Wallabies captain David Pocock is the first person from outside a major party to win a Senate seat for the ACT. Read more here: auspol act canberra wallabies
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The Australian Electoral Commission released the final preferences for the two upper house seats, which showed Ms Gallagher and Mr Pocock being elected.The results mean the Liberals will not have an upper house member from the ACT for the first time since the introduction of senate representation for the nation's capital in 1975.
Electoral officer for the ACT David Molnar said the final distribution of preferences was carried out on Tuesday morning. The senators for the Northern Territory will be decided later on Tuesday when the preference distribution takes place.
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