2010 Altona state by-election

The following candidates nominated; they are listed in ballot-paper order. • Independent – Brijender Nain. • Independent – Liz Mumby. • Socialist Alliance – Margarita Windisch. • Liberal Party – Mark Rose, a Wyndham councillor and candidate for Tarneit in the 2006 state election. • Greens – David Strangward, a management consultant. • Independent – Andrew Rixon. • Independent – Brian Shaw. • Labor Party – Jill Hennessy, a lawyer who sat on the board of Western Health, and was backed in her preselection bid by Steve Bracks, Joan Kirner, Lynne Kosky and Nicola Roxon. She defeated Hobsons Bay councillor Luba Grigorovitch for Labor endorsement. ==Election results==