Perth by-election will be tight for Labor
AAP
PERTH BY-ELECTION
* Inner metropolitan seat based in WA capital
* Boundary change before 2016 election made it more marginal for Labor
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* Retiring Labor MP Tim Hammond won it in 2016, by reduced margin of 3.3 per cent
* Liberal candidate Jeremy Quinn won the primary vote (42.3 per cent) but Labor won on Greens preferences
* Previous member Alannah MacTiernan retired after one term
* Held continuously by Labor since 1983, but Liberal seat between 1975 and 1983.
* Likely Labor hold if Greens vote remains in double-figures
* Liberal win would take government's House of Representatives majority to two
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