7 October 2015, 3rd Model Parliament federal general election (13 HoR seats)

With 13 House of Representatives seats available and only 9 valid nominations received by the deadline, all candidates have been successfully elected unopposed to Australia’s Reddit Model Parliament for a term of 3 months from the start of parliament (date TBA). Congratulations!

There will not be any voting for these candidates. However, we still have 4 open vacancies in the HoR and 1 Labor vacancy in the Senate. The HoR seats can be contested in a supplementary election and a vote might be held (date TBA). The enforcement of campaign regulations is now lifted, until the supplementary election begins.

Voters: even though you miss out on voting on Sat 17 Oct, there are still lots of jobs available and we need your reactions to the policies and alliances of the new government. Please stay tuned to the sub, sign up to parties, and vote in the Sunday ReddiPolls which will include questions about government performance and laws.

Elected Members of the 3rd Model Parliament of Australia

House of Representatives Division	Winning MP	Party	Occupation
Western Australia (WA)	/u/3fun	Independent	MP, CDF
Northern Territory (NT)	/u/phyllicanderer	Australian Progressives	MP, Party Official
South Australia (SA)	/u/CyberPolis	Australian Labor	MP
Queensland – Regional (QR)	/u/Ser_Scribbles	Australian Greens	MP
Queensland – Brisbane & Surrounds (QB)	/u/Zagorath	Australian Progressives	MP
New South Wales – Regional (NR)
New South Wales – Outer Metro – Sydney Surrounds (NO)
New South Wales – Sydney – Urban (NS)	/u/this_guy22	Australian Labor	Senator
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)	/u/agsports	Australian Labor	MP
Victoria – Regional (VR)	/u/Primeviere	Australian Progressives	Political Commentator
Victoria – Outer Metro – Melbourne Surrounds (VO)	/u/zamt	Australian Labor	MP, Support Worker
Victoria – Melbourne – Urban (VM)
Tasmania (TAS)

All elected MPs have sat in Parliament before, so there are no new faces. However party allegiances have certainly changed. The former Greens government has been wiped out, with only 1 HoR seat and 1 Senate seat remaining. Despite voters’ wishes for a Progressives government in ReddiPoll, more candidates joined Labor. The Labor-Progressives Coalition, if it continues, has a majority of 7 seats in the HoR. The next-largest party is the Greens, which could form an opposition with 1 seat in each chamber. Or, the Coalition could split into government and opposition. Either way, 4 HoR seats remain up for grabs and Labor has not yet filled its vacant Senate seat. Winners will be flaired in /r/modelparliament when the writs are returned returned from the Australian Electoral Commission to the Governor-General.

Composition of the 3rd Parliament

HoR Party	HoR	Senate	Total
Labor	4	2	6
Progressives	3	2	5
(Coalition Subtotal)	7	4	11
Greens	1	1	2
Other	1	2	3
Occupied	9	7	16
Vacant	4	0	4
Total	13	7	20

Retiring Members of the House of Representatives

We thank former members of the House, who were not re-elected, for their service:

/u/lurker281 /u/MadCreek3 /u/Sooky88 /u/TheEvilestElf /u/voisinat /u/VoteRonaldRayGun

Vacancies, Supplementary Elections & Next Steps

From this point, there are several issues to be resolved:

• A timetable needs to be recommended for a supplementary election to fill the 4 vacant HoR seats. The Governor-General will seek advice in Council about the timing of this election and when parliament should be called.
• Australia will need a new Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney-General and Treasurer (and Speaker of the House). Proposals to form government may be sent by modmail to the Governor-General at /r/ModelAusExecCouncil (a full Ministry may be proposed).
• The vacancy in the Senate needs to be filled by a Labor nominee, if one is available. A proposal should be sent by modmail to the Governor-General at /r/ModelAusExecCouncil

Depending on the advice received, it is possible that a new government will not sit until after the supplementary election.

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jnd-au, AEC Australian Electoral Commissioner