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Voting at Corinella, November 2022
FROM a safe Liberal seat to a cliffhanger, the Bass electorate has played a crucial role in Victoria electoral history, including bringing down the Kennett Government.
Former Wonthaggi mayor Alan Brown was the Liberal MP for the equivalent seat, known then as West Gippsland and before that Western Port, from 1979 to 1996.
Brown’s resignation in 1996 to take up the post of Victorian Agent-General in London forced a by-election for West Gippsland. It was such a safe seat that Labor didn’t bother running a candidate. Instead a local, Susan Davies, ran as an independent and unexpectedly won the seat.
Former Wonthaggi mayor Alan Brown was the Liberal MP for the equivalent seat, known then as West Gippsland and before that Western Port, from 1979 to 1996.
Brown’s resignation in 1996 to take up the post of Victorian Agent-General in London forced a by-election for West Gippsland. It was such a safe seat that Labor didn’t bother running a candidate. Instead a local, Susan Davies, ran as an independent and unexpectedly won the seat.