2001 Aston by-election

The 2001 Aston by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Aston in Victoria on 14 July 2001. The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting member, the Liberal Party of Australia's Peter Nugent, on 24 April 2001. The writ for the by-election was issued on 1 June 2001.

This article is about the 2001 by-election. For 2023 by-election in the same electorate, see 2023 Aston by-election.

2001 Aston by-election
14 July 2001
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Chris Pearce Kieran Boland
Party Liberal Labor
Popular vote 31,640 28,716
Percentage 40.73% 36.96%
Swing 7.76pp 1.55pp
TPP 50.58% 49.42%
TPP swing 3.36pp 3.36pp
MP before election

Peter Nugent
Liberal

 Elected MP

Chris Pearce
Liberal

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