Tom Ingleton
Labor’s Joe Brisky has secured a resounding victory in the seat of Maribyrnong, comfortably retaining the electorate of the party following the retirement of long-standing MP and former Labor leader Bill Shorten.
Ms Briskey received 41.57 per cent of first preference votes ahead of Tim Beddoe (31.02 per cent) and Greens candidate James Williams (20.80 per cent, up 4.09 per cent).
Labor finished with 62.4 per cent of the two-party preferred vote, despite a modest 0.7 per cent swing to the Liberals.
“It’s an absolute honour and a privilege to have had the voters of Maribyrnong place their trust in me to be their new representative in Canberra,” Ms Briskey said.
“Over the course of the campaign, I spoke with thousands of people on their door- step, over the phone, at train stations and across the community about what mattered most to them.”
“I look forward to working hard every day to keep the community of Maribyrnong connected to the decisions that shape our nation.”
In the electorate of McEwen, Rob Mitchell has once again retained his seat.
Mr Mitchell has been the McEwen MP since 2010, and despite the seat being marginal at recent elections, he has managed to keep his seat.
Mr Mitchell holds 54.88 per cent of the two-candidate preferred votes, ahead of the Liberal candidate, Jason McClintock, with 45.12 per cent, with a small swing towards the ALP.
The seat of McEwen was called early on election night, Saturday, May 3.
Mr Mitchell thanked his supporters on social media.
“To say we were humbled and grateful is an understatement,” Mr Mitchell said.
“We know the Liberal Party has invested a lot of money to try and take us down and we could never match them dollar for dollar but we knew we had the right message to people about the right things that are important to our community.
“I’ve never ever taken this seat for granted never ever will so it was good to see the backing and the support from our community.
“They’ve (McEwen voters) given me the greatest honour of my life and to put their trust in me again, I will continue to do what I’ve always done to make sure I deliver on every promise I’ve made.”
In Calwell, Labor’s Basem Abdo retained the seat but Labor suffered a significant drop in first preference support, finishing on 30.67 per cent, down 14.19 per cent from the 2022 election.
Liberal candidate Usman Ghani received 15.55 per cent, while a range of independents and minor parties made strong showings: Carly Moore (12.08 per cent), Joseph Youhana (11.88 per cent), and Samim Moslih (7.19 per cent). Greens candidate Ravneet Kaur Garcha polled (7.78 per cent), and One Nation received (3.37 per cent). The AEC is yet to publish a two-candidate preferred result for Calwell due to the complex preference flow.
In Scullin, Andrew Giles comfortably retained his seat, leading Liberal candidate Rohit Taggar by 20,749 votes.
Mr Giles secured 63.3 per cent of the two-party preferred vote, despite a 2.1 per cent swing to the Liberals.
