2018 Wentworth by-election
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A <entity_2> for the Australian House of Representatives seat of <entity_3> took place on <entity_0> after the parliamentary resignation of the former Prime Minister of <entity_4> and incumbent Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull. The Liberal Party of <entity_4> and its predecessors have continuously held <entity_3> since the inaugural 1901 election, except for the brief party defections of Walter Marks in 1929 and Peter King in 2004. Independent Cathy McGowan has indicated that she will not support a motion of no confidence in the Morrison Government before the <entity_3> <entity_2> has been decided. Rebekha Sharkie stated that she would review her position after the <entity_3> <entity_2>. Turnbull quit <entity_4> for New York where he remained for the duration of the <entity_2>, refusing requests to assist the Party in retaining its one-seat Parliamentary majority by campaigning for Sharma. In the last week of the campaign, an email was sent to hundreds of <entity_3> constituents which falsely reported that Phelps was withdrawing from the <entity_2> due to being diagnosed with HIV. At 7:18pm AEDT, just over an hour after the close of polls, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's psephologist Antony Green predicted independent candidate <entity_1> to win the <entity_2>, although the margin of victory for Phelps tightened as pre-poll and postal votes were counted. The <entity_2> is credited with highlighting the health concerns for refugee children detained in Nauru to the Morrison Government's attention, and subsequently transporting some of them to <entity_4> for medical treatment.
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