Melton Councillor Moira Deeming has been elected as a Liberal Member of the Legislative Council for the Western Metropolitan Region.
The upper house election results were finalised this week, and Ms Deeming was elected to represent the Western Metropolitan Region alongside Brimbank councillor Trung Luu, also representing the Liberal party, Ingrid Stitt and Lizzie Blandthorn from the Labor party, and David Ettershank from Legalise Cannabis Victoria.
Councillors elected to the upper house will need to step down from their roles as councillors, which for Melton council will mean a countback of previous election results to decide who will replace Ms Deeming. A timeline for when these changes will occur will come in the next 14 days.
In a Facebook post Ms Deeming celebrated her win.
“I would like to thank God for this opportunity to serve my community, as well as thank and congratulate all my fellow Western Metro candidates, supporters and volunteers,” she said.
“Without your tireless efforts in the toughest and least resourced seats in Victoria, none of our fantastic swings, nor my victory, nor Trung’s, would have been possible.”
In the Western Victoria region Labor’s Jacinta Ermacora and Gayle Tierney were elected, as well as Liberal’s Bev McArhur and Joe McCracken, and the Greens’ Sarah Mansfield.
