Coalition likely to have two Upper House MPs, One Nation in

28/11/2022

Sunraysia Daily

THE Coalition are expected have two MPs in the Upper House region that includes Mildura for the first time in four years.

With more than a third of the vote counted in Northern Victoria, current Liberal MP Wendy Lovell was on track to be first elected.

She was expected to be joined by The Nationals candidate Gaelle Broad, gaining a seat for her party.

Labor were set to lose one of their two seats, with Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes being returned.

The other two positions were set to go to Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Georgie Purcell of the Animal Justice Party.

Tania Maxwell of Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and Liberal Democrat Tim Quilty were not on track to be returned.

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