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Andrew Stafford and Laine Clark

By-election sparked by MP's death ignites fuel debate

More than 40,000 Queensland voters will head to the polls in May to elect a new member for Stafford. (Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS)

A by-election triggered by an MP's sudden death looms as a litmus test for a state government's handling of the fuel crisis.

More than 40,000 Queensland voters will take to the polls in the north Brisbane electorate of Stafford on May 16 after independent Jimmy Sullivan was found dead in his home a week ago.

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