Moncrieff by-election, June 2019

The Moncrieff by-election, June 2019, is a by-election triggered by the ejection of Liberal MP PineappleCrusher_ for inactivity in the Division of Moncrieff. It was held on 15 June 2019, at the same time as the Sydney by-election, June 2019 and won by TheAudibleAsh.

Background
On 29 May 2019, it was ruled that PineappleCrusher_ had contravened the Parliamentarian Participation Overhaul Act 2019 and was expelled from Parliament by the High Court of Australia. This came alongside the similar expulsion of his colleague stalintwo, MP for Sydney. PineappleCrusher_ had been referred to the High Court earlier over inactivity, alongside MP for Nicholls, AnswerMeNow1, but was cleared due to not reaching the necessary threshold for judicial referral.

Candidates
The Liberal candidate was initially PineappleCrusher_ who was recontesting after his expulsion, however, he discovered he was ineligible and stepped down, being replaced by TheAudibleAsh as Liberal candidate. The Socialist candidate was announced as former MP for Fairfax, gavingrotegut. The Australian Whig candidate was Nothedarkweb. The Green candidate was declared as antier. One additional candidate who has not campaigned was also announced at the release of nominations- independent KernowRydh.

Endorsements
Today Tonight, a media organisation, endorsed the Whigs at the by-election, stating that "all members of the Whigs show compassion for human rights around the world and in foreign policy...The Whigs support the implementation of a federal land value tax, diminishing the regressive hold that landlords have in this country and would also end the housing market bubble by ending speculation." They also dismissed the Socialists and Greens as "[caring] more about Australia’s international image than human rights, and [refusing] to get their hands dirty when necessary." The Guardian endorsed gavingrotegut, the Socialist candidate, stating that "gavingrotegut further campaigned on a platform of having a member who is in touch with Australians, he took his campaign to a very grassroots level with focus on volunteers." The Guardian criticised the "mediocre" campaign of the Liberals. Both groups issued similar endorsements in the simultaneous Sydney by-election.