Sydney by-election, June 2019

The Sydney by-election, June 2019, is a by-election triggered by the ejection of Liberal MP stalintwo for inactivity in the Division of Sydney. It will be held on 15 June 2019, at the same time as the Moncrieff by-election, June 2019.

Background
On 29 May 2019, it was ruled that stalintwo 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 PineappleCrusher_, MP for Moncrieff.

Candidates
On 30 May 2019, stalintwo announced he would be recontesting the seat of Sydney, tweeting that "I promise this time to be more active and be a better representative than I was before". He ultimately decided against it. The Liberal candidate was JohnVolser, ex-Social Democratic MP for Shortland. The Socialist candidate was announced as ex-Social Democratic MP for Parramatta and Wright, Horror-HQ. The Australian Whig candidate was party leader Plupsnup. Woof223, ex-minister, also made the decision to contest as an independent.