Senator Zed Seselja is yet to concede, but the Canberra Liberals are already taking stock of the loss at the federal level and its implications for their branch going forward.
But Mr Humphries thinks that search should have started when Alistair Coe conceded defeat to Andrew Barr in the last local territory poll.
But she too thinks the possibility of Senator Seselja's seat going to Mr Pocock, and the Coalition's loss of federal government, will have a huge impact. But Ms Lee argues the party's position is different at the Legislative Assembly level, on territory rights as well as on a range of other issues. "The position of Senator Seselja was so dominant in the ACT that it often overshadowed the views of the Canberra Liberals in the assembly," Mr Humphries said.
But Professor Warhurst is not so sure the Liberals losing their ACT Senate seat will prompt a rush toward the centre of the political spectrum.
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