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The 2009 Fremantle state by-election was held in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Fremantle on 16 May 2009.[1] It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Jim McGinty.[2]
The Labor Party was defending a seat that they had held continuously since 1924. The by-election was held in conjunction with the state referendum on daylight saving hours.
The Greens candidate, Adele Carles, won the by-election, and in doing so became the first Greens candidate to be elected to an Australian state lower house of parliament in a single-member seat.
- ^ "2009 Fremantle By Election Key Dates". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
- ^ "McGinty resigns from WA parliament". AAP. 3 April 2009.