Former Law Society president defeated in Canning by-election

Labor candidate Matthew Keogh, the former head of the Law Society of Western Australia, has lost the seat of Canning to Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie.

Felicity Nelson • 22 September 2015 • NewLaw

Mr Keogh, who resigned as president in August to focus on politics, is also senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills.

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There was a 6.42 per cent swing towards Labor over the weekend, but former SAS army captain Mr Hastie still won comfortably.

The seat was previously held by Liberal member Don Randall, with a margin of almost 12 per cent.

Mr Hastie’s win was bolstered by the change in federal leadership, after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Tony Abbott in a leadership spill last Monday.

Mr Hastie led the two-party preferred vote with 55.4 per cent to 44.6 per cent.

The Canning electorate will be split in the next election, with the new Burt division being created.

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The Australian reported that Mr Keogh will be a frontrunner to contest the new seat of Burt at the next election. However, Mr Keogh has not said whether he will run for this seat.

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