One Nation wins Farrer by-election | ABC NEWS
One Nation has scored a thumping win in the Farrer by-election, marking the first time the party has won a Lower House seat in federal parliament.
The ABC’s election analyst, Casey Briggs, called the seat for One Nation just after 8:00pm.
At that stage One Nation candidate David Farley had more than 40 per cent of the primary vote and was predicted to win the seat with a margin of about nine per cent after preferences.
He will become the first member for Farrer who does not represent either the Liberal Party or the National Party.
Mr Farley said he chose to join One Nation because it was “a political party of courage and tenacity”.
“I wanted to match that to what my skills were … in agriculture, agribusiness and community, and I could see the job that was required,” he said.
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