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22 May - 4 June, 2019
Adelaide to Barwon Heads A group of Barwon Heads Cycling Club members are set to ride from Adelaide to Barwon Heads for charity. See page 3 for the full story. 193693 Picture: JUSTIN FLYNN
Big Grove swing By Justin Flynn A 7 per cent swing in Ocean Grove to Labor s Libby Coker appears to have helped unseat Liberal MP Sarah Henderson. While the formal result of the federal election's seat of Corangamite was still undecided by the time the Voice went to print, it looked likely that Ms Coker would win the seat that Ms Henderson has held since 2013. Corangamite is Victoria's most marginal
seat but Ms Coker had surged ahead with a swing of 2.3 per cent by Sunday evening. However, a swing of 7 per cent had been recorded in Ocean Grove and Barwon Heads had a 6 per cent swing to the opposition. Point Lonsdale had an 11% swing. Neither candidate was willing to claim victory or concede defeat by Sunday night, but Ms Coker was expected to win the seat. Ms Coker paid tribute to her campaign.
"I said at the beginning of this election campaign that I would fight for a fair go for the people of Corangamite," she said. "That I would fight for people on the Bellarine, in Golden Plains, Geelong and across the Surf Coast. "From tradies in Grovedale, to farmers in Winchelsea, from families in Torquay, to pensioners in Ocean Grove." Ms Henderson said she worked right up
until the polling booths closed at 6pm on Saturday. "At the Grovedale booth tonight I was working there until the end," she said. "About 5.20 the Labor Party started to pack up. And all of us stood there as Liberals, we didn't pack up a thing. "We didn't move until the doors closed. I made sure that we were there for every single last vote."
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