	Grayndler	NSW	23.06.1979	Francis Eugene Stewart	ALP	Death	Leo Boyce McLeay	ALP
Thirty-Second Parliament (1980-1983) – 6 by-elections
105.	Boothby	SA	21.02.1981	John Elden McLeay	Lib	Resignation	Steele Hall	Lib
106.	Curtin	WA	21.02.1981	Ransley Victor Garland	Lib	Resignation	Allan Charles Rocher	Lib
107.	McPherson	Qld	21.02.1981	Eric Laidlaw Robinson	Lib	Death	Peter Nicholson White	Lib
108.	Wentworth	NSW	11.04.1981	Robert James Ellicott	Lib	Resignation	William Peter Coleman	Lib
109.	Lowe	NSW	13.03.1982	(Sir) William McMahon	Lib	Resignation	Michael John Maher	ALP
110.	Flinders	Vic	04.12.1982	(Sir) Phillip Reginald Lynch	Lib	Resignation	Peter Keaston Reith (never sat)	Lib
Thirty-Third Parliament (1983-1984) – 6 by-elections
111.	Wannon	Vic	07.05.1983	John Malcolm Fraser	Lib	Resignation	David Peter Hawker	Lib
112.	Bruce	Vic	28.05.1983	(Sir) Billy Mackie Snedden	Lib	Resignation	Kenneth James Aldred	Lib
113.	Moreton	Qld	05.11.1983	(Sir) Denis James Killen	Lib	Resignation	Donald Milner Cameron	Lib
114.	Corangamite	Vic	18.02.1984	Anthony Austin Street	Lib	Resignation	Fergus Stewart McArthur	Lib
115.	Hughes	NSW	18.02.1984	Leslie Royston Johnson	ALP	Resignation	Robert Edward Tickner	ALP
116.	Richmond	NSW	18.02.1984	John Douglas Anthony	NPA	Resignation	Charles William Blunt	NPA
Thirty-Fourth Parliament (1984-1987) – 1 by-election
117.	Scullin	Vic	08.02.1986	Dr. Henry Alfred Jenkins	ALP	Resignation	Henry Alfred Jenkins	ALP
Thirty-Fifth Parliament (1987-1990) – 5 by-elections
118.	Adelaide	SA	06.02.1988	Christopher John Hurford	ALP	Resignation	Michael Philip Pratt	Lib
119.	Port Adelaide	SA	26.03.1988	Michael Jerome Young	ALP	Resignation	Rodney Weston Sawford	ALP
120.	Groom	Qld	09.04.1988	Daniel Thomas McVeigh	NPA	Resignation	William Leonard Taylor	Lib
121.	Oxley	Qld	08.10.1988	William George Hayden	ALP	Resignation	Leslie James Scott	ALP
122.	Gwydir	NSW	15.04.1989	Ralph J.D. Hunt	NPA	Resignation	John Duncan Anderson	NPA
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Thirty-Sixth Parliament (1990-1993) – 2 by-elections
123.	Menzies	Vic	11.05.1991	Neil Anthony Brown	Lib	Resignation	Kevin James Andrews	Lib
124.	Wills	Vic	11.04.1992	Robert James Lee Hawke	ALP	Resignation	Philip Ronald Cleary (disqualified 25.11.92)	Ind
Thirty-Seventh Parliament (1993-1996) – 8 by-elections
125.	Werriwa	NSW	29.01.1994	John Charles Kerin	ALP	Resignation	Mark William Latham	ALP
126.	Fremantle	WA	12.03.1994	John Sydney Dawkins	ALP	Resignation	Carmen Mary Lawrence	ALP
127.	Bonython	SA	19.03.1994	Dr Neil Blewett	ALP	Resignation	Martyn John Evans	ALP
128.	Mackellar	NSW	26.03.1994	James Joseph Carlton	Lib	Resignation	Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop	Lib
129.	Warringah	NSW	26.03.1994	Michael John Mackellar	Lib	Resignation	Anthony John Abbott	Lib
130.	Kooyong	Vic	19.11.1994	Andrew Sharp Peacock	Lib	Resignation	Petro Georgiou	Lib
131.	Canberra	ACT	25.03.1995	Roslyn Joan Kelly	ALP	Resignation	Brendan Smyth	Lib
