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Hooray for Hunt: Supporters of re-elected Flinders MP Greg Hunt, including his wife Paula, show their joy with his many happy returns to the seat of Flinders. Picture: Yanni
Hunt’s safe return in Flinders Keith Platt keith@mpnews.com.au LIBERAL Greg Hunt easily retained his seat of Flinders in Saturday’s federal election. Mr Hunt’s seventh win in a row helped the Scott Morrison-led Liberal National Coalition regain government for a third term. A senior cabinet minister in the
previous government, Mr Hunt is expected to retain his position as health minister. In the nine-candidate contest for Flinders, Mr Hunt, by late Monday morning, had received more than 46 per cent of primary votes, well ahead of his nearest rival, Labor’s Josh Sinclair, who was sitting on 25 per cent. Coming third in the vote was now independent former Liberal MP for Chisholm, Julia Banks, with 14.55 per
cent, followed by the Greens’ Nathan Lesslie, 6.48 per cent; Christine McShane, United Australia Party, 2.36 per cent; James Persson, Animal Justice party, 2.23 per cent. Two former Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors, Reade Smith, Sustainable Australia, and Susie Beveridge, independent, and independent Harry Dreger all received less than one per cent of votes. In neighbouring Dunkley, Labor’s Peta Murphy won the seat from Lib-
eral Chris Crewther. The seat had been subject to a redistribution which saw its boundary move north out of Mornington and into Carrum Downs, making it “notionally” Labor. In a statement issued Monday morning, Mr Hunt said he was “proud and humbled” to be re-elected in Flinders. "I want to congratulate my Labor opponent Josh Sinclair and all other candidates on a hard-fought campaign. Putting your hand up for public service
is an endeavour never taken lightly and they should be immensely proud of their achievements," he said. During the early counting on Saturday night, with a “roomful of optimistic people” behind him, Mr Hunt told Channel 9 he was “very optimistic”, but shied away from claiming victory. Within hours there were no doubts and his Labor opponent Josh Sinclair was congratulating him on his win. Continued Page 3
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