By-elections to the 18th Australian Parliament

By-elections to the 18th Australian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Representatives between October 2020 to January 2020. The Bloc led a majority government until lily-irl resigned her seat leading to the government losing their majority. 2 Liberal MPs resigned causing by-elections I'm both their seats and the only MP from the Country Labor resigned their seat. The major parties won 1 seat each; SDP won Nicholls, Country Labor won Mayo, Democrats won Canberra and the Liberals won Lingiari. It is notable that the government won 3 out of 4 seats from the by-election and the government also got a majority from the election.



Overview
There are 4 by-elections scheduled for 21 November 2020; Canberra where incumbent lily-irl of the SDP resigned, Lingiari where incumbent Anacornda of the CLP resigned, Mayo where incumbent RMSteve of the Liberal Party resigned and Nicholls where incumbent EdenhopeStan of the Liberal Party resigned.

Canberra
The Canberra by-election was caused by the resignation of SDP MP lily-irl. There are 2 candidates contesting the seat; Matris4565 of the Liberal Party, Matthias_Caeser of the Australian Democrats. The election was won by Matthias_Caeser of the Australian Democrats

Lingiari
The Lingiari by-election was caused by the resignation of CLP MP Anacornda. There are 3 candidates contesting the seat; BestinBounds from the CLP, ThanksHeadMod from the Liberal Party and Kef from the Australian Democrats. The election was won by ThanksHeadMod of the Liberal party

Mayo
The Mayo by-election was caused by the resignation of Liberal MP RMSteve. There are 5 candidates contesting the seat; Kisakuwu from the Liberal Party, Ho Ho Ho from the CLP, SurfingNooty from the SDP, liesocia from the Republicans and model-viviene as an Independent. The election was won by Ho Ho Ho of the Country Labor Party.

Nicholls
The Nicholls by-election was caused by the resignation of Liberal MP EdenhopeStan. There are 3 candidates contesting the seat; Buttsforpm from the Liberal Party, former Liberal Candidate for Melbourne, UnknownTrainor from the SDP and Frod02000 from the CLP. The election was won by Connor of the SDP.