Death of candidate after nomination
180 Death of candidate after nomination
If after the nominations for an election for the Senate have been declared and before polling day any candidate dies and the candidates remaining are not greater in number than the candidates required to be elected, they shall forthwith be declared to be elected and the writ returned.
If after the nominations for an election for the House of Representatives have been declared, and before polling day, any candidate dies, the election shall be deemed to have wholly failed.
If a candidate dies before the hour of nomination and the candidate was one of a number of candidates nominated by the registered officer of a registered political party in a bulk nomination:
the death does not affect the nomination of those other candidates; and
the registered officer may amend the nomination, at any time before the hour of nomination (as affected by subsection 156(2)), to substitute another candidate.
An amendment must be in the approved form and signed by the registered officer.
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