Editing Parachute candidate (section)

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* 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>