Editing Parachute candidate (section)

==Australia==
===Australian Labor Party===
Due to its factions ([[Labor Left]], [[Labor Right]], and [[Independent Labor (Australia)|Independent Labor]]), [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] often has arrangements in place for preselections, which would often result in parachuting candidates.{{cn|date=December 2023}}
* [[Anthony Byrne (politician)|Anthony Byrne]] lived outside his electorate, [[Division of Holt|Holt]], in the neighbouring electorate of [[Division of La Trobe|La Trobe]].<ref name="massolahunter">{{cite news|last1=Massola|first1=James|last2=Hunter|first2=Fergus|url= http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-2016-the-12-local-mps-who-dont-live-in-the-seats-theyre-trying-to-win-20160513-goua9e.html|title=How local is local? The 12 MPs who don't live in the seats they're trying to win|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=16 May 2016|access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref>
* [[Andrew Charlton (politician)|Andrew Charlton]], a former adviser to [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]], was criticised for being parachuted into the [[Division of Parramatta]] to succeed retiring MP [[Julie Owens]] at the [[2022 Australian federal election]] over local candidates who were from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Before the electoral campaign, Charlton resided in Sydney's eastern suburbs in [[Bellevue Hill, New South Wales|Bellevue Hill]] in a property worth over $A16&nbsp;million and only purchased a property in the electorate once preselected.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Bellingham Police Arrest WWU Student in Melee |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anthony-albanese-defends-choice-of-andrew-charlton-as-a-labor-candidate-for-parramatta/z1cvhfjth |work=[[SBS News]] |date=2022-04-01 |access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref>
* [[Mary Doyle]]: At the time of her preselections, Doyle didn't live in the [[Division of Aston]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/awkward-detail-in-fight-for-alan-tudges-seat/news-story/ae88ea65693c4455a439fc19f2e94c8d|title=Awkward detail in fight for Alan Tudge's seat as candidates fight over addresses|first=Ellen|last=Ransley|publisher=News.com.au|date=22 February 2023|access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> Doyle lived in the suburb of [[Mitcham, Victoria|Mitcham]], located in the nearby [[Division of Deakin|Deakin]] electorate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kolovos |first1=Benita |last2=Lee |first2=Jane |title=Aston byelection: voters in the former Liberal stronghold hold Peter Dutton's future in their hands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |access-date=1 April 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401092140/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/31/aston-byelection-voters-in-the-former-liberal-stronghold-hold-peter-duttons-future-in-their-hands |archive-date=1 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Mark Dreyfus]] lives outside his electorate, [[Division of Isaacs|Isaacs]].<ref>Holly Hales (30 April 2022) [https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/inside-the-key-seat-with-one-big-thing-missing/news-story/2ff1d4a1dc1f63134e41ebb18a521c20 "Inside the key seat with one big thing missing"]. [[News.com.au]]: Retrieved 30 September 2023.</ref>
* [[Jane Garrett]], a former minister in the [[First Andrews Ministry]] in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]], was parachuted into the number one position in the [[Eastern Victoria Region]] at the [[2018 Victorian state election]], a seat that future MP [[Daniel Mulino]] vacated to run for the [[Division of Fraser (Victoria)|Division of Fraser]] in [[Melbourne]]'s western suburbs. Garrett had been the MP for the [[electoral district of Brunswick]], which was becoming increasingly [[Marginal seat|marginal]], and was criticised for her role in a dispute between the [[Country Fire Authority]], the United Firefighters Union, and the state government in her capacity as Minister for Emergency Services.<ref name="resignation">{{cite news|title=Victorian minister Jane Garrett resigns from Cabinet as Government seeks to end CFA dispute|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-10/emergency-services-minister-jane-garrett-resigns-from-cabinet/7499334|access-date=11 June 2016|work=ABC News|date=9 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/garrett-takes-the-long-and-winding-road-to-the-far-east-20180724-p4ztd0.html|title=Garrett takes the long and winding road to the far east|last=Towell|first=Noel|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=24 July 2018}}</ref>
* In 2004, musician and activist [[Peter Garrett]] was preselected as the Australian Labor Party's candidate for the safe seat of [[Division of Kingsford Smith|Kingsford Smith]] at the [[2004 Australian federal election|federal election that year]] due to the intervention of leader [[Mark Latham]], despite opposition from the local ALP branch, who labelled him an outsider. The [[Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union|CFMEU]] issued a statement criticising his selection as "a pathetic version of political celebrity squares".<ref name="AuParachute">{{cite web|url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/02/01/parachute-candidates/|title=Fly in, fly out: a guide to parachute candidates|date=1 February 2019|website=[[Crikey]]}}</ref> Regardless, Garrett was elected to the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
