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Four more years of Britnell as Labor loses big in Portland

THE number of votes cast at early voting centres in Portland and Warrnambool was down to 47% this election, despite the electoral Commission extending opening hours.
Oscar Perri

LIBERAL MP Roma Britnell has been re-elected into the Victorian Parliament for the South-West Coast with an emphatic turnout in her favour at the polls, though her party did not share in her victory.

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