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| Janell Saffin has just lost her seat in Australian Parliament. |
Kevin Hogan wins the seat of Page formerly
held by Janelle Saffin the chief Australian Socialist meddler in Burma’s
political affairs. Kevin Hogan and his family are now celebrating his
appointment to sitting member for the federal seat of Page.
(Followings are the live updates of vote counting for the electoral seat
of Page in the state of New South Wales for the 2013 September General
Elections in Australia.)
UPDATE 10:27: Kevin Hogan has
comfortably taken hold of the federal seat of Page. At last count, Mr Hogan had
defeated Janelle Saffin by 6,053 votes with a swing of 6.85% for Nationals.
Greens candidate for Page Desley Banks
managed to wrangle just 6.26% of the vote. While the Palmer United Party gained
4.82%. The Christian Democratic Party trailed behind with just 1.62% of the
votes in Page.
UPDATE 9:00PM: Second time lucky
member for Page, Kevin Hogan makes a victory speech to his cheering supporters
saying his family are a "tighter" unit as a result of the
campaigning.
Mr Hogan said there is a lot of work to
do in Page but he will begin tomorrow. "I know there are a lot of families
out there who are struggling and the work starts tomorrow to help them,"
Mr Hogan said.
Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis said
the "nation would be better for Kevin [and his election to member for
Page]".
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| Newly-elected National Party MP Kevin Hogan. |
UPDATE 8:00PM: Over at Janelle
Saffin's election night bash the mood is a bit more reserved. One supporter
noted she was feeling "depressed" by the figures that were coming in.
However, the sitting member is flitting
around in a pair of sneakers greeting her supporters with considerable grace in
the face of defeat. Ms Saffin said she was feeling "philosophical about
the whole thing" and while it could still be "too early to tell"
it looked like there was a "big swing toward the Nationals".
Lismore City Mayor Jenny Dowell said
the notion of Page being a bellwether seat was all but gone during this
election as the results coming in were "very patchy". The member of
the Labor party and Saffin supporter said she had two positions when it came to
the federal election.
"I'm a member of the Labor party,
but also as Mayor of Lismore I'll work with whoever forms government," Cr
Dowell said.
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| Janelle Saffin and Burma's NLD MPs in Canberra. (Her meddling days in Burma's politics are over!) |
6:00PM: YOU can follow
tonight's election in Page live, right here. Northern Star reporter Alex Utting
is reporting live from Janelle Saffin and Kevin Hogan's election parties,
passing on booth updates on Twitter and posting broader updates within this
story. Just hit your "refresh" button to view the latest update.
You can also follow the happenings in
the seat of Richmond on The Northern Star's website courtesy of MyDailyNews
report Emma Gaillot, who is working up on the Tweed, while APN News and Media
will provide updates from across the North Coast, Queensland, and from the
party leaders across the night.
(Blogger's Notes: Old lesbian Janelle Saffin the so-called Chairman of Australia-Myanmar Parliamentary Committee has been actively meddling in Burma's political affairs for a while now. And this defeat and losing her electoral seat do mean that she is no longer an Australian MP and thus she has lost her legitimate platform to stage her socialist assaults on Burmese nationalist politicians. Thanks God for that!)
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