132.	Wentworth	NSW	08.04.1995	John Robert Hewson	Lib	Resignation	Andrew Peter Thomson	Lib
Thirty-Eighth Parliament (1996-1998) – 3 by-elections
133.	Blaxland	NSW	15.06.1996	Paul John Keating	ALP	Resignation	Michael John Hatton	ALP
134.	Lindsay	NSW	19.10.1996	Jackie Marie Kelly	Lib	Disqualification	Jackie Marie Kelly	Lib
135.	Fraser	ACT	01.02.1997	John Langmore	ALP	Resignation	Steven John Dargavel	ALP
Thirty-Ninth Parliament (1998-2001) – 4 by-elections
136.	Holt	Vic	06.11.1999	Gareth Evans	ALP	Resignation	Anthony Byrne	ALP
137.	Isaacs	Vic	12.08.2000	Greg Wilton	ALP	Death	Ann Corcoran	ALP
138.	Ryan	Qld	17.03.2001	John Moore	Lib	Resignation	Leonie Short	ALP
139.	Aston	Vic	14.07.2001	Peter Nugent	Lib	Death	Chris Pearce	Lib
Fortieth Parliament (2001-2004) – 1 by-election
140.	Cunningham	NSW	19.10.2002	Stephen Martin	ALP	Resignation	Michael Organ	Greens
Forty-First Parliament (2004-2007) – 1 by-election
141.	Werriwa	NSW	19.03.2005	Mark Latham	ALP	Resignation	Chris Hayes	ALP
Forty-Second Parliament (2007-2010) – 5 by-elections
142.	Gippsland	Vic	28.06.2008	Peter McGauran	NPA	Resignation	Darren Chester	NPA
143.	Lyne	NSW	06.09.2008	Mark Vaile	NPA	Resignation	Rob Oakeshott	Ind
144.	Mayo	SA	06.09.2008	Alexander Downer	Lib	Resignation	Jamie Briggs	Lib
145.	Higgins	Vic	05.12.2009	Peter Costello	Lib	Resignation	Kelly O’Dwyer	Lib
146.	Bradfield	NSW	05.12.2009	Brendan Nelson	Lib	Resignation	Paul Fletcher	Lib
Forty-Third Parliament (2010-2013) – no by-elections
No.	Division	State	Date	Previous Member	Party	Reason	Member Elected	Party
Forty-Fourth Parliament (2013-2016) – 3 by-elections
147.	Griffith	Qld	08.02.2014	Kevin Rudd	ALP	Resignation	Terri Butler	ALP
148.	Canning	WA	19.09.2015	Don Randall	Lib	Death	Andrew Hastie	Lib
149.	North Sydney	NSW	05.12.2015	Joe Hockey	Lib	Resignation	Trent Zimmerman	Lib
Forty-Fifth Parliament (2016-2019) – 9 by-elections
150.	New England	NSW	02.12.2017	Barnaby Joyce	NPA	Disqualification	Barnaby Joyce	NPA
151.	Bennelong	NSW	16.12.2017	John Alexander	Lib	Resignation	John Alexander	Lib
152.	Batman	Vic	17.03.2018	David Feeney	ALP	Resignation	Ged Kearney	ALP
153.	Perth	WA	28.07.2018	Tim Hammond	ALP	Resignation	Patrick Gorman	ALP
154.	Braddon	Tas	28.07.2018	Justine Keay	ALP	Resignation	Justine Keay	ALP
155.	Fremantle	WA	28.07.2018	Joshua Wilson	ALP	Resignation	Joshua Wilson	ALP
156.	Longman	Qld	28.07.2018	Susan Lamb	ALP	Resignation	Susan Lamb	ALP
157.	Mayo	SA	28.07.2018	Rebekha Sharkie	CA	Resignation	Rebekha Sharkie	CA
158.	Wentworth	NSW	20.10.2018	Malcolm Turnbull	Lib	Resignation	Dr Kerryn Phelps	Ind
Forty-Sixth Parliament (2019-2022) – 2 by-elections
159.	Eden-Monaro	NSW	04.07.2020	Mike Kelly	ALP	Resignation	Kristy McBain	ALP
160.	Groom	Qld	28.11.2020	John McVeigh	LNP	Resignation	Garth Hamilton	LNP
Forty-Seventh Parliament (2022-) – 3 by-elections
161.	Aston	Vic	01.04.2023	Alan Tudge	Lib	Resignation	Mary Doyle	ALP
162.	Fadden	Qld	15.07.2023	Stuart Robert	LNP	Resignation	Cameron Caldwell	LNP
163.	Dunkley	Vic	–	Peta Murphy	ALP	Death	–	–