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The Australian federal election, March 2019 will elect members of the 11th Parliament of Australia. The election will be held on 16 March 2019.

Background
Following the expulsion of 4 MPs for inactivity (2 from the Liberal Party, 1 from the Social Democratic Party and 1 from the Socialist Party) and the resignation of BHjr132, 5 by-elections were triggered. Due to the fact that 3 of the seats that went to a by-election were held by the government, and the government held only 5 seats in Parliament (including the Centre Alliance), they needed to gain 4 to regain a majority. Despite winning the seat of Chisholm and holding Fairfax, the United Australia Party picked up Lyne and the United Democratic Party won Melbourne. The return of AnswerMeNow1 to the Socialist Party (and thus, government) resulted in the government having 8 seats (including the Centre Alliance), and if the government won the Brisbane by-election, they would regain a majority. However, Manly_Kitten of the United Australia Party won the seat. With the election approaching, this minority government was shaky but would likely be able to continue until the end of the term. However, Horror-HQ, MP for Wright, unexpectedly joined the then-unregistered Australian Conservatives (and would then proceed to join the Liberals, and finally end up at the United Democrats), resulting in the Centre Alliance terminating their confidence and supply agreement with the government. The following day after all these events, on 7 March 2019, the Governor-General announced an election to be held on 16 March 2019.

Redistribution
On 8 March 2019, it was announced that 12 electoral divisions would be abolished and replaced, with the size of the House of Representatives increasing by 2 seats to create a 19-seat House.

Social Democratic

 * ChairmanMeeseeks, MP for Sydney

Centre Alliance

 * silicon_based_life, MP for Lingiari