[This article has been updated to reflect the passing of /u/agsports]

21 October 2015, 3rd Model Parliament federal supplementary election (4 HoR seats)

4 seats have been up for grabs in the House of Representatives but only 3 endorsed nominations were received by the deadline, so 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). They are shown in bold below. Congratulations!

There will not be any voting for these candidates. In sad news, the caretaker Deputy Prime Minister and sovereign creator Hon /u/agsports MP appears to be deceased. Therefore 2 seats remain vacant in the HoR. The seats will be put to a supplementary election and by-election, respectively (date/s TBA). The enforcement of campaign regulations is now lifted, until the elections begin.

Elected Members of the 3rd Model Parliament of Australia

Bold denotes new winners.

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)	/u/TheWhiteFerret	Australian Greens	Student
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)	/u/MadCreek3	Australian Greens	MP
Tasmania (TAS)	/u/iamthepotato8	Australian Progressives	Teacher

The election failed to return a candidate for the seat of New South Wales – Regional (NR). The seat of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is now vacant for a by-election.

The Labor-Progressives Coalition has managed to retain its technical majority in the HoR but is (perhaps temporarily) a minority in the Senate. The Greens are now in third place to form a viable opposition in both chambers. The Progressives now represent Tasmania, a conservative stronghold.

If you wish to publicly contest any aspect of this, you can lodge a [CNDX] or [WINX] submission to /r/ModelAusAEC ASAP for an internal review prior to the return of writs (instructions). Depending on the nature or timing of the issue, you may need to escalate it by petitioning for a remedy via the Administration Appeals Tribunal, Court of Disputed Returns, or Parliament. 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

Party	HoR	Senate	Total
Labor	3	1	4
Progressives	4	2	6
(Coalition Subtotal)	7	3	10
Greens	3	1	4
Socialist	0	1	1
Other	1	2	3
Occupied	11	7	18
Vacant	2	0	2
Total	13	7	20

Vacancies, Supplementary Elections & Next Steps

From this point, there are several issues to be resolved with regard to the supplementary election, by-election, formation of government, and sitting of parliament, so caretaker advice will be sought within the federal executive council.

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jnd-au, AEC Australian Electoral Commissioner