Socialist Coalition Leadership Election, 2002

1 June 2002 	1 June 2002 	1 June 2002 	1 June 2002
 	 	 	
 	 	 	
Candidate 	SteveBergensten 	Lyon Borton 	Maddison Cray
Party 	Bergensten 	United 	United
Caucus vote 	29 	15 	10
Percentage 	53.70% 	27.78% 	18.52%
Leader before election	Leader before election	Elected Leader 	Elected Leader
Steve Bergensten 	Steve Bergensten 	Steve Bergensten	Steve Bergensten
A leadership election was held on 1 June 2002 to choose the leader of the Socialist Coalition, consisting of the National United Party and the Bergensten Environment Party. Steve Bergensten, the incumbent prime minister, won the election and retained the leadership and remained prime minister.
The election followed the assassination of coalition leader and prime minister James Herbert on 21 May 2002. The deputy prime minister at the time, Steve Bergensten, was automatically sworn in as prime minister the next day. He announced a leadership election for 1 June 2002. Lyon Borton, the deputy leader of the United Party at the time of Herbert's death, and a candidate for the election, became the leader of the United Party and deputy prime minister.