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“I’m so grateful for the opportunity to work with such an amazing Premier over the past eight years and I am so much looking forward to the next four years,” she said.<\/p>\n
In the Upper House, counting in the six seats in the Western Victorian Region is 70 per cent complete.<\/p>\n
Based on the indicative quotas, lead Labor candidates Jacinta Ermacora and Gayle Tierney will be elected; the Liberals have 1.67 quotas, so Beverley McArthur will hold her seat and Joe McCracken is likely to be elected; and the Greens have 0.5 quotas, putting Sarah Mansfield in line to win the fifth seat.<\/p>\n
All seats are dependent on preference flows \u2013 Legalise Cannabis Victoria candidate Andrew Dowling is next best with 0.29 quotas.<\/p>\n
Incumbents Stuart Grimley from Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and Andy Meddick from the Animal Justice Party are some way back, at 0.11 and 0.10 respectively.<\/p>\n
Across Victoria, Labor looks set to win at least 51 seats in the lower house, six more than the number needed for an outright majority and giving Premier Daniel Andrews a third term.<\/p>\n
The Liberals will win at least 25 seats but will have to choose a new leader, with Opposition Leader Matthew Guy announcing on Sunday he would resign from the role and would not contest the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ELLA George ensured Lara will remain in Labor hands and Christine Couzens secured a third term in Geelong as part of Labor’s state election win. With more than 68 per cent of votes counted in Lara on Tuesday night, Ms George had won on first preferences alone (50.89 per cent) and had 66 per cent […]<\/p>\n