/ 15 June 2022

The election count continues…

Image source: Getty Images
Image source: Getty Images

The Electoral Commission yesterday confirmed that former Wallabies captain David Pocock will become the ACT’s first independent senator after he unseated the Liberals’ Zed Seselja to take a spot alongside Labor’s Katy Gallagher. With 92.4% of the vote counted, Pocock claimed 21.2% of first preference votes and got over the line thanks to preferences from the Greens and independent candidate Kim Rubenstein. Pocock campaigned on climate action and integrity, and says his aim is to help “rebuild trust in politics and our institutions.” And in the marginal NSW seat of Gilmore, the Commission is considering a request from former NSW Liberal MP Andrew Constance for a recount. Labor MP Fiona Phillips finished up with a margin of 373 votes, and Constance says there are “strong grounds” for a recount.

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