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The 2008 Mayo by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Mayo, located in Adelaide, South Australia, on 6 September 2008,[1] following the retirement of Liberal Party MP and former Liberal leader Alexander Downer.[2] The by-election was held on the same day as the Lyne by-election, and the Western Australian state election.
The writ for the by-election was issued 4 August, with the rolls closing on 8 August. Candidate nominations closed on 14 August.[3] The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Mayo at the 2007 federal election. The seat was won by Jamie Briggs of the Liberal Party on a two-candidate preferred vote of 53 per cent against the Greens.
- ^ "Mayo by-election date announced". ABC. 31 July 2008.
- ^ "Downer quits politics". AAP. 3 July 2008. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008.
- ^ "By-elections to be held on 6 September". The Age. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 1 July 2010.