2018 Wagga Wagga state by-election
Result

2018 Wagga Wagga state by-election

Section Title: Result
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Liberal	Julia Ham	12,031	25.5	−28.3

Independent	Joe McGirr	12,003	25.4	+25.4

Labor	Dan Hayes	11,197	23.7	−4.4

Independent	Paul Funnell	5,028	10.6	+0.9

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers	Seb McDonagh	4,682	9.9	+9.9

Greens	Ray Goodlass	1,377	2.9	−2.1

Christian Democrats	Tom Arentz	900	1.9	−0.4

Total formal votes	47,218	96.8	+0.0

Informal votes	1,561	3.2	−0.0

Turnout	48,779	88.3	−1.9

Two-party-preferred result

Labor	Dan Hayes	18,495	50.1	+13.0

Liberal	Julia Ham	18,389	49.9	−13.0

Two-candidate-preferred result

Independent	Joe McGirr	23,001	59.6	+59.6

Liberal	Julia Ham	15,570	40.4	−22.5

Independent gain from Liberal	Swing	N/A

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McGirr won with 59.6% of the two-candidate preferred vote, beating Liberal candidate Julia Ham.
McGirr won 59.6% of vote over Liberal candidate Julia Ham.
In 2018 Wagga Wagga state by-election, McGirr won 59.6% of the two-candidate preferred vote over Liberal candidate Julia Ham.

final_sentence: McGirr won with 59.6% of the two-candidate preferred vote, beating Liberal candidate Julia Ham.
final_sentence: McGirr won 59.6% of vote over Liberal candidate Julia Ham.
final_sentence: In 2018 Wagga Wagga state by-election, McGirr won 59.6% of the two-candidate preferred vote over Liberal candidate Julia Ham.