Liberal candidate Roshena Campbell has called Labor’s Mary Doyle to concede in Aston – the first time in a century that a sitting government has won a seat from the opposition in a byelection since 1920.
Labor’s Mary Doyle has defeated the Liberals’ Roshena Campbell to snatch the seat of Aston in a historic upset win in the crucial byelection in Melbourne’s outer east.
She arrived to a rock star welcome at the Boronia Bowls Club on Saturday night after making political history and clawing back the once-safe Liberal seat of Aston. Doyle was overcome by emotion as she thanked volunteers for giving up their time to “make sure this area isn’t taken for granted by the Liberal party”.
She became emotional as she reflected on her supporters, including many people who had come up to her in shopping centres and while she was out in public campaigning, telling her that they connected with her on a human level.“I felt a lot of that connection with people when I first stood last year,” Doyle said. “I remember one man coming up to me and saying you just seem like a normal person, a real person.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited the Bayswater Primary School polling station on Saturday morning.“I want to thank the bloke who like me was raised Catholic and grew up in public housing and also like me has excellent taste in music: the 31st Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese,” she said.
“I will always be proud to be a Liberal and I will always be proud to be Australian because we live in the greatest county in the world.Dutton congratulated Doyle and thanked Campbell for her hard work in the campaign, saying the byelection was another “tough night” for the Liberals in Victoria. He promised to rebuild and said the party would “learn and grow stronger from today’s experience”.
Some Liberal figures at the election night event were critical of those running the Victorian division labelling them “freaks”.as a distraction after it was raised by Dutton in the federal partyroom.“Victoria is a very difficult market for us,” he said, adding it was “quite remarkable” that the Victorian Liberal party had not been in government at the state level for almost a quarter of a century.
Asked what the result meant for Dutton’s leadership, Tehan said he had done a “superb job” in unifying the party. Former Victorian Liberal president Michael Kroger said it would require “a Herculean effort to come back” from the swing against the party.
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