Successful Senate candidates elected in Victoria
The Australian Electoral Commission has announced that the count for the election of six Senators for Victoria was completed earlier today.
The successful candidates for the six Senate vacancies for Victoria are (in order of their election):
- Jacinta Collins (ALP)
- Mitch Fifield (Liberal)
- Gavin Marshall (ALP)
- Helen Kroger (Liberal)
- Scott Ryan (Liberal)
- David Feeney (ALP)
The Australian Electoral Officer for Victoria, Mr Daryl Wight, said that the Senate count had involved the keying-in of votes into a computerised system, and today an automated process was used to distribute preferences and determine the six elected candidates.
“As with all aspects of the count, the automated distribution of preferences undertaken today was open to scrutineers appointed by the candidates,” Mr Wight said.
“Approximately 98% of voters cast their ballot Above-The-Line on the Senate ballot paper while only 2% voted Below-The-Line,” he said.
The elected candidates will be declared at 10.00am on Friday, 21 December 2007, at:
Central Senate Scrutiny Centre
37 Linda Crescent,
Hawthorn VIC 3122
All candidates, members of the media and the public are welcome to attend.
For further details of the 2007 election results visit the AEC’s Virtual Tally Room at www.aec.gov.au.
For more information contact:
Nick Toce
Telephone: (03) 9285 7113
Mobile: 0401 713 739
