Labor and Liberals to Face Off in Victorian By-election

Published on November 18, 2023

Tens of thousands of Victorians will head to the polls to pick the local successor to former premier Daniel Andrews, with Labor in the box seat. Mr. Andrews stepped down as Victorian premier and the member for Mulgrave in late September, triggering a by-election for the southeast Melbourne seat on Nov. 18. Dandenong mayor Eden Foster will contest the by-election for Labor, while opposition staffer and former Mulgrave candidate Courtney Mann is the Liberals pick. Labor holds the seat on a healthy 10.2 percent two-party-preferred margin but it could be reduced by the loss of Mr. Andrews after more than 20 years as the local member....

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