The Greens and teals enjoyed major swings in the Victorian election but could not convert them into more than one extra seat.
likely to hold Mornington, will give the Liberal Party the fresh blood it so desperately needs.
Liberal Jess Wilson , Labor’s Lucy Skelton, teal candidate Sophie Torney and Greens contender Jackie Carter ran a highly competitive but civilised race for the seat of Kew.Teal campaigners consistently discounted the role of former prime minister Scott Morrison in Dr Ryan’s famous victory over Mr Frydenberg, placing the community’s desire for direct representation above all else.as independent candidates, it does appear community backlash against the Liberal Party was not as potent.
“Twice risen to meet the best funded campaign. Twice united vast swaths of the electorate – doing things nobody has done in places nobody thought it was possible to win,” he said. Another major independent challenger, Jacqui Hawkins, remains in a live contest with sitting Liberal MP Bill Tilley for the north-east Victorian seat of Benambra, but appears likely to lose.
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