* [[Mathew Hilakari]], Labor's candidate for the newly established electorate of [[Electoral district of Point Cook|Point Cook]], was parachuted in for the [[2022 Victorian state election]]. Hilakari, before pre-selection, was residing in Melbourne's southeastern suburbs in [[Seaford, Victoria|Seaford]]. He is also the convenor for Labor's Socialist Left faction (of which [[Premier of Victoria|Premier]] [[Daniel Andrews]] is a part) in Victoria.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Willingham |first1=Richard|date=28 September 2022 |title=As Labor's safe status in Melbourne's west slips, independents are eyeing off 'neglected' communities|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-28/independents-run-for-melbournes-neglected-outer-west/101479084 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |location=[[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] |access-date=2022-11-07}}</ref>
* [[Ged Kearney]]: As of 2018, Kearney didn't live in her electorate, [[Division of Batman|Batman]] at the time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bill-shorten-s-star-candidate-ged-kearney-doesn-t-live-in-the-seat-of-batman-20180208-p4yzoj.html | title=Bill Shorten's star candidate Ged Kearney doesn't live in the seat of Batman | date=8 February 2018 }}</ref>
* Former [[Premier of New South Wales]] [[Kristina Keneally]] was preselected as Labor candidate for the [[2017 Bennelong by-election]]. She lived 800 metres outside the electorate, which, combined with her high profile, attracted accusations of parachuting.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Keneally sought preselection for the House of Representatives again in 2021, this time for the electorate of [[Division of Fowler|Fowler]] in western [[Sydney]] despite living in the city's affluent northern suburbs. She was also criticised for making the move despite retiring member [[Chris Hayes (politician)|Chris Hayes]] having already endorsed local [[Vietnamese Australians|Vietnamese Australian]] lawyer [[Tu Le]] as his successor in a working-class, migrant-rich neighbourhood. With heavy publicity drawn toward what is normally one of the safest seats in Australian politics, Keneally suffered a massive swing against the previous result and lost the seat for Labor for the only time in its 13-election existence, with parts of the area being held as far back as 1934 when it was part of [[Division of Werriwa|Werriwa]]. This resulted in a former Liberal Party member who turned independent, Vietnamese Australian and former refugee [[Dai Le]], being elected.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glenday |first1=James |last2=Haydar |first2=Nour |date=9 September 2021 |title=Kristina Keneally's swap into safe Western Sydney seat sparks anger among Labor locals |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-09/cph-kristina-keneally-safe-seat-switch-sparks-anger/100448790 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |location=Sydney |access-date=2021-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Rob |date=10 September 2021 |title=Keneally vows to 'step up and fight' as Labor brawls over lower house move |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/keneally-vows-to-step-up-and-fight-as-labor-brawls-over-lower-house-move-20210910-p58qk2.html |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=Sydney |access-date=2021-09-10}}</ref><ref name=fowler>{{Cite news |last1=Malone |first1=Ursula |date=2022-05-22 |title=Voters reject Labor's Kristina Keneally, Dai Le to take seat of Fowler at 2022 federal election |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/nsw-fowler-kristina-keneally-federal-election-2022/101088072 |access-date=2022-05-22}}</ref>
* In 2013, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd asked [[Jason Yat-Sen Li]] to run as the Labor candidate for the seat of [[Division of Bennelong|Bennelong]] at the [[2013 Australian federal election|2013 federal election]] even though he did not live in the electorate. He lost the election.
* In 2007, journalist [[Maxine McKew]] was preselected as Labor candidate in the [[2007 Australian federal election|forthcoming federal election]] for Bennelong, represented by then-Prime Minister [[John Howard]]. McKew did not live in the electorate then, and sold her home in [[Mosman]] to move before the election. She went on to defeat Howard, becoming the first candidate to unseat a sitting prime minister in an election since [[1929 Australian federal election|1929]], when [[Jack Holloway]] defeated [[Stanley Bruce]] at [[Division of Flinders|Flinders]].<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Daniel Mulino is the current MP for the Division of Fraser in Melbourne's western suburbs. Mulino had previously been a member of the [[Victorian Legislative Council]] for the Eastern Victoria Region, a seat he vacated for Jane Garrett. Before his tenure in the [[Parliament of Victoria]], Mulino was a councillor and mayor for the [[City of Casey]]. Mulino lived in the electorate of Fraser in the [[2019 Australian federal election]], in which he was elected.
