One Nation wins its first seat in WA's lower house

One Nation wins its first seat in WA's lower house

One Nation's Luke Herdegen has beaten Labor's Georgia Tree in the Secret Harbour byelection — a vote to fill a single vacant seat. One Nation won 39.1% of first-preference votes to Labor's 24.4%, a 22.1-point drop for Labor. It's the party's first seat in WA's lower house. WA leader Rod Caddies declared: "There are no safe Labor seats in this state or in this country any more."

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