Terri Butler preselected for Labor in Kevin Rudd's former seat of Griffith Federal Labor candidate for the seat of Griffith Terri Butler. Labor has preselected lawyer Terri Butler in its bid to hold on to the seat of Griffith after the resignation of former prime minister Kevin Rudd forced an upcoming byelection. Ms Butler, an employment and IR law partner at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, defeated Virgin Australia airline pilot Jeremy de Lore in the Labor ballot. Ms Butler is of the Labor Left faction, which has become stronger in Griffith since a redistribution saw the electorate take in West End and surrounding suburbs. She will come up against Liberal National Party candidate Bill Glasson, who attracted more primary votes than the then-prime minister on September 7. Comment has been sought from Ms Butler. Shortly after Ms Butler's preselection, Dr Glasson offered her his congratulations. "I'm looking forward to the battle and I want to say congratulations to her for successful candidacy and I look forward to running against her," he said. I look forward to a clean, open and frank campaign so the people can judge who will be the best local member, Bill Glasson or herself. A tearful Mr Rudd resigned from Parliament on the evening of November 13, triggering a byelection for his "good burghers of Griffith" to be held in early 2014. Geoff Ebbs, who attracted 10.18 per cent of the primary vote in September and whose preferences helped Mr Rudd defeat Dr Glasson, is expected to again run for the Greens. One party not standing in the Griffith by-election is the Palmer United Party. Speaking as he surveyed his new dinosaur park on the Sunshine Coast, party leader Clive Palmer told Fairfax Media his political priorities were on the opposite side of the country. ""We're not standing in Griffith because we're focusing on the Senate election in Western Australia,"" he said. ""That's going to be held next year and I think that's going to be a much bigger contribution (for the party)."" Mr Palmer said the party had not yet decided whether it would run a candidate in the upcoming Redcliffe state by-election, brought on by the departure of disgraced LNP-cum-independent MP Scott Driscoll.