* [[Clare O'Neil]] previously lived in [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]], outside her electorate, [[Division of Hotham|Hotham]], but bought a house in [[Oakleigh, Victoria|Oakleigh]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/strewth/labors-unreal-estate/news-story/e4930bf276acb92135c2a06365c8e0f1|title=Labor's unreal estate|first=Alice|last=Workman|newspaper=The Australian|date=14 January 2021|accessdate=1 March 2022}}</ref>
* In 2013, athlete [[Nova Peris]] was preselected as Labor's leading candidate for the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] in the [[Northern Territory]]. Peris was born and raised in the Northern Territory, but her selection was received with controversy due to her celebrity status and the personal intervention of leader and Prime Minister [[Julia Gillard]], who described the selection as a "captain's pick".<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Maria Vamvakinou]]: {{As of|2016}} she lived in [[Northcote, Victoria|Northcote]], which lies outside her electorate, [[Division of Calwell|Calwell]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/election-2016-the-12-local-mps-who-dont-live-in-the-seats-theyre-trying-to-win-20160513-goua9e.html|title=Election 2016: The 12 local MPs who don't live in the seats they're trying to win|newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=15 May 2016|access-date=20 June 2020}}</ref>

===Coalition===
* Despite representing [[Division of Menzies|Menzies]] for nearly thirty-one years, [[Kevin Andrews (politician)|Kevin Andrews]] never lived there. He lived in neighbouring [[Division of Jagajaga|Jagajaga]].<ref name="massolahunter"/>
* [[Russell Broadbent]]: {{As of|2021}}, Broadbent, the MP for [[Division of Monash|Monash]], and his wife lived outside his electorate in [[Pakenham, Victoria]], in the Division of La Trobe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.russellbroadbent.com.au/about-russell/|title=About Russell|publisher=Russell Broadbent MP|access-date=11 April 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411020529/https://www.russellbroadbent.com.au/about-russell/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openpolitics.au/member/russell-broadbent | title=The private interests of Russell Broadbent MP }}</ref>
* [[Georgina Downer]] was [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] candidate for the electorate of [[Division of Mayo|Mayo]] in the [[2018 Mayo by-election|2018 by-election]]. Daughter of long-serving MP for Mayo [[Alexander Downer]], Downer had grown up in the area and proclaimed that she was "coming home" in the by-election. However, she had lived most of her life in [[Adelaide]] and Melbourne and sought preselection for a seat in the latter during the 2016 election. She lost to [[Centre Alliance]] incumbent [[Rebekha Sharkie]].<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Eric Hutchinson (politician)|Eric Hutchinson]] did not live in his electorate, [[Division of Lyons|Lyons]], but in neighbouring [[Division of Bass|Bass]].<ref name="massolahunter"/>
* In 2013, [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] Senator [[Barnaby Joyce]] was preselected as [[National Party of Australia|Nationals]] candidate for the [[New South Wales]] seat of [[Division of New England|New England]]. Joyce was raised in [[Tamworth, New South Wales|Tamworth]], within the electorate, but had lived in [[Queensland]] for over twenty years and represented the state in the Senate since 2005.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* Former President of the Australian Labor Party [[Warren Mundine]] was a parachute candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the [[Division of Gilmore]] at the 2019 federal election to succeed retiring MP [[Ann Sudmalis]]. Prior to Mundine's selection, the local party branches had preselected Grant Schultz, whose candidacy would eventually be overridden by the party's state executive to select Mundine instead at the request of Prime Minister [[Scott Morrison]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gerathy |first1=Sarah |last2=Norman |first2=Jane |date=22 January 2019 |title=Warren Mundine installed as Gilmore candidate at behest of Prime Minister |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-22/morrison-parachutes-warren-mundine-into-gilmore/10735946 |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Koziol|first=Michael |date=22 January 2019 |title=Scott Morrison to parachute former Labor boss Warren Mundine into marginal seat |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/5863266/scott-morrison-to-parachute-former-labor-boss-warren-mundine-into-marginal-seat/ |work=[[Canberra Times]] |access-date=2021-09-15}}</ref> [[Fiona Phillips (politician)|Fiona Phillips]] of the Australian Labor Party defeated Mundine: she received a [[swing (Australian politics)|two-party swing]] of 3.34 per cent while Schultz contested the electorate as an [[Independent politician|independent]] candidate, receiving 7,585 votes.
* After the resignation of Prime Minister [[Malcolm Turnbull]] from Parliament in 2018, [[Dave Sharma]] was preselected as the Liberal candidate in the [[2018 Wentworth by-election|resulting by-election]] at [[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]]. Sharma did not live in the electorate at the time. He narrowly lost the by-election, but successfully contested the seat again several months later in the 2019 federal election. In the 2022 federal general election, Independent candidate [[Allegra Spender]] defeated Sharma.<ref name="AuParachute"/>
* [[Brett Whiteley (politician)|Brett Whiteley]] did not live in his electorate of [[Division of Braddon|Braddon]] during the 2016 election campaign, but in neighbouring Lyons, at Squeaking Point near [[Port Sorell]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Interstate Senate hopefuls target Tassie | author=Georgie Burgess | date=2016-05-16 | publisher=The Examiner | url=http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3910013/senate-hopefuls-target-tassie/}}</ref><ref name="massolahunter"/>
* [[Jason Wood (politician)|Jason Wood]], the MP for [[Division of La Trobe|La Trobe]], lives with his family in [[Mount Dandenong]], approximately 11kms outside his electorate, in the [[Division of Casey]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=Meet the MPs who don't live in their electorate {{!}} The Australian | url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/web-stories/free/the-australian/meet-the-mps-who-dont-live-in-their-electorate | access-date=2025-03-19 | website=www.theaustralian.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://openpolitics.au/member/jason-wood | title=The private interests of Jason Wood MP }}</ref>