Roland by-election, 2057

A by-election was held for the Craftian House of Representatives seat of Roland on Saturday 15 December 2057. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Humphrey Cunningham of the Craftian Conservative Party, following an expenses scandal regarding use of taxpayer money to fund his children's overseas holidays as well as several business investments.
The by-election was won by Lewis Terrys of the National United Party (and future Prime Minister of Craftia), on a two-party-preferred swing of 15.70% against the Conservative government. This is one of the largest by-election swings in Craftian history to result in a gain for an opposition party.
Terrys would later be defeated in 2061 by Nathan Yang, who sat as a member of the Liberal Party of Craftia and contested this by-election as an independent, before winning the seat again in 2064. Terrys then went on to serve as Prime Minister from 2067 to 2074.
A total of 8 candidates nominated to contest the by-election, including 3 independents.
==Seat overview==
Roland, an outer metropolitan electorate on the outskirts of Richmond, Western Craftia, was historically fairly safe for the United Party, but successive redistributions had moved it further away from the city and added several semi-rural population centres into the south-west of the seat, boosting the Conservative margin. This was coupled with the overall unpopularity of the NUP and Liberals during the early 2050s to enable the Conservatives to claim the seat for the first time in its history, in the 2052 federal election. It was narrowly retained during the 2055 landslide on a TPP margin of 0.27%, making it the most marginal seat in the country.
With the incumbent Queanbeyan Government faltering, the United Party spent a heavy amount on claiming the highly marginal seat that was once undoubtedly left-leaning territory.
==Results==
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Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	United 	Lewis Terrys 	26,167 	40.02 	+8.90
 	Conservative 	Matt Renning 	14,790 	22.62 	–13.91
 	Independent 	Nathan Yang 	9,893 	15.13 	–3.92
 	Liberal 	Gina Dundas 	9,697 	14.83 	+5.49
 	Greens 	Erik Sui 	2,458 	3.76 	+1.21
 	Independent 	John Williams 	621 	0.95 	+0.95
 	Reform 	Dave Charicola 	360 	0.55 	–0.86
 	Independent 	Bob Markus 	92 	0.14 	+0.14
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	65,385 	97.19 	+0.72
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	1,889 	2.81 	–0.72
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	67,274 	93.73 	–2.24
Two-party-preferred result	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result	Two-party-preferred result	Two-party-preferred result
 	United 	Lewis Terrys 	42,781 	65.43 	+15.70
 	Conservative 	Matt Renning 	22,604 	34.57 	–15.70
 	United gain from Conservative	United gain from Conservative	Swing 	+15.70