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SCRATCHINGS: All the election candidates that have resigned, been disendorsed or ruled ineligible

Candidates disendorsed after April 21 can still go on to win the election.

This is a list of all the 2022 federal election candidates that have resigned, been disendorsed or been ruled ineligible after they announced their candidacy.


Any candidate who is no longer running but made that announcement after April 21 will still appear on the ballot paper.


If there are multiple resignations/disendorsements for one party, the ex-candidates will be listed in order of when they resigned.


This list will continue to be updated.

Christopher Ride

Running for the seat of Macnamara (NSW), resigned for unknown reasons.

Chris Green

Running for the seat of Oxley, resigned for unknown reasons.

Unknown

Running for the seat of O'Connor (WA), ruled ineligible to run.

Peter Tsambalas

Running for the seat of Hughes (NSW), withdrew candidacy over Section 44 concerns.

Jefferson Earl

Running for the seat of Macnamara (NSW), disendorsed by Craig Kelly over support for Vladimir Putin.


Sean Ambrose

Running for the NSW Senate, resigned to protest NATO's stance against Putin.


Morgan C Jonas

Running for the seat of Flinders (VIC), resigned to run for the senate as an independent.


Timothy Banfield

Running for the seat of Whitlam (NSW), resigned after he says he was "suspended" for talking to the media.

Gerard Nicol

Running for the seat of Eden-Monaro (NSW), disendorsed over "repulsive" comments about women.


Rebecca Lloyd

Running for the seat of Brisbane (QLD), disendorsed after "failing to follow party directions".

Emilia Leonetti

Running for the seat of Dobell (NSW), resigned after the AEC's decision to deregister the party, in addition to her considering it "not feasible."

Angela Egan

Running for the seat of Herbert (QLD), dropped out to run as an independent.


Linda McCarthy

Running for the seat of Forde (QLD), resigned over views on 'some trans issues.'


Suzanne Clarke

Running for the seat of Rankin (QLD), resigned over views on 'some trans issues.'


Sue Weber

Running for the Queensland senate, sources telling 6 News it may be over internal divisions within the party.

Barry Du Bois

Running for the NSW Senate, withdrew his candidacy citing health reasons.

Sean Butler

Running for the WA Senate, resigned over concerns about how the party was run.

 

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