By Jessica Anstice
The ALP’s Luke Donnellan has retained the seat of Narre Warren North as his party seized a resounding election victory on Saturday.
Out of the 73.38 percent of votes counted, Mr Donnellan received 58.72 percent of votes.
“I’m enormously proud to be given the opportunity to continue to deliver for this community,” Mr Donnellan said.
“On Saturday people across Victoria rejected the fear and division offered by our opponents and voted for a positive, optimistic government that gets things done.
“Whether it’s duplicating Narre Warren North Road, adding new lanes to the Monash, building a children’s ED at Casey Hospital or delivering free TAFE – we won’t waste a moment.”
The ALP’s Gary Maas, who will replace outgoing Narre Warren South MP Judith Graley, said the results show that “voters in great numbers supported the work that has been done with roads, public transport, education, jobs and health”.
Mr Maas received 57.19 percent of preferred votes out of the 68.28 percent of the total votes counted to date.
“The results also show that voters supported a positive plan – including securing our community – going forward, but I did not expect that they would support this plan in such big numbers,” he said.
“It appears that we have won each booth on the primary votes alone.”
Mr Maas said he is humbled by this result and is grateful to have been welcomed by the community.
“It is a gift that has been bestowed to me by the voters of Narre Warren South and I will work hard to improve our community under an Andrews Labor government,” Mr Maas said.
“I want to thank the people of Narre Warren South for the confidence that they have shown in me.
“Our community has voted for strong, stable and majority government.
“I look forward to continuing to meeting and getting to know the members of the electorate over the course of the next four years and to deliver on the positive and progressive plans for a better Victoria.”
