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5th elected: LIMBRICK, David LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
- ↑ "Mr David Boyd Limbrick". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ↑ "First preferences by candidate". Australian Electoral Commission. 22 June 2022. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ↑ "Joint sitting of Parliament Legislative Council Vacancy" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Victoria: Joint Sitting of Parliament Legislative Council. 22 June 2022. p. 2304. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2023.
The CHAIR: I declare that Mr David Limbrick has been chosen to occupy the vacant seat in the Legislative Council. I will advise the Governor accordingly.
- ↑ "South-Eastern Metropolitan Region results". Victorian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
5th elected: LIMBRICK, David Liberal Democrats
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In May 2021, almost three decades after Victorian serial killer Paul Denyer terrorised the bayside city of Frankston, MP David Limbrick assembled a press conference. As he spoke to the gathered media, he stood shoulder to shoulder with friends and family of one of Denyer's victims: 17-year-old Natalie Russell. His voice catching, he spoke about Natalie. "She was my girlfriend